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Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling is the author of The Jungle Book and other British-flavored tales of the Indian subcontinent. Rudyard Kipling was born in India to British parents, but spent much of his childhood at…

Brattleboro

(Encyclopedia) Brattleboro Brattleboro brătˈəlbûrˌə [key], town (2020 pop. 12,184), Windham co., SE Vt., on the…

Kipling, Rudyard

(Encyclopedia) Kipling, Rudyard, 1865–1936, English author, b. Bombay (now Mumbai), India. Educated in England, Kipling returned to India in 1882 and worked as an editor on a Lahore paper. His early…

Innes, Michael

(Encyclopedia) Innes, Michael, pseud. of John Innes Mackintosh Stewart, 1906–94, British writer and scholar, b. near Edinburgh. From 1969 to 1973 he was a reader in English literature at Oxford.…

Mawlamyine

(Encyclopedia) MawlamyineMawlamyinemôˌləmīnˈ [key] or Moulmein,Moulmein,m&oobreve;lmānˈ, mōl– [key], city (1983 pop. 219,991), SE Myanmar, near the mouth of the Thanlwin (Salween) River; the…

Dobrée, Bonamy

(Encyclopedia) Dobrée, BonamyDobrée, Bonamybŏnˈəmē dōˈbrē [key], 1891–1974, English scholar and critic, b. London, grad. Cambridge (B.A., 1921, M.A., 1924). He served with the Royal Artillery in both…

Gloucester, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Gloucester, city (2020 pop. 29,729), Essex co., NE Mass., on Cape Ann; settled 1623, inc. as a city 1873. It is a port of entry at the…

Baldwin, Stanley

(Encyclopedia) Baldwin, Stanley, 1867–1947, British statesman; cousin of Rudyard Kipling. The son of a Worcestershire ironmaster, he was educated at Harrow and at Trinity College, Cambridge, and…

Christopher Plummer

Name at birth: Arthur Christopher Orme PlummerChristopher Plummer's 60-year acting career included many hits on stage, in movies and on TV, plus an Oscar win at age 82, but he remained best known for…