Annie MacMillan Knott, C.S.D.

Oil on canvas portrait by Eileen Ayrton
Gift of Annie M. Knott Association, Longyear Museum Collection, AW0374

ANNIE MACMILLAN KNOTT, C.S.D.
Born in Scotland, and raised in Canada, Annie Macmillan Knott lived in England from about 1878 to 1882. She then traveled to Chicago where she first heard of Christian Science. After the healing of her young son, Mrs. Knott turned wholly to the teachings of Christian Science, and took Primary class instruction from Bradford Sherman, a student of Mary Baker Eddy, in 1884. She moved to Detroit in 1885 and took Christian Science classes from Mrs. Eddy in 1887 and 1888 in Boston. When Sunday services were established in Detroit, Mrs. Knott served as pastor until 1895, when the Bible and Science and Health were ordained as dual pastor for all Churches of Christ, Scientist, and Mrs. Knott became First Reader. Between 1890 and 1898 Mrs. Knott represented the interests of Christian Scientists and their need for protection to practice in the state of Michigan. At one point she found herself addressing the Legislature, with favorable results - Christian Scientists received legal protection based on their constitutional right to religious freedom.

The Christian Science Journal, Vol. XV111, 1901, p. 679.
© 1972 Longyear Foundation

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