Knickerbocker

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Contents 1 People 2 Clothing 3 Sports 4 Places 5 Other 6 References 7 See also

Knickerbocker is a Dutch surname and a type of clothing. It is a name often cited in reference to New York City--an allusion to the fictional character "Father Knickerbocker" who, according to the tale told by Washington Irving, was the head of the first socially prominent family in New York. According to Ric Burns' New York: A Documentary Film, generations of New Yorkers proudly claimed to be descendants of Father Knickerbocker, despite his fictional roots.

Uses of the name Knickerbocker include:

[edit] People

• Bill Knickerbocker (1911 – 1963), American baseball shortstop
• Harmen Jansen Knickerbocker or Harman Jansen Van Wijhe (c1648 – c1720), a Dutch colonist of New Netherland and great-great-grandfather of Federalist Congressman Herman Knickerbocker
• Herman Knickerbocker (1779 – 1855), a United States Representative from New York
• Sons (or daughters) of Knickerbocker, a nickname for students and alumni of Columbia University in the City of New York

[edit] Clothing

• Knickers, panties or women's undergarments
• Knickerbockers (clothing), men's or boys' baggy knee trousers

[edit] Sports

• The Knickerbocker Rules, an early formalization of the rules of baseball
• New York Knickerbockers, one of the first baseball teams
• New York Knicks, a National Basketball Association team

[edit] Places

• Knickerbocker Mansion, 18th century Dutch colonial home of Johannes Harmense Knickerbocker son of Harmen Jansen Van Wijhe located in Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County, New York.
• Knickerbocker Saloon, Indiana's oldest bar in Lafayette, IN
• Knickerbocker Avenue, a shopping strip and street in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York
• Knickerbocker Avenue (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line), a New York City Subway station
• Knickerbockers (venue), a concert venue in Lincoln, Nebraska
• Knickerbocker Hotel, a building in New York City
• Knickerbocker Village, a housing project in Lower East Side, Manhattan
• Knickerbocker Hotel, a building in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Knickerbocker Hotel, a building in Hollywood, California
• Knickerbocker Drive, a street in Newark, DE
• Knickerbocker Avenue, a street in Paterson, NJ
• Knickerbocker Avenue, Bergen County Route 505 in Bergen County, NJ
• Knickerbocker Tavern, a microbrew bar in Altoona, PA
• Knickerbocker Theater, a theater in Holland, Michigan
• Knickerbocker Arena, former name of the Times Union Center, a sports arena in Albany, NY (still referred to by some locals as "the knick")
• Kasteel Wijenburg located in Echteld, Netherlands home of the Wijhe family from 1272 until 1751
• Kasteel Wijenburg, Echteld, Netherlands

[edit] Other

The original spelling of Knickerbocker was Knikkerbakker and today's translation into English is "toy marble baker," but may originally have meant "Brick Baker."

• Diedrich Knickerbocker, a pen name of American writer and diplomat Washington Irving
• The Knickerbocker, a nineteenth-century American literary magazine
• The Knickerbocker Gang, a series of books
• knickerbocker glory, an ice cream dessert served in a tall glass
• The Knickerbockers, a 1960s pop music/rock-and-roll band
• In Michael Flynn's alternate history novelette The Forest of Time, in which the Thirteen Colonies failed to unite and became independent ( and mutually antagonistic) nation states, "Knicks" is how the inhabitants of New York State (not just the city) are called by their neighbors.
• Knickerbocker Storm, a significant blizzard bringing down the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre in Washington DC.
• Knickerbocker Partition Corporation, a company that manufactures such things as public bathroom stall walls etc.
• Knickerbocker Holiday, a broadway musical originally starring Walter Huston, Jeanne Madden, and Ray Middleton and featuring the standard September Song.
• The Knickerbockers, a group of literary people active in the New-York from 1810 to 1840. This movement marked the beginning of cultural life in New-York, the city on the Hudson that was now growing in prosperity and turning into a main harbour for international trade. This group was named after the book of Washington Irving "A history of New York, by Diedrich Knickerbocker" (1809)^[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ Class of American Literature,2008, ILMH

[edit] See also

• Knickerbocracy