Volume 1

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

  • Joseph Thomas
Date:
1911, ©1908
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    KEMPER 1429 KENNEDY Kem'per, (Jackson,) D.D., LL.D., an American bishop, born in Pleasant Valley, New York, December 24, 1789- graduated at Columbia College in 1809, took orders in the Episcopal Church in 1814, and was for twenty years a clergyman of Philadelphia. In 1835 he was consecrated a missionary bishop for the Western States. In 1859, after long and severe labours through¬ out a wide field, he was made Bishop of Wisconsin. Died at Delafield, Wisconsin, May 24, 1870. Ksmper, kSm'per, (Jan Melchior,) an able Dutch jurist, born at Amsterdam in 1776. He became pro¬ fessor of law at Leyden in 1809, and published a numbei of works on law. Died in 1824. See M. Siegenbeek, “Memoria J. M. Kemperi,” 1824. Kem'per, (Reuben,) an American officer, born in Fauquier county, Virginia. He distinguished himself in various engagements against the Spaniards in Florida and Mexico, and took part in the defence of New Orleans under General Jackson. Died in 1826. Kemph, k£mf, (Nikolaus,) a German theologian and writer, born at Strasburg in 1397 ; died in 1497. Kempis, d, 5 kSm'pis, (Thomas,) or Thomas Ham'- er-ken, a celebrated German ascetic writer, born at Kempen, in the diocese of Cologne, about 1380. He became an inmate of the monastery of Mount Saint Agnes, and spent much time in copying religious books. He is said to have employed fifteen years in writing a copy of the Bible. He also wrote several original treat¬ ises. His reputation is founded on the well-known work entitled “ De Imitatione Christibut it remains ar unsettled question whether he composed or only tran¬ scribed it. Many volumes have been written on each side of this question. Died in 1471. See Brewer, “ Thomae k Kempis Biographia,” 1676; Baehring, “Thomas von Kempen,” etc., 1854; Mooren, “Nachrichten liber Thomas k Kempis,” Crefeld, 1855, (said to be the best of all the biographies of T. k Kempis;) Malou, “Recherches sur le veritable Auteur de limitation,” 1858; Hodgson, “Reformers and Mar- tvrsj” Philadelphia, 1867 ; Charles Hoffmann, “ T. k Kempis et ses Ecnts,” 1848; J. P. Silbert, “ Gersen, Gerson und Kempis, oder ist Einer von diesen Dreien der Verfasser,” etc., 1828; “ Nouvelle Biographie G^ndrale.” Ki§n, (Thomas,) a celebrated English prelate, born at Berkhamstead in 1637, and educated at Oxford. About 1679 he went to Holland as chaplain to the Princess of Orange. He was afterwards appointed chaplain to Charles II., who raised him to the see of Bath and Wells in 1684. “He was,” says Macaulay, “a man of parts and learning, of quick sensibility and stainless virtue. . . . Before he became a bishop, he had maintained the honour of his gown by refusing, when the court was at Winchester, to let Eleanor Gwinn [a mistress of Charles] lodge in the house which he occupied there as a preben¬ dary. The king had sense enough to respect so manly a spirit. Of all the prelates he liked Ken the best.” Deprived of his bishopric as a nonjuror upon the coro¬ nation of William III., he was regarded with the highest esteem even by his opponents. Queen Anne, upon her accession, granted him a pension. He was the author of several volumes of elaborate sermons, and of many poetical productions of a religious character. “ His Morning and Evening Hymns,” says the writer above quoted, “are still repeated daily in thousands of dwell¬ ings.” He died in 1711. See W. Hawkins, “Life of Bishop Ken,” 1713; W. L. Bowles, “Life of Thomas Ken,” 1830; Macaulay, “History of England,” vol. i. chap, v.; “Quarterly Review” for September, 1851; Miss Strickland, “Lives of the Seven Bishops,” etc., London, 1866; “ Edinburgh Review” for April, 1832. KSn'dal, (George,) an English nonconformist minis¬ ter, born in Devonshire, was a Calvinist. He became rector of Blissland, in Cornwall, from which he was ejected about 1662. Died in 1663. Kendal, (Margaret Brunton,) an English actress, better known by her stage and maiden name of Madge Robertson. She was born at Great Grimsby, March 15, 1849, went upon the stage in 1865, and in 1869 mar¬ ried Mr. Kendal, an actor, whose name was originally Grimston. Mrs. Kendal is one of the leading actresses in