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See Celts. Kelung (ke-lung'). A small seaport in northern Formosa, bombarded by the French in 1884. Kelvin, Lord. See Thomson , William . Kemble (kem'bl), Adelaide. Born in 1814: died Aug. 4,1879. An opera-singer, the daughter of Charles Kemble. She had little succe till 1839, when she sang in Venice as Norma. Her reputation continued to increase till she retired from the stage upon her marriage to Frederick U. Sartor is in 1843. She wrote "A Week in a French Country House" (1867). Kemble (kem'bl), Charles. Born at Brecknock, Wales, Nov. 25, 1775: died at London, Nov. 12, 1854. A noted English actor. He went on the stage In the winter of and played Malcolm in beth" at Drury Lane in 1794. He was the original Count Appiani in "Emilia Galotti" (1794). He was frequently a ociated with his brother John Kemble and Mrs. Sid. dons in the production of new plays. On July 2, 1806, he married Mi de Camp, who acted afterward as Mrs. Charles Kemble. In Aug., 1832, he sailed with his daughter, Fanny Kemble, to America, and appeared as Hamlet in New York, Sept. 17, 1832. In 1835 he returned to the Hay market. His last appearance was April 10, 1840. Kemble, Elizabeth. See Whitlock , Mrs. Kemble, Frances Anne, generally known as Fanny, Born at London, Nov. 27, 1809: died there, Jan. 15, 1893. An Anglo-American actre , Shaksperian reader, and author: daughter of Charles Kemble. She made her first public appear ance in 1829, with the intention of retrieving the fortunes of her family, in which at the end of 3 years she was succe ful. She visited America in 1832, and married Pierce Butler in 1834, from whom she afterward obtained a di vorce. She resumed her maiden name, and lived at Lenox, Ma achusetts, returning to Europe at intervals. In 1848-49 she gave her first series of Shaksperian readings in Boston, followed by readings in other cities. In these she was very succe ful. In 1851 she again went upon the stage in England. From 1869 to 1873 she was also in Europe. She wrote "Journal of a Residence in America" (1835), "The Star of Seville" (1837, a play), "Poems" (1844), "A Year of Consolation" (1847), "Records of a Girlhood" (1878), "Notes upon some of Shakspere's Plays" (1882), "Records of Later Life" (1882), "Life on a Georgia Plantation" (1863). Kemble, George Stephen. Born at Kington, Here ford shire, May 3, 1758: died June 5, 1822. An English actor, brother of J. P. Kemble. Kemble, John Mitchell. Born at London, April 2, 1807: died at Dublin, March 26, 1857. An English philologist and historian, son of Charles Kemble the actor, and nephew of John Philip Kemble and Mrs. Siddons. He graduated at Cambridge in 1830. On Feb. 24, 1840, he succeeded his father as examiner of stage-plays, and held that office until his death. He edited "Beowulf" (1833-37). His most important works are his unfinished "The Saxons in England" (1849), and the "Codex Diplomatic us Ævi Saxonici" (1839-40). aboard. 1826. An American soldier. He commanded in 1812 a force of about 600 Americans which cooperated with the Mexican insurgents against Spain, and in 1815 served under General Jackson against the British at New Orleans. Kempis, Thomas a. See Thomas a Kempis. Kempten (kemp'ten). A town in the governmental district of Swabia and Neuburg, Bavaria, situated on the Iller 65 miles southwest of Munich: the ancient Campodunum. Formerly it was the seat of a princely abbacy. It is the chief place of the Algäu. Population (1890), 15,760. Kemys, or Keymis (ke'mis), Lawrence. Died in Guiana, 1618. An English ship-captain, a follower of Sir Walter Raleigh, and his principal lieutenant in the expeditions to Guiana. His account of the first voyage is given in Hakluyt. Kemys committed suicide after a conflict with the Indians in which Raleigh's son was killed. Ken (ken), Thomas. Born at Little Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, England, July, 1637: died at Long leat, Wilts hire, March 19, 1711. An English bishop and hymn-writer. In 1679 he was chaplain of Mary, sister of the king and wife of William II., prince of Orange. He was created bishop of Bath and Wells in 1684. On Feb. 2, 1685, he attended the king's death-bed. In May, 1688, he was one of the "seven bishops" to petition the king not to oblige the clergy to read the second Declaration of Indulgence; and in April, 1691, he was deprived of his see as a nonjuror. His most widely known hymns include the morning and evening