George William Knox

For the British soldier, see George Williams Knox.
George William Knox, D.D., LL.D.

George William Knox, D.D., LL.D. (1853 – April 25, 1912)[1] was an American Presbyterian theologian and writer, born at Rome, New York. He graduated from Hamilton College in 1874, and from Auburn Theological Seminary in 1877, after which he went as a missionary to Japan, where he was professor of homiletics in Tokyo and professor of philosophy and ethics at the Imperial University of Tokyo.[2]

Following his return to the United States, he was pastor at Rye, New York. In 1897–1899 he lectured at Union Theological Seminary.[3]

  1. ^ "PROF. KNOX DIES IN KOREA.; Instructor of History of Religion In Union Theological Seminary". The New York Times. 27 April 1912. p. 15. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Knox, John J." . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. 1900.
  3. ^ Harry Emerson Wildes (1933). "Knox, George William". Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.