Knortz, Karl
author, was born Aug. 28, 1841, in Prussia. He is a German writer who came to the United States in 1863, and settled in New York city. He is the author of Marchen und Sagen der nordamerikanische Indianer; Amerikanische Skizzen; An American Shakespeare Bibliography; Humorische Gedichte; Longfellow: eine literarhistorische Studie; Aus der Wigwam; Kapital und Arbeit in Amerika; Aus der transatlantischen Gesellschaft; Staat und Kirche in Amerika; Shakespeare in Amerika; Amerikanische Lebensbilder; and Brook Farm and Margaret Fuller.
KNOTT, A. LEO, educator, lawyer, state legislator, was born Aug. 29, 1830, near Lebanon, Ky. He served twelve years as prosecuting attorney of the city of Baltimore; and in 1868 was elected a representative in the Maryland legislature. In 1885 he was appointed second assistant postmaster-general.