Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling was a famous author and poet who was born on 30 December 1865 in Bombay and died 18 January 1936 aged 70 in Middlesex Hospital, London.

External links

• The Kipling Society
• Wikipedia
  • Rudyard Kipling
  • Plain Tales from the Hills
  • Under the Deodars
  • The Jungle Book
  • The Second Jungle Book
  • Kim
• Rudyard Kipling. eBooks@Adelaide (University of Adelaide) has links to an extensive online range of Kipling’s works, including articles and also his autobiography Something of Myself, for my friends known and unknown 1937
• Rudyard Kipling from Russell Tayler’s Words contains online links to various works by Kipling
• Rudyard Kipling and his masonic career www.freemasons-freemasonry.com
• Rudyard Kipling Freemason freemasonry.bcy.ca
• "In the oasis" by David Morphet The Guardian, 31 December 2005. A Kipling discovery. At Sewri Cemetery, Bombay the author is shown the grave of Mr A M Jacob of Simla, on whom the Kipling character Lurgan Sahib in the novel Kim is based.

Historical books online

• Plain Tales from the Hills 1899, first published 1888 includes a "A Biographical Sketch" Archive.org
• Under the Deodars etc 1899 first published 1888 Archive.org
• The Jungle Book 1918 edition, first published 1894 Archive.org
  • Toomai of the Elephants, page 217

The character 'Petersen Sahib' in this story was based on George P Sanderson. Scroll down for the article 'Petersen Sahib' by Sir Theodore Tasker The Kipling Journal December 1971 Kipling Society

• The Second Jungle Book 1899 first published 1895 Archive,org
• Kim with illustrations by J.L. Kipling 1912 edition, first published 1901 Archive.org

Also see

• Bengal Pilot Service-External links
• Life in India-Railway Life
• Mining industry-Historical books online
• Opium trade-Historical books online
• Lahore-Military