Background
Knight, Grant Cochran was born on April 15, 1893 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Levi Richard and Regina (Cochran) Knight.
Knight, Grant Cochran was born on April 15, 1893 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Levi Richard and Regina (Cochran) Knight.
Student Lycoming County (Pennsylvania) Normal School, 1907-1910. Dickinson Seminary, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, 1913-1914. Bachelor of Arts, Albright College, 1918, Doctor of Letters, 1951.
Master of Arts, Gettysburg College, 1921.
Graduate study, Columbia University, 1926-1927.
Instructor in English, Shipepnsburg (Pennsylvania) State Normal School, 1918-1919, Gettysburg College, 1919-1921. Instructor in English, University of Kentucky, 1921-1923, assistant professor, 1923-1925, associate professor, 1925-1939, professor since 1939. Visiting professor, Hunter College, summer, 1928.
Visiting professor New York University, summer 1950.
Served as corporal infantry, United States Army, 10 months, 1918-1919. Member Shaw Society of London, Poetry Society of America.
Married Ruth Martin Elliott, April 12, 1922—children—Emily Holladay, Dorothy Cochran.