NOTE.--He was one of the leading supporters of the reform bill in the city, and was re-elected lord mayor in 1831 as an expression in favour of reform upon the part of the city.
KEY, THOMAS HEWITT (youngest son of Thomas Key of London, physician). _b._ Southwark, London 20 March 1799; ed. at Buntingford, Herts, and St. John’s and Trin. colls. Camb., scholar of Trin. coll. 1819; 19 wr. and B.A. 1821, M.A. 1824; studied at Guy’s hospital 1822–24; professor of mathematics in univ. of Virginia at Charlottesville 1825–27; professor of Latin in London univ. 1828–42, university opened 1 Oct. 1828, professor of comparative grammar univ. coll. London 1842 to death; joint head master with professor Henry Malden of the univ. school in Gower st. 1833–42 and head master alone 1842 to death when he left 600 scholars; president of philological society of London; introduced the crude-form system of teaching classical languages 1831; author of The Alphabet 1844, 2 ed. 1849; A Latin grammar on the system of crude forms 1845, 5 ed. 1863; Philological essays 1868; A Latin-English dictionary 1888. _d._ 21 Westbourne sq. London 29 Nov. 1875. _bur._ Highgate cemetery 6 Dec., marble bust by T. Woolner, R.A. in Univ. coll. London. _Proc. of royal society_, _xxiv_ 10–16 (1876); _I.L.N. lxvii_ 566, 581 (1875).
KEYL, FRIEDRICH WILHELM. _b._ Frankfort-on-the-Maine 17 Sep. 1823; pupil of sir Edwin Landseer in London 1845; an animal painter; exhibited 42 pictures at R.A. and 34 at B.I. 1847–72; naturalised 6 March 1858; illustrated Scenes and stories of the Rhine, by Miss M. B. Edwards 1863; Wonders and curiosities of animal life, by G. Kearley 1878, and 12 other books 1863–78. _d._ London 5 Dec. 1873.
KEYWORTH, Thomas (son of Thomas Keyworth, bookseller). _b._ Nottingham 1782; converted from unitarianism and ed. at Cheshunt coll.; congregational minister at Sleaford, Ashborn, Runcorn, Wantage, London, Faversham, Milton and Nottingham successively; minister at Aston Tirrold, Berkshire 1842 to Dec. 1851; with bishops of Durham and Salisbury promoted system of garden allotments for the poor; author of A daily expositor of the New Testament 1825; A practical exposition of the Revelation of St. John 1828; A pocket expositor of the New Testament 1834, 2 ed. 1835; author with David Jones of Principia Hebraica 1817, another ed. 1825. _d._ Cheltenham 7 Nov. 1852. _Congregational yearbook_ (1853) 212–13.
KIALLMARK, GEORGE FREDERICK (eld. son of George Kiallmark, musical composer 1781–1835). _b._ Camden st. Islington 7 Nov. 1804; studied music at Rouen and Paris 1820–5; pupil of Moscheles; gave his first public concert at King’s theatre, London 1832; his playing on the piano was remarkable for delicacy of touch, played Chopin’s works superbly; taught the piano at his residence 29 Percy st. Tottenham court road from 1842. _d._ 5 Pembridge gardens, Bayswater, London 13 Dec. 1887, bust by E. H. Baily 1845. _Musical Keepsake_ (1834), _portrait_.
KICKHAM, CHARLES JOSEPH (son of a shopkeeper). _b._ Mullinahone, co. Tipperary 1826; sight and hearing damaged by an explosion of gunpowder; took part in young Ireland movement 1848; became a Fenian about 1860; one of the triumvirate appointed by James Stephens to govern projected Irish republic 1865; one of the editors of “Irish people” newspaper, which was suppressed 15 Sep. 1865; arrested 11 Nov. 1865, tried for treason felony, sentenced to 14 years imprisonment, served nearly 4 years; contested Tipperary as the national candidate 23 Feb. 1870, Denis Heron, Q.C. declared elected by 4 votes on scrutiny 26 Feb. 1870; author of Sally Cavanagh or the untenanted graves, a tale 1869, written in prison; Poems, sketches and narratives illustrative of Irish life 1870; Knocknagow or the homes of Tipperary 1879, a novel; For the old land, a tale of twenty years ago 1886, another ed. 1887. _d._ Blackrock near Dublin 21 Aug. 1882. _C. J. Kickham’s Sally Cavanagh_ (1869), _portrait_; _J. H. McCarthy’s Ireland since the union_ (1887) 183, 187, 188, 307–308; _Sir C. G. Duffy’s Four years of Irish history_ (1883) 658–59.
