The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Knapp, Charles

KNAPP, năp, Charles, American philologist: b. New York, 22 June 1868. He was graduated at Columbia University (1887), took the degree Ph.D. (1890) and was prize fellow in classics (1887-90). He became tutorial fellow in Latin (1890-91) and was appointed instructor in Latin and Greek (1891-1902), adjunct-professor of classical philology (1902-06), and was made professor in 1906. He became editor of the Columbia University Classical Weekly in 1907. He wrote ‘Stories from Aulus Gallius’ (1895); ‘Selections from Viri Romae’ (1896), in collaboration with R. Arrowsmith; ‘The Æneid of Virgil’ (1901, books I-VI, selections VII-XII). He has contributed many articles on classical subjects to periodicals and encyclopedic works.