Background
Knight, Ralph Thomas was born on June 20, 1886 in Minneapolis. Son of Charles Wisner and Alma Phoebe (Roberts) Knight.
Knight, Ralph Thomas was born on June 20, 1886 in Minneapolis. Son of Charles Wisner and Alma Phoebe (Roberts) Knight.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Minnesota, 1908, Doctor of Medicine 1912.
Director hygiene, Lincoln (Nebraska) public schools. Instructor anatomy, U. Nebraska, 1913-1915. General practice, assistant to surgeon, Minneapolis, 1915-1917.
Surgical practice, Minneapolis, 1919-1936.
1st assistant in anesthesia, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, 1936-1937. Director anesthesiol.
Charles T. Miller Hospital, Saint Paul, 1938-1951, Saint Mary's Hospital, 1945-1950, Minneapolis Veterans Administration Hospital., 1945-1954, Minneapolis General Hospital, 1928-1954, Deaconess Hospital, Minneapolis, 1952-1960. Senior member Doctors Knight and Baird Anesthesiol.
Group, 1944-1954, Anesthesia Associates, since 1954.
Professional work devoted to anesthesiology, since 1936. Instructor, assistant professor surgery director division anesthesiology, University Minnesota, 1920-1936, associate professor, clinical professor, director division anesthesiol., graduate, school medical, and University of Minnesota hospitals, 1936-1954, professor emeritus, since 1954.
Member Doctors Knight and Baird Anesthesiol. Group, 1944-1954, Anesthesia Associates, since 1954. Served from Lieutenant to major Medical Corps, United States Army World War I.
American College of Surgeons fellow, International, American colleges anesthesiologists.
Member American, Minnesota medical associations, American (president 1953), Minnesota (president 1948) societies anesthesiologists, International Anesthesia Research Society, Beta Theta Pi, Nu Sigma Nu.
Married Clara Hill, June 4, 1918. Children: Barbara (Mistress Gordon R. Coffin), James Wisner, Thomas Hill.