Clara Millicent Knight (died 31 July 1950) was a British classicist and academic, specialising in comparative philology and classical literature.

Knight studied classics at King's College, London, graduating with a second class honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1909.[1] She taught at the University of London from 1910, rising to become Reader in Classics (1929–1945) at her alma mater King's College, London. In addition to her teaching, she was a Member of Council of the Hellenic Society and of the Council of the Classical Association.[2]

Selected works

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  • Knight, Clara M. (1914). "The Importance of the Veronese Palimpsest in the First Decade of Livy". The Classical Quarterly. 8 (3): 166–180. ISSN 0009-8388.
  • Knight, Clara M. (1918). "The TO- Participle with the Accusative in Latin". The American Journal of Philology. 39 (2): 184–192. doi:10.2307/289531. ISSN 0002-9475.
  • T. Macci Plauti (1919). Knight, Clara M. (ed.). Menaechmi. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Knight, Clara M. (1921). "The Time-Meaning of the To-Participle in Vergil". The American Journal of Philology. 42 (3): 260–264. doi:10.2307/289584. ISSN 0002-9475.
  • Knight, Clara M. (1921). Greek and Latin adverbs and their value in the reconstruction of the prehistoric declensions. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

References

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  1. ^ Horowitz Murray, Janet; Stark, Myra (eds.). The Englishwoman's Review of Social and Industrial Questions: 1909-1910. Abingdon, Oxon. ISBN 9781315394923.
  2. ^ "Dr. Clara M. Knight". The Times. No. 51759. 2 August 1950.
    - "Knight, Clara Millicent". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U227843.
    - UNIVERSITY OF LONDON KING'S COLLEGE: ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DELEGACY FOR THE SESSION 1949-50. 1950. p. vi.