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Modern English biography, volume 2 (of 4), I-Q · Boase, Frederic

Section 42

JUNG, SIR SALAR. _b._ 1829; dewan or prime minister of Hydrabad 1853, when he made great reform in the management of the state; remained faithful at the time of the mutiny 1857; one of the regents of Hydrabad 1866; visited England 1876, D.C.L. Oxf. 21 June 1876; presented to the queen at Windsor 29 June 1876; voted freedom of city of London 29 June 1876, admitted 25 July 1876; G.C.S.I. 31 May 1870. _d._ Hydrabad 8 Feb. 1883. _To-day_, _July 1883_; _Times 10 Feb. 1883 p._ 5, _11 Feb. p._ 8, _12 Feb. p._ 5.

JUNG, SIR SALAR. _b._ 1863; prime minister of Hydrabad to 1887; visited England in the Jubilee year 1887 when he resided in the house of lord Howard, Rutland gate, London; author of two papers entitled Europe revisited in Nineteenth Century, Aug. and Oct. 1887; K.C.I.E. 15 Feb. 1887. _d._ Hydrabad 7 July 1889. _Times 8 July 1889 p._ 5, _9 July p._ 5, _15 July p._ 5.

JUNNER, ROBERT GORDON. _b._ Edinburgh 1841; barrister M.T. 17 Nov. 1865; went Midland circuit, attended Birmingham sessions, and lord mayor’s court, London; author of The practice before the railway commissioners 1874. _d._ Portobello near Edinburgh 27 Aug. 1874.

JUPP, EDWARD BASIL (son of Richard Webb Jupp). _b._ 1 Jany. 1812; admitted solicitor 1836; partner with his father 1836–44, with Richard Samuel Jupp 1844–48, practised alone 1848 to death; joint clerk with his father to the Carpenters’ company 1843–52, and clerk 1852 to death; collected works of Thomas Bewick, which were sold by auction at Christie’s Feb. 1878; author of An historical account of the worshipful company of carpenters of the City of London 1848, 2 ed. 1887; Genealogical memoranda relating to R. Wyatt of Hall place, Shackleford 1870. _d._ 4 Paragon, Blackheath, Kent 30 May 1877.

JUPP, HENRY (son of C. Jupp a cricketer). _b._ Dorking, Surrey 19 Nov. 1841; a brickmaker; played his first match at Lords 16–18 May 1864; played in the Surrey Eleven 1864–81; one of the best batsmen in England, also a good field; made 216 runs in one innings in match Players of the South _v._ Gentlemen of the South 25 Sep. 1865; scored 1557 runs in 1866; played in Australia 1874; landlord of Sun inn, Dorking about 1867–75, of Horns tavern, Lower Norwood 1875–8, of Onslow Arms, Cranleigh, Surrey 1878. _d._ Bermondsey, London 8 April 1889. _Baily’s Mag. xxvi_ 403 (1875), _portrait_; _Grace’s Cricket_ (1891) 331–2; _Illust. sporting and dramatic news_, _i_ 568, 570 (1874), _portrait_.

JUPP, RICHARD WEBB. _b._ 1767; solicitor in City of London 1792–1844; clerk to the Carpenters’ company 1798 to death; member of common council for Broad st. to death. _d._ Carpenters’ hall, 6 London Wall, London 26 Aug. 1852.

JUST, JOHN (eld. son of Jonathan Just, farmer). _b._ Natland near Kendal 3 Dec. 1797; ed. at Kendal and Kirkby Lonsdale gram. schools 1811–17; second master of Bury gr. sch. 1832 to death; lecturer on botany at Pine street (afterwards Royal Manchester) school of medicine and surgery Sep. 1833, lectured annually 1834–52; hon. professor of botany at Royal Manchester Institution, Oct. 1848, delivered 3 courses of lectures 1849–51; investigated the Roman roads in Lancashire; deciphered the Runic inscriptions in the Isle of Man; wrote numerous papers on farming, botany and philosophy. _d._ Bury 14 Oct. 1852. _Memoirs of Literary and Philos. Soc. of Manchester_, _xi_ 91–121 (1854); _Journal of British Archæological Assoc. ix_ 105–11 (1854).

JUSTICE, WILLIAM. Entered Madras army 1818; lieut. col. of 52 Madras N.I. 29 Sep. 1842, of 15 N.I. 1844–5, of 11 N.I. 1845–8, of 4 N.I. 1848–50, of 49 N.I. 1850–1, of 34 N.I. 1851–3, of 7 N.I. 1853–4; col. of 32 Madras N.I. 1854–60, of 39 N.I. 1860–1, of 5 N.I. 1861 to death; L.G. 6 Dec. 1866. _d._ Bath 27 Oct. 1868.

JUSTYNE, PERCY WILLIAM (son of Percy Justyne). _b._ Rochester 1812; landscape painter; exhibited 1 picture at R.A. and 2 at Suffolk st. 1837–8; private sec. to Charles Joseph Doyle, governor of island of Grenada 1841–5, acting stipendiary magistrate in Grenada, returned to England 1848; a skilful illustrator of books; employed on the Illustrated London News 1849–50, London Journal, National Mag., Graphic, &c. _d._ 6 June 1883. _bur._ Norwood cemetery.

