Background
Knapp, Arthur May was born on May 29, 1841 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Review William Henry and Emily (Thompson) Knapp.
Knapp, Arthur May was born on May 29, 1841 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Review William Henry and Emily (Thompson) Knapp.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1860. Unmarried.
Ordained Unitarian ministry, 1868. Pastor 1st Congressional Society, Providence, Rhode Island, 1867-1870, Independent Congressional Society, Bangor, Maine, 1870-1877, 1st Parish, Watertown, Massachusetts, 1877-1887. Sent by American Unitarian Association to Japan to examine religious conditions there, 1887.
Editor and proprietor Japan Advertiser, Yokohama, 1899-1909.
Served as private 44th Massachusetts Volumes, 1862-1863, Civil War. Clubs: Tuesday (Newton, Massachusetts).