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KLEIN, SIMON ROBERT
Physician; b. Austria (Teplitz), Dec. 23, 1868; s. Ja- cob and Augusta (Pollatschek) Klein; grad. M.D., 1892, M.D., Vienna, Thuebingen, M.D., 1895, Ph.D., Vi- enna, 1900; m. Baroness Sophie Amalie Von Schack; children: Arthur Lec, Erna Columbia, Herald James Jacob. Was "Einjaehrig Freiwilliger Mediziner," 1889. Became officer of Army (first lieut. ISJ2, capt. 1899, first class 1902, major 1906). Came to this coun- try 1908 to take a position as prof. of Chicago Univ. In 1910 taught in Fordham Univ .; bacteriologist of Pasteur Inst., pathologist of Maternity Hosp. Now engaged in interesting work on Hydrophobia and Can- cer. Gave an interesting lecture last June on Hly- drophobia, before the German Literary Soc. Dir.
Fordham Research Laboratory, Editor of weekly German hygienic paper, 3 years. Now publishing a manual on laboratory work in five volumes. Contb'r to Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift, Wiener Allge- meine Zeitung, Neurologisches Centralblatt, Berlin, Orvosi Hetilap, Budapest, etc., and of The Internat. Clinics, the Med. Times of N. Y., The Iowa Med. Jour- nal, The Med. Progress of Kentucky, The Am. Medi- cine of N. Y. City, The Hahnemann Monthly, The In- terstate Med. Journal, etc. Coroner physician in Aus- tria for several years. Received gold medal of the Austrian Army; mem. of the Takova order of the Ser- vian Kingdom. Mem. N. Y. County Med. Soc., State Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, Am. Ass'n of Orifical Sur- geons, N. Y. Path. Soc., N. Y. Acad. of Medicine, Ger- man Literary Soc., Deutsch-Wissenschaftlicher Verein, Verein Deutscher Schriftsteller, Am. Acad. of Polit. Science of Phila., Ass'n of Am. Physicians, German Med. Soc., Bronx Med. Ass'n. Address: 818 E. 216th St., Williamsbridge, N. Y. City.
KLEIN, WILLIAM
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Oct. 13, 1876; s. Adolph and Rosie (Propper) Klein; ed. public schools, Coll. City of N. Y., N. Y. Univ., LL.B., 1896. Admitted to bar, 1897; brought about the consolidation of the theatri- cal programme printers, 1896; in 1905 represented and formed the Sam S. and Lee Shubert Incorporated Com- panies, which was the opposition to the Theatrical Trust; was elected its counsel and dir .; elected 1907 counsel of U. S. Amusement Co .; sec. and dir. Shubert- Anderson Co., controlling the N. Y. Hippodrome; coun- sel and dir. Wolf & Carrillo, Incorporated; dir. Am. Carbon and Chemical Co. of N. J., Auto Robe and Rub- ber Co., Charles E. Evans Co., Henry Miller & Co., Independent Five and Ten Cent Stores, Lincoln Surety Co. of Delaware, Sarah Bernhardt Realty Co .. Selwyn & Co., Shubert Theatrical Co., Shubert Holding Co., Miller Shubert Co., Manhattan Producing Co., F. Ray Comstock Co., Casino Theatre Co., Lyric Theatre Co., Jefferson De Angelis Opera Co., Nouveaute Produeing Co. Democrat; Jewish religion. Mem. Advisory B'ds Hebrew Orphan Asylum, Montefiore Home and Edn'l Alliance. Residence: 200 W. 112th St. Address: 346 Broadway, N. Y. City.
KLINE, ARDOLPH L.
