Charles Knapp

Charles Knapp (22 June 1868 – 17 September 1936 ) was an American classical scholar.

Biography Knapp was born in New York City. He graduated from Columbia University at the age of 19 and received a PhD there in 1890, aged 22, having been a prize fellow from 1887 to 1890. He was a tutorial fellow in Latin (1890–1891), then an instructor in Latin and Greek (1891–1902), and adjunct professor of classical philology (1902–1906). In 1906, he became a professor of classical philology at Barnard College, a women's liberal arts college affiliated with Columbia University.

Knapp was well liked by his students, as recorded in Barnard College: The First Fifty Years, a history of the college published by Columbia University.

Writings Stories from Aulus Gellius (1895) Selections from Viri Romae (1896), in collaboration with R. Arrowsmith The Æneid of Virgil (1901, books I-VI, selections VII-XII) The dedication for this book reads: "To my sister, Miss Adeline Knapp, A.B., I am under especial obligations for valuable help in all parts of the book."

Knapp contributed to the American Journal of Philology, the Classical Journal, Classical Philology, the Classical Review, and the Classical Weekly (of which he became managing editor in 1906). He also contributed articles on classical subjects to encyclopedic works.

Family In 1889, Knapp married Theresa Shaw in Manhattan, New York. Together, they had one son, Charles M. Knapp, born 21 September 1892.