hymns Awake, my soul," and "Glory to Thee, my God, this night" (both of which end with the familiar doxology "Praise God, from whom all ble ings flow"), etc. Kena (kā'na). [Skt., by whom?"] A name given to an Up an is had, also known as the Talavakara, from a school of the Samaveda. The name, like those of papal bulls, comes from the initial word in the first sentence, "By whom sent forth does the mind fly when sent forth?" It is translated in "Sacred Books of the East," I. 147-153. Kendal (ken'dal), or Kirkby-Kendal (kėrk'biken'dal). A town in West more land, England, situated on the Ken 40 miles south of Car lisle. It has important manufactures of cloth, and was the birthplace of Catherine Parr. Population (1891), 14,430. Kendal, Mrs. (Margaret Brunton Robertson). Born at Great Grimsby, Lincoln shire, March 15, 1849. An English actre . She is the sister of the dramatist T. W. Robertson, and for some years was known to the public as "Madge Robertson," a uming the stage name of Kendal on her marriage with W. H. Grimston in 1869. (See Kendal , W. H.) She made her first appearance in London as Ophelia in 1865, and soon a umed a position in the first rank of her profe ion as an actre of high comedy. Mr. and Mrs. Kendal have made several succe ful tours in America (the first in 1889). Kendal, William Hunter (the stage name as criticism: had not yet full extent of his power. He remained with this company for 19 years. In Nov., 1783, his sister, Mrs. Siddons, first played with him and overshadowed him. In 1788-89 he undertook the management of Drury Lane, and in 1802 of Covent Garden. It was on the occasion of his opening the New Covent Garden Theatre, in 1809, with a new scale of prices rendered nece ary by the expenses incurred, that famous "old-price riots" occurred. He was a stately actor, with a somewhat stilted and declamatory style. In Coriolanus he was at his best, but he won applause as Richard III., Hamlet, Cato, Wolsey, Zanga, Pen ruddock, Jaques, Pierre, Brutus, Hotspur, Octavian, etc. In comedy he was not so succe ful. Kemosh. See Chemosh . Kemp, or Kempe (kemp), John. Born at Olanteigh, near Ashford, 1380 (?): died at Lambeth, March 22, 1454. Archbishop of Canterbury. He was a student and later a fellow of Merton College, Oxford. In 1419 he became bishop of Rochester, and was translated to Chi chester in 1421, and to the see of London in the same year. In 1426 he became chancellor and archbishop of York, and resigned the chancellorship in 1432. He was made cardinal in 1439. In 1452 he was translated to the archbishopric of Canterbury. Kempelen (kem'pe-len), Wolfgang von. Born at Presburg, Hungary, Jan. 23, 1734: died at Vienna, March 26, 1804. An Austrian mechanician, noted as an inventor of automata. Kempen (kem'pen), or Kempno (kemp'nō). A town in the province of Posen, Pru ia, 43 miles in 1843. An English actor. He first appeared on the stage in 1861, and since his marriage with Madge Robertson has played leading parts with her. He is co-le ee of the St. James's Theatre, London, with Mr. Hare. Kendall (ken'dal), Amos. Born at Duns table, Ma ., Aug. 16, 1789: died at Washington, D. C., Nov., 1869. An American politician, postmas ter-general 1835-40. He was a ociated with S. F. B. Morse in his telegraph patents. Kendall, Henry Clarence. Born in Ulladalla district, New South Wales, April 18, 1841: died at Redfern, near Sydney, Aug. 1, 1882. An Australian poet. His chief works are "Leaves from an Australian Forest" (1869), and "Songs from the Mountains" (1880). Kenealy (ke-nēl'i), Edward Vaughan Hyde. Born July 2, 1819: died at London, April 16, 1880. An Irish barrister. In 1850 he was impris. oned for cruelty to a natural son, six years old. In April, 1873, he became leading counsel for the claimant in the notorious Tichborne trial. On account of his conduct before and after this trial, he was expelled from the circuit and disbarred (1874). He was elected member of Parlia ment for Stoke in 1875, but on contesting the seat in 1880 was not reëlected. Keneh, or Kenneh (ken'e), or Geneh (gen'e). A town in Upper Egypt, situated on the Nile in lat. 26° 12′ N.: the ancient Cænopolis. Population, about 15,000. Kenneth I. Kenelm Chillingly (ken'elm chil'ing-li). A novel by Bulwer Lytton, published after his death in 1873. Kenesaw, or Kennesaw (ken-e-sa'), Mountain. A mountain in Cobb County, Georgia, 25 miles northwest of Atlanta. It was the scene of fighting between the Federals under Sherman and the