JUTSUM, HENRY. _b._ London 1816; ed. in Devonshire; pupil of James Stark 1839; member of New Water-colour Soc. 1843; exhibited 68 pictures at R.A., 75 at B.I. and 19 at Suffolk st. 1836–69; the drawings chiefly of English scenery which he had collected were sold at Christie’s 17 April 1882; of his paintings ‘The Noonday walk’ is in the Royal collection, and ‘The Foot Bridge’ in South Kensington museum. _d._ 88 Hamilton terrace, St. John’s Wood, London 3 March 1869.

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KAHN, JOSEPH. _b._ Germany; opened a small anatomical museum at 315 Oxford st. London 1851; kept anatomical museum, 4 Coventry st. Leicester sq. 1855–7; physician at 17 Harley st. Cavendish sq. 1857–62; kept museum and gallery of science 3 Tichborne st. 1857–66, re-opened with exhibitions and lectures on oxhydrogen, microscope, dissolving views, &c., besides lectures on the laws of life and preservation of health, lecturers Dr. Kahn and Dr. Sexton 8 Dec. 1857; returned to Germany about 1866; author of Catalogue of Dr. Kahn’s Anatomical museum exhibiting at 315 Oxford st. 1851; Atlas of the formation of the human body 1852; The evangel of human nature, fourteen lectures 1856; The philosophy of marriage 1859. _F. B. Courtenay’s Revelations of Quacks_, _3 ed._ (1871) 76–8; _The Era 13 Dec. 1857 p._ 13.

KALEY, JAMES. Scotch giant nearly 8 feet high; exhibited at a cafe on the Boulevards, Paris, _d._ Paris, Dec. 1852 aged 27.

KALISCH, MARCUS MORITZ. _b._ Treptow, Pomerania 16 May 1825; ed. at univ. of Berlin; Ph.D. Halle; came to England as a refugee 1848; sec. to Nathan Marcus Adler, chief rabbi of the great synagogue, London 1848–53; tutor to sons of baron Lionel Rothschild and to the daughters of sir Anthony Rothschild; the liberality of the Rothschild family enabled him to publish his literary works; author of A historical and critical commentary on the Old Testament Hebrew and English 1855, with English edition of the same 1858; The life and writings of Oliver Goldsmith, two lectures 1860; A Hebrew grammar with exercises 1862–3; Bible studies 1877–8; Path and gaol. A discussion on the elements of civilisation and the conditions of happiness 1880; resided 35 Longridge road, Earl’s court, London. _d._ Baslow hydropathic establishment, Rowsley, Derbyshire 23 Aug. 1885. _bur._ Jewish cemetery, Willesden. _The Jewish Chronicle 28 Aug. 1885 pp._ 5, 10.

KANE, DANIEL RYAN. Called to Irish bar 1825; Q.C. 15 Feb. 1847; commissioner of bankrupts 1826; assistant barrister for county of Leitrim. _d._ Vesey place, Kingstown 17 Jany. 1883. _Law Mag. and Law Rev. Aug. 1858 pp._ 261–2.

KANE, DENIS. _b._ Ardnahue, co. Carlow 3 March 1822; ed. at Tullow monastery, Carlow diocesan sch., Carlow coll. and Maynooth; dean of the lay house 1848 and then professor of natural philosophy Carlow coll. 1851–7; curate in Leighlin-bridge 1857, administrator at Tullow 1860; in pastoral charge of Philipstown 1867 and of Baltinglas 1871; vicar general of Carlow 1878 to death; D.D. _d._ Carlow 2 July 1883. _M. Comerford’s Collections of Kildare and Leighlin_ (1883) 232, 330–1.

KANE, SIR ROBERT JOHN (2 son of John Kane, chemist). _b._ Dublin 24 Sep. 1809; ed. at Dublin univ., LL.D. 1868, member of academic council 16 Dec. 1874; clinical clerk Meath hospital, Dublin 1830; F.K. and Q.C.P. Dublin 1835; lecturer in chemistry Apothecaries’ Co. of Ireland medical sch. Dublin 1831–45; discovered an arsenide of manganese since known as Kaneite; claimed to be the discoverer of the ethyl theory 183-; experimented on the compounds of ammonia; member R. Irish Acad. 1832, sec. 1842–9, Cunningham medal 1843, president 1877–82; royal medal of Royal Soc. 1841 for paper on archil and litmus; F.R.S. 7 June 1849; professor of natural philosophy Royal Dublin soc. 1834–47; originator and first director of Museum of Irish industry, Dublin 1845–9; established Royal coll. of science, Ireland; knighted by lord Heytesbury, Feb. 1846; president Queen’s coll. Cork 1849, resigned May 1873; commissioner of national education in Ireland 1873; president R. Geol. soc. of Ireland; commissioner of national education Aug. 1875; vice chancellor R. University of Ireland 1880. (_m._ 1838 Katharine dau. of Henry Baily of London, she was author of The Irish Flora, and _d._ 1886); originated Dublin Journal of Medical science 1832, one of the editors to 1834; an editor of Philosophical mag. 1840; author of Elements of practical pharmacy 1831; Industrial resources of Ireland 1844, 2 ed. 1845; The large and small farm question considered 1844; The elements of chemistry 1846, 2 ed. 1849. _d._ 2 Wellington road, Dublin 16 Feb. 1890. _Proc. of Royal Soc. xlvii pp. xii–xvii_ (1890); _Muspratt’s Chemistry_, _vol. i_ (1853), _portrait_; _Dublin Univ. Mag. May 1849 pp._ 626–37, _portrait_.

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