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Knowles, James Davis

clergyman, author, was born in July, 1798, in Providence, R. I. Besides addresses he published Memoir of Mrs. Ann H. Judson; and Memoir of Roger Williams, the Founder of the State of Rhode Island. He died May 9, 1838, in Newton Centre, Mass.

Knowles, John P

lawyer, jurist, was born in Rhode Island. He was a resident of Providence; and in 1870 was appointed United States judge for the district of Rhode Island.

Knowles, Lucius James

inventor, was born July 2, 1819, in Hardwick, Mass.

In 1840 he put into operation several working models of steam engines, and during his experiments invented the Knowles safety steam-boiler feed-regulator. His next invention was a machine for spooling thread, which he began to manufacture in New Worcester. He died Feb. 25, 1884, in Washington, D. C.

Knowlton, Ebenezer

state legislator, congressman, was born in New Hampshire. He was elected to the Maine legislature in 1844, 1846, and 1848, serving during his second year as speaker. He was a representative in congress from Maine from 1855 to 1857.

Knowlton, Edgar J

journalist, legislator, was born Aug. 8, 1856, in Sutton, N. H. He represented his district in the New Hampshire legislature for two years; and was mayor of his city for four years. He has been editor of the Manchester Union and Lockport Daily Union.

Knowlton, Helen Mary

artist, author, was born Aug. 16, 1832, in Littleton, Mass. She has exhibited charcoal sketches or landscapes and portraits in oil, in Boston, Philadelphia, New York and London, taught art students in the town and country, and written much on art. She has published the Talks on Art of William M. Hunt; and Hints to Pupils in Drawing and Painting.

Knowlton, Julius William

S01dier, state legislator, was born Nov. 28, 1838, in Southbridge, Mass. He served through the civil war, attaining the rank of lieutenant. He served two terms as representative in the legislature from Stratford, Conn., and in 1875 was appointed postmaster of Bridgeport, Conn.

Knowlton, Marcus Perrin

legislator, jurist, was born Nov. 3, 1839, in Wilbraham, Mass. In 1878 he was a representative in the Massachusetts state legislature. In 1881 he was appointed justice of the superior court, and in 1887 was promoted to the supreme bench of the judicial court, which position he still fills.

Knowlton, Miles Justin

missionary, author, was born Feb. 8, 1825, in West Wardsborough, Vt. In 1860 he published in Chinese a manual for native preachers, called scripture Catechism.

Several churches were founded and visited regularly by him during his stay in China. He died Sept. 10, 1874, in China.

KNOX, MRS. ADELINE (TRAFTON), author, was born in 1845, in Maine. She is a novelist of St. Louis, and the author of Katharine Earle; His Inheritance; An American Girl Abroad; and Dorothy's Experience.

Knox, Charles Eugene

clergyman, college president, author, was born in 1833, in New York. He is a presbyterian clergyman, and president of the theological seminary at Bloomfield, N. J., since 1863. He is the author of A Year with Saint Paul; Love to the End; David the King; and Graduated Sundayschool Text-Books.

Knox, George William

educator, missionary, author, was born Aug. 11, 1853, in Rome, N. Y. He is a presbyterian missionary in Japan, and professor of ethics in the university of japan since 1886. He is the author of A Brief System of Theology; Outlines of Homiletics; Christ the Son of God; and The Basis of Ethics. In English he has published The Japanese Systems of Ethics.