Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 96

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KNAPP, H. Wallace:

Republican assemblyman from Clinton County ; born town of Mooers ; educated at Mooers High School, and at Cazenovia; for six years was engaged in mercantile business with his father, H. F. Knapp, and later became sole owner; has represented his native town in the county board of sup- ervisors since 1899, and was elected chair- man of the board in 1901-02 and '03; served as a member of the following com- mittees of the assembly: State prisons; Fish and Game, and Excise; renominated for assmblyman in 1903; 1904, was ap- pointed a member of the following com- mittees: Canal, Fisheries, Game, and State Prisons. Address, Mooers, N. Y.

KNAPP, J. Herman:

Physician ; born Dauborn, Prussia, March 17, 1832 ; up to his fourteenth year lived in the country; then attended the academic college at Weilburg, in the former dukedom of Nassau, where he re- ceived the certificate of maturity to uni- versity studies; studied medicine for four years at the Universities of Munich, Würz- berg, Berlin, Leipsic, Zürich and Vienna; was graduated in 1854; passed his state examination at Weisbaden, 1856; then pre- pared himself for a university career dur- ing the next four years in Paris, London, Berlin, Utrecht, and Heidelberg; 1859, was appointed lecturer on ophthalmology at the University of Heidelberg, and in 1862, pro- fessor extraordinary, and opened a dispen- sary and hospital for eye diseases, partial- ly supported by voluntary contributions ; the new clinic being successful, it was incorporated into the university institu- tions ; 1867, became a citizen of the U. S .; resigned his position at the university and settled in New York, Oct., 1868; the first six months he made himself acquainted with the medical and scientific institu- tions, visiting hospitals and attending lec- tures in the medical colleges and societies ; May, 1869, converted a suitable house in

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Twelfth street near Broadway into an eye [ Summit, N. J., 1864; studied art in N. Y. and ear clinic, regularly organized and in- corporated by a board of twenty-one trus- tees, under the name of the N. Y. Opthal- mic and Aural Institute, intended not only for the treatment of patients, but also for medical teaching and research; at the same time founded an international jour- nal, the Archives of Ophthalmology and

Otology ; first a quarterly, later two

monthly magazines, with English

and

German editions, containing exclusively original papers and original reports on the progress of ophthalmology and otology in all civilized nations; later was appointed professor of ophthalmology at the medical faculty of the University of New York, and after the death of Dr. Agnew, profes- sor in the medical department of Columbia University; resigned this position in 1901, having reached his seventieth year; the Institute and the Archives have been in uninterrupted operation since their foun- dation, and to them and his private prac- tice he continues to devote his time. Ad- dress, 26 W. 4911, St., N. Y. City.

KNAPP, Martin Augustine:

Chairman Interstate Commerce Com- mission ; born Spafford, N. Y., Nov. 6, 1843 ; was graduated from Wesleyan Uni- versity, Conn., 1868, A. M., 1871; LL. D., 1892; honorary A. M., Syracuse University, 1892 ; married Marian Hotchkiss, Middle- town, Conn., 1869 ; admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1869 ; practiced at Syracuse, N. Y., 1877- 83; since 1891, Interstate Commerce Com- missioner ; reappointed by President Roos- evelt in 1902; since 1898, chairman; mem- ber of Transportation, Union League clubs. Home, 714 James St., Syracuse, N. Y .; Washington residence, Stoneleigh Court, office, Sun Building, Washington, D. C.

KNAPP, Walter Henry:

Lawyer, county judge; born Hopewell, N. Y., March 23, 1856 ; son of B. Frank- lin and Harriet Knapp; prepared for col- lege in Canandaigua Academy ; was grad- uated from Amherst College in 1879; in- structor in Latin, sciences and mathemat- ics, Placerville Academy, Cal., 1879 to 1883 ; was admitted to the Bar at Roches- ter, Oct., 1885; located at Canandaigua, N. Y .; elected county judge of Ontario County, 1896 ; re-elected to same office, 1902. Address, Hallenbeck Building, Canandaigua, N. Y.

