Background
Knight, Claude Arthur was born on October 17, 1914 in Petoskey, Michigan, United States. Son of Claude and Wilhelmina Ruth (Hedt) Knight.
Knight, Claude Arthur was born on October 17, 1914 in Petoskey, Michigan, United States. Son of Claude and Wilhelmina Ruth (Hedt) Knight.
Bachelor of Science, Alma College, 1936. Doctor of Philosophy, Pennsylvania State University, 1940.
Research fellow Rockefeller Institute Medical Research, Princeton, New Jersey, 1940-1948. Professor molecular biology University of California, Berkeley, from 1948, department chairman, 1976-1978. Director University of California (Virus Laboratory), 1976-1978.
Director National Science Foundation Summer Institute in Molecular Biology, 1964-1973.
Consultant United States Public Health Service virology study committee, 1965-1969.
Member American Society Biological Chemists, American Society Microbiology, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Sigma Xi.
Married May Marion Ferry, June 19, 1943. Children: Thomas Arthur, Susan Knight Hamamura, Robert Stanley.