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George T. Knight

1850 – 1911

American universalist teacher

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About George T. Knight

Lived 1850 – 1911 (aged 60–61). George T. Knight was a teacher and theologian.

George Thompson Knight (October 29, 1850 – 1911) was an American Universalist teacher at the Crane Theological School, a Universalist seminary at Tufts University.

Knight's father was an abolitionist and Universalist. Knight graduated from divinity school in 1875 and was appointed Instructor in Rhetoric and Church History where he taught Biblical history and Greek. By the end of his career he had taught "almost every subject offered" at Tufts Divinity School. He was made Secretary of the Faculty of the Divinity School in 1884, and was one of the first local members of Phi Beta Kappa.

Works Article on Universalists in the Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge (See: Universalist Church of America)

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1911
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Tufts University

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Who was George T. Knight?

American universalist teacher

When was George T. Knight born?

George T. Knight was born on 29 October 1850.

When did George T. Knight die?

George T. Knight died in 1911.

What was George T. Knight's occupation?

George T. Knight was a teacher and theologian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: George T. Knight

· Wikidata: Q5545040

· DBpedia: George T. Knight (Universalist)

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