KNAUFFT, Ernest:

Editor of The Art Student and The Little Artist; author Drawing for Print- ers ; director of the Chautauqua Society of Fine Arts, and teacher of illustrating ; born

City under Walter Satterlee and Frank Fowler, also at the Art Student's League under Carroll Beckwith, William M. Chase, Walter Shirlaw, H. Siddons Mowbray and George de Forest Brush ; was art instruc- tor at the Chautauqua, N. Y., summer school during the seasons of 1887-88-89-90- 91-92; assistant in free hand drawing at Princeton College in 1888-89 ; was profes- sor of art at Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind., in 1889-90-91; has been director of the Chautauqua Society of Fine Arts since 1889 ; art critic on, or contributor of art criticisms to, The International Studio, The Art Amateur, The Art Interchange. The Review of Reviews, The Churchman, The Inland Printer, and Daily Graphic, and occasional contributer to Our Conti- nent, The Manhattan Magazine, etc .; has lectured on art before the Chautauqua as- sembly ; in Indianapolis, Lafayette, Ind .; Bridgeport, Conn .; New Canaan, Conn .; Flushing, L. I .; Brooklyn, N. Y .; N. Y. City; at the Chicago Art Institute, and the School of Industrial Art of the Pennsylvania Museum, Phila .; some of the most important lectures before these institutions are : Before the Pennsylvania Museum School-March 13, 1899, The II- lustrator and his Problems; March 20, 1899, The Decorator and his Problems. Before the Chicago Art Institute-Nov. 25, 1892, The Technique of the Graphic Arts; Nov. 26, 1892, The Illustration of Child- ren's Books; Dec. 2, 1892, Character Ren- dering in Pictorial Art; Dec. 3, 1892, Mod- ern Processes of Pictorial Reproduction; editor of American Etchings, 1881; found- ed The Art Student, a monthly for the home study of drawing and illustrating, in 1892. Address, 427 Fourth Ave., N. Y. City.

KNEELAND, Stillman Foster, LL. D .:

Lawyer ; born Quebec, Canada, May 17, 1845; was educated at McGill University, Montreal, and Union College; married Mary Stuart Wilson, Albany, N. Y., 1872 ; served as brigadier-general, Civil War; member legislature, 1894; judge-advocate- general, 1896-98; he is a member of the law firm of Kneeland, La Fetra & Glaze; is vice-president of the department of painting, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences ; author of Treatise on Commer- cial Law; Kneeland on Mechanics' Liens ; Kneeland on Attachments; Seven Centuries in the Kneeland Family; member of Long Island Historical Society, Sons American Revolution, Union Alumni. Residence, 110 Berkeley Place, Brooklyn; office, 346

Broadway, N. Y. City.

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KNIGHT, Charles Robert:

Artist; born Brooklyn, Oct. 21, 1874; son of George Wakefield and Lucy Anne Wilson Knight; educated at Polytechnic, Brooklyn ; married Annie Hardcastle, Mid- dletown, Del., 1901; best known by his an- imal painting; illustrator for the Century Co. and McClure. Residence, 205 W. 85th St., N. Y. City ; office, American Museum of Natural History.

KNIGHT, Erastus Cole :

Mayor of Buffalo; born March 1, 1857, Buffalo N. Y .; educated at public schools; commission merchant, 1880-87; engaged in real estate business in 1887, which he still continues; supervisor, 1889-95, and chairman, 1894; comptroller of City of Buffalo, 1894-96; comptroller of State of N. Y., 1903; mayor of city since 1903; grand commander, Knights Templar, State of N. Y., 1903; Married Mary Eliza- beth Cowles, of Buffalo, N. Y., May 14, 1881. Address, Buffalo, N. Y.

KNIPP, Charles H .:

Lawyer; born Aug. 7, 1858 ; educated at Corning Academy, and graduate of Albany Law School, 1883; district attorney of Chemung county; member of Assembly, 1900-02; Republican; Knight Templar; Member, I. O. R. M. Residence, Elmira, N. Y.

KNOPF, S. Adolphus:

