Joseph P. Knapp

Joseph Palmer Knapp (May 14, 1864 - January 30, 1951) was a U.S. publisher and philanthropist. He was the son of Joseph Fairchild and Phoebe Palmer Knapp. His father was a past president of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and his mother was a hymn writer, credited with over 500 hymns, most notably 'Blessed Assurance' with Fanny Crosby.JP was interested in game bird conservation, and founded More Game Birds in America Foundation (with others including JP Morgan), which today is known as Ducks Unlimited [Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge 2001] . Knapp has been credited with the invention of the multicolor six cylinder press [ [http://www.hbs.edu/leadership/database/leaders/482/ Joseph P. Knapp | 20th Century American Leaders Database ] ] . He contributed greatly to the Currituck County Schools in North Carolina and to the University of North Carolina [ [http://www.fws.gov/southeast/pubs/mackayisland.pdf Mackay Island General ] ] .

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