John George David Knight,  USMA 1868

Born:   1846

Died:    9 June 1919

• Graduated second in the class of 1868.
• Assistant Professor of Mathematics, USMA, 1874-1881.
   

Publications:

• Notes on determinants for the use of the cadets of the U.S. Military Academy. Imprint: [S.l. : s.n.], 1880. TEXTBKS-PERSHING CNTR  QA191 .K58 1880. [11] p. ; 19 cm.

• The elevation of sites for seacoast batteries. Washington, [D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1896. SPECIAL COLL-BSMT-B30. UF453 .K74 1896. 10 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. Series: Document (United States. War Dept.) no. 23

Genealogy:

Grandsons: George Pierce Howell, Jr (USMA 1923, C#7135) and Laurence Knight Ladue (USMA 1924, C#7477).

Obituaries:

AR-20.

References:

Arney, Chris, West Point's Scientific 200: Celebration of the Bicentennial. Biographies of 200 of West Point's Most Successful and Influential Mathematicians, Scientists, Engineers, and Technologists, 2002.