Victor Knauth

Victor Whitman Knauth (1895–1977) was a journalist, publisher, and broadcasting executive. Knauth served as the editor-in-chief and an owner of The Bridgeport Times-Star, a newspaper published in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He also owned two Northeastern radio stations.

Knauth was born in New York City on June 10, 1895. He graduated from Morristown School (now Morristown-Beard School) in Morristown, New Jersey, in 1914. Knauth then attended Harvard University in Cambridge, MA as a member of the class of 1918. He left his studies at Harvard in 1917 to enlist with the 101st Field Artillery Regiment of the American Expeditionary Forces. Knauth served as a sergeant and then as a lieutenant in France during World War I. He also served as an instructor in field communications at Camp de Souge in Bordeaux, France. During his military service, Knauth participated in the Chemin des Dames offensive.

Knauth began his career in journalism as a reporter at The Springfield Republican, a newspaper published in Springfield, Massachusetts. He then worked as a reporter at the Atlanta Journal Constitution, San Francisco Chronicle, and New York World. In 1926, Knauth joined United Press International as a foreign correspondent. He covered news at their bureau in London and then their Moscow bureau.

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