Background
Knight, Nicholas was born on April 2, 1861 in Mexico, New York, United States. Son of George and Mary (MacDonald) Knight.
Knight, Nicholas was born on April 2, 1861 in Mexico, New York, United States. Son of George and Mary (MacDonald) Knight.
Bachelor of Arts, Syracuse University, 1882, Master of Arts, 1885, Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy, 1888. University of Strassburg, 1892-1894. Johns Hopkins, 1894-1895, 1898-1899.
Student summers Harvard University, 1884, Marthas Vineyard Summer School, 1885, Cornell University, 1886.
Professor natural science, Cazenovia (New York) Seminary, 1882-1892. Professor of chemistry, Randolph-Macon College, Virginia, 1895-1898, Cornell College, Iowa, 1899-1933. Retired. Studied laboratory equipment and methods in European university and technical schools, 1908-1909.
Associate editor School Science and Mathematics.
City chemist, Mount Vernon, Iowa, December since 1913. Chemist to Oneida (New York) Water Commission Speaker for National Security League and chairman of the “Four Minute Men” of the township.
Visited Europe, 1922, to study economic conditions, speaker for League of Nations Non-Partisan Association.
Fellow Faculty of Sciences (chairman for the United States), Iowa Academy Sciences. Member American Chemical Society, Deutsche Chemische Gesellschaft, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Delta Upsilon.
Married Anna M. Audas, of Oneida, New York, August 11, 1887. Children: Harold Audas, Donald MacDonald.