Physician ; born at Halle-on-the-Saale, Germany, Nov. 27, 1857 ; son of Adolphus and Nanina Knopf ; pursued classical stu- dies at the Higher Municipal School of his native city ; came to the U. S. in his early youth and settled first in N. Y. and then in Los Angeles, Cal .; taught languages and entered the University of Southern Cal- ifornia, remaining there until 1886; then entered Bellevue Hospital Medical College, N. Y., and in 1888 was graduated; he then engaged in general practice at Los Angeles, Cal .; in 1890, went to France, matriculated at the University of Paris, from which he was graduated. 1895, re- maining one more year in Europe for special study of sanitorium treatment of consumptives, serving as assistant physician to Professor Dettweiler, of the Falkenstein Sanatorium; June, 1896, was made laureate of Academy of Medicine of Paris for his French doctor thesis; Les Sanatoria, Traitement et Prophylaxie de la Phtisie Pulmonaire; in 1886, settled in N. Y. City; was made laureate by the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, in 1898, for his work entitled Pulmonary Tuberculosis : Its Modern Prophylaxis and the Treatment in Special Institutions and

at Home; the International Congress for the Study of Tuberculosis, which con- vened in Berlin in 1899, awarded Dr. Knopf the prize for his essay, Tuberculosis as a Disease of the Masses and How to Combat It, which has since been published in eighteen different languages; has been attached as interne assistant, and visiting physician to a number of French and American special hospitals for consump- tives ; was honorable vice-president of the British Congress on Tuberculosis, London, 1901; chairman of the committee on the relief of the sick poor of the N. Y. State Conference of Charities in 1902, and has held other offices of similar importance; has contributed many articles on tubercu- losis and kindred subjects to professional journals and other periodicals, and has also contributed to the latest medical en- cyclopedia, Twentieth Century Practice of Medicine ; Dr. Knopf is associate director of the clinic for pulmonary diseases of the Health Department; visiting physician to the Riverside Sanatorium for Consump- tives of the City of N. Y., and consulting physician to the Sanatoria Gabriels, N. Y., and Binghamton, N. Y., and the Consumptive Hospital at Scranton Pa., Denver Co .; is a member of the City Club of N. Y .; ex vice-president of the American Academy of Medicine; Fel- low of the N. Y. Academy of Medicine, American Medical, N. Y. State and N. Y. Co., Medical Associations; hon- orable Fellow of the Maine Academy of Medicine and Science, and of the Socie- dad Cientifica Antonio Alsate of Mexico; corresponding member of German and French Societies for the Prevention of Tuberculosis; honorary director of the New Haven Anti-Tuberculosis Associa- tion; vice-president of the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Tuber- culosis; member of the National Asso- ciation for the Study and Prevention

of Tuberculosis, and member of the tuberculosis committee of the New York Charity Organization Society; married at Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 19, 1889, Pearle Nora, daughter of Harrison Gray Dyar. Address, 16 West 95th St., N. Y. City.

KNOWLTON, Edwin Franklin:

Manufacturer ; born West Upton, Mass., Feb. 2, 1834; educated at Wilbraham; in 1858, removed to N. Y. City ; is director of the Brooklyn Trust Co., and Phoenix Fire Insurance Co., and a member of the Hamilton Club; he married Miss Car- penter in 1881. Address, 57 Vandam St .. N. Y. City.

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KNOX, George William:

Presbyterian clergyman ; educator, au- thor; born Rome, N. Y., Aug. 11, 1853; was graduated from Hamilton, 1874; Au- burn Theological Seminary, 1877; D. D., Princeton, 1888 ; mission work in Japan; professor homiletics, Union Theological Seminary, Tokio; professor philosophy and ethics, Imperial University, Japan, 1886 ; pastor, Rye, N. Y .; vice-president, Asiatic Society of Japan, 1891-92 ; lecturer on apologetics, Union Theological Seminary, N. Y., 1897-99, and since professor philos- ophy and history of religion; Nathanlel Taylor lecturer, Yale, 1903 ; author of (In English ) A Japanese Philosopher ; (in Japanese) A Brief Sysetem of Theology; Outlines of Homlletics ; Christ, the Son of God; The Basis of Ethics; The Mystery of Life; Autobiography of Aral Hakuseki; The Christian Point of View ; member of Century (N. Y.), Pelham, Country, and Agawamis (Rye, N. Y.) Clubs. Residence, Pelham Manor, N. Y .; office, 700 Park Ave., N. Y. City.

