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of New York." He became involved pecuniarily in the latter years of his life. Very many anecdotes are related of " Prince Knickerbocker," who was particularly fond of practical jokes, some of which were extremely ludicrous in their consequences. One of the conditions of proprietorship by which the Knickerbocker estate was held was that the mavor and council of Albany should be entertained at least once in each year at the family mansion.

" Prince Knickerbocker," having erected a spacious residence for himself some distance from the home- stead, decided to become the entertainer of the mayor and council of Troy, as an offset to the fes- tivities of the paternal home. On the arrival of these dignitaries, with appetites sharpened by a long drive, they found apparently no preparations to re- ceive them, but, on the contrary, were allowed to overhear a dispute between the "prince" and his butler as to how they should make two chickens suffice for so many mouths. A sudden relief came to the guests when the dining-room doors were opened on a sumptuous repast. — Herman's son, David Buel, P. E. bishop, b. in Schaghticoke, N. Y., 24 Feb., 1833, spells the family name with an " a " in the third syllable. He was graduated at Trinity in 1853 and at the General theological sem- inary in 1856. In the latter year he was made dea- con, and he was ordained priest, 12 July, 1857. He spent his entire clerical life, previous to his eleva- tion to the episcopate, in Minneapolis, Minn., first as a missionary and afterward as rector of Gethsem- ane parish. Having been elected the third bishop of Indiana, he was consecrated at St. Mark's, Philadelphia, 14 Oct., 1883. In 1873 Bishop Knickerbacker received the degree of S. T. D. from Trinity. During his long residence in Minnesota he founded six parishes besides St. Barnabas hospital (1871) and the Sheltering arms orphanage (1882) of Minne- apolis. In 1877 he was chosen missionary bishop of New Mexico, but declined. In the autumn of 1864-'6 he visited the Chippewa Indian country as one of a board of visitors that had been ap- pointed for that purpose by the secretary of the interior. He has published several occasional ser- mons and addresses, and is editor of the " Church Worker " in Indianapolis.

KNIGHT, Daniel Ridgeway, artist, b. in Phila- delphia, Pa., about 1845. Early in his career he went to Paris and became a student at the Acade- mie des beaux arts. He was a pupil also of Gleyre in 1872, and of Meissonier in 1876. His studio is now (1887) in Poissy, and his professional life has been passed almost entirely in France. He draws suggestions for his subjects from French life. Among his works are " The Veteran " (1870) ; "Dividing the Profits" (1874); "Harvester's Re- past" (1876); "The Vintage in France" (1877); " Apres un Dejeuner " (1878) ; " Une Halte " (1880) ; " Sans Dot " (1883) ; " Un Deuil " (1883) : " Chatter- Boxes" (1885); and "En Octobre" (1887).

KNIGHT, Edward Collings, merchant, b. in Camden county. N. J., 8 Dec, 1813. His ancestor was among the early Quakers that came to Pennsylvania. He became clerk in a country store in 1831, and in 1834 established himself in business in Philadelphia. In 1849 his firm was largely interested in the California trade, and a steamer sent out by them was the first to ply on the waters above Sacramento city. He has long been identified with large commercial interests, and has served as director in numerous financial institu- tions and railroad companies. He has been presi- dent of the Bound Brook road since 1874, was presi- dent of the Central railroad of New Jersey from 1876 till 1880, and is now (1887) acting president of the North Pennsylvania road. It was largely through Mr. Knight's instrumentality, as chairman of a committee of the Pennsylvania railroad, that the American steamship line between Philadelphia and Europe was established, and he was chosen its president. In 1856 he was nominated by the Ameri- can, Whig, and Reform parties for congress, but failed of an election. He was an elector on the Republican presidential ticket in 1860, in 1873 a member of the State constitutional convention, and in 1882 president of the Bi-centennial association, and one of the most active promoters of the cele- bration that was held that year in commemoration of the founding of Pennsylvania by William Penn.

KNIGHT, Edward Henry, mechanical expert, b. in London, England, 1 June, 1824; d. in Bellefontaine, Ohio, 22 Jan., 1883. He was educated at the Friends' school in England, and in 1845 came to the United States, having previously taken a course in surgery, and learned the art of steel-engraving. In 1846 he settled in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was a patent attorney for seven years, and then followed agricultural pursuits until 1863, when he was called to Washington for service in the preparation of the annual reports of the U. S. patent-office, also acting as surgeon under the Christian commission. The meagre reports that were then issued at governmental expense for gratuitous distribution were replaced by him in 1871 by the “Official Gazette of the United States Patent-Office,” which has since been issued as a profitable weekly publication. He also organized the classification of inventions, under which the work of the patent-office has since been carried on. Mr. Knight was a member of the international juries at the World's fairs in Philadelphia in 1876 and in Paris in 1878, and at the Atlanta exhibition of 1881, and was U. S. commissioner at the World's fair in Paris in 1878, receiving the appointment of chevalier of the Legion of honor from the French government in recognition of his services. His brain was found to weigh 64 ounces, being the second largest on record, that of Cuvier weighing 64½ ounces. He was a member of scientific societies both in the United States and abroad. He received the degree of LL. D. in 1876 from Iowa Wesleyan university. He edited the “Reports of the Paris Exposition,” and contributed the chapters on “Agricultural Implements” and “Clocks and Watches,” and, besides other official reports, he compiled “A Library of Poetry and Song” (New York, 1870; revised ed., 1876); “American Mechanical Dictionary” (3 vols., 1876); and the “New Mechanical Dictionary” (Boston, 1884).

KNIGHT, Henry Cogswell, poet, b. in Newburyport, Mass., in 1788 ; d. in Rowley, Mass., 10 Jan., 1835. He was early left an orphan, and, removing to Rowley, Mass., resided with his maternal grandfather, Dr. Nathaniel Cogswell. He was graduated at Brown in 1812, and was ordained in