Mem. B'd of Aldermen, Mayor N. Y. City, Sept .- Dcc., 1913; b. Sussex Co., N. J., Feb. 21, 1858; s. Anthony and Margaret (Busby) Kline; ed. public and private
schs. Andover and Newton, N. J .; m. Nov. 25, 1886, Frances A. Phalon; one d .: Mrs. Edward J. Schell. Was in employ of W. C. Peet & Co., of N. Y. City, 1877-1886; elected mem. of B''d of Aldermen for terms 1904-1905, 1906-1907 and 1912-1913; elected vice-chin'n B'd of Aldermen Jan., 1912; appt'd by Pres. Theodore Roosevelt, Jan. 1, 1908, ass't appraiser of merchandise, Port of N. Y .; resigned, July 1, 1911; has acted 'as mayor pro tem. of N. Y. City on many oeeasions. Be- caine Mayor of N. Y. City under Charter Provisions Sept., 1913, to fill vacancy caused by death of Hon. William J. Gaynor; served until Dec. 31, 1913. Served in Spanish-Am. War. Bv't brig .- gen. 14th Reg't N. G. N. Y. Mem. Sons of Veterans, Naval and Mil. Order of Spanish-Am. War; asso .- mem. G. A. R. Clubs; Montauk, Kings County Republican ( Brooklyn). Res- idence: 238a Carlton Av., Brooklyn. Address: City llall, N. Y. City.
KLINE, WILLIAM FAIR
Artist; b. Columbia, S. C., May 3, 1870; s. Theodore David and Ida Eugenia (Holst) Kline; student Nat. Acad. of Design, N. Y. City ( won traveling scholarship, 1889); studied with Bougereau at Académie Julien, Paris; in class under John La Farge; awarded Lazarus traveling scholarship Met. Museum of Art. Returned from Paris, 1892; ass't to Will H. Low, and afterward to F. D. Millet at World's Columbian Exp'n 1893; studied and traveled in France and Italy, and ex- hibited in the Paris Salon, 1896; returned, 1897; was awarded T. B. Clarke prize, 1901; 2d Halgarten prize, 1903, Nat. Acad. Design; silver medal, Pan-Am. Exp'nı, Buffalo; gold medal for stained glass window, "The Angel of the Resurrection," La. Purchase Exp'n, St. Louis, 1904; bronze medal for painting and decoration at same. Asso. Nat. Acad. of Design; mem. Am. Fed- eration of Arts. Most important works are: Hc Tribute (woman making flag); The Flight Into Egypt; Leda and the Swan; llappy Days; In Times of Peace; also large window representing the Ascension, for tlc Second Presby'n Ch., Chicago, Ill. Address: 244 W. 14th St., N. Y. City.
KLINE, WILLIAM J.
Publisher; b. Fultonville, N. Y., Nov. 7, 1848; . s. William W. and Jane Ann (Booth) Kline; ed. Johns- town (N. Y.) Acad., Prof. Collins's Private Sch., Al- bany, N. Y .; grad. Union Coll., A.B., A.M., 1872 (Phi Beta Kappa), L.L.D., 1912; m. Amsterdam, N. Y., April 14, 1875, Emily Gardiner; children: Mrs. David Le Favour, Gardiner, Laura J., Edna B. Hlas twice vis- ited Europe, and the Hawaiian Islands, besides exten- sive travels in U. S. and West Indies. Postmaster at Amsterdam, 1877-1885; senior mem. William J. Kline & Son, publishers The Amsterdam Evening Recorder and the Seml-Weekly Recorder-Democrat. V .- p. Mont- gomery County Trust Co .; trustee Anisterdam Savings Bank. Republican. Mein. N. Y. Press Ass'n (ex- pres.), Rep. Editorial Ass'n State of N. Y. (ex-pres.), Associated Dailies of N. Y. (ex-pres.); v .- p. Nat. Edl- torial Ass'n. Mem. Amsterdam B'd of Trade, Masonic order B. P. O. Elks; v .- p. Montgomery Co. Ilist. Soc .; trustee Amsterdam Frce Library. Clubs: Masonic, Antlers Country. Address: Amsterdam, Montgomery Co., N. Y.
KLOCK, JAY E.
