Background
Knight, Samuel Howell was born on July 31, 1892 in Laramie, Wyoming, United States. Son of Wilber Clinton and Emma (Howell) Knight.
Knight, Samuel Howell was born on July 31, 1892 in Laramie, Wyoming, United States. Son of Wilber Clinton and Emma (Howell) Knight.
Bachelor of Arts Wyoming, 1913. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1929.
Assistant professor, U. Wyoming, 1916-1917; professor geology, U. Wyoming, from 1918; head Department, University Wyoming, from 1928; curator university music, U. Wyoming, from 1916; director science camp, U. Wyoming, from 1946; state geologist, director geological survey Wyoming, 1932-1940.
1st lieutenant United States Army, 1917-1918. Fellow Geological Society of America. Member American Association Petroleum Geologists, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Paleontological Society, Vertebrate Paleontologists, Colorado Wyoming Academy of Sciences, Wyoming Geological Assn (past president), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Lions.
Married Edwina Gazzam Hall, December 23, 1916. Children: Wilbur Hall, Eleanor Audrey Knight Keefer.