Volume 1

Universal pronouncing dictionary of biography and mythology / by Joseph Thomas.

  • Joseph Thomas
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1911, ©1908
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    recommendation of Leigh Hunt. His “ Endymion,” which appeared soon after, was severely criticised by Gifford in the “ Quarterly Review.” As Keats was of a very sensitive disposition, it is supposed that this criti¬ cism aggravated the disease under which he was suffer¬ ing. He died in 1821 at Rome, whither he had gone to reside on account of his health. The poetry of Keats, though exhibiting a vivid perception of the beautiful, and great powers of fancy, is deficient in intensity and force and his celebrity is perhaps to be attributed as much to he circumstances attending his early death as to his poetical abilities. Besides the “Endymion,” we may mention, as among the most important of his works, “Hyperion,” “Lamia,” and “Isabella.” See Richard Monckton Milnes, “Life, Letters, and Literaly Remains of John Keats,” 2 vols., 1848; “Quarterly Review” foi April, 1818; “Westminster Review” for January, 1849; “Atlmtic Monthly” for January, 1861; “ Monthly Review” for July, 1820. Keats, (Sir Richard Goodwin,) an English admiral, born in Hampshire in 1757. In 1778 he was promoted to a lieutenancy in the ninety-eight-gun ship Prince George, where the Duke of Clarence (Sfterwards William IV.) was placed under his command. He served with dis¬ tinction against the Americans and the French. In 1782 he received a commander’s commission, and in 1807 became rear-admiral. Died in 1834. Keble, kee'b?l or kee'b’l, (John,) an English divine and poet of high reputation, was born at Fairford, in Glou¬ cestershire, on the 25th of April, 1792. He was educated at Oxford, elected a Fellow of Oriel College about 1810, and ordained a priest in 1816, soon after which date he left the university. For twenty ensuing years he was employed as his father’s curate at Fairford. He was an intimate friend of John Henry Newman, and one of the leaders of the Tractarian movement in favour of High- Church doctrines, or Puseyism. According to Dr. New¬ man, Keble was the primary author of this movement. In 1827 he published “The Christian Year: Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holidays throughout the Year,” which obtained almost unbounded popularity, and passed through fifty editions or more. He was appointed professor of poetry at Oxford in 1833, and became vicar of Hursley in 1835. About this time he married Charlotte Clarke. He contributed to the “Tracts for the Times,” (1834-36,) and published a number of sermons. Among his popular works is “ Lyra Innocen- tium: Thoughts in Verse on Christian Children, theii Ways and Privileges,” (1846.) “To English church people without number,” says the “North British Re¬ view,” ‘“The Christian Year’ has long been not only a cherished classic, but a sacred book, which they place beside their Bible and their Prayer-Book. . . . Popularity is no word to express the fact that this book has been for years the cherished companion, in their best moods, of numbers of the best men, of the most diverse charac¬ ters and schools, who have lived in our time.” Died in March, 1866. See Sir John T. Coleridge, “Memoir of the Rev. John Keble,” 1869: “North British Review” for September, 1866; “Quarterly Review” for April and July, 1869; “British Quarterly Review” for July, 1867; “Blackwood’s Magazine” for April, 1869. Keble, (Joseph,) an English writer upon law, born at London about 1632; died in 1710. Of his numerous works we may cite “An Explanation of the Laws against Recusants,” (1681.) Keckermann, k§k'ker-mSn', (Bartholomaus,) a learned German writer on science, born at Dantzic in 1571. He wrote, besides other works, “Systema Ethi- cum,” (1610,) and “Systema Mathematices,” (16:7.) Died in 1609. Ked'die, (Henrietta,) a British author, known by the pseudonym of Sarah Tytler. She was born in 1827. She published the novels “ Days of Yore,” (1864,1 “ Citoyenne Jacqueline,” (1865,) “Noblesse Oblige,” (1869,) “French Janet,” (1889,) “The Macdonald Lass,” (1895,) “ Mrs. Carmichael’s Goddesses,” (1898,) etc., with other works. Ked'ney, (John Steinfort,) D.D., an American clergyman, born in Bloomfield, New Jersey, February 12, 1819. He graduated at Union College in 1838, and at the General Theological Seminary of New York in 1841, and took priest’s orders in the Episcopal Church in 1843. 