Newspaper publisher; b. ilammond, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., Feb. 14, 1864; s. Rev. Nellis and Lovina 1. (Ottman) Klock; ed. under father's insti'n for most part; attended Albany Boys' Acad., but did not gradu- atc; m. 1st, Farmington, N Y., Oet. 8, 1890, Ina G. Chilsom; 2d Aug. 15, 1911, Louise M. Rice of N. Y. City. At the age of 21 beeame mem. editorial staff Albany Evening Journal; purchased controlling inter- est in Little Falls Daily Times, 1889; sold same 1891 and purchased Kingston Daily Freeman, which has since successfully conducted, also developing large job printing business. Republican. Clubs: Transporta- tion, Lotos. Address: 5-9 Broadway, Kingston, N. Y.
KLOTZ, HERMANN GUSTAV
Physician; b. Rochlitz, Saxony, Germany, Aug. 21, 1844; s. Karl and Emilie (Schmidt) Klotz; ed. at pri- vate schs., Royal
Gymnasium (Furstenschule), Grimma, Saxony; Univs. of Leipzig, 1.63-1866, Wurz- burg, 1866-1867, Heidelberg, 1867, Leipzig, 1867-1868; M.D., Univ. of Leipzig, 1868; m. N. Y. City, Dec. . +, 1873, Mario C. Schwedler, children; Walter C., M.D., b. 1875; Edward H., b. 1876; Mrs. Liflie E. Breitwieser, b. 1878; Mrs. Gertrude M. Ardagh, b. 1884; Robert G, M.1C., b. 1886. Two years surgeon on various steamers of Hamburg-Am. Line; since settled in practise in N. Y. City. Connected with German Ilosp. and Disp. since 1872; attending physician for skin and venereal diseases in hosp. since 1879. Lutheran. Mem. Med. Soc. Co. of N. Y .. Acad. Medicine of N. Y .; hon. mem. N. Y. Dermatol. Soc., Am. Dermatol. Ass'n, mem. Ger-
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man Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Soc., Soc. Sanitary and Moral Prophylaxis, N. Y. Physicians' Mutual Aid Ass'n, N. Y. Soc. for Relief of Widows and Orphans of Med. Men, Metropolitan Museum of Art; hon. mem. Med. Soc. Co. of Kings, etc. Contb'r numer- ous papers on skin diseases, syphilis, etc., In Am. Journal of Cutaneous Diseases, N. Y. Medical Journal, Medical News, N. Y. Monatschrift, Journal of Am. Med. Ass'n, Archiv fuer Dermatology and other Amer- lean and German periodicals; also on Am. Med. Min- eral Springs. Residence: White Plains, N. Y. Ad- dress: The Sydenham, 616 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
KNAPP, CHARLES
Prof. classical philology; b. N. Y. City, June 22, 1868; s. Michael and Mary Josephine (Rennett) Knapp; ed. public schools, Trinity Sch., N. Y. City; grad. Columbia Univ., A.B., 1887, A.M., 1SS8, Ph.D., 1890; m. N. Y. City, June 24, 1889; Therese Isabel Shaw; one son: Charles Merrianı, b. 1892. Prize fellow in clas- sics, Columbia . Univ., 1SS7-1890, tutorial fellow in Latin, 1890-1891; inst'r in Latin and Greek, Barnard Coll., Columbia Univ., 1891-1902, adj. prof. of classical philology, Barnard Coll., Columbia Univ., 1902-1906; prof. classical philology, Columbia Univ., since 1906. Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Philol. Ass'n. See .- treas. Classical Ass'n of Atlantic States, since 1907. Editor: Stories from Aulus Gellius, 1894; Virgil's Æneid. Books I-VI, selections from VII-XII, 1901; joint editor, Viri Romæ; mn'g editor and business mg'r The Clas- sical Weekly, since 1907. Author of numerous arti- eles in various learned periodicals on subjects con- nected with classical literature, especially Latin. Ad- dress: Columbia Univ., N. Y. City.
