Kollock, Shepard – Kuehn, Alexander Jacob Dan- Iel
Kollock, Shepard
soldier, journalist, was born in 1750, in Lewiston, Del. He was commissioned lieutenant early in the revolution, and took part in the battle of Trenton and other engagements. In 1779 he resigned and began a newspaper entitled the New Jersey Journal in Chatham. He died July 28, 1839, in Philaderphia, Pa.
Koontz, William H
lawyer, congressman, was born July 15, 1830, in Somerset, Pa. He was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the thirtyninth congress; and was re-elected to the fortieth congress.
KOOPMAN (koope'man), HARRY LY- MAN, author, poet, was born July 1, 1860, in Freeport, Maine. He is a verse writer,. librarian of Brown university, and the author of The Great Admiral; Orestes, and Other Poems; Woman's Will, witn Other Poems; and What to Read.
Korn, Clara A
composer, was born Jan. 30, 1866, in Germany. Since 1893 she has been connected with the National conservatory as one of the faculty, and in 1897 was in charge of counterpoint and fugue classes, the only woman holding such a position in any of the standard music schools in America or Europe.
Kornderfer, Augustus
educator, author, was born Oct. 27, 1843, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was professor of clinical medicine in Hahnemann Medical college from 1866 to 1881. He translated from German, and published in this country, Boenninghausen's Homœopathic Therapeia of Intermittent and other Fevers, a work of great value.
Kornitzer, Joseph
surgeon, author, was born Oct. 27, 1824, in Hungary. He is the author of Proclamation of the Redemption of the Soil as the Final Redemption of Society; and Wealth and Progress.
KOUNS (koonz), NATHAN CHAP- MAN, lawyer, author, was born Dec. 17, 1833, in Fulton, Mo. He was a Missouri lawyer, state librarian at Jefferson City since 1886, and published two historical romances, Arius the Libyan; and Dorcas the Daughter of Faustina. He died in 1890.
Kraitsir, Charles
educator, philologist, author, was born Jan. 23, 1804, in Hungary. He was an educator and philologist of New York city, and the author of The Poles in the United States; Significance of the Alphabet; and Glossology. He died May 7, 1860, in Morrisania, N. Y.
Kramer, George R
clergyman, poet, was born May 26, 1839, in Baltimore, Md. He was a successful baptist clergyman, and for many years pastor of the Brooklyn Union Avenue Baptist church. He also was a poet of distinction, and contributed liberally to current literature. He died in 1896.
Krauth, Charles Philip
clergyman, college president, was born May 7, 1797, in Montgomery county, Pa. In 1833 he was elected professor of biblical and oriental literature in the theological seminary at Gettysburg, Pa., and the following year he was unanimously elected president of Pennsylvania college, at the same place. He died May 30, 1867, in Gettysburg, Pa.
Krauth, Charles Porterfield
clergyman, educator, author, was born March 17, 1823, in Martinsburg, Va. He was a prominent lutheran clergyman of Philadelphia, and professor of moral science in the university of Pennsylvania in 1868-83. He was the author of The Conservative Reformation and its Theology; The Evangélical Mass and the Romish Mass; Sketch of the Thirty Years' War; Christian Liberty; Infant Baptism and Salvation in the Calvinistic System; and Chronicle of the Augsburg Confession. He died Jan. 2, 1883, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Krebs, Jacob
congressman. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1826 to 1827.
Krebs, John Michael
clergyman, author, was born May 6, 1804, in Hagerstown, Md. He was a presbyterian clergyman of New York city, and the author of Righteousness and National Prosperity; The American Citizen; Private, Domestic, and Social Life of Jesus; and The Presbyterian Psalmist. He died Sept. 30, 1867, in New York city.
Krebs, Theodore Luther
musician, composer, was born Aug. 3, 1860, in Brookfield, Ohio. In 1884 he took charge of the music department of the Rome Female college, of Georgia; and subsequently accepted a position at the Noble institute of Anniston, Ala. He is the author of numerous works for piano and voice; a Treatise on Theory; and a Biography of Beethoven.
Krehbiel, Henry Edward
musical critic, author, was born March 10, 1854, in Ann Arbor, Mich. He is a musical critic on the staff of the New York Tribune, and the author of Notes on the Cultivation of Choral Music; Review of the New York Musical Seasons; Studies in the Wagnerian Drama; and How to Listen to Music.