comedy of the recent British stage. Ken'dall, (Amos,) an able American statesman, born at Dunstable, Massachusetts, 1^*1789. He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1811, and subsequently, removing to Kentucky, became a tutor in the family of Henry Clay. lie supported General Jackson in the Presiden¬ tial campaign of 1829, and was afterwards appointed by him an auditor of the treasury department. He was made postmaster-general in 1835, and continued to fill that post till 1840. He began about 1844 a Life of General Jackson, of which the first volume was pub¬ lished several years ago. Died in 1869. Kendall, (George Wilkins,) an American writer and journalist, born at Amherst, New Hampshire, in 1810. He removed in 1835 to New Orleans, where he became associated with Mr. Lumsden as editor of the “ Picayune.” In 1841 he accompanied the Santa Fe ex¬ pedition from Texas, of which he published an account after his return. He brought out in 1851 a work entitled “The War between the United States and Mexico,” with coloured plates of the principal conflicts. Died in 1867. Kendall, (John,) an English writer, and member of the Society of Friends, born about 1725; died in 1814. Among his works are a “ Life of Thomas Story,” and “Precepts of the Christian Religion.” KSn'drick, (Asahel C.,) D.D., an American scholai and Baptist clergyman, born at Poultney, Vermont, in 1809. He graduated at Hamilton College in 1831. He was professor of Latin and Greek at Madison University, and from 1850 to 1888 was active Greek professor in the University of Rochester, with position of professor emeritus until his death. He published a number of religious and miscellaneous works. Died Oct. 21, 1895. Kendrick, (Nathaniel,) D.D., a Baptist divine, born in Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1777, was appointed professor of theology and moral philosophy in Hamilton College (now Madison University) in 1822. His labours contributed greatly to the prosperity of the institution. Died in 1848. Ken-eal'y, (Dr. Edward Vaughan Hyde,) a British lawyer and author, born at Cork in 1819. He was edu¬ cated at Trinity College, Dublin, and became noted as a translator of songs from foreign languages, of which he had a wonderful knowledge. His ardent zeal on behalf of “the Tichborne claimant” in 1873 gave him even greater fame. His paper “The Englishman,” founded in 1874, had a very great popularity, and in 1875 he was sent to Parliament. His principal works are “ Bralla- ghan,” (1845,) and “Goethe, a New Pantomime,” (1850.) Died in London, April 16, 1880. Kenicius, ki-nee'shems, (Peter,) Archbishop of Upsal, Sweden, during the reign of Gustavus Adolphus, was born in 1555. He rendered important service to the cause of education, and owing to his efforts parish hospitals were established throughout Sweden. He wrote several theological works. Died in 1636. Ken'ly, (John R.,) an American lawyer and general, born in Baltimore about 1820. He commanded a small force which was attacked at Front Royal by the army of Stonewall Jackson, May 25, 1862. Died in 1891. Ken'nan, (George,) an American author, born at Norwalk, Ohio, in 1845. He became a telegraph operator, and explored Eastern Siberia in the interest of the Western Union Telegraph Company, writing his experience in “Tent Life in Siberia,” (1870.) He investigated the Russian exile system in Siberia 1885-86, and published “ Siberia and the Exile System,” (1890.) He delivered lectures 1889-98, and was a war correspondent in Cuba in 1898. Ken'na-way, (Sir John,) a British diplomatist, born at Exeter ‘in 1758. He became a captain of the army in India in 1780, and negotiated an important treaty with Tippoo Saib in 1792. Died in 1836. Ken'n^-djf, (Benjamin Hall,) D.D., an English scholar, a brother of the following, was born near Bir¬ mingham, November 6, 1804. He graduated at Saint John’s College, Cambridge, in 1827, and in 1867 was ap¬ pointed regius professor of Greek at Cambridge. Be¬ sides volumes of sermons, poems, lectures, etc., he pub¬ lished translations from the Greek classics, and various Greek text-books. He was noted for his extensive and thorough scholarship. Died April 6, 1889. Kennedy, (Charles Rann,) a brother of the pre¬ ceding, and a son of Rann Kennedy, a poet and divine,