George Knapp (publisher)
George Knapp is the name of: * Georg Christian Knapp (1753–1825), German Protestant theologian *Georg Friedrich Knapp (1842–1926), German economist *George Owen Knapp (1855–1945), American industrialist *George Knapp (television journalist) (born 1952), American journalist *George Knapp (MP) George Knapp (1754 – 1809) was a British Member of Parliament. Early life and education George Knapp was born during 1754 in Abingdon, the son of a prominent grocer George Knapp Sr. He was educated at John Roysse's Free School in Abingdon, ...

Georg Christian Knapp
Georg Christian Knapp (17 September 1753 – 14 October 1825) was a German Protestant theologian. Biography He was born in Glaucha, now a part of Halle, and received his early education in the orphan school at Halle (), of which his father was director. He later studied theology at the Universities of Halle and Göttingen. In 1777 he was an associate professor at Halle, where in 1782 he became a full professor of theology. In 1785 he was appointed ''Kondirektor'' of the ''Franckesche Stiftungen'' (Francke Foundations), where beginning in 1799, along with August Hermann Niemeyer, he served as co-director. He died in Halle.Catalogus Professorum-Ha ...
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Georg Friedrich Knapp
Georg Friedrich Knapp (; 7 March 1842 – 20 February 1926) was a German economist who in 1905 published ''The State Theory of Money'', which founded the chartalist school of monetary economics, which argues that money's value derives from its issuance by an institutional form of government rather than spontaneously through relations of exchange. Biography Knapp was born on 7 March 1842. His father was the acclaimed chemist Friedrich Ludwig Knapp. Knapp studied in Munich, Berlin and Göttingen, and in 1867 became director of the Statistical Bureau of Leipzig. In 1869 he was appointed assistant professor of economics and statistics at Leipzig University. In 1874 he was appointed a professor of political economy at the University of Strasbourg, where he remained until 1918. He was also rector at Strasbourg in 1891–1892 and 1907–1908. In 1886, he founded the periodical ''Abhandlungen aus dem staatswissenschaftlichen Seminar zu Strassburg''. Family Knapp was the father o ...
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George Owen Knapp
George Owen Knapp (January 21, 1855 – July 21, 1945) was a wealthy industrialist and philanthropist. He was the President of Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company in Chicago, by 1893. In 1894 he was a founder of the Union Calcium Carbide Company which he reformulated as Union Carbide in 1904. He was CEO and President, and the board chair of Union Carbide until 1933. Knapp's philanthropy was broad, but where he focused it was in medical care. He funded the growth and provided key leadership to Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital starting in 1914. In 1931 he funded the Knapp Hospital in Crescent City, California. Background Knapp grew up in Hatfield, Massachusetts, son of Jared Owen Knapp and Sara Elizabeth Beach Knapp. He attended Hatfield High School and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, graduating in 1876 with a degree in Civil Engineering. He worked as an engineer for the War Department for one year, then joined the New Britain Gas Company in Connecticut. Moving to New York, he worked ...
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George Knapp (television Journalist)
George T. Knapp is an American journalist, news anchor and talk radio host. Much of his work has focused on the paranormal, particularly UFOs. Knapp is noted for bringing to prominence UFO conspiracy theorist Bob Lazar in 1989. He is also known for his work as a television presenter and investigative journalist on non-paranormal subjects, for which he has been recognized with Edward R. Murrow Awards, Peabody Awards, and Pacific Southwest Regional Emmy Awards. A longtime fixture in Las Vegas media, he works at KLAS-TV (Channel 8) and is also a frequent host of ''Coast to Coast AM'', a syndicated paranormal radio show on which UFOs are a frequent topic. Early life Born in Woodbury, New Jersey, Knapp grew up in Northern California and graduated from Franklin High School in Stockton, where he was the senior class president. He earned a bachelor's degree in communication from the University of West Georgia and a master's degree in the same field from the University of the Pac ...
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