Mcknight, George
physician, poet, was born March 14, 1840, in Sterling, N. Y.
Since 1864 he has practiced medicine in Sterling, N. Y. He is the author of Firm Ground, a collection of religious sonnets, revised and reissued with the title Life and Faith.
MCKNIGHT, HARVEY WASHINGTON, educator, college president, was born April 3, 1843, in McKnightstown, Pa., the son of Thomas Mc- Knight, a farmer and merchant, and the founder of Mc- Knightstown. In 1862 he enlisted in company B, one hundred and thirty-eighth regiment Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, and was promoted to second lieutenant. In 1865 he graduated from the Pennsylvania college, and two years later from the Theological seminary of Gettysburg. He has filled pastorates in Newville and Easton, Pa., and in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1884 he was chosen president of the Pennsylvania college, which office he has since filled. He was president of the general synod of the evangelical Lutheran church of the United States during 1889-91; and has published various sermons and papers on educational and religious subjects.