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LEFT KNOX 361 KNOXVILLE months confined in the French galleys; States Attorney-General 1901-1904, Serv- friend of Calvin and Beza; a preacher of ator for Pennsylvania (unfilled term) sermons that moved their hearers to demolish convents; with a price on his head, yet never faltering; arrested for treason, an armed "congregation" at his heels; burned in effigy, for years a dic- tator — he spent his life forwarding the Reformation in Scotland. His great work, distinguished in Scottish prose, was his "History of the Refoi*mation of Religion within the Realm of Scotland" (1584). His famous "Letter to the Queen Dowager" appeared in 1556; the "First Trumpet Blast against the Mon- strous Regiment of Women" — inveighing 1905. Elected for full term 1909. Sec- retary of State 1912, toured Latin- JOHN KNOX against women taking part in the gov- ernment, and which offended Queen Elizabeth — in 1558. He died in Edin- burgh, Nov. 24, 1572. KNOX, PHIIiANDER CHASE, an American lawyer; born in Brownsville, Pa., May 4, 1853; was graduated at Mount Union College, Alliance, O., in 1872; settled in Pittsburgh, Pa.; and was admitted to the bar there in 1875. He was appointed assistant United States district attorney for Western Pennsyl- vania; resigned after serving one year and engaged in the practice of his pro- fession. On April 5, 1901, he was ap- pointed Attorney-CJeneral of the United States by President McKinley to succeed John W. Griggs (resigned). Mr. Knox was a member of a number of clubs in Pittsburgh, New York, and Philadelphia; and in 1897 was elected president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. United PHILANDER CHASE KNOX America to establish good relations with United States 1916. Senator 1917-1923. Author of "Future of Commerce" (1908); "International Unity" (1910); "Speeches" (1912). KNOX COLLEGE, a coeducational non-sectarian institution in Galesburg, 111.; founded in 1837; reported at the close of 1919. Professors and instruct- ors, 36; students, 761. President, J. L. McConaughy. KNOXVILLE, a city and county-seat of Knox CO., Tenn. ; on the Tennessee river and the Southern, Louisville and Nashville and other railroads; 111 miles N. E. of Chattanooga. It is at the head of steamboat na gation on the river; has a large trade in general commodities, and in logs and lumber particularly; is the center of important marble indus- tries; and has sawmills, iron and nail works, car and railroad shops, and cot- ton and woolen mills. Among note- worthy institutions are the University of Tennessee, with an agricultural ex- periment station, Knoxville College for Colored Students (Unit. Pres.) with other institutions for higher education. Girls, East and West High Schools, li-