1° 1871 he became professor of divinity in the Seabury Divinity School at Faribault, Minnesota. He published poems and other works. Keener, (James Edward,) an American astron¬ omer, born at La Salle, Illinois, in 1857, graduated at Johns Hopkins University in 1881. He was director of the Alleghany Observatory 1889-98, of the Lick Observatory after 1898, and was elected to the Na¬ tional Academy of Science in 1900. Died in 1900. Kee'ly, (John Ernest Worrell,) an American pseudo-inventor, born at Philadelphia in 1837. After many experiments with sound-vibrations he made a machine which appeared to develop enormous power, acting under the influence of musical notes. This machine, known as the “ Keely Motor,” first ex¬ hibited in 1874* was varied and modified for many years, large sums being advanced him for experiments. He died in 1898, and after his death there were dis¬ covered evidences of fraud which had been deftly concealed during his life. Keen, (William Williams,) M.D., an American physician, born in Philadelphia, January 19, 1837. He graduated at the Philadelphia High School in 1853, at Brown University in 1859, and at Jefferson Medical Col¬ lege in 1862. He served with distinction as an army- surgeon, and then studied his profession in Europe for two years. He afterwards conducted a school of anat¬ omy in Philadelphia, and was professor of surgery at the Woman’s Medical College 1884-89, and later at the Jefferson Medical College. He published several works on anatomy and surgery. Keene, keen, (Edmund,) an English prelate, born at Lynn in 1713. In 1752 he was raised to the see of Chester, and in 1770 to that of Ely. He was a man of learning and benevolence. Died in 1781. Keene, ( Thomas Wallace,) an American actor, born on Staten Island, New York, in 1840. He be¬ came a prominent and favourite actor, his best parts being Richard III., Cassius, Iago, Othello, Richelieu, and the like. Died May 30, 1898. Keener, (John Christian,) D.D., a Methodisi divine, born in Baltimore in 1819, graduated at Wes¬ leyan University in 1834. He wrote a work entitled “ The Post-Oak Circuit.” He became a bishop in 1870. Kee-Tse or Ki-Tse, kee-tsuh, [written in French, Ki-Tseu,] a Chinese philosopher, who lived in the twelfth century b.c. He became the adviser of the emperor Woo-Wang, the founder of the third Chinese dynasty. See Pauthier, “Chine ancienne;” “Nouvelle Biographie G6n6- rale.” Keferstein, ka'fer-stin', (Christian,) a German geologist, born at Halle in 1784. He published, besides ether works, “ Geognostic Observations on the Basaltic Structure of Western Germany,” (1820,) in which he successfully maintains the volcanic nature of basalt, and “The Natural History of the Earth,” Died in 1866. Kehrein, ka'rfn, (Joseph,) a German scholar, born at Heidesheim, October 20, 1808. He was a distinguished teacher, and a man of kindly and genial nature. He wrote “Love and Psyche,” (1834, in verse, from Apu leius,) “Lives of the Saints,” (1842,) and many other works, chiefly educational. Died March 25, 1876. Kehren, ka'ren, (Joseph,) a German historical painter, born at Hulchrath, near Dusseldorf, May 30, 1817. Many of his works are of a religious and ecclesiastical character. Died May 12, 1880. Keightley, kit'le, (Thomas,) a historical and bio¬ graphical writer, born in Dublin about 1790. He pub¬ lished, besides other works, “Mythology of Ancient Greece and Rome,” (3d edition, 1854;) a “ History of England,” (1837 ;) a “ Life of John Milton,” (1855 ;) and a “ History of Rome.” Died November 4, 1872. Keil, kll, (Christian August Karl,) a German scholar, born at Weissenfels, May 17, 1812. He studied at Berlin and Leipsic, and held professorships of philology in Berlin. He published works on Greek onomatology, “ Analecta Epigraphica,” “ Sylloge Inscriptionum Bceoti- carum,” etc. Died December 15, 1865. th as in this. (Jg^See Explanations, p. 23.)