KNAPP, CHARLES LUMAN
Lawyer; ex-mem. of Congress; born Harrisburg, N. Y., July 4, 1847; educated Lowville Acad. and Rut- gers Coll., N. J .; grad. 1869; m. June 26, 1887, Sarah, d. Hon. Daniel G. Dorrance, of Oneida Castle, N. Y. Studied law and was admitted to bar and began prac- tise in Lowville, 1873. Republican, elected to the State Senate from the dist, consisting of Lewis, St. Lawrence and Franklin counties, 1885; served in the Senate during ISS6 and 1887. Appt'd, 1889, by Pres. Harrison, consul-gen. to Montreal, and served during Harrison's term and until Sept., 1893, when returned to Lowville and resumed practise. Elected to 57th Congress, Nov. 5, 1901, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Hon. A. D. Shaw; re-elected to the 58th, 59th, 60th, and 61st Congresses from 28th N. Y. Dist. Address: Lowville, N. Y.
KNAPP, CLINTON BEECHAM
Physician; b. Medford, Mass., Nov. 23, 1874; s. Albert D. and Beecham Knapp; grad. Ohio Wesleyan Univ., A.B., 1898; grad. Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Columbia) N. Y. City, 1902; m. Southington, Conn., Sept. 20, 1905, Mary A. Atwater; children: Clinton Beecham, Jr., b. March 13, 1997; Helen Curties, b. March 28, 1909. Ass't attending surgeon to Lying-in-Hosp., N. Y. City; prof. bacteriology, Coll. of Pharmacy (Columbia) N. Y. City. Mem. Ohlo Soc., Riverside Practitioners' Soc., N. Y. County Med. Soc. Address: 23 E. 93d St., N. Y. City.
KNAPP, WALLACE PERCY
Lawyer; b. in Conn., Aug. 7, 1863; grad. Yale, A.B., 1886; Columbia Univ., UL.B., 1888; Univ. of N. Y., M.L., 1898; m. N. Y. City, 1894, Caroline Duncan Miller; children: Mary Elizabeth, b. 1897, Emma Whitman, b. 1898. Traveled extensively in Europe and Africa. Re- publicar; Episcopalian, Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Psi Upsilon; trustee the Boys' Club. Clubs: Uni- versity, Racquet and Tennis, Riding, Skull and Bones. Residence: 68 E. 54th St. Address: 2 Rector St., N. Y. City.
KNAPP, WALTER H.
Lawyer; b. Hopewell, Ontario Co., N. Y., March 23,' 1856; s. B. Franklin and Harriet ( Warner) Knapp; ed. Canandaigua Acad., 1871-1874; grad. Amherst Coll., A.B., 1879; m. 1st, Manchester, N. Y., Aug. 3, 1879, Mary Cole (died 1910); 2d. July 17, 1911, Emma L. Smith; children: W. Chandler, b. 1882, Robert Cole, b. 1885, B. Franklin, b. 1889, Edson Warner, b. 1898, Hugh Jameson, b. July 31, 1912. Tcacher Placerville Acad., Calif., 1879-1883; Canandaigua Acad., N. Y., 1883-1885. Admitted to practise law in the Supreme Court, 1885; elected county judge, ' 1896; re-clected, 1902; Counsel to Legislative Primary Investigating Com., 1909-1910. Republican; Presby'n. Mem. Can- andagua Scientific Ass'n; Masonic order (past master). B'd of Ed'n, Canandaigua. Mcm. Ain. Bar Ass'n, N. Y. State Bar Ass'n. Club: Gencsee Valley ( Rochester). Address: 5 Hallenbeck B'ldg., Canandaigua, N. Y.
