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Article: Force to reckon with in Ulster's defence; Rudyard Kipling is world famous as the author of the Jungle Book but in 1912 he was pre-occupied with the defence of Ulster, famously helping to fund the shipment of loyalist arms into Larne. Historian GORDON LUCY looks at the life and times of a Nobel Prize winner who had strong political views, particularly where Ireland was concerned.(Features)
- Article from:
- The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
- Article date:
- May 2, 2002
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RUDYARD Kipling was born on December 30, 1865, in Bombay (now Mumbai), and spent much of his working life in India, a fact that is reflected in a great deal of his work.
He was educated at the United Services College at Westward Ho! in Devon, which provided the background for Stalky and Co (1899).
At the age of 17, Kipling returned to India and worked for seven years as a journalist: first as sub-editor of the Lahore Civil and Military Gazette and then as the special correspondent of The Pioneer of Allahabad.
During these years he wrote the stories ...