KIRKLAND, Edwin Capers. Charleston, South Carolina 14.2.1902 — Gainesville, Florida 23.12.1972. U.S. Folklorist. Son of William Clarke Kirkland (1869–1942) and Lalla Stokes. Ph.D. Northwestern University. In the 1930s ar University of Tennessee. In 1946-51 Professor of English at University of Florida and, after a leave in India, continued there until…
KINSLEY, David Robert. Holyoke, MA 25.4.1939 — Hamilton, Ontario 24.4.2000. U.S. Scholar of Hindu Religion in Canada. Studies at Drew University (B.A. 1961), Union Theological Seminary (B.D. 1964) and Chicago University (Ph.D. 1970). Taught at McMaster University, 1969-2000, chair of department 1989-94. Died of lung cancer. Married 1964 Carolyn (Cary)…
KING, William.1834? — Bedford ?.12.1900. Anglo-Irish Geologist in India. Son of William King (1809–1886, the Geologist, who in 1863 proposed that Homo neanderthalensis is a different species) and Jane Nicholson. Wikipedia on father claims that they were only married in 1839! Studied civil engineering at Queen’s College in Galway, then studies at…
KILIAN, Lothar. Nidden (Nida near Klaipeda) 12.10.1911 — 12.3.2000 or 1999. German Archaeologist and IE Scholar. Ph.D. 1939 Königsberg. Participated in WW II, was war prisoner and only returned in 1949. In 1951-54 Assistant at Bonn. From 1957 kustos in Landesmuseum Trier. After retiring living in Bonn. The IE Urheimat…
KEY, Thomas Hewitt. London 20.3.1799 — London 29.11.1875. British Classical Scholar. Son of Thomas Key, a physician, and Mary Lux Barry. Educated at Buntingford grammar school, Hertfordshire. Studies at St. John’s and Trinity Colleges, Cambridge, graduated B.A. 1821, M.A. 1824. Also studied medicine. In 1825-27 Professor of Pure mathematics at the…
KEPHALLENOS, Andreas N. (Ανδρέας Ν. Κεφαλληνός).Corfu 1856 — 19??. Greek Politician and Literate. After school in Corfu, studies at Florence and Munich (now also Sanskrit). Ph.D. Munich. Then worked in the administration and politics in Corfu. In 1910 M.P. for Corfu. In his translations he used Dimotiki, which was then…
KENNET, Charles Egbert. 8.2.1826 (ot 21.9.) — 28.11.1884. Rev. Anglo-Indian Priest. Son of Charles Kennet (1787–1851), a clerk in Madras Treasury Office, and Charlotte Temasfield (1803–1841), a Roman Catholic. After studies at Bishop’s College in Calcutta ordained deacon 1851, priest 1853. Worked as missionary in Mudalur and 1857-65 in Christianagram…
KEMPSON, Simon Matthews Edwin. Castle Bromwich, Birmingham 3.5.1831 — 20.6.1892. British Teacher in India. Son of Rev. Edwin Kempson (1799–1878), the vicar of Castle Bromwich, and Mary Holmes (1800–1891). Educated at Cheltenham College. Studies at Cambridge, Gonville and Caius College. After graduation to India. From 1858 Headmaster of Government College in…
KEENE, Henry George. Haileybury, Hertfordshire 1826 — Westward Ho, Devon 26.3.1915. British Civil Servant and Historian in India. Son of the elder —> H. G. Keene (1781–1864) and Anne Wheelwright, educated at Rugby, studies at Oxford (Wadham College) and Haileybury. In 1847 entered I.C.S. and served in N.W. Provinces. He…
KEEGAN, William. 18?? — Delhi 1.5.1885. Rev. Father. Irish (?) Catholic Missionary in India. In India as early as 1841. From 1859 to death parish priest of St. Mary’s church in Delhi (Agra Diocese). D.D. Publications: Grammatica linguae Indostanae ad usum missionariorum. 87 p. Sardhana 1883; A Vocabulary in Urdu, Latin, and…