KNOX, Thomas T .:

Colonel U. S. Army; born in and ap- pointed from Tenn .; cadet of Military Academy, July 1, 1867; second lieutenant, First cavalry, June 12, 1871; first lieuten- ant, First cavalry, March 4, 1879; captain, Jan. 23, 1889; major, inspector general, July 25, 1898; lieutenant-colonel, inspec- tor general, Feb. 2, 1901; colonel inspector general, retired, April, 1903. Address, N. Y. Life Building, N. Y. City. KNUBEL, Herman:

Pioneer of the oleomargarine industry; born N. Y., Dec. 1, 1851; son of Herman Knubel, of N. Y .; was educated in the public schools of the metropolis and in the College of the City of N. Y .; at sixteen years of age he entered the pork-packing business with his brother-in-law, who was at that time one of the largest pork pack- ers in the U. S .; at seventeen was in charge of one of the packing houses; re- mained in this business until 1870, when he connected himself with the Merchants' Exchange Bank; in 1873, went to Canada and there engaged in the business of man- ufacturing oleomargarine; constructed at Hamilton and Montreal, Canada, the first oleomargarine factories ever erected, and met with great success in handling this product; in 1875, disposing of this enter- prise, he returned to N. Y .; in 1884, under- took the development of the Harney Peak tin mines, in which he was associated with some of the most prominent capitalists of N. Y .; in 1889 went into the South Amer- Ican shipping business; shortly thereafter

he went to Europe, and remained there for four years, with short trips to this coun- try ; on his return, early in 1899, he en- gaged in the organization of several suc- cessful companies, including the Empire Coal Mining Co., one of the largest soft coal properties in the U. S .; was also the organizer of the Adograph Co. and is its president ; president of the Central West- orn Oil Co., one of the greatest sources of supply to the Standard Oil Co. in the West. Address, 42 Broadway, N. Y. City.

KOBBÉ, George C .:

Lawyer; born N. Y. Sept. 27, 1852; son of the late William August Kobbé, born in the Dutchy of Nassau, Germany, and for many years Nassovian Consul Gen- eral of the U. S., and Sarah Lord Kobbé, born in N. Y. City; married Alice Leavitt, daughter of Henry S. Leavitt, a prominent citizen of N. Y. ; graduate of the school of arts, Columbia College, in 1874. and of the law school of Columbia College in 1876 ; he chose legal profession, and was admit- ted to Bar in 1876; in active practice; member of the Society of Colonial Wars In the State of New Jersey, and Sons of the Revolution in the State of N. Y .; also member of the Union Club, the St. An- thony Club, the Down Town Association, Baltusrol Golf Club, etc. Member of the law firm of Roosevelt & Kobbe. Address, 44-46 Wall St., N. Y. City.

KOBBÉ, Gustav:

Author and journalist ; born N. Y. City, March 4, 1857; son of the late William A. and Sarah Lord Sistare Kobbé; his father was born at Idstein, near Wiesba- den, in the then Duchy of Nassau, and af- ter coming to this country represented the Duchy for many years and until its ab- sorption by Prussia, in 1867, as consul gen- eral; the mother came of a New England (New London, Conn.) family, which had settled in N. Y .; the first member of her family in this country was Gabriel Sistare, captain of a Spanish ship, who on a voyage from Havana to Cadiz, in the eighteenth century, was blown out of his course and wrecked on the Race of New London ; on his mother's side he is eligible to the Re- volutionary societies and the Society of Colonial Wars; Mr. Kobbé was educated first in N. Y. City, then in Wiesbaden, Germany; was graduated from Columbia College in 1877, and from Columbia Law School in 1879 ; he also is an A. M. of Co- lumbia ; in 1881, having previously been one of the editors of the Musical Review (N. Y.), he went on the staff of the N. Y. Sun; in the summer of 1882 he was sent to Bayreuth by the N. Y. World as cor-

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respondent at the production of Parsifal ; after a few years of newspaper work, he began writing for magazines; one of his earliest articles to make a hit was his Life on the South Shoals Lightship, which ap- peared in the Century ; to that magazine's Heroes of Peace series, for which Theodore Roosevelt and Jacob Riis also prepared papers, he contributed five articles ; at the same time he made a specialty of articles on musical and dramatic subjects and con- tributed, among other papers, Behind the Scenes of an Opera House, to Scribner's and Wagner from Behind the Scenes to the Century ; he also is a contributor to the Forum and the North American Review : and the author of the novel, Signora, a Child of the Opera House; Miriam, a Story of the Lightship; Some Famous Ac- tors and Actresses and their Homes ; Opera Singers; Wagner's Life and Works, two volumes; and Wagner's Music Dramas Analysed; and has on the press Wagner and His Isolde; and Loves of the Great Composers; in 1882 he married Carolyn Wheeler, a daughter of the late George Minor Wheeler, of Scarsdale, N. Y. Ad- dress, 126 W. 45th St., N. Y. City.