KNAUTH, ANTONIO
Lawyer; b. Leipzig, Germany, Dec. 2, 1855; s. Theo- dor Knauth, founder banking firm Knauth, Nachod & Kuhne. and Fanny 2. (Steyer) Kuauth; ed. St. Thomas School, Leipzig; afterwards studied phil- osophy and law at Univs. of Leipzig and Berlin; came to U. S., 1877; grad. Columbia Law Sch., A.B., 1879; became a citizen of U. S., 1882; m. 1st, Utrecht, Hol- land, 1884, Elsie Ribbius Peletier (died 1SS6); 2d, Chemnitz, Germany, Nov., 1893, Elsie M. Uhlich; children; Ilse, b. 1894; Susanne, b. 1895; Ursula, b. 1899; Bethold, b. 1905; Johannes Peter, b. 1907. Served clerkship under ex-Gov. Salomon in N. Y. City; In 1884 formed firm of Briesen, Steele & Knauth, with Arthur V. Briesen and Sanford H. Steele; continued since 1889 under firm name of Briesen & Knauth, en- gaged in general practise. Contributor to German Legal periodicals. Mem. Citizens' Union for many years; has taken part in every movement for re- forin of City Gov't; treas. Good Gov't Club, 19th As- sembly Dist. Independent in politics. Pres. Vigilant Mills; v .- p. Regina Co., Botany Worsted Mills, Ger- manistic Soc. of America. Mem. Am. and N. Y. City Bar Ass'ns, N. Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n, Law Inst. Library Ass'n, Dwight Alumni Ass'n; trustee River- side Day Nursery; dir. Germanic Museum. Spends summers at Bolton, on Lake George. Clubs: City, German, N. Y. Riding, Lawyers. Residence: 246 West End Av. Address: 25 Broad St., N. Y. City.
KNAUTH, OSWALD WHITMAN
Educator; b. N. Y. City, June 3, 1887; s. Percival and Mary Iles ( Whitman) Knauth; grad. llarvard and Co- lunibia univs .; m. N. Haven, Me., Aug. 29, 1911, Anna Dixwell Clements; one son, Oliver D., b. June 6, 1912. Instr. in cconomics at Princeton Univ. Clubs: Har- vard, Nassau. Addresses: Prinecton, N. J., and 302 W. 76th St., N. Y. City.
KNEELAND, ANDREW DELOS
Lawyer; b. Binghamton, N. Y., May 6, 1863: s. An- drew Jackson and Lucy Adaline (Parker) Kneeland; ed. Augusta (N. Y.) Acad., Colgate Acad. (Hamilton, N. Y.), grad. 18844 (honors), Madison Univ. ( Hamilton, N. Y.), A.B., 1888; m. April 21, 1887, Martha 11. Sey- mour; children: Joy Pauline, b. 1891; Belle Genevieve, b. 1893. Admitted to all courts of record of State, 1888, at Syracuse to Federal Court later, and U. S. Supreme Court, 1900; senior mem. law firm of Knee- land, Files & Reese, now practising alone. City att'y. of Rome, N. Y., 1891-1896; partner of Judge Isaac J. Evans, county judge of Onelda County, several years; later of Hon. Howard C. Wiggins, of Rome, N. Y., . and of Hon. John C. Evans, of Rome, N. Y., several years. Removed to N. Y. City, 1902. Republican; Uni- tarian. Life mem. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n; mem. Am. Bar Ass'n, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n, Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, Mason, 32°, Knight Templar, and all Masonle bodies; past master and past comd'r. Mem. many clubs. Residence: 220 W. 98th St. Address: 115 Broadway, N. Y. City.
·. KNEELAND, STILLMAN FOSTER
Lawyer; b. Quebec, Canada, May 17, 1845; s. Gardner and Julia (Castle) Kneeland; ed. MeGIII Univ., Mon- treal, and Union Coll., LL. D .; in. Albany, N. Y., 1872. Mary Stuart Wilson. Served in Civil War and after- ward studied law; practising in N. Y. City since 1872. In 1886 prepared and secured passage of an act abolishing perpetual imprisonment for debt in State of N. Y. Mem. Gen. Assembly of N. Y., 1894; judge-advocate gen. of N. Y. State, 1896-1898. Coun- sel to large firms and corp'ns. V .- p. Dep't of Paint- Ing, Brooklyn Inst. Arts and Sciences: fellow Royal Geog. Soc. Author: Treatise on Commercial Law, Kneeland on Attachments; Seven Centuries in the Knecland Family. Residence; Ilotel Chelsea. Address: 74 Broadway, N. Y. City.
