Baron Johann Knoop, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Collector of musical instruments
Date of Birth: 22-Jul-1846
Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia
Date of Death: 09-May-1918
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Baron Johann Knoop
- Baron Johann Knoop (22 July 1846 in Moscow – 9 May 1918 in Wadhurst), was a collector of musical instruments who possessed a total of 29 great violins, violas, and cellos at one time or another including some four Stradivari violas.
- Several instruments are named after him: Baron Knoop Stradivarius (1698) Alard-Baron Knoop Stradivarius (1715) Baron Knoop; ex-Bevan Stradivarius (1715)Knoop's father, Johann Ludwig Knoop (1821-1894), emigrated from Germany to Russia, founded a textile industry in Narva, Estonia, and was granted the Russian title of "Baron", which he passed to his sons.
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