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488

road

presidi'Tit,

born July

20, 1821, in Pliil-

adelphia, Pu. He served in the oilice ol chief engineer of Philadelphia until 1872; wlu-n lie rcHifined to accept the post of as>*i.stajjt to the president of the Pennsylvania railroad. He afterward became pres* Pennsylvania and Delaware ident of the and other railroads. He died Jan. 14, 1884, in Philadclphiji,

l';i.

KneAM, StrickUnd Laodis, civil engineer, inventor, author, was bom Jan. 7, 1861, in Philadt lpliia. Pa. In IMHO he was awarded by the Franklin institute ibe John Scott legacy medal and premium for meritorious He > the author of Practiee inventions. and Theory of the Injector. Kneeland, v a-

He

clei^man, jonmaliat,

Abncr,

April

!inrii

6.

177

1,

in

(Jardiier.

Mass.

the investigator in Uoston in 1832. He was the author of The Deist; Henevf)Iriic«' Universal SalvaI'niversal tion: an<l Review of Evidences of Christianity. He died Jan. 14, 1884, in Philadelphia. Pa. Kneeland, Andrew Delos, lawyer of ll.j Proadway, New York City, was born May 186.*}. He graduin Hinghaniton, N.Y. (!. atelished



born

in

ltiD6,

Boston, Mass.

in

He

pub-

lished the Gazette in 1727*41, and the New Kngland Weekly .fournal in 1741-52. He was tile author of several religious books. He died Dec 14, 1769. in Boston, Mass. Knteland, Samuel, naturalist, surgeon,

author, Mass.

was born Aug. I, 1821, in Boston. He was the author of Scienee ami

Mechanism: An .Anieriean in Iceland: The Wonders of the Yo Semite; and Yolcanoes and Earthquakes. He died in 1888 in Boston. Mass.

Kneeland, Stillman Foster, lawyer, legisartiat. author, was born May 17, in Canada. He was educated in

1S4.>,

university.

In

1872

he*

moved

to

New

York; and he now occupies the first rank among connnereial lawyers. In 189."}1»4 he was a member uf the New York state legislature; and in 181>7-1»H was judge adHe is the vocate jtoneral of New York. author of a Treatise on Commercial Law; Kneilaml on Mechani<'s' Liens; Kneeland on Attachments; and the Kneeland Genealogy. Kaefier,

Hungary.

Frederick, soldier, was born in In 18(11 he was first lieutenant regiment Indiana infantry;

in the eli-venth

and

in

1S«k">

was

of volunteers.

ed out in XBidsel,

a|)oli8,

Ind.

Knickerbocker, Herman, lawyer, congressman, was born .Inly 27. 1782, in Albany, N.V. He began the practice of law in Albany, N.Y.; and was well known on ac«»f h< getiornsity. In 1800-11 he was a rejiresetitativf from New York to the eleventh congress. In 1816 he served in the New York state legishiture. He died Jatt>

count

18.>.'>, in illunnsbirg, N.Y. Knickerbocker, Johannes, soldi«>r, legislawas horn in 1741) in Schaghticoke, N.Y. lie served in the army of the revolution; atiil was at tlu- surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga. He subsequently represented the county of Rensselaer in the New York legislature. He died about 1827 in Schaghticoke, N.Y. Knight, Albion WnUamaon, clergyman, bishop, was born Aug. 24. 1S.")!I, in White Springs, Fla. in 1893-1904 he was dean of the cathedral of Atlanta, Ga.; and since l<)(i4 has been proteatant episcopal bishop of Cuba. Knight, Augustas S., medical director of 1 Aladison ave.. Nev,' York City, was burn on He Nov. 21. 1864, in Manchester, Ma.ss. luM received the degrees of A.B. and MJ). He is medical director of ttif M<-trnjiri1itan Life Insurance company: and is a member ot nuniercms cluhs ami medical societies. Knight, Clarence R. A., la y. r, financier, was born Oct. 28. 18.'i3, in Mclienry. 111. In

3tK

tor,

.

1H74 lie WHS adniittetl to practice of law Ottawa, 111. In 1879 he was appointed assistant city attorney of Chicago. 111.; and in 1880 In- entered private practice in Chicago, 111. He is general counsel for numerous corporation and street car comfianies. including the Lake street elevated in

lator,

I'nion

born in ISfiT) in RouTimnia. In 1886 he organized the now worlil renowned Kneisel «|uartette which has played in London and Since IlK)o the leading American towns. he has been head of the violin and string instrument department of the Institute of musical art in New York City. Knickerbocker, David Buel, clergyman, bishop, was born Feb. 24. IH'Mi. in Scbaghticonsecrated he was coke, N.Y. In 1883 third proteatant episcopal bishop of In* He died Dec. 31, 1894, in Indian(liana.

brevetteil brigadier-gj'neral

He was honorably muster-

im. He

died April 22, 1901.

Fiau, musician, composer, was

railroad.

Knight, Cyrus Frederic, clergyman, bishavitlior. was born March 28, 18:n, in Mass. He was consecrated proteatant episcopal bishop of Milwaukee He has published oecasional serin 1888. mons and Changes in th^ Communion Office. He died June 8, 1891, in Milwaukee, Wis. B^gllt» Edward Ceilings, merchant, railroad president, was born Dec. 8, 1843, near Camden, N.*T. He was for twenty years president of the North Pennpvlvania railroad. He died .July 21, 1802, in Cape May, op,

Marblehead,

NJ. Knight,

DobM

Ridgvway,

artist,

was

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