Bradford Knapp

Bradford Knapp was born in Vinton, Iowa, on December 24, 1870, to Seaman A. Knapp.[1] In 1899, he attended Iowa State College and graduated with a B.A. in chemistry from Vanderbilt University in 1892. In 1894, he attended Georgetown University and received a B.L. from the University of Michigan in 1896.[1] In 1909, he worked as an assistant for his father in the Bureau of Plant Industry of the United States Department of Agriculture.[1] From 1911 to 1915, he took up his father's position as Chief of Farm Demonstration Work.[1] In 1915, he became Chief of Southern Extension Work for the States Relations Service of the USDA.[1]

In 1920, he became Dean of the College of Agriculture at the University of Arkansas.[1] From 1923 to 1928, he served as President of the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College.[1] He served as the President of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, now known as Auburn University from 1928 to 1933, of Texas Technological College from 1933 to 1938.[1]

He served on the National Council of Boy Scouts, the federal Farm Board, and the National Economic League.[1] He wrote for the Progressive Farmer.[1]

• Works by or about Bradford Knapp at Internet Archive
• Papers, 1891-1940 and undated, in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library at Texas Tech University
• Papers, 1856-1931, of his father Seaman Knapp in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library at Texas Tech University