Shepherd Knapp 1873—1946

Knapp at­tend­ed Co­lum­bia Coll­ege (grad­u­at­ed 1894) and Yale Coll­ege (BD 1897). He served at the First Con­gre­ga­tion­al Church in South­ing­ton, Con­nec­ti­cut (1897-1900); the Brick Pres­by­ter­ian Church in New York City (as­sist­ant pas­tor, 1901-1903); and the Cent­ral Con­gre­ga­tion­al Church, Wor­ces­ter, Mas­sa­chu­setts (1908-1936). His works in­clude: “Up The Chimney”, “Down The Chimney” and “The Christmas Dinner”.