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Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Knight, Rolf
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Description area
Dates of existence
1936-
History
Rolf Knight obtained his B.A. from the University of British Columbia in 1959. He completed graduate work in anthropology at UBC (M.A., 1962) and Columbia University (Ph.D., 1968). He went on to teach at Simon Fraser University and the University of Toronto.
Since 1972, he has published several books pertaining to working class history. Honours received by Knight include a Certificate of Merit from the Canadian Historical Association for work concerning regional history, and an award from the British Columbia Historical Federation for his autobiography of Homer Stevens in 1992.