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  of R.M.C., Sandhurst, 1902 : C.M.G., 1901.

KNOX, SIR ALEXANDER ( ? –1834)

Went out to Bengal in 1780 in the Army : rose to be Maj -General, 1830 : in the campaign against Chait Singh, at the capture of Benares in 1781 : in Baghelkund and Bundelkund, 1782–4 : at the siege of Bangalore, 1791 : at Savandrug, Dec. 1791 : in Cornwallis' campaign, 1792 : fought against the Rohillas under Abercromby : in Lord Lake's actions in 1803 : at Deeg, 1804 : Bhartpur, 1805 : took Ajmir, 1818 : in Rajputana, 1823 : commanded the Dinapur Division : K.C.B. 1831 : died at Barrackpur after 54 years' service, Sep. 1, 1834.

KNOX, SIR WILLIAM GEORGE (1847–)

Born Oct. 20, 1847 : son of General T. E. Knox, C.B. : educated at Woolwich : joined the R.A., 1867 : served in the Abyssinian campaign, 1867–8 : Ashanti campaign, 1874 : Afghan campaign, 1878–9 : at Ali Masjid : Zulu and Transvaal campaign, 1879 : commanded a Brigade in S. African war : siege of Ladysmith : K.C.B., 1900 : Maj-General commanding R.A., 3rd Army Corps, since 1902.

KCENIG, JOHANN GERARD (1728–1785)

Doctor : born in 1728 : of Courland in Lithuania : pupil of Linnseus : visited India in search of natural curiosities : became a friend of Sir Thomas Munro (q.v.) : travelled widely over India from the Ganges to the Indus, from Delhi to Cape Comorin : was in 1778 in the service of the E. I. Co., who sent him to Siam and the Straits of Malacca, in search of plants and minerals : while travelling along the coast from Ceylon to Calcutta, died June 26, 1785.

KOSEGARTEN, JOHANN GOTTFRIED LUDWIG (1792–1862)

Born Sep. 10, 1792, at Altenkirchen in RUgen : son of a pastor : studied theology at Grief swald in Prussia, 1808–12, and Oriental languages in Paris, 1812–14 : went to the University of Jena, 1817 : appointed to Professorship of Theology, Oriental Languages and Literature, holding it till his death. Besides his labours in Arabic, Persian, and Turkish, was known as a Sanskrit scholar : published a translation of Nala and Damayanti from the Mahabharata, 1820 : and the Pantchatantra collection of fables : died, at Griefswald, 1862.

KRUPABAI, (1862–1894)

Daughter of Haripunt, a Mahratta Brahman, Christian convert and mis-sionary at Ahmadnagar : born Feb. 14, 1862 : educated at a missionary school, Bombay, and the Madras Medical College, which she was the first Indian lady to join : she married Samuel Sathianadhan, M.A., LL.B. (Cantab), F.S.S., Assistant D.P.I., Madras, and Professor of Logic and Moral Philosophy at the Madras Presidency College : author of History of Education in the Madras Presidency, etc. She founded a school for Muhammadan girls at Ootacamund, and was prominent in several schemes for the education of women in S. India : wrote Saguna, a novel of Indian Christian life, and Kamala, a novel of Hindu life : died at Madras, Aug. 8, 1894.

KURZ, W. SULPIZ (1833 7–1878)

Native of Augsburg in Bavaria : botanist : joined the Army of Netherlands, India, in order that he might see something of the rich botany of the Malayan Archipelago : was Assistant Curator of the Herbarium at Buitenburg in Java : in 1864, Dr. T. Anderson obtained his services as Curator of the Herbarium in the Botanic Garden near Calcutta : he explored Burma and Pegu and the Andaman Islands in the interests of botany : wrote the Forest Flora of British Burma, 1877 : and many botanical papers in the Journals of various learned Societies : died at Pulo-Penang, Jan. 15, 1878.

KYD, JAMES (1786–1836)

Shipbuilder : son of Lt-General Alexander Kyd, who was related to and heir of Colonel Robert Kyd (q.v.) : born in India, 1786 : went home with his brother Robert to England, as boys, to be brought up to shipbuilding : returned to Calcutta in 1800, and were apprenticed to Waddell. the E. I. Co.'s master-builder. On his<section end="Kyd, James" />