KEATS, JOHN.  Born at London, Oct. 29, 1795; died at Rome, Feb. 23, 1821. 
  Went to Enfield School; apprenticed to a druggist 1811-15; student in
  London hospitals 1815-17; passed examination at Apothecaries Hall
  1816, but never practised.  Walking trip to Scotland 1818; his health
  rapidly failed, and he sailed to Naples in Sept. 1820, and then went
  to Rome, where, until his death, he was attended by his friend Severn. 
  Among his well-known poems are “On First Looking into Chapman’s
  Homer,” “Endymion,” “The Eve of St. Agnes,” “Isabella,” “La Belle Dame
  Sans Merci,” “Ode to Psyche,” “Ode to a Grecian Urn,” “Ode to a
  Nightingale,” “Ode on Melancholy,” “Lamia,” “Ode to Autumn,” and
  “Hyperion.” Fairy Song, 193.

KIBBY, WILLIAM JUDSON.  Born at Knoxville, Tenn., Mar. 12, 1876.  Educated
  in Knoxville Public Schools; graduate of the Sheldon School.  Character
  analyst and industrial psychologist; newspaper and magazine
  contributor.  President of the Lion’s Club of New York; thirty-second
  degree Mason. Appreciation, 219; Helpin’ Out, 96.

KING, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, JR.  Born at St. Joseph, Mich., Mar. 17, 1857;
  died at Bowling Green, Ky., Apr. 7, 1894.  At an early age showed a
  remarkable talent in music; a public entertainer on the piano and
  reciter of his own verse.  His poems collected in “Ben King’s Verse.”
  If I Should Die, 13; The Pessimist, 166.

KIPLING, RUDYARD.  Born at Bombay, India, Dec. 30, 1865.  Educated in
  England at United Service College; returned to India 1880; assistant
  editor of Civil and Military Gazette 1882-89; returned to England
  1889; resided in the United States for several years; has traveled in
  Japan and Australasia.  Received the Noble Prize for Literature 1907;
  honorary degrees from McGill University, Durham, Oxford, and
  Cambridge.  Among his books are “Departmental Ditties,” “Plain Tales
  from the Hills,” “Under the Deodars,” “Phantom’ Rickshaw,” “Wee Willie
  Winkle,” “Life’s Handicap,” “The Light That Failed,” “Barrack-Room
  Ballads,” “The Jungle Book,” “The Second Jungle Book,” “The Seven
  Seas,” “Captains Courageous,” “The Day’s Work,” “Kim,” “Just So
  Stories,” “Puck of Pook’s Hill,” “Actions and Reactions,” “Rewards and
  Fairies,” “Fringes of the Fleet,” and “Sea Warfare.” If, 4; When
  Earth’s Last Picture Is Painted, 230.

KISER, SAMUEL ELLSWORTH.  Born at Shippenville, Pa.  Educated in Pennsylvania
  and Ohio.  Began newspaper work in Cleveland, and from 1900 until 1914
  was editorial and special writer for the Chicago Record-Herald. 
  Noted for his humorous sketches, which have been widely syndicated. 
  His poem “Unsubdued” is, like Henley’s “Invictus,” a splendid
  portrayal of undaunted courage in the face of defeat.  Among his books