Background
Knight, William Allen was born on October 20, 1863 in Milton, Missouri, United States. Son of Allen Anderson and Mary Ann (Robeson) Knight.
Knight, William Allen was born on October 20, 1863 in Milton, Missouri, United States. Son of Allen Anderson and Mary Ann (Robeson) Knight.
Bachelor of Arts, Hiram College, 1889. Bachelor of Divinity, Oberlin Theological Seminary, 1900. Master of Arts, Harvard, 1905; Doctor of Letters, Bates College, 1908.
Doctor of Divinity, Grinnell (Iowa) College, 1915.
Ordained to Disciples ministry, 1886. Pastor Columbus, Ohio, 1886-1889. Congressional pastor Cleveland, 1890-1894, First Congressional Church, Saginaw, Michigan, 1894-1897, Central Church, Fall River, Massachusetts, 1897-1902, Brighton Congressional Church, Boston, 1902-1919, Plymouth Church, Framingham, Massachusetts, 1919-1934.
Associate editor Framingham News, since 1934.
Author: The Song of Our Syrian Guest, 1904. The Love Watch, 1905.
Saint Abigail of the Pines, 1905. The Signs in the Christmas Fire, 1908.
The Shepherd of Jebel Nur, 1909.
Number Room in the Inn, 1910. Outside a City Wall, 1911. Peter in the Firelight, 1911.
The Song of Our Syrian Guest, with Notes, 1911.
At the Crossing with Denis McShane, 1912. On the Way to Bethlehem, 1912.
To Little David of Smyrna, 1913. A Beduoin Lover, 1913.
The Well by Bethlehem Gate, 1914.
The Pictureland of the Heart, 1916. Wartime Over Here, 1918. A Lovely Find, 1943; Our Bethlehem Guests, 1944.
After Forty Years (additions to Syrian Guest), 1945.
A Christmas Secret, 1946. Fortieth Anniversary Edition of the Song of Our Syrian Guest (with new material), 1947.
A Crisis In Morningdale, 1947. Home: 7 Church Saint, Framingham, Massachusetts.
And North. Sutton, New Hampshire (U.S.) Office: News Building, Framingham, Massachusetts
Married Maude Russell, November 30, 1886. Married second, Bertha Hastings Sanger, July 27, 1931. Children: Sylvia (Mistress Louis South. Headley), Gertrude (Mistress Cleon Headley).