Kempis, Thomas a
Thomas a (1379-1471), a German monk. He was born in the village of Kempen in the diocese of Cologne. In 1400 he entered an Augustinian convent. He became a monk in 1406. He spent his entire life in seclusion. He is noted as the author of a book of private meditations entitled The Imitation or Following of Christ. It was written, as all books of that day were, in the Latin language. In his history of Latin Christianity Dean Milman says, "in it is gathered and concentrated all that is elevating, passionate, profoundly pious in all the older mystics. No book after the Holy Scriptures has been so often reprinted; none translated into so many languages, ancient and modern." The first printed edition appeared in Augsburg in 1486. A collection preserved at Cologne, near the place of his birth, includes over 500 separate editions.
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Kempton Park
in Middlesex, , 4 miles England W. of Kingston-on- Thames, once a royal residence, now noted for its race meetings. eetings
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THOMAS, an English prelate; an English prelat born in Little Berkhampstead, Hertfordampstead, Hertfor shire, England, d, in July, 1637. After Jaly, 1687. Aft studying at Oxford he became succeshe became succe sively chaplain to the Princess of Orthe Princess of C ange, to the Earl of Dartmouth, and in Dartmouth, and 1684 to Charles II., who made him ho made hi Bishop of Bath and Wells. In 1688 he ells In 1688 was sent to the tower for resisting the ver for resisting t dispensing power claimed by James II. ed by James He refused to take the oath of allegiance h of allegian to William of Orange, and was disposwas dispo sessed of his see; but Queen Anne but Queen Ana granted him a pension. His morning His mornin and evening hymns are still cherished in are still cherished many households. He died in Longleat, He died in Longles Wiltshire, March 19, 1711. 9, 1711.
or KIUN, an Egyptian goddess In Egyptian similar to the Roman Venus; she is rep- Venus; resented as standing on a lion, and holding on a lion two serpents in one hand and a 1 ons han flower in the other.
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Kendrick
JOHN B BENJAMIN, OHN BENJAMIN, United States Senator from Wyoming, born ator from Wyoming in Cherokee co., Tex., in 1857. He Co., Tex., in 1857. He was educated in the public schools and he public schools and in 1885 entered the cattle business. He became one of the largest ranch men and cattle raisers of the west. He served in the Wyoming Senate from 1910 to 1914 and in 1915 was elected Governor of Wyoming. In the following llowing year he was nominated at the primaries for United States Senator and was elected Senator in 1917. In the same year he resigned as Governor. He was a Democrat in politics.
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Kenesaw Mountain
a mountain in Georgia 25 miles N. W. of Atlanta. It is famous as the scene of a battle in the Civil War between the Union troops under Sherman, and the Confederates under Johnston, which took place in June, 1864, and resulted in the repulse of Sherman with a loss of 3,000 men.
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Kenia
MOUNT, an isolated mountain mass in Eastern Africa, about 10' S. of the equator, and not far N. of Kilima-Njaro nearly in the center of British East Africa. It is also known as Doenyo Ebor, or White Mountain, because its summit is covered with perpetual snow. The crater wall rises up to a height of 16,000 feet, but the loftiest pinnacle towers up 3,000 feet higher.
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Kennan
GEORGE, an American traveler; born in Norwalk, O., Feb. 16, 1845. In early life, and before the completion of the Atlantic cable, he was a member of the Western Union telegraph expedition to survey a route for a Bering Strait and Siberian telegraph line to Europe. The result of this expedition was the book called "Tent Life in Siberia" (1870). His journeys through Northern Russia and Siberia in the years 1885-1886 for the purpose of investigating the condition of the Siberian exiles, resulted in the publication of "Siberia and the Exile System" (1891). He was expelled from Russia in 1901. He explored Mount Pelée, Martinique (1902). Correspondent Russo-Japanese War (1904). Published "A Russian Comedy of Errors" (1915).
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Kennan, George
George (1845-), an American author and lecturer. He was born at Norfolk, Ohio. He became a telegraph operator and in 1865 went to Siberia as a telegraph engineer, in the employ of the Russo-American Telegraph Company. Several years later he explored the region of eastern Caucasus, and in 1885 and 1886 was sent out by The Century with the artist G. A. Frost, to investigate the Russian exile system. He traveled 15,000 miles in northern Russia and Siberia. The results of his observations were published in the Century Magazine and later appeared in book form. Kennan lectured on the exile system both in England and America. His books include Siberia and the Exile System, Tent Life in Siberia, and Campaigning in Cuba.
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Kennaquhair
Scotch for "Don'tknow-where," equivalent to the German Weissnichtwo, nowhere; a fabulous place.
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Kennebec
a river of Maine, rises in Moosehead Lake, in the W. of the State, and, passing Augusta, runs generally S. to the Atlantic Ocean. Its length is over 150 miles. It is navigable for large vessels to Bath, 12 miles, and for steamers beyond Augusta. In its course it falls 1,000 feet, affording abundant water power. Except for a few miles from its mouth, the river is closed by ice for from three to four months in the year; and many companies are engaged in harvesting and storing the ice.
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Kennedy
CHARLES RANN, a dramatist, born at Derby, England, in 1871. He was in turn office boy and clerk, lecturer and writer, up to the age of 26. He then went on the stage and wrote plays, articles, and poems. From 1905 he was engaged in dramatic writing. His first great success was made with "The Servant in the House" produced in 1908. This was followed by "The Winterfeast" (1908); "The Terrible Meek" (1911); "The Idol-Breaker" (1914); "The Army with Banners" (1917); "The Fool from the Hills" (1919). He married Edith Wynne Matthison in 1898.
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