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Rh the Episcopal church, but never settled over a con- gregation, devoting himself to literary pursuits. He published a collection of vouthful verses en- titled " The Cypriad " (Boston, 1809) ; " The Broken Harp " (Philadelphia, 1815) ; and " Poems " (Bos- ton, 1821).— His brother, Frederick, poet, b. in Hampton, N. H., 9 Oct., 1791 ; d. in Rowley, Mass., 20 Nov., 1849. shared with Henry the home at Rowley, studied at Harvard and at Litchfield law- school, and taught in Penobscot, Me., and Marble- head, Mass. He then returned to Rowley, where he passed his life, occupying himself in composition. A memorial of his life, with his poems, was pub- lished, entitled " Thorn Cottage " (Boston, 1855).

KNIGHT, James, physician, b. in Taneytown, Frederick co., Md., 14 Feb., 1810 ; d. in New York city, 24 Oct., 1887. He was educated at St. Mary's college, Md., and was graduated at Washington medical college, Baltimore, in 1832. He settled in New York city in 1835, and in 1840 devoted him- self to orthopedic surgery. In April, 1863, he gave up his private dwelling for a hospital, and estab- lished the New York society for the relief of the ruptured and crippled. In 1870, the society hav- ing completed a hospital of its own, he was ap- pointed physician in charge. He invented a truss and a life-saving apparatus for use in heavy surf. Dr. Knight was a member of various medical, sci- entific, and benevolent societies, and the author of " Improvement of Health of Children and Adults by Natural Means" (New York, 1875): "Ortho- pedia, or a Practical Treatise on the Aberrations of the Human Form" (1874); and " Static Elec- tricity as a Therapeutic Agent " (1882).

KNIGHT, Jonathan, surgeon, b. in Norwalk, Conn., 4 Sept., 1789; d. in New Haven, Conn., 25 Aug., 1864. His father, Jonathan, after serving as surgeon's mate in the Revolutionary war, was a physician in Norwalk for nearly fifty years. The son was graduated at Yale in 1808, during the next two years taught in Norwalk and New London, Conn., and in 1810 returned to Yale as tutor. He attended medical lectures in the University of Pennsylvania in 1811— '13, was licensed to practise in 1811, settled in New Haven in 1813. and was ap- ?ointed professor of anatomy and physiology in ale. He was transferred to the chair of surgery in 1838, and, resigning in 1864, was appointed pro- fessor emeritus. He was president of the American medical association in 1853-'4, and also for many years of the board of directors of the General hos- pital of Connecticut, and throughout this period was either an attending or consulting surgeon to the hospital. In 1864 he was influential in estab- lishing at New Haven the military hospital that bore his name. A sketch of his life was published by Dr. Francis Bacon (New Haven, 1865).

KNIGHT, Nehemiah Rice, statesman, b. in Cranston, R. I., 31 Dec, 1780; d. in Providence, R. I., 19 April, 1854. His father, Nehemiah, was a member of congress from 1803 till his death in 1808. The son received a public-school education, represented Cranston in the legislature in 1800, and, removing to Providence in 1802, became, in 1805, clerk of the court of common pleas. From 1812 till 1817 he was clerk of the circuit court, and in 1817-'21 he was governor of Rhode Island. During the administration of President Madison he was collector of customs at Providence, in 1820 was elected to the U. S. senate as a Whig in place of James Burrill, Jr., deceased, and was three times re-elected, serving till 1841. He was a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1843. and for many years was president of the Roger Williams bank in Providence. Mr. Knight was moderate and conciliating in his political course, and of ster- ling character. While governor he recommended the establishment of free schools in the state.

KNIGHT, Sarah, teacher, b. in Boston. Mass., 19 April, 1666: d. near Norwalk, Conn., 25 Dec, 1727. Her father, Capt. Thomas Kemble, was a merchant of Boston, and she married Richard Knight, who died about 1703. In 1706 she opened a school in Boston for children, and numbered among her pupils Benjamin Franklin and Samuel Mather. She is described as "excelling in the art of teaching composition," and, as a mark of respect, was called " Madam Knight." In 1713 she removed to Norwalk, Conn., and in the town-record is named as " taxed twenty shillings for selling strong drink to the Indians," but it is added " Madam Knight accuses her maid, Ann Clark, of the fact." Madam Knight's " Journey from Boston to New York in the Year 1704, from the Original Manuscript, in- cluding the Diary of the Rev. John Buckingham of a Journey to Canada in 1710" (New York. 1825; Albany, 1865), is a record from a diary in the au- thor's own handwriting from notes recorded on the way. It is valuable as a history of the man- ners and customs of the time, and is full of graphic descriptions of the early settlements in New Eng- land and New York.

'''KNIPE. Joseph Farmer''', soldier, b. in Mount Joy, Lancaster co.. Pa., 30 Nov., 1823. He was educated in a private school, served in the ranks through the war with Mexico, and then engaged in mercantile business in Harrisburg. Pa., until 1861, when he organized the 46th Pennsylvania regiment, and was commissioned its colonel. He was promoted to brigadier-general of volunteers 29 Nov., 1862. and served in the Army of the Poto- mac, and in that of the Cumberland, commanding a brigade and then a division, till the fall of At- lanta, when he became chief of cavalry of the Army of the Tennessee. Gen. Knipe received two wounds at Winchester, Va., two at Cedar Mountain, Ga.. and one at Resaca. Ga. He was mustered out of service in September, 1865, and is now (1887) su- perintendent of one of the departments in the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.

KNOLLYS, Hansard, clergyman, b. in Chalkwell, Lincolnshire, England, about 1598 ; d. in London, England, 19 Sept., 1691. He was educated at Cambridge, and afterward was master of the free schools in Gainsborough. In June, 1629, he was made deacon in the Church of England, and, after being ordained priest, received a living in Humberstone. Three years later he began to doubt certain tenets of the church, although he continued to preach for several years longer, but without surplice or prayer-book. He then resigned, and in 1636 was imprisoned in Boston, but escaped and came to this country, reaching Massachusetts early in 1638. There he was denounced as an Antinomian, and called " Mr. Absurd Knowless " by Cotton Mather. He appears to have settled in Piscataway, now Dover, N. H., where he founded a church in September. 1638, which was probably the first in New Hampshire. That he was a Baptist at this time there is little reason to doubt. An unfortunate controversy between two sections of his congregation led to his removal to Long Island, and he settled finally near New Brunswick. N. J. In 1641 he returned to England and preached in various places, getting himself into frequent trouble. He was formally ordained pastor, in 1645, of the Baptist church which he had gathered in London, and retained this charge until his death. Mr. Knollvs is regarded as the first Baptist clergyman that preached in the colonies, and he possessed