KOBBÉ, Philip F .:

Vice-president, assistant secretary and director of British Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co .; director of Elec- tric Magnetic Traction Co., Foreign Elec- tric Traction Co., Societé Anonyme West- inghouse of Paris, and Westinghouse Elec- tric Co. of London; member of Calumet, Lawyers, Reform, and Richmond County Country Clubs ; married Miss Marie E. Hessenberg. Residence, New Brighton, S. I .; office, 120 Broadway, N. Y. City.

KOBBÉ, William A .:

Major-general U. S. Army; son of the late William A. and Sarah Lord Sistare Kobbé; born N. Y. City, May 10, 1840; appointed from N. Y .- civil life; graduate of Artillery School, class of 1873 ; private, Co. K, Seventh N. Y. State Militia, June 5, 1862; discharged, Sept. 5, 1862; private, Co. G, One Hundred and Seventy-eighth N. Y. Infantry, May 29, 1863, to Oct. 18, 1863 ; first lieutenant, One Hundred and Seventy-eighth N. Y. Infantry, Oct. 18, 1863; captain, Aug. 2, 1865; honorably mustered out, March 1, 1866 ; second lieu- tenant, Nineteenth Infantry, March 17, 1866 ; transferred to Thirty-seventh Infan- try, Sept. 21, 1866 ; first lieutenant, Feb. 2, 1867; transferred to Third Infantry, Aug. 11, 1869; transferred to Third Ar- tillery, Feb. 5, 1872; captain, April 6, 1885 ; major, March 8, 1898 ; colonel Thir-

ty-fifth U. S. Infantry July 5, 1899; Brig- adier General, vols., Dec. 5, 1899; Briga- dier General, Feb. 6, 1901; Major Gen- eral, Jan. 19, 1904; brevet captain for gallant and meritorious services in the capture of Fort Balkeley, Ala .; brevet major and lieutenant colonel, volunteers, March 13, 1865, for distinguished and faithful services throughout the war; served throughout the Spanish-American War; retired in 1904; was married to Isa- bella Hoffman, June 26, 1867. Address, Hotel Hatton, San Francisco, Cal. KOHLER, Kaufmann:

Jewish Rabbi; born Fürth, Germany, May 10, 1843; educated at universities of Munich, Berlin and Leipzig; Ph. D., Uni- versity of Erlangen; filled pulpit in De- troit; Rabbi Sinai congregation, Chicago, 1871; since 1879, minister Temple Beth El, N. Y .; editor Jewish Reformer, 1886; Sab- bath Visitor, 1881-82; also of staff of Jewish Encyclopedia (theology and phil- osophy); married Miss Johanna Ein- horn in 1870; author of (Works on Bible Criticism) : Der Segen Jacob's (Jacob's Blessing); A Guide to Instruction in Juda- ism; Ethical Basis of Judaism; Church and Synagogue in Their Mutual Relations ; Backwards or Forwards; Lectures on Re- form Judaism; articles to Journal of Ger- man Oriental Society ; Gieger's Zeitschrift; On Bible Criticism; Jewish Times, Zeit- geist, American Hebrew, Menorah Monthly and Unity; on Pre-Talmudic Hagada, Jewish Quarterly Review. Address, 115 East 71st St., N. Y. City. KOENIG, Samuel S .:

Lawyer; born N. Y., 1872 ; educated at N. Y. public schools; Republican leader in the Sixteenth Assembly district of N. Y. City ; at last election, Mr. Koenig was successful in electing a Republican assem- blyman, being the first time in twenty-nine years. Address, 237 E. 7th St., N. Y. City.

KOHLER, Max J .:

Lawyer; born, Detroit, May 22, 1871; was graduated from College City of New York, 1890 (B. S.) ; Columbia Law School, 1893 ; Columbia College, A. M .; Assistant U. S. district attorney 1894-8 ; special as- assistant, 1898-99. Author of Methods of Review in Criminal Cases in the United States, (London 1899.) Edited : Settle- ment of Jews in North America, by Charles P. Daly, LL.D. Author: articles in 12 volumes of Publications American Jewish Historical Society, articles for Albany Law Journal, The Menorah Monthly, the American Hebrew, Jewish Encyclopedia, etc., Member of New York

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Historical Society; American Historical Society; American-Jewish Historical So- ciety; Academy Political Science; Bar Association. Residence, 34 East 76th St .; office, 119 Nassau st., N. Y. City.

