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Knox (JOHN a Scotch religious)

JOHN, a Scotch religious reformer; born in Giffordsgate, near Haddington, Scotland, in 1505. A A pioneer of Puritanism; prisoner of war, for 19 12 Mchermen's Bend Knot. imber Hitch Knot.

To Half Hitches. lackwall Hitch K.not. the presidential elecan American mili- Boston, July 25, 1750. the battle of Bunker ble service to General the attention of mmended him for illery regiment. stinguished himself in nwallis at Assumpink sas appointed by Conf War. Es resigned in 1795, retiring to Hed in Thomaston, Me., Scotch religious re- Effordsgate, near Hndin 1505. Apioneer of mer of war, for 19 KNOX months confined in the French galleys; friend of Calvin and Beza; a preacher of sermons that moved their hearers to demolish convents; with a price on his head, yet never faltering; arrested for treason, an armed "congregation" at his heels; burned in effigy, for years a dictator-he spent his life forwarding the Reformation in Scotland. His great work, distinguished in Scottish prose, was his " History of the Reformation of Religion within the Realm of Scotland" (1584). His famous "Letter to the Queen Dowager" appeared in 1556; the "First Trumpet Blast against the Monstrous Regiment of Women"-inveighing KNOXVILLE States Attorney-General 1901-1904, Senator for Pennsylvania (unfilled term) 1905.

Elected for full term 1909. Secretary of State 1912, toured Latin- 3 JOHN KNOX against women taking part in the government, and which offended Queen Elizabeth-in 1558. He died in Edinburgh, Nov. 24, 1572.