Rudyard Kipling
Known For: Writing
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: December 30, 1865
Day of Death: January 18, 1936 (70 years old)
Place of Birth: Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Born in Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India, the son of John Lockwood Kipling, a museum director and author and illustrator. This was at the height of the "British Raj", so he was brought up by Indian nurses ("ayahs"), who taught him something of the beliefs and tongues of India. He was sent "home" to England at the age of six to live with a foster mother, who treated him very cruelly.
