Rudyard Kipling

Journalist, Writer, Poet, Novelist

British Bombay, British India

Quick Info

ProfessionJournalist, Writer, Poet, Novelist
NationalityBritish
Date of Birth30/12/1865
Age70 years (died on 18, Jan, 1936)
BirthplaceBombay, British India
Date of Death18/01/1936

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Bio/Wiki

Full NameJoseph Rudyard Kipling
Famous ForThe Jungle Book (a famous children's book)
Date of Death18 January 1936
Zodiac sign/Sun signCapricorn

Personal Life

HometownRudyard, Staffordshire, England
ReligionDeeply interested in Buddhism
EthnicityEnglish
Food HabitNon-Vegetarian
HobbiesPlaying Golf, Travelling

Relationships & More

Marital StatusMarried
Affairs/Girlfriends
  • Florence Garrard
  • Caroline Starr Balestier
Marriage Date18 January 1892

Family

Wife/SpouseCaroline Starr Balestier
Children
SonJohn Kipling (British Army Personnel)
Daughters
  • Josephine Kipling
  • Elsie Bambridge
Parents
FatherJohn Lockwood Kipling (A Sculptor and Pottery Designer)
MotherAlice Kipling
Grandparents
Maternal
GrandfatherGeorge Browne MacDonald
GrandmotherHannah Jones
Paternal
GrandfatherJoseph Kipling
GrandmotherFrances Lockwood
Siblings
BrotherNone
SisterTrix Kipling

Career

SchoolUnited Services College, Westward Ho, North Devon, England
ControversySupported Colonel Reginald Dyer responsible for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar

Favourites

Destination(s)
  • Simla, British India
  • South Africa
Writer(s)
  • Mark Twain
  • Arthur Conan Doyle

Some Lesser Known Facts

1. Born in Bombay, British India to Alice and John Lockwood Kipling
2. Named after Rudyard Lake area by his parents
3. Parents identified as 'Anglo-Indians'
4. Resided in Southsea with the Holloways
5. Rescued from 'Lorne Lodge' with memories of horror by his mother
6. Developed affection for Florence Garrard during school days
7. Commenced as assistant editor in Lahore, British India
8. Debuted with 'Departmental Ditties' in 1886
9. Received Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907
10. Engaged in propaganda work during World War I
11. Lost son John Kipling in World War I
12. Cremated at Golders Green Crematorium in London
13. Inspired several films based on his Jungle Books
14. A crater on Planet Mercury and a crocodile species named in his honor
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