Ora Willis Knight

Background

Knight, Ora Willis was born on July 15, 1874 in Bangor, Maine, United States. Son of George Willis and Nellie Ada (Blood) Knight.

Education

Bachelor of Science (in chemistry), Maine State College, 1895. Post-graduate work. University of Maine, Master of Science, 1897. (honorary Doctor of Science, 1909).

Career

Assistant in natural history, Maine State College, 1895-1897. Assistant chemist, Maine Experiment Station, 1897-1903. State assayer and consultant chemist, since 1903.

Chemist, Lackawanna Foundries.

Expert chemist and microscopist in criminal cases in the courts (in case of State versus Alexander Terrio, convicted of murder, discovered evidence through which a new trial was granted and Terrio set free—the only new trial ever granted in a murder case in the State of Maine).

Achievements

• Ora Willis Knight has been listed as a noteworthy chemist, geologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Minnie Gertrude McDonald, August 11, 1899.

Father:

George Willis Knight

Mother:

Nellie Ada (Blood) Knight

Spouse:

Minnie Gertrude McDonald