Mcknight, John, Dd

McKnight, John, D.D.

a Presbyterian minister, was born near Carlisle, Pennsylvania, October 1, 1754. He graduated from Princeton College in 1773, and studied theology privately; was pastor at Lower Marsh Creek, Pennsylvania, from 1775 to 1783; colleague of Dr. Rodgers, in New York, from 1789 to 1809; in 1815 president of Dickinson College, but resigned the next year, and died October 21, 1823. See Nevin, Presbyterian Encyclop. s.v.