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SCIENCE. 



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sayer at Cheyenne, 1887-8; superintend- 

 ent of mines, Colorado and Wyoming, 

 1888-93; state geologist, 1898-9; for 

 many years consulting expert to the Union 

 Pacific Railroad Company upon mineral 

 and oil lands and upon artesian basins ; at 

 the time of his death, on leave from the 

 university, consulting expert for the Belgo- 

 American Oil Company. 



Among the honors that had come to him, 

 membership in the following learned socie- 

 ties should be noted: Fellow of the Geo- 

 logical Society of America, member of the 

 American Institute of Mining Engineers, 

 member of the National Geographical So- 

 ciety. 



Of his home relations it may be said 

 that they illustrated the best in American 

 domestic and social life. His parents sur- 

 vive him and are justly proud of the work- 

 that he had accomplished— for in his brief 

 forty-four years he had more to his credit 

 than most of the scientific men who are 

 permitted to round out their three score 

 years and ten. 



He was married in 1889 to E. Emma 

 Howell, a delightful and talented young 

 woman whom he had known during his col- 

 lege career. The union proved a most 

 happy one and the four promising chil- 

 dren (one daughter and three sons) are 

 the joy of the loving wife that mourns the 

 loss of a tender and devoted husband. 



The home of Mr. and Mrs. Knight was 

 always open to their friends, and they took 

 great pleasure in providing social occa- 

 sions that should serve other purposes 

 than merely that of killing time. 



In the passing away of Professor Knight, 

 on July 28, 1903, after a few days' illness 

 from peritonitis, the family lost its hero, 

 the community a choice citizen, the uni- 

 versity an honored member, the state an 

 important agent in its industrial develop- 

 ment, the scientific world one who, having 

 done much, was just on the threshold of 



greater things, and the church a member 

 who lived the religion that he professed. 

 AvEN Nelson. 

 University of Wyoming, 

 Laramie, Wyo. 



a list of papers published by wilbur c. 



KNIGHT. 



Bulletin No. 14, Wyoming Experiment Station, 

 University of Wyoming ; ' Geology of the Wyoming 

 Experiment Farms, and Notes on the Mineral Re- 

 sources of the State,' October, 1893. 



' The Coal Mines of Wyoming,' Mineral In- 

 dustry, 1894. 



' Coal and Coal Measures of Wyoming,' 16th 

 Annual Report, U. S. G. S., Part IV., 1894. 



' A New Jurassic Plesiosaur from Wyoming,' 

 Science, October 4, 1895. 



' The Mining Industry of Wyoming,' Mining In- 

 dustry (Denver), June, 1896. 



Bulletin No. I., Petroleum Series, School of 

 Mines University of Wyoming; 'The Petroleum 

 of the Salt Creek Oil Field, its Technology and 

 Geology,' June, 1896. 



' The Salt Creek Oil Field,' Engineering and 

 Mining Journal, January, 1896. 



' The Petroleum Fields of Wyoming,' Mineral 

 Industry, 1896. 



' The Petroleum Industry of Wyoming,' Ameri- 

 can Manufacturer and Iron World, May 29, 1896. 



Bulletin No. II., Petroleum Series, School of 

 Mines, University of Wyoming; 'The Petroleum 

 Oil Fields of the Shoshone Anticlinal, Geology 

 of the Popo Agie, Lander and Shoshone Oil 

 Fields,' January, 1897. 



' The Wyoming Natural Soda Deposits,' Min- 

 eral Industry, 1897. 



' The Origin of the Soda Deposits of Wyoming,' 

 Mining Industry (Denver), November, 1898. 



' Prehistoric Quartzite Quarries of Eastern 

 Central Wyoming,' Science, March 4, 1898. 



' Some New Jurassic Vertebrates from Wyo- 

 ming,' American Journal of Science, Vol. V., 1898. 

 First and second papers. 



' Description of Bentonite, a new variety of 

 Clay,' Engineering and Mining Journal, LXIII. 

 and LXVI. 



Bulletin No. III., Petroleum Series, School of 

 Mines, University of Wyoming ; ' The Geology of 

 the Oil Fields of Crook and Uinta Counties,' No- 

 vember, 1899. 



' Some New Data for Converting Geological 

 Time into Years,' Science, October 4, 1899. 



' The Permian of Nebraska,' Journal of Oeol- 

 ogy, May-June, 1899. 



