Margery Knight

• Name — Margery Knight • Born — 1889 • Died — 1973 • Place of death — Isle of Man, UK • Workplaces — University of Liverpool • Notable Students — Mary Parke Elsie May Burrows Helen Blackler • Known for — algal taxonomy; university teacher

Knight was a lecturer in botany at University of Liverpool from 1912 until she retired in 1954. She was based at the university's Port Erin Marine Biological Station on the Isle of Man. Her research focused on the chromosome numbers and life histories of algae. The book Manx algae; an algal survey of the south end of the Isle of Man that she published with Mary Parke in 1931 became a standard reference. Knight was the doctoral supervisor of Mary Parke, Elsie May Burrows and Helen Blackler. She was supportive of students, going as far as to provide finance to them from her own personal resources. On her 80th birthday ex-students and colleagues presented her with a tribute of an album of pressed seaweeds and messages.

Her companion was Rose McKenna. In 1936 Knight was in a car accident that resulted in the loss of one of her legs. In retirement on the Isle of Man Knight painted landscapes in oil, some of which are in the collection of the University of Liverpool. She died in 1973.