Kennaquhair
Scotch for "Don'tknow-where," equivalent to the German Weissnichtwo, nowhere; a fabulous place.
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These 12 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Kennaquhair, Kennebec, Kennedy.
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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Kennedy, John P.
John P. (1795-1870), an American novelist. He was a native of Baltimore. While a mere lad he served in the War of 1812. In 1816 he was admitted to the bar and was considered a successful lawyer. He served three terms in Congress, and in 1852 became secretary of the navy. He is remembered, however, chiefly as a writer. In 1832 he published Swallow Barn, or Sojourn in the Old Dominion. This tale described plantation life in old Virginia and was well received. Kennedy's reputation rests, however, on Horseshoe Robinson, A Tale of the Tory Ascendency. It is a story of the Revolutionary War. It appeared in 1835. Kennedy was a friend of Thackeray; in fact, he may be called "the American friend of the novelist." He assisted him in the preparation, if, indeed, he did not compose, the fourth chapter of the second volume of The Virginians. See Simms ; Lanier
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Kenneth
the name of two Kings of Scotland, who reigned in the dark ages of that country's history. KEN- NETH I. (McAlpin) was the son of Alpin, who was slain by the Picts in 832 or 834. Kenneth died in 860 or 862, long and successful war after a waged with the Picts. KENNETH II. ascended the throne on the death of his father, Malcolm, and was murdered by his soldiers and the populace in 994.
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Kenosha
a city and county-seat of Kenosha co., Wis.; on Lake Michigan and the Chicago and Northwestern railroad; 35 miles S. of Milwaukee. It is a trade center for the county and a popular health and summer resort; is principally engaged in dairying, farming, and the manufacture of flour, leather, furniture, and carriages and wagons; and contains the University School (nonsect.); Kemper Hall School (P. E.), high school, public library, and a system of waterworks supplied from the lake and artesian wells. Kenosha has passenger and freight steamer communi- unteer and regular service in 1898. He cation with ports on the Great Lakes. Pop. (1910) 21,371; (1920) 40,472;
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Kenrick
PETER RICHARD, an American clergyman; born in Dublin, Ireland, Aug. 17, 1806; ordained priest in the Roman Catholic Church in 1830; olio Claro came to the United States in 1833; ap- State pointed coadjutor to Bishop Rosati, of co Bishoy St. Louis, in 1841, and succeeded to that bishopric in 1843; was created first archbishop of St. Louis in 1847. His publiin 184 cations include "The Holy House of Loretto"; "Anglican Ordinations"; "Vati- Ordinati cana"; etc. He died in St. Louis, Mo., March 4, 1896.
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Kensal Green
a cemetery on the N. W. of London, 77 acres in extent; 77 acres consecrated in November, 1832. Here vombor, many of the illustrious sons of England Tous Bons have been buried, as Thackeray, Leigh as Thack Hunt, Sydney Smith, Buckle, Sir Charles , Buckle, Eastlake, John Leech, Sir John Ross, ech, Sir Brunel, Mulready, Kemble, Dibdin, Tom Kemble, Hood, Balfe, Liston, Charles Mathews, Cha Madame Vestris, Tietjens, Wilkie Col- Tietjens, lins, the Duke of Sussex, and his sister, the Princess Sophia.
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Kent
an important county lying in the southeastern angle of England. It lies between the Thames and the Strait of Dover. It is a rich agricultural country. It produces great quantities of vegetables for the markets of London, and is one of the great hop-raising regions of England. Historically, the country is the center of the ancient kingdom of Kent formed by the Jutes. The insurrections of Wat Tyler, Jack Cade, and Sir Thomas Wyatt emanated from Kent. The cathedrals of Rochester and Canterbury are in this county. See Canterbury
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Kent
DUKE OF, 4th son of George III., and father of Queen Victoria; born Queen in Buckingham Palace, London, Nov. 2, 1767; married Victoria Mary Louisa, May 28, 1818; died in Sidmouth, Devonin Bidni shire, England, Jan. 23, 1820. See VIC- 23.132 TORIA.
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Kent
JACOB FORD, an American military officer, born in Philadelphia in 1835. He was educated in private schools and at Mount Pleasant Military Academy and at the United States Military Academy, from which he graduated in 1861. He served throughout the Civil thro War, rising to the rank of captain. He rank of was promoted to various grades and in arious 1898 was made major-general of volun- Jor-gene teers. He served through the Spanish- Chrough American War with great distinction. th great He was honorably discharged from voldischarg ica in 1898. E died Dec. 22, 1918. an American jurist
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Kent (JAMES an American jurist V Y)
JAMES, an American jurist; V. Y., July 31, 1762 born in Philippi, N. Y., July 31, 1763. Author of the famous "Commentaries Commentarie on American Law" (4 vols. 1826-1830), 1826-1880 which holds in this country a position y a positio Blackstone similar to that occupied by Blackstone's "Commentaries" in Great Britain. It Britain. contains not only federal jurisprudence, ederal jurisprudenc but the municipal law written and unlaw written and ur eral States. He wa written of the several States. He was chief-justice and chancellor of the State ancellor of the Sta of New York. He died in New York, died in New York Dec. 12, 1847. BT, a beautiful mot
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