KOLLE, Frederick S .:

Physician; born Hanover, Germany, November 22, 1871; coming to the United States, he took up the study of medicine at the Long Island College Hospital, grad- uating in 1893. For a year he was assist- ant aural physician at the Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital; 1893-94, interne at Kings Co. Hospital; also assistant physi- cian Contagious Disease Hospital, Brook- lyn. Made a specialty of electro-thera- peutics and plastic surgery, and is one of the most extensive investigators of the Roentgen ray ; he has invented several in- struments for use in connection with the latter, also various surgical instruments for plastic and cosmetic operations. Was in charge of the electro-therapeutic de- partment of Electrical Engineer Institute. N. Y., 1896-1900; 1897-1902, was associate editor of The Electrical Age. Author : The Roentgen Discovery ; The X Rays-Their Production and Application ; Medico-Surgl- cal Radiography ; Pen Lyrics and several works of juvenile verse and story. Office address, 18 West 25th St., N Y. City. KOLLER, Carl:

Physician ; surgeon to Mt. Sinai and other hospitals; opthalmologist to Monte- fiore Home; discoverer of the use of co- caine. Member; New York Academy Med- icine; New York Physicians Mutual Aid Association. Address, 715 Madison Ave., N. Y. City.

KOLLOCK, Mary:

Artist ; born Norfolk, Va., Aug. 20, 1832; student at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, National Academy of Design, New York ; studied also in Paris. Member Art Students League since 1877. More notable works include: Old Woman Spinning, Brittany ; Road in Normandy ; Italian Brigand; Early Morning in the Mountains; Black Mountain, Lake George. Address, Van Dyck Studios, 939 8th Ave., N. Y. City.

KOPLIK, Henry :

Physician; born New York, Oct. 28, 1858; was graduated from College City of N. Y., 1878 ; medical department Colum- bia University, 1881; married 1902, Ste- phanie Schiele. Discoverer of "Koplik's spots," a diagnostic sympton in measles adopted by profession generally; also a bacillus of whooping cough. Member American Pediatric Society, Association

American Physicians, New York Academy Medicine. Author: Diseases of Infancy and Childhood. Address, 692 Madison Ave., N. Y. City.

KOST, Frederick W .:

Artist ; born New York; studied at Na- tional Academy Design ; honorable men- tion Paris Exposition, 1900; Association National Academy Design; member So- ciety Landscape Painters ; Artists' Fund Society ; member of Salmagundi, Lotos, and Reform Clubs. Residence : 558 5th Ave. Studio: 146 West 55th St., N. Y. City.

KOUNTZE, Augustus Frederick:

Banker; born Omaha, March 4. 1870; was graduated from Yale, 1891. Member of firm Kountze Bros., bankers since 1894 member of Metropolitan, University, Strollers, Badmington, Riding. Lawyers, and Yale Clubs. Residence: 1 East 60th St. Office: 120 Broadway, N. Y. City.

KOYL, Charles Herschel:

Physicist, consulting engineer ; born Am- herstburg, Ont., Aug. 14. 1855; was grad- uated from Victoria College, Coburg, Ont., 1877; post-graduate student Johns Hop- kins, 1879-83; married, 1885, Georgiana Thatcher Washburn; 1901, Adèle T. San- ford. Head department mathematics and physics, high school, Washington, 1885-87 professor physics Swarthmore College, 1887-89; vice-president National Switch and Signal Co., 1889-91; president Nation- al Drying Co., 1891-93; scientific assist- ant to Col. Waring, commissioner street cleaning, N. Y., 1895-96; manager Auto- matic Banjo Co., N. Y., 1896-99; manager Industrial Water Co., 1899-1902. Con- tributor to scientific journals on physics and engineering. Delegate to Interna- tional Congress of Electricians, Phila- delphia, Engineers Club, Philadelphia; National Museum of Art. Residence, 210 W. 57th St., Manhattan; office, 18 Broadway, N. Y. City.

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Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 96

Author: Publication date: 1904- Publisher: New York : Lewis Historical Pub. Co., etc. Number of Pages: 1100

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Publication date: 1904-
Publisher: New York : Lewis Historical Pub. Co., etc.
Number of Pages: 1100