Charles Knapp (scholar)

Charles Knapp (22 June 1868[1] – 17 September 1936[2]) was an American classical scholar.

[3] In 1906, he became a noted professor of classical philology at Barnard College, a women's liberal arts college affiliated with Columbia University.

[4] An intellectual at heart, Knapp was nonetheless well liked by his students, as referenced in Barnard College: The First Fifty Years, a book presenting the history of the women's college and published by Columbia University.

He also contributed articles on classical subjects to encyclopedic works.

Knapp was married to Theresa Shaw in 1889 in Manhattan, New York.