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12, 1802: died at Dres historian, Klik it at rivers, Washington, in the region conterminous with the two counties named after those rivers. At that time they numbered 700. There are now about 115 on the Yakima reservation, Washington. See Shahaptian . Klin (klēn). A town in the government of Moscow, Ru ia, 56 miles northwest of Moscow: the ancient seat of the Roman offs. Population (1885-89), 5,415. Klinger (kling'er), Fried rich Max i mil i an von. Born at Frankfort-on-the-Main, Feb. 17, 1752: died March 9, 1831. A German dramatic poet and novelist. He wrote the play "Sturm und Drang" ("Storm and Stre ," 1775), which gave its name to the so called "Sturm und Drang" period of German literature. Klintsi (klint'sē). A manufacturing town in the government of Tchernigoff, Ru ia, situated in lat. 52° 44′ N., long. 32° 16' E. Population (1885-89), 11,635. Kli ow (klis'ov). A place in the government of Kalisz, Ru ian Poland, near the Pru ian frontier. Here, July 19, 1702, Charles XII. of Sweden defeated the Poles and Saxons. Kli ura (klis-sö'rä). A gorge made by the Danube on the frontier of Hungary and Servia, between Neu-Moldova and Orsova. Klondike (klon'dīk). A river in the Northwest Territory, Canada, which flows into the Yukon at Dawson, above the 64th parallel north latitude. It is noted for the gold-mines in its vicinity. Klonowicz (klō-nō'vich), Sebastian Fabian (called Acernus). Born at Sulmiercyce, Posen, 1551: died at Lublin about 1608. A Polish poet. He wrote both in Latin and in Polish. Among his poems are "Roxalana" (1584), a translation of Cato's "Distich a moralia" (1602), etc. Klönthal (klėn'täl). A valley in the canton of Glarus, Switzerland, west of Glarus. Klopstock (klop's tok), Fried rich Gottlieb. Born at Quedlinburg, Pru ia, July 2, 1724: died at Hamburg, March 14, 1803. A noted German poet. Before 1745, when he went to Jena to study theology, he had already conceived the plan of the religious epic afterward written as the "Me ias" ("The Me iah"). In Leipsic, in 1748, he published anonymously, in the journal "Bremer Beiträge," the first three cantos of the poem. This same year he went as tutor to Langensalza. In 1750 he accepted the invitation of the poet and historian Bodmer to Zurich, but the succeeding year was summoned by the King of Denmark to Copenhagen, that he might there find the leisure to complete his poem. He remained there until 1771; went then to Hamburg; in 1775 was for a year in Karlsruhe; and then returned to Hamburg, where he subsequently lived. The "Me ias," a poem consisting of twenty cantos written in hexameters, did not appear in its complete form until 1773. "Geistliche Lieder" ("Religious Songs") appeared in 1758, and "Oden" ("Odes") in 1771. He also wrote three dramas on biblical subjects: "Der Tod Adams" ("The Death of Adam," 1757), "Salomo" ("Solomon"), and "David" (1772). Three others were written on subjects from early national history: "Hermann chlacht" ("The Battle of Hermann," i . e . Arm in i us, 1769), "Hermann und die Fürsten" ("Hermann and the Princes, 1784), "Hermanns Tod" ("Hermann's Death," 1787). The last three dramas were in prose interspersed with bardic choruses, so called, and were consequently named by him "Bardiete." Minor poems are the ode "An meine Freunde" ("To My Friends," 1747), later changed to "Wingolf," addre ed to the poets of the Saxon school; the "Kriegslied" "War Song"), written in 1749 in honor of Frederick the Great; and the ode "Hermann und Thusnelda," written in 1752. His principal prose work is "Die Gelehrtenrepublik" ("The Scholars' Republic," 1744), an art of poetry from his 1844-45) in 11 vols. own standpoint. His complete works appeared (Leipsic, Klosterneuburg (klos-ter-noi'börg). A town in Lower Austria, 6 miles north-northwest of Vienna. Population (1890), commune, 8,988. Kloster-Zeven (klos'ter-tse'fen), Convention of. See Closter - Seven . Knabl (knä'bl), Joseph. Born at Flie , Tyrol, July 17, 1819: died at Munich, Nov. 3, 1881. Α Tyrolese sculptor. His works are chiefly in Bavaria. K'naia-khotana (kni'ä-chō-tänä), or Kenai (ke-ni'). A tribe of the northern division of the At hap as can stock of North American Indians, living in villages along Cook's Inlet and the Kenai Peninsula, southern Alaska. Knapp, Georg Christian. Born at Halle, Pru ia, Sept. 17, 1753: died at Halle, Oct. 14, 1825. A German Protestant theologian, profe or of theology at the University of Halle. He wrote "Vorlesungen über die christliche Glaubenslehre” (1827), etc. Knapp, Ludwig Fried rich. Born at Michelstadt, He e, Feb. 22, 1814. A German chemist. He became profe or in the University of Gie en in 1841, and of Munich in 1853, and in the Polytechnic School at IMG:content-0670.png:[blocks in formation] ogische Wandtafeln" (1855-62). Knaresborough (narz'burō). A town in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, situated on the Nidd 16 miles west-northwest of York. It has a ruined castle and some natural curiosities. Population (1891), 4,649. Knatchbull-Huge en (nachʼbül-hūʼges-en), Edward Huge en, Lord Bra bourne. Born April 29, 1829: died Feb. 6, 1893. A British politician and author. He was educated at Eton and Ox ford, and was Liberal member of Parliament for Sand hurst from 1857 till 1870, when he was raised to the peerage. He joined the Conservative party in 1885. He wrote "Crackers for Christmas" (1870), "Higgledy-Piggledy" (1875), and numerous other books for children. Knaus (knous), Ludwig. Born at Wiesbaden, Pru ia, Oct. 5, 1829. A noted German genre painter, one of the leaders of the younger Dü eldorf school. He was a pupil of Sohn and Schadow at Dü eldorf 1846-52, studied in Paris till 1860, and was profe or at the Berlin Academy from 1874 to 1884. He received first-cla medals in 1855, 1857, and 1859, and a medal of honor in 1867. Knebel (knā'bel), Karl Ludwig von. Born at Waller stein, Bavaria, Nov. 30, 1744: died at Jena, Germany, Feb. 23, 1834. A German author, best known as a friend of Goethe. Knecht Ruprecht (knecht röʻprecht). [G., 'Knight Rupert.'] The German genius of Christmas, corresponding to St. Nicholas, or Santa Claus. In some parts of Germany he is supposed to appear just previous to Christmas, with a bag on his back and a rod in his hand, to inquire into the conduct of the children, whom he rewards or punishes according to their deserts. The actual dispenser of gifts on Christmas Eve is, however, the Christ-child. Kneller (nel'er), Sir Godfrey (Gottfried Kniller). Born at Lübeck, Germany, Aug. 8, 1646: died at London, Oct. 19, 1723. A German-English portrait-painter. His father was a portrait painter of Lübeck. Godfrey was sent to Leyden to study mathematics and fortification. He abandoned the career of a soldier and entered the atelier of Ferdinand Bol at Amsterdam, receiving probably some instruction from Rembrandt. In 1672 he went to Italy; from Italy he went to Hamburg. In 1675 he found his way to England, and to the patronage of Mr. Vernon, secretary to the Duke of Mon mouth, and later to that of the duke himself, whose por trait he painted, and who recommended him to Charles II. For Charles he painted the portrait of Louis XIV. in Paris. He succeeded to the patronage of James II., William III., and Anne, and was knighted March 3, 1691. Some of his best portraits are in the series of admirals. He was con temporary and rival of Sir Peter Lely. He painted the portraits of ten reigning sovereigns.