KUNZ, koonts', George Frederick, can gem expert: b. New York city, 29 Sept. 1856. He was educated in the public schools and Cooper Union, and has received the de grees of A.M. from Columbia University in 1898; Ph.D. from the University of Marburg, 1903; D.Sc. from Knox College, 1907. He is president of the American Scenic and His toric Preservation Society; vice-president of the City History Club; past president and Fellow of the New York Academy of Science; past president and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; president of the Museum of Peaceful Arts; past president of the New York Mineralogical Club, 1915; past vice-president of the American Institute of Mining Engineers; Fellow of the Geological Society of America; honorary mem ber of the Uralian Natural History Society of the Ural Mountains; correspondent of the His toire Nature], Paris; honorary correspondent of the Ohambre Syndicale Pierres Precieuses, of Paris. He was special agent of the United States Geological Survey, 1882-1909. He was placed in charge of the department of mines at the Omaha, Atlanta, World's Columbian and Paris expositions. He was juror of the Nash ville Exposition in 1898 and of the Jamestown ExpOsition in 1907. Chairman of the Honorary Committee of the Berlin Exposition, 1910; chairman sub-committee on Scientific Ex hibits of the Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission; president of the Joan of Arc Statue Committee. He is third vice-president and gem expert of Tiffany and Company; honorary curator of precious stones in the American Museum of Natural History. He has the decoration of the Order of the Red Eagle, fourth class, of Germany; he is Chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur of France; Officer d'In struction Publique de France; Knight of Saint Olaf of Norway; Officer of the Order of the Rising Sun of Japan. He has written annual reports (1882-1905) on the production of pre cious stones in mineral resources of the United States. He has published 200 pam
phlets on gems, precious stones, mineralogy, meteorites, folklore and scenic conservation. He has published and Precious Stones of North America); (Precious Stones of Mex ico); (Gem Materials of California> ; (The Curious Lore of Precious Stones) ; (The Magic of Jewels and Charms); 'Ivory and the Ele phant.) He is also senior editor of the of the Pearl) ; (Rings of All Ages.) Dr. Kunz is a member of the Century Association, the Union League, Grolier, Mineralogical clubs, and is honorary vice-president of the Tuna Club of California.
koon'tse, John Christopher, American Lutheran theologian: b. Artern, Saxony, 4 Aug. 1744; d. New York, 24 July 1807. He studied theology in the gymnasiums of Bossleberi and Merseburg, and at the Leip zig University. After several years teaching as docent, he came to Philadelphia (1770), ap pointed associate pastor of the Lutheran church, keeping a theological seminary at the same time and acting as professor of Oriental languages at the Pennsylvania University (1780-84). He became pastor of the Lutheran church at New York in 1784, serving as pro fessor of Oriental languages and literature at Columbia (1784-87) and again (1792-99). He was one of the early advocates of the need of teaching English to German youth, and he aided in introducing the English language in German churches in the United States. He wrote Hymn and Prayer Book for . . . Lu theran Churches) (New York 1795), the first American-published Lutheran hymnbook. Con sult Norton, C. E., 'Four American Univer sities> (New York 1895); Appleton's Cydo of American Biography (Vol. HI, ib. 1898).