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A.N. Marquis Co.. "George Jackson Kneeland." Who Was Who in America: A Companion Volume to Who's Who in America: 5, (1969-1973). Chicago: A. N. Marquis (1973): 402.

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Marquis Co. notes are an invaluable tool when working on the Twentieth Century. The information comes from the listee, preserving a verbal self-portrait.

We included this entry as part of W. I. Thomas's biography. Kneeland made his career as an investigator of commercialized vice, and worked for the Vice Commission of the City of Chicago along with Thomas

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George Jackson Kneeland

A. N. Marquis Co.

Kneeland, George Jackson, sociological investigator; b. Griggsville, Ill., Sept. 1, 1972; s. Charles W. and Mary L. (Folger) K.' A. B. Ill. Coll., 1901; Yale Div. Sch., 1901-2; m. Adelaide R. Hardy, Nov., 1911. Editorial dept. Cosmopolitan Mag., 1903-4; editorial staff School Journal, New York, 1905-6; office mgr. Industrial Press, New York, 1907-8; dir. investigations for research com. of Com. of Fourteen, New York, 1908-10, for Vice Commn. of Chicago, 1910-11. Assisted in preparation of reports: Social Evil in New York City, 1910; The Social Evil in Chicago, 1911. Dir. investigations for Bur. of Social Hygiene, New York, 1912-13; dir. Dept of Investigations, Am. Vigilance Assn., New York, 1912-13; for American Social Hygiene Association, 1914; directed investigations with relation to the social evil for Vice Commn. Phila., and state, municipal and pvt. coms in other states and cities, 1912-13. Author: Commercialized Prostitution in New York City, 1913 (issued under auspices of Bur. of Social Hygiene). Office: 105 W. 40th St., New York, NY.

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