Morning journal and courier., 1892-02-05
PROFESSOR kNApp,s BUSY LIFE.

The following from recent issue of the | Chicago Evening Journal will be of interest to the people of this city in general and to Yale men in particular: 1
 The University of Chicago has added another star of the first magnitude to it's professional galaxy by securing Professor William Ireland Knapp of Yale college for it's chair of romance languages and itera- ture.
 Professor Knapp is believed to have no superior in this country as an instructor in his department, which includes French, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian. He was prepared for college in the Connecticut Literary institute at Suf6eld and entered Madison, now Colgate university, in 1853 At that period he spoke Spanish fuently, and at once marked out for himself course in German, French, Italian and Portuguese, which he pursued six hours day in addition to his regular college work. He left college before graduating to carry forward his favorite studies in Europe. He travelled over France, Italy | and Germany, pursuing his studies and taking up new languages with the utmost eagerness. Returning to his university he was graduated in 1860.
 OO Whb HIS kou1uS 1OE AAu- guistic studies that his stock of languages had now increased to eighteen, including Anglo-Saxon, German, Icelandic, Swedish, Danish, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, Turkish, Persian, Russian, Bohemian, Welsh, Spanish, Italian, French and Port | uguese, and the work still went on with unabated enthusiasm. Soon after gradu- ating he was appointed to the chair of Modern Languages, created for him in his alma mater. After five years' service he accepted the linguistic post in Vassar col lege at it's opening, in 1865.
 Having long meditated a more prolonged visit to Europe, he resigned in 1867 and passed the next eleven years abroad. After making tour through Spain, though not 8 clergyman, his heart was stirred by the state of religion and the need of evangelis- tic labors, and he began to encourage and instruct the scattered bands of believers and to preach to the people. The fame of his work spread and awakened great inter no missionary society behind him at the outset, funds came to him from many different countries. After he had thus labored several years, regular societies took up the work and MT. Knapp returned to his linguistic studies. Meantime he had travelled exten- sively through Europe. In 1876 he was in Spain as court correspondent of the Lon don News. In that capacity he accompa- nied King Alfonso in his tours over the peninsula, the Balearic islands and the northern coast of Africa, in the royal fleet and by special trains-the only foreigner allowed with the expedition. On reaching Madrid the king presented him with the decoration of knight commander of the Orderof Isabel Ia Catolica.
 Professor Knapp returned to America in 1878 and the following year entered on the professorship in Yale which he now leaves to become the head of the department in Chicago. Among his many publications the following books may be mentioned: First, "French Grammar" second, "Chres- tomathic Francaise;" third, "Obras de Bos- can" (a critical edition of an ancient poet); fourth, "Obras Poeticas de Don Diego de Mendoza (being Vol XI. of series of rare and curious books edited by learned soci- ety in Madrid); fifth, "Lecturas para Chase; sixth, Spanish Grammar" seventh, "Span. ish Readings" eighth, "French Readings.'
 His "Boscan" and Mendoza" are now the only editions of those ancient poets which
 are cited by scholars in France and Ger
 many.
 Professor Knapp has for many years
 been engaged in gathering materials fol
 other and more important works. One
 work of two volumes is already in manu
 script in Spanish, and is likely soon to bs
 published. Professor Knapp will shortly
 go abroad and spend some months il
 Spain. His absence may be so prolonged
 by his literary work on the continent that
 he may not begin his labors in the univer-
 sity during it's first year.
 During the past twenty-two years Pro-
 lessor Knapp has been engaged in gather
 ing rare and costly library from abroad
 for use in his professional and literary Ia
 bor. It consists of 5000 volumes mos
 carefully selected and is probably the fin est private library in the country in the
 Romance languages and illustrative of his department. He brings this to the uni
 versity to form the departmental library
 will lecture on old French and Spanish ; authors in those languages and on Dant,
 in English.
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