Robert Jackson Knight, American Born: Clearwater, Florida, May 24, 1926
Research horticulturist, plant explorer, educator ( sci: life science, Research)
research horticulturist, plant explorer, educator. Decorated Combat Infantry badge; Hume fellow Federation Garden Clubs, 1951-1952, Du Pont Blandy Farm fellow University of Virginia, 1953-1958; recipientFleming Research award University Virginia, 1957.
Background
Knight, Robert Jackson was born on May 24, 1926 in Clearwater, Florida, United States. Son of Robert Jackson and Marguerite Munro (Wooddell) K.B.S. in Agriculture, U. Florida, Gainesville, 1951, Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1958. Researcher Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland., 1958-1961, Carbondale, Illinois, 1961-1962, Miami, Florida, 1962, research horticulturist specializing in fruit crops, 1958.
Education
Courtesy professor fruit crops department U. Florida, Gainesville, biology department Florida International University, Miami. External examiner U. West Indies, Saint Augustine, Trinidad, 1983-1990. Chair Tropical Fruit and Nut Crops Advisory Committee, United States,1986.
Consultant tropical, subtropical pomology.
Bilingual instructor in garden club schools, Florida, Mexico, Peru, Colombia. President Florida chapter The Nature Conservancy, 1971, board member, 1972-1974.
Membership
Served with United States Army, 1944-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Horticultural Science, International Society for Tropical Horticulture, International Society Horticultural Science, American Genetic Association, American Pomological Society, Florida State Horticultural Society (best paper award Krome memorial section 1975), Sigma Xi, Alpha Zeta. Clubs: Country of Coral Gables.
Led plant explorations in Thailand, Brazil, Mexico, Malaysia, released new varieties of fruit.
