Clara Knight

Clara Millicent Knight (died 31 July 1950) was a British classicist and academic, specialising in comparative philology and classical literature.

Knight was educated privately,^[1] and then studied classics at King's College, London, graduating with a second class honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1909.^[2] In 1914, she was also awarded a Doctor of Literature (DLit) degree.^[3]

Knight taught at the University of London from 1910.^[4] In 1914, she was teaching at University College, London and King's College for Women.^[3] In 1916, she was a lecturer in classical literature at her alma mater King's College, London.^[5] She rose to become Reader in Classics (1929–1945) at King's College.^[1] In addition to her teaching, she was a Member of Council of the Hellenic Society and of the Council of the Classical Association.^[4]^[1]^[6]

Selected works

Knight, Clara M. (1914). "The Importance of the Veronese Palimpsest in the First Decade of Livy". The Classical Quarterly. 8 (3): 166–180. ISSN 0009-8388.
Knight, Clara M. (1918). "The TO- Participle with the Accusative in Latin". The American Journal of Philology. 39 (2): 184–192. doi:10.2307/289531. ISSN 0002-9475.
T. Macci Plauti (1919). Knight, Clara M. (ed.). Menaechmi. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Knight, Clara M. (1921). "The Time-Meaning of the To-Participle in Vergil". The American Journal of Philology. 42 (3): 260–264. doi:10.2307/289584. ISSN 0002-9475.
Knight, Clara M. (1921). Greek and Latin adverbs and their value in the reconstruction of the prehistoric declensions. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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^ Horowitz Murray, Janet; Stark, Myra (eds.). The Englishwoman's Review of Social and Industrial Questions: 1909-1910. Abingdon, Oxon. ISBN 9781315394923.
^ ^a ^b 'Doctor of Literature: Honours and Higher Degrees: Internal Students', in University of London: the Historical Record (1836-1926)( London, 1926), British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-university-graduates/158-159 [accessed 21 November 2024].
^ ^a ^b "Dr. Clara M. Knight". The Times. No. 51759. 2 August 1950.
^ Walters, William Charles Flamstead; Conway, Robert Seymour; Daniel, Constance I. (1916). Deigm: a first Greek book. London: John Murray. Miss Clara M. Knight, D.Lit., Classical Lecturer in the University of London King's College
^ UNIVERSITY OF LONDON KING'S COLLEGE: ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DELEGACY FOR THE SESSION 1949-50. 1950. p. vi.