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LEFT KINO 346 KING result of the combination of circular movements of different radii in the pro- duction of curves; called also kinescope. Also an apparatus invented by Thomas A. Edison for exhibiting the pictures taken by the kinetograph. KING, CLARENCE, an American geologist; born in Newport, R. I., Jan. 6, 1842. In 1863 he joined the State geo- logical survey of California, making the first detailed surveys of the Yosemite Valley. In 1867 he vpas in charge of the United States geological survey of the 40th parallel, and for the next five years did work from the California Sierras to Eastern Wyoming, the results being pub- lished as "Professional Papers of the Engineer Department of the United States Survey" (1870-1878). When in 1879 the different geological surveys were united in one bureau of the De- partment of the Interior, he was made first director of the Survey, holding the position till 1881. He was elected in 1876 a member of the National Academy of Science. His best book is "Moun- taineering in the Sierras." He died in Arizona, Dec. 24, 1901. KING, HENRY CHURCHILL, an American educator; born in Hillsdale, Mich., in 1858. He graduated from Oberlin College in 1878 and from Ober- lin Theological Seminary in 1882. He took post-graduate courses at Harvard and acted as tutor at Oberlin College from 1879 to 1882. He was successively professor of philosophy, professor of theology, dean and president of that in- stitution. He was appointed to the lat- ter position in 1902. He wrote much on religious and economic subjects. He was a trustee of the Carnegie Foundation and was a member of many other or- ganizations. He wrote: "The Laws of Friendship, Human and Divine" (1909) ; "The Ethics of Jesus" (1909); "Re- ligion as Life" (1913) ; "Fundamental Questions" (1917). KING, HORATIO, an American statesman; born in Paris, Me., June 21, 1811; learned the printer's trade; clerk m the postoffice department in Washing- ton in 1839; first assistant postmaster- general in 1854; was postmaster-general January-March, 1861 ; was the first man yi P^^^ic office to deny the power of a State to withdraw from the Union. His publications include "An Oration before
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ton ' (1841) ; and "Sketches of Travel; or Twelve Months in Europe" (1878). ?897 '" Washington, D. C, May 20, KING, RTJEITS, an American states- man; born in Scarboro, Me., March 24, 1755. Studied at Harvard College in 1773, admitted to the bar in 1778; elected to Congress in 1784; elected to the United States Senate, serving 1789- 1796; was United States minister to Great Britain, 1796-1803; elected third time to Senate in 1813, and won renown as an orator by speech on the burning of Washington by the British. In 1819- 1825 member of Senate, then minister to England. He was the Federalist can- didate for the vice-presidency in 1804 and 1808. With Hamilton, wrote the "Camillus Letters." He died in Jamai- ca, Long Island, N. Y., April 29, 1827. KING, THOMAS STARR, an Amer- ican clergyman; born in New York City, Dec. 17, 1824. During the Civil War he worked earnestly for the Union cause and was the chief factor in raising large sums of money for the United States Sanitary Commission. Author of "White Hills, Their Legends, Land- scapes and Poetry." His writings were published under the title of "Patriotism and Other Papers." He died March 4, 1864. KING, (WILLIAM BENJAMIN) BASIL, a clergyman and novelist, born in Charlottetown, Canada, in 1859. He was educated in the schools of that city and at Kine:'s College, Windsor, Canada. He engaged in authorship in 1900 and produced many novels including "Let Not Man Put Asunder" (1901) ; "The Giant's Strength" (1907); "Wild Olive" (1910) ; "Street Called Straight" (1912) ; "The High Heart" (1917); "The City of Comrades" (1919); and "The Abol- ishing of Death" (1919). KING, WILLIAM HENRY, United States Senator from Utah; born in Fill- more City, Utah, in 1864. He was edu- cated at the Brigham Young Academy and at the University of Utah. After studying law at the University of Michi- gan he began the practice in Utah. For three years he was a member of the ter- ritorial legislature and served as county attorney and city attorney. He was ap- pointed assistant judge of the Supreme Court of Utah in 1904 and served in Congress from 1897 to 1899. He was again elected to Congress in 1900, serv- ing until 1901. He was defeated for the United States Senate in 1905, and in 1917 defeated George Sutherland for the term 1917 to 1923. He took a prom- inent part in the Senate debates on the Treatv of Peace with Germany, in 1919 and 1920.