User:Kmweber/In Progress/Karl Kae Knecht

Karl Kae Knecht (December 4, 1883 - July 28, 1972) is an American artist who was the cartoonist for the Evansville Courier (now Evansville Courier & Press) from 1906 to 1960 and was instrumental in the founding of Evansville's Mesker Park Zoo.

[edit] Personal Life

Knecht was born in 1883 and had a sister, Fay. He married Jennie E. Moore of Evansville (daughter of Elwood Moore) on August 22, 1918.