Education
Phillips Academy; Dartmouth College.
Phillips Academy; Dartmouth College.
Knowlton was born in Hopkinton, New Hampshire to Daniel Knowlton and Mary Stocker. Knowlton attended Hopkinton and Phillips Andover academies, and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1823. Knowlton married Anna West. School teacher, Beverly, Massachusetts Editor of the Lowell Journal, Lowell, Massachusetts Editor and publisher of the Palladium, Worcester, Massachusetts from 1830 to 1871 Elector, United States Electoral College in United State Presidential Election, 1856 Massachusetts State Senator from 1852 to 1853 Mayor of the city of Worcester, Massachusetts from January 3, 1853 to January 1, 1855 High Sheriff of Worcester County from 1857 to 1871.