KNIGHT, AUGUSTUS S.
Medical dir. (life ins.); b. Manchester, Mass., Nov. 21, 1864; s. John and Deborah (Carleton) Knight; ed. Phillips Andover Acad., Harvard Univ., A. B., 1887, M.D., 1801; m. Boston, Oct. 1, 1891, Abbie F. Knight. Med. dir. Met. Life Ins. Co. Episcopalian. Mem. N. Y. Acad. Medicine, Harvard, Med. Soe. of N. Y. City. Clubs: Harvard, Manhattan. Address: 1 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
KNIGHT, CHARLES CALVIN
Physician, banker; b. Stafford, Conn., April 16, 1833; S. Calvin and Mary (Temple) Knight; ed. Monsou Acad., Med. Dep't N. Y. Univ., M.D .; m. Peekskill, N. Y., June 7. 1859, Lucy W. Brown; children: Lucy, Charles, Asher, Mabel Temple. Pres. Peekskill Sav- ings Bank; dir. Westchester Nat. Bank. Republican;
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Presby'n. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Ass'n, Westchester County Med. Ass'n. Address: 1018 Park St., Peekskill, N. Y.
KNIGHT, ERASTUS COLE
Ex-mayor of Buffalo; b. Buffalo, N. Y., Mar, 1, 1857; ed. public schools; m. Buffalo, N. Y., May 14, 1881, Mary Elizabeth Cowles. Commission merchant, 1880- 1587; engaged in real estate business In 1887, which still continues; supervisor, 1889-1895, and chm'n, 1894; comptroller City of Buffalo, 1895-1900; comptroller of State of N. Y., 1901; mayor Buffalo, 1901-1905. Pres. and gen. mg'r Isle of Pines Home and Plantation Co. Grand Commander, Knights Templar, State of N. Y., 1905-1906. Address: Buffalo, N, Y.
KNIGHTON, JOHN A.
Civil engineer; b. Brownsville, Erie Co., N. Y., March 6, 1868; s. John and Mary ( Moulton) Knighton; ed. public schools, Buffalo; Parker Union Sch., Clarence, S. Y .; grad. Cornell Univ., C.E., 1891; m. Buffalo, N. Y., 1895, Ida Sackett; children: Willis Sackett, b. 1896, Marian, b. 1900. Was engaged, 1891-1894 and 1895- 1901, on the Buffalo grades crossings improvement; parts of 1894 and 1895 with the Berlin Iron Bridge Co .; since 1901 in the Dep't of Bridges, N. Y. City; was in charge of construction of Blackwell's Island Bridge. Lieut., and later capt., 165th Reg't, N. Y. Vols., during its existence, in 1898. Methodist. Mcm. Am. Soc. of Civil Eng'rs, . Municipal Eng'rs of the City of N. Y., Am. Soc. for Testing Materials. Address: 207 W. 107th St., N. Y. City.
