Background
The son of Lieutenant-Commander John B. Knight of Bromley, Kent, and Alyson Yvonne née Nunn, Roger Knight was educated at Tonbridge School, received a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts
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Education
At Trinity College, Dublin, Professional Graduate Certificate in Education (Postgraduate Certificate in Education) at the University of Sussex. And his Doctor of Philosophy from University College, London in 1972 with a thesis on "The Royal Dockyards in England at the time of the American War of Independence".
Career
Foreign the English cricketer, administrator, and schoolmaster, see Roger Knight At the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, he served as Deputy Curator of Manuscripts, 1974-1977. Curator of Manuscripts, 1977-1981. Deputy Head, Books and Manuscripts, 1981-1984.
Head Information Project Group, 1984-1986.
Head, Documentation Division, 1986-1988. Head, Collections Division and Chief Curator, 1988-1993.
Deputy Director and Head, Display Division, 1993-1995. Deputy Director and Head, Information Division, 1995-1997.
And Deputy Director, 1997-2000.
Upon his retirement from the National Maritime Museum in 2001, he was appointed Visiting Professor of Naval History in the Greenwich Maritime Institute and regularly teaches on the post-graduate Master of Arts in Maritime History course, University of Greenwich. In 2005, he was appointed Professor of Naval History.
Achievements
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He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and has served as a member of council of the Society for Nautical Research, 1975-1979, and as Vice President, 1992-2006. In addition, he has served on the Council and has been senior Vice President of the Navy Records Society. Foreign his 2005 book, The pursuit of victory: the life and achievement of Horatio Nelson, Knight was awarded the Mountbatten Maritime Prize, The Duke of Westminster"s Medal for Military Literature, and the Anderson Medal of the Society of Nautical Research. In June 2014, the National Maritime Museum presented him its Caird Meda
Membership
He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and has served as a member of council of the Society for Nautical Research, 1975-1979, and as Vice President, 1992-2006.
Awards
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Caird Medal; Mountbatten Maritime Prize
The Caird Medal was instituted in 1984 to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the National Maritime Museum Acting of 1934 that established the museum.; The Mountbatten Maritime Prize is awarded annually by the Maritime Foundation (formerly the British Maritime Charitable Foundation) to the author of a distinguished publication that has made a significant contribution to the maritime history of the United Kingdom.The Caird Medal was instituted in 1984 to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the National Maritime Museum Acting of 1934 that established the museum.; The Mountbatten Maritime Prize is awarded annually by the Maritime Foundation (formerly the British Maritime Charitable Foundation) to the author of a distinguished publication that has made a significant contribution to the maritime history of the United Kingdom.