Rudyard Kipling

1865 – 1936 · died at about 71^[1][2]

Literature

Fun Facts About Rudyard Kipling

• Rudyard Kipling was named after a lake: his parents courted at Rudyard Lake in Staffordshire and were so moved by its beauty that they named their first child after it.^[1]
• Kipling was the first English-language winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and, at 41, still its youngest. He declined a knighthood and the post of Poet Laureate.^[1]
• Arthur Conan Doyle visited Kipling in Vermont and gave him a golf lesson. Kipling later played in winter with red-painted balls, but a drive could skid two miles down the slope.^[1][3][4]
• Mark Twain said of meeting Kipling: "Between us, we cover all knowledge; he covers all that can be known and I cover the rest."^[1][5][6]
• Kipling wrote "The Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer" for graduating engineers in Canada, where graduates today receive an iron ring to remind them of their obligation to society.^[1]
• A French soldier's life was saved when his copy of Kipling's novel Kim stopped a bullet. He gave Kipling the book, bullet still embedded, along with his Croix de Guerre.^[1]
• Rudyard Kipling was alive at the same time as Michael Faraday — their lives overlapped for 2 years (1865–1867).^[1][2][7][8]
• Rudyard Kipling shares a birthday with Tu Youyou: both were born on December 30.^{[1][2][9][10]}

Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English journalist, novelist, poet and short-story writer. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work.^[1]

Contemporaries

John D. Rockefeller

71 yr overlap

Sigmund Freud

71 yr overlap

Nikola Tesla

71 yr overlap

Rabindranath Tagore

71 yr overlap

Henry Ford

71 yr overlap

Edvard Munch

71 yr overlap

Max Planck

71 yr overlap

George Bernard Shaw

71 yr overlap

David Hilbert

71 yr overlap

H.G. Wells

70 yr overlap

Frank Lloyd Wright

69 yr overlap

Maxim Gorky

68 yr overlap

Their World

Questions About Rudyard Kipling

When was Rudyard Kipling born?

Rudyard Kipling was born on December 30, 1865, and died on January 18, 1936.

How old was Rudyard Kipling at death?

Rudyard Kipling was born on December 30, 1865, and died on January 18, 1936, at age 70.

What was Rudyard Kipling known for?

Rudyard Kipling was known for: Author of The Jungle Book, Nobel laureate. Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English journalist, novelist, poet and short-story writer. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work.

Who was alive at the same time as Rudyard Kipling?

Rudyard Kipling's closest contemporary was John D. Rockefeller. Their lives overlapped for 71 years.