KNOPF, S. ADOLPHUS
Physician; b. Halle-on-the-Salle, Germany, Nov. 27, 1$57; s. Adolphus and Nanina Knopf; ed. in Malle Municipal High Sch .; came to U. S. in youth; settled frst in N. Y. City and later at Los Angeles, Calif .; taught languages and attended Univ. of Southern Calif. until 1856; grad. Bellevuc Hosp. Med. Coll., M.D., 1888; m. Los Angeles, Calif., Oct. 19, 1889, Pearl Nora, d. Harrison Gray Dyar. Engaged in med. prae- tice in Los Angeles, 1888; went to France, 1890, grad. Univ. of Paris, 1895; spent a year, 1895-IS96, in Europe in special study of sanatorium treatment of consump- tives, being ass't physician to Prof. Dettweiler of the Faulkenstein Sanitarium; made laureate Acad. Medi- cine of Paris, 1896, for doctorate thesis "Les Sanatoria. Traitement et Prophylaxie de la Phtisie Pulmonaire"; settled in N. Y. City, 1896. Made laureate by Coll. l'hys. of Philadelphia, 1898, for his work entitled Pul- monary Tuberculosis: Its Modern Prophylaxis and the Treatment in Special Institutions and at Hiome; awarded prize by Internat. Congress for study of Tuberculosis Congress in Washington, 1908. Contb'r Disease of the Masses, and How to Combat it (since published in 27 different languages). Has been in- terne, ass't and visiting physician to several French and Am. special hosp. for consumptlves; hon. v .- p. British Congress on Tuberculosis, London, 1901; chm'n Com. on Relief of Sick Poor of N. Y. State Conf. Char- itles, 1902. U. S. Gov't delegate to French Congress on Tuberculosis, 1905, and mem. of Com. of Internat. Tuberculosis Congress in Washington, 1908, Contr'r to Twentieth Century Practice of Medicine, Nelson's American Encyclopedia, American Treatise on General Tuberculosis, and to various med, and sociol. jour- nals. Asso. dir. Clinle for Pulmonary Diseases ' N. Y. Health Dep't; visiting physician Riverside Sanatorium for Consumptives. N. Y. Clty; prof. phthisiotherapy at N. Y. Post-Graduate Med. School; consulting physician sanatoria at Gabriels, N. Y., Binghamton, N. Y., and Scranton, Pa, Mem. Am. Acad. Medicine (ex-v .- p.); fellow N. Y. Acad. Medicine, A. A. A. S .; mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Ass'n, N. Y. Co. Med. Ass'n, Soc. of Med. Jurisprudence; hon. fellow Maine Acad. Medicine and Science, N. J. State Med. Soc., and Sociedad Cientifico Antonio Alzate of Mexico; corr. mem. German and French Socs. for the Prevention of Tuberculosis: hon. dir. New Haven Anti-Tuberculosis Ass'n; v .- p. Pa. Soc. for Prevention of Tuberculosis; dir. Nat Ass'n for Study and Prevention of Tubercu- losis; mem. Tuberculosis Com. N. Y. Charity Org'n Soe. Address: 16 W. 95th St., N. Y. City.
KNOTT, DAVID HURST
Pres. Holley Hotel Co .; b. Orange, N. J., Oct. 22, 1879; s. James and Margaret ( MacMurray) Knott; attended Peddie Inst., Highstown, N. J. (first prize in English) ; in. N. Y. City, July 27, 1905, Agnes G. Geckie; children: James Knott, b. Aug. 7, 1909; David M., Jr., b. Nov. 11, 1912. Treas. Wynotol Realty & Hotel Co,; largest stockholder Duncan Hotel Co .; mem. B'd of Dirs. and Exec. Com. Hotel Ass'n. Traveled around world. Rep- resented the 25th Assembly dist. of N. Y. City in the N. Y. State Assembly, year 1913. Veteran 7th Reg't N.G.N.Y. Served seven years. Dld strike duty at Croton. Democrat; Baptist. Treas. Baptist Social
Union of N. Y:, Hotel Men's Ass'n. Recreations: Golf,
tennis, horseback riding. Clubs: 7th Reg't Veterans, Iroquois, Aero of America. Address: 103 Waverley Pl., N. Y. City.
· KNOWLES, BENJAMIN F.
Real estate; b. N. Y. City, Sept. 4, 1803; s. Charles and Elizabeth F. ( Rutzler) Knowles; ed. public schools; m. N. Y. City, Nov. 11, 1890, Lillie Elder. Pres. B. F. Knowles Co., Premier Realty Corp'n, Jamaica Park South Realty Corp'n. Baptist. Trustee Faith Home for Incurables. Residence: 761 Greene Av. Ad- dress: 176 Broadway, Brooklyn, N. Y.
KNOX, JOHN T.
