Van Buren Knott

Background

Knott, Van Buren was born on November 14, 1871 in Joliet, Illinois, United States. Son of John M. and Caroline (Van Buren) Knott.

Education

Graduate Sioux City (Iowa) High School, 1888. Doctor of Medicine Columbian (now George Washington University, Department of Medicine, 1893.

Career

Practiced in Sioux City since 1894. Surgeon 52d Iowa Volunteer Infantry, Spanish-American War. Surgeon Saint Joseph’s Hospital and others

Achievements

• Van Buren Knott has been listed as a noteworthy surgeon by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Medical Association, Iowa State Medical Society, Western Surgical Association, Des Moines Pathological Society, Kappa Sigma, et cetera Mason (32 degree).; Clubs: Hawkeye, Commercial, Country, Sioux City Boat. Commissioned major, Medical, Roman Catholic, 1917.

Connections

Married Bertha East. Peirce, of Sioux City, April.