Kelvin
LORD. See THOMSON, SIR WILLIAM.
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These 10 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Kelvin, Kemble, Kemp.
Kemble
JOHN PHILIP, an Eng lish tragedian; born in Prescot, near Liverpool, England, Feb. 1, 1757. He was eldest son Roger Kemble, manager of a provincial theatrical company. Being intended for the Church he was to the Roman Catholic college of Douay (France). In spite of his paropposition he selected the stage as a professon, made his first appearance at Drury Lane in 1783, and became at once popular. He was afterward man-
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Kemble (CHARLES an English actor)
CHARLES, an English actor; brother of John Philip Kemble; born in Brecknock, Wales, Nov. 25, 1775. He was educated at Douay (France). In 1794 he made his first appearance at Drury Lane. His success was largely due to his representations of such characters as Edgar, Romeo, Charles Surface, Antony, etc. He was appointed censor of plays in 1840, when he retired from the stage. He had married the favorite actress Miss de Camp in 1806. He was the father of John Mitchell Kemble, Frances Anne Kemble. and Adelaide Kemble. He died in London, Nov. 12, 1854.
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Kemble (FRANCES ANNE pop larly known)
FRANCES ANNE, popиlarly known as FANNY KEMBLE, an Anglo-American writer and actress; eldest daughter of Charles Kemble, and niece of Mrs. Siddons; born in London, England, Nov. 27, 1809. Her father bewas ing in financial difficulties she inon the stage in 1829 duced to appear at Covent Garden as Juliet, and her success was so great that in the course of three years she managed to relieve the fallen fortunes of the family. Her trip to America in company with her father was also a splendid triumph; while there she contracted an unfortunate marriage (1834) which was annulled by divorce 15 years afterward. She lived for many years in Lenox (Mass.). She wrote: "Francis I."; "Journal of a Residence in the United States"; "Journal of a Residence on a States"; Georgia Plantation"; "Records of a Girlhood"; "Records of Later Life." As an actress she excelled in the characters of Portia, Beatrice, Lady Macbeth, Lady Teazle, and of Julia in the "Hunchback." She died in London, England, Jan. 16, 1893.
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Kemble, John Philip
John Philip (1757-1823), a noted English actor. He was a native of Lancashire. He completed his education in the English Catholic College of Douay in France. In 1783 he won success at Drury Lane in the character of Hamlet. Brutus and Coriolanus were favorite characters with hi. He became the manager of the Drury Lane Theater, also a stockholder in Covent Garden Theater. He left the stage in 1817, at which date a public dinner was given in his honor. His later years were spent in Switzerland. See Kean
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Kemmel (MOUNT ager of this theater)
MOUNT ager of this theater in 1788-1802. From 1801 to 1803 he made a most successful tour of France and Spain, and on his ad Spain. return to London purchased a share in purchas the Covent Garden Theater, and made Theater. himself a splendid reputation in the d reputat characters of Julius Cæsar, Ha ar, Hamlet, Macbeth, Coriolanus, etc. He abandoned s, etc. H the stage in 1817. His statue was placed His statue in Westminster Abbey in 1833. His sis- Dey in 1834 ter, Sarah, was the celebrated Mrs. Sidcelebrated dons. He died in Lausanne, Switzer- Lausanne land, Feb. 26, 1823.
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Kemmel (MOUNT an elevation MT an ele)
MOUNT, an elevation 500 MT, an ele feet high, wooded upon the side, N. W. upon the s of Bailleul which figured prominently in gured prot the Battle of the Lys, Ap April and May, 1918. The hill overlooked a wide ill ovariool range of country, and on April 17 пopиb the Germans attacked it heavily, conked it he tinuing the attack for several days. On April for seve 25 they renewed the attack in renewed the force from a point N. of Bailleul, push- N. of Bail ing back the Allied line along its whole line along front and taking many prisoners, and seizing many prisd the hill at nine o'clock. The British and French made great efforts to recapture the hill, but the Germans conout tinued to hold it.
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Kemp
SIR ALBERT EDWARD, a Canadian statesman. He was born at Clarenceville, Quebec , in 1858, and was educated at the Lacolle Academy. He is director of the National Trust Co. and Imperial Life Assurance Co., Toronto, and has been president of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association and Toronto Board of Trade. In 1900-1908 and since 1900-1908 1911 he has had a seat in the Canadian seat in the House of Commons. He was chairman He was of the War Purchasing Commission and has been Sing Commi Minister of Militia since 1916. of Militis s
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Kempis
THOMAS À (kem'pis), a AS A German mystic; born in Kempen born (whence his name, "Thomas from Kem- "Thomas pen"), near Cologne, in 1380. His true , in 1850. name was Hamerken (Latin, Malleolus). a (Latin, Sub-prior of the monastery of Mount St. nastery Agnes, near Zwolle, he was distinguished he was for piety and success as an instructor of as ag youth. He was author of the "Imitation of Christ," ore of the most famous of books. It is said that it has been translated into more languages than any other book except the Bible. He died in 1471.
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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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