KIDD, JOHN (son of John Kidd, captain of a merchant ship). _b._ London 10 Sep. 1775; ed. at Westminster and Ch. Ch. Oxf., student 1793, B.A. 1797, M.A. 1800, M.B. 1801, M.D. 1804; studied at Guy’s hospital 1797–1801; chemical lecturer at Oxf. 1801, Aldrich’s professor of chemistry 1803–22, reader in anatomy on Dr. Lee’s foundation 1816, regius professor of physic 1822–51; physician to Radcliffe infirmary 1808–26; Radcliffe librarian 1834 to death; candidate of R.C.P. 31 March 1817, a fellow 16 March 1818, Harveian orator 1836; F.R.S. 28 March 1822; F.L.S. 1835; author of Outlines of mineralogy 2 vols. Oxford 1809; On the adaptation of external nature to the physical condition of man (The Second Bridgewater treatise) 1833, 6 ed. 1852; Observations on medical reform 1841. _d._ 37 St. Giles’s street, Oxford 17 Sep. 1851. _Munk’s Roll of royal college of physicians_, _iii_ 178 (1878).
KIDD, JOSEPH BARTHOLOMEW. _b._ 1808; an original associate of Royal Scottish Academy 1826, an academician 1829–38; taught drawing at Greenwich from 1838; chiefly painted scenery of Scotland; painted a portrait of the Queen for Royal hospital schools, Greenwich; illustrated The miscellany of natural history, by sir T. D. Lauder 1833. _d._ 24 Egerton road, Greenwich 7 May 1889.
KIDD, WILLIAM. _b._ Edinburgh about 1790; exhibited 33 pictures at R.A., 68 at B.I. and 88 at Suffolk st. 1817–53; many of his pictures were engraved; hon. member of Royal Scottish academy 1849; had a pension from Royal Academy; made 12 original paintings in illustration of Poems of Robert Burns which were engraved 1832. _d._ London 24 Dec. 1863.
KIDD, WILLIAM. _b._ 1803; apprenticed to Baldwin, Craddock and Joy, booksellers, London; bookseller at Chandos st., at Regent st. to 1859 when he sold his business; published London Journal 24 numbers May to Oct. 1835 dealing with natural history; Kidd’s Own Journal 1852–4 re-issued in 5 vols.; built a fine aviary in the New road, Hammersmith, which was burnt down; delivered many lectures in the country from 1859; author of Kidd’s New guide to the lions of London 1832; Kidd’s Picturesque steam-boat companion to Herne Bay 1832; Kidd’s Picturesque pocket companion to Dover 1835. _d._ 3 Talbot villas, New road, Hammersmith 7 Jany. 1867.
KIDD, WILLIAM JOHN (son of W. H. Kidd, captain E.I.C.S.). _b._ 1808 or 1809; ed. at St. Bees; C. of St. Anne, Manchester 1834–36; P.C. of St. Matthew, Manchester 1836–41; R. of Didsbury, Lancs. 1841 to death; author of Reflections on unitarianism. Manchester 1835; The Sunday question considered in the light of holy scripture 1856; Bible class notes on the epistle to the Hebrews 1857; _killed_ at Didsbury railway station 17 Dec. 1880.
KIDSTONE, WILLIAM (son of rev. William Kidstone, secession minister, Stowe, co. Edinburgh). _b._ Stowe 9 Sep. 1768; ed. at Stirling gram. sch. and Edinb. univ.; presbyterian minister of East Campbell st. chapel, Glasgow 18 Oct. 1791 to 1838; the first to establish Bible classes; chief originator of Friendly Clerical Soc. in Glasgow 1793; president Glasgow missionary soc.; clerk of the synod in presbytery of Glasgow 1795–1836; an original member of Evangelical Alliance; D.D. _d._ Ibroxholm, Glasgow 23 Oct. 1852. _J. Kerr and J. Macfarlane’s Christian Old age, the life of W. Kidstone_ (1852); _J. Smith’s Our Scottish clergy_ (1848) 369–77.
KIERNAN, FRANCIS. _b._ Ireland 2 Oct. 1800; ed. at St. Bartholomew’s hospital; held anatomy classes at his residence Charterhouse sq., suppressed by the hospital 1825; M.R.C.S. Nov. 1825, F.R.C.S. 1843, member of council 1850, member of court of examiners 1862, V.P. 1864, gave his collections to the Hunterian museum; made discoveries respecting the structure of and circulation through the liver; F.R.S. 18 Dec. 1834, Copley medal 1836; one of founders of univ. of London 1836, member of the senate, examiner in anatomy and physiology 1840–61; made a fine collection of engravings of sacred subjects; author of Anatomical researches on the structure of the liver. _d._ 30 Manchester st. Manchester sq. London 31 Dec. 1874. _bur._ R.C. cemet. Mortlake 4 Jany. 1875. _Medical Times_, _Jany. 1875 pp._ 22–23, 52; _Nature 7 Jany. 1875 p._ 193.
KILBY, THOMAS (son of John Kilby of Leeds). _b._ York 1794; matric. from Queen’s coll. Oxf. 20 March 1816 aged 21; C. of Linton in Craven 1820; R. of Alverthorp to 1825; P.C. of St. John’s, Wakefield 1825 to death; author of Scenery in the vicinity of Wakefield with descriptive account 1843; Views in Wakefield 1853; Sermons 1866. _d._ St. John’s parsonage, Wakefield 5 Sep. 1868. _Wakefield Journal and Examiner 11 Sep. 1868 p._ 3.