Lawyer; b. Wilson, Niagara Co., N. Y., Feb. 26, 1844; s. John and Agnes (Murray) Knox; ed. Wilson Coi- legiate Inst., 1861-1863; grad. Hamilton Coll., A.B., 1867; m. Penn Yan, N. Y., June 26, 1872, Agnes R. Lap- ham; children: Agnes Louisc, b. 1878, Paul, b. 1884. Has been engaged in the practice of law since 1872; dist. att'y of Yates Co., 1878-1884, 1892-1895; co. judge, 1896-1902; reelected for the term 1902-1908. Republi- can. Mem. Masonic order, I. O. O. F., Knights of Mac- cabees; trustee Palmer Inst., Starkey Sem. Clubs: Penn Yan, Penn Yan Yacht. Address: Penn Yan, N. Y.
J KNOX, LEWIS T.
Lawyer; b. New Castle, Pa .; s. John and Caroline (Sheaffer) Knox; grad. Yale Coll., A.B., 1891; N. Y. Law Seh., LL. B., 1893; admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1893; m. N. Y. City, Jan. 27, 1898, Florence Tilden Lynch. Engaged in gen. practice of law in N. Y. City. Episcopalian. MMcm. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Sigma Nu fraternity. Club: Yale. Address: 208 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
KNOX, MARY ALICE
Educator; b. Rome, N. Y., 1852; d. Rev. William Eaton and Alice Woodward (Jenckes) Knox; ed. Rome Aead. and private schools; grad. Elmira Coll., A.B .; inst'r Elmira Coll .; prof. in Wellesley Coll. ; prin. Emma Wil- liard Sch., Troy, N. Y .; prin. Miss Knox's Sch., Briar- cliffe Manor, N. Y .; has made various journeys in our own and foreign countries, including a trip around the world; sister of George Willian Knox, 1).D., of Union Theol. Sem. Address: Briarcliffe Manor, N. Y.
KNOX, SCHUYLER BRUSH
Civil engineer; b. Chelsea, N. Y., July 28, 1872; s. Starr B. and Amle (Collyer) Knox; prepared at Mount l'leasant Acad., Ossining, N. Y .: grad. C. E., Lehigh Unlv., class of 1893; m. Bridgeport, Conn., 1899, Katha- rinc Stanford. Contracting ing'r of Eastern Dist., Fort Pitt Bridge Works of Pittsburgh, Pa. Episcopalian. Mem. Phi Delta Theta fraternity; Am. Soc. of Civil Eng'rs; mem. Advisory B'd of Hosp. of St. Giles the Cripple; pres. Lehigh Univ. Alumni Ass'n. 1913-1914; mem. Sons of the Revolution, Mt. Pleasant Acad. Alumni Ass'n. Clubs: Engineers, Lchigh Univ. (N. Y. City). Residence: Standish Arms, Brooklyn, N. Y. Ad- dress: 45 Broadway, N. Y. City.
I KNOX, WILLIAM HENRY
Banker, exporter, importer; b, N. Y. City, Dec. 4, 1867; s. James Andrew and Adelaide Frances (Robin- son) Knox; ed. publle schs; m. N. Y. City, June 17, 1391, Esther Melbourne Holder; children: Willlam Mel- bourne, b. Sept. 9, 1893; Esther Adelaide, b. May 17, 1906. Started business career, 1883, and has had ex- tensive foreign travel, particularly in South Amerlea. Pres. William H. Knox & Co., Inc., Maplewood Bld'g & Loan Ass'n, recording sec. Newark Dist. Ch. Soc. Gov- erning officer S. Orange, N. J., and pres. B'd of Health, 1907-1911. Mcm. Chamber of Commerce, Produce Ex- change, Maritime Exchange, Am. Exporters' & Im- porters' Ass'n. Reercations: Motoring, fishing, trav- eling. Clubs: Whitchall, N. Y. Press. Residence: S. Orange, N. J. Address: 17 Battery Pl., N. Y. City.
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