Krekel, Arnold
lawyer, jurist, legislator, was born March 12, 1815, in Germany. He was elected to the Missouri state legislature in 1852; and in 1865 was appointed United States district judge for the western district of Missouri, residing in Jefferson City.
Kremer, George
congressman, was born in 1775, in Dauphin county, Pa. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1823 to 1829. He died Sept. 11, 1854, in Union county, Pa.
Kreyer, Frederick
musician, composer, was born Feb. 4, 1854, in Germany. He is a successful teacher of piano and band instruments in Maquoketa, Iowa; and the author of the overture Friendship; the waltz Dreams of Home; and various other compositions.
Kribbs, George F
journalist, lawyer, congressman, was born Nov. 8, 1846, in Clarion county, Pa. After attaining his majority he prepared for college, entering the junior class and graduating in 1873 at Muhlenberg college, Allentown, Pa. He studied law and was admitted to practice in 1875.
From 1877 to 1889 he edited the Clarion Democrat, in Clarion, Pa. Since then he has been engaged in the practice of law. He was elected to the fifty-second and re-elected to the fiftythird congress as a democrat. He has been for several years a resident of Narcoossee, Fla.
Kriehn, George
educator, author, was born April 19, 1868, in Lexington, Mo. Since 1894 he has been assistant professor of culture and economic history in the Stanford university of California. He is the author of the English Rising in 1850; English Popular Uprisings in the Middle Ages; and other works.
Krimmel, John Lewis
artist, was born in 1787, in Germany. He was president of the Society of American Artists. Among his works are The Pepper-Pot Woman; The Cut Finger; Blindman's Bluff: Election Day; The Fourth of July at Old Centre Square; Going to and refrom boarding-School; turning The Country Wedding; and Perry's Victory.
He died by drowning July 15, 1821, in Germantown, Pa.
Kroeger, Adolph Ernst
author, was born Dec. 28, 1837, in Schleswig. He was a writer of St. Louis, and the author of The Minnesingers of Germany; Our Forms of Government and the Problems of the Future; and translations of Fichte's Science of Knowledge and Science of Rights. He died March 8, 1882, in St. Louis, Mo.
Kroeger, Ernest Richard
musician, composer, was born Aug. 10, 1862, in St. Louis, Mo. He has been conductor of chorus choir in several of the large churches of St. Louis; and has had charge of the musical features of McCullough club. He is the anthor of many compositions, among which are A Symphony for Orchestra; Four Symphonic Overtures; and a Pianoforte Concerto.
Krome, William H
lawyer, jurist, state senator, was born July 1, 1842, in Louisville, Ky. He has become a prominent lawyer in Edwardsville, Ill., and has been mayor of his city. He has served as a member of the state senate of the Illinois legislature; and as probate judge of Madison county.
KROTEL, GOTTLOb FREDERICK
clergyman, author, was born Feb. 4, 1826,. in Germany. He is a lutheran clergyman of New York city, and the author of Who Are the Blessed?; Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism; and several translations from the German.
Kruger, H. T
educator, clergyman, was born April 16, 1867, in Stephenson county, Ill. For many years he was engaged in educational work. He subsequently graduated from the German Presbyterian Theological seminary of Dubuque, Iowa; and has since attained eminence as a successful clergyman in the Dutch reformed church of America; and now fills a pastorate in Ackley, Iowa. He is a great linguist, and the master of five languages.
Kryder, John Landor
physician, poet, was born Dec. 22, 1833, in New Berlin, Ohio. In 1858 he commenced the practice of medicine in Cedarville, Ind.
He is the author of a number of poems which have appeared in many leading magazines and newspapers.
Kuehn, Alexander Jacob Dan- Iel
educator, clergyman, was born Jan. 1, 1850, in Pittsburg, Pa. He took a prewas a a paratory course at Fort Wayne, Ind.; a college course at Columbus, Ohio; and seminary course at the General Theological Seminary of New York city. He studied music and art, and also took a military passed examinations for for tutorship in course.
He in Mansfield, Ohio, and for eighteen years teacher and superintendent of schools. In 1888 he was ordained a deacon; a priest in 1889; has held two charges in the state of Minnesota; and is known as one of the most eminent priests of the protestant episcopal church. was