Reverend James Hall Mason Knox D.D., LL.D (June 10, 1824 – January 21, 1903) was a Presbyterian divine and educator, serving as the 8th president of Lafayette College.

[1][2] Knox attended Columbia College, graduating in 1841, before studying theology at the Seminary of the Reformed Church in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

"[3] He then went to the Reformed Dutch Church in Easton, Pennsylvania, for a period of two years, where he began a relationship with nearby Lafayette College, eventually joining its board of trustees.

Cattell, who has just resigned after a long twenty-year tenure, was a popular figure in the city as he helped steady the very financially troubled college during his term.

[2][5] Knox resigned the presidency in June, 1890, and spent the next two years in Europe before returning to the United States, choosing to live in Baltimore.