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15, 1815: died at Bückeburg, Jan. 13, 1902. "A German dramatist. In 1847 he became one of the editors of the "Cologne Gazette"; in 1855 its editor-in-chief; and in 1872 correspondent at Berlin. Among his plays are "Die Gräfin" (1868), "Brutus" (1874), "Marino Faliero" (1876), "Witzlar von Rügen" (1882), “Alexis” (1882), "Arabella Stuart" (1888), "Hans Waldmann" (1890), etc. Kruseman van Elten (krö'se-män vän el'ten), H. D. Born at Alkmaar, Nov. 14, 1829. A landscape-painter. He studied in Haarlem and Bru els, and settled in Amsterdam, whence he removed to New York in 1865. He is a member of the Rotter dam and Amsterdam academies, and of the National Academy at New York. Krusenstern (kröʻzen-stern), Adam Johann von. Born at Haggud, Esthonia, Ru ia, Nov. 8 (O. S.), 1770: died at A , Esthonia, Aug. 12 (O. S.), 1846. A Ru ian admiral and navigator. He circumnavigated the world 1803-06, and published "Reise um die Welt” (“Journey Round the World," 1810-12), "Atlas de l'océan pacifique" (1824-27), "Recueil de mémoires hydrographiques" (1824-27), etc. Krotoschin, Pol. Krotoszyn (krōtō-shēn). A town in the province of Posen, Pru ia, 54 miles south-southeast of Posen. Population (1890), commune, 10,646. Krozet, or Crozet (krō-zā ́), Islands. A group of small uninhabited islands in the Indian Ocean. Po e ion Island is situated in lat. 46° 22′ S., long. 51° 30′ E. Kru, or Croo (krö). A tribe in Liberia, West Africa, settled on the seaboard between the Ba a and the Grebos, to whom they are related. Kryloff, or Kriloff (kre-lof'), Ivan Andreyevitch. Born at Moscow, Feb. 13, 1768: died at St. Petersburg, Nov. 21, 1844. A Ru ian fabulist. His ill succe as journalist and dramatist induced him in 1797 to become the Ru ian tutor of the children of Prince Galitzin. In 1812 he was appointed one of the librarians in the Imperial Public Library-a position he retained for nearly twenty years. His fables are quoted in Ru ia as "Hudibras" was in England. They were pub lished in 1809, 1811, and 1816 (English translation by Ralston 1868).