Author of The Jungle Book

Rudyard

Kipling

Order of service for Rudyard Kipling's funeral, 1936. Only the most famous and important people are allowed to be buried in Westminster Abbey. (Devon Heritage Centre: 1529M/Z2) (https://devon-cat.swheritage.org.uk/records/1529M/Z/2)Rock House, where Rudyard Kipling lived, on an Ordnance Survey map, 1906. (Devon Heritage Centre)Stalky and Co, one of Rudyard Kipling's famous books. The cover shows 3 schoolboys, the book is supposed to be based on Kipling and his 3 friends and their adventures in school in Devon. (Devon Heritage Centre: West Country Studies Library)An obituary – a description of someone's life and work written after they die. Published in the Leicester Evening Mail on 18 January 1936. Reproduced by kind permission of Mirrorpix.The second part of Kipling's obituary. Published in the Leicester Evening Mail on 18 January 1936. Reproduced by kind permission of Mirrorpix.

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Who were they?

Do you now who wrote the Jungle Book? It is a famous book and Disney film. Kipling wrote it, and lots of other stories and poems too.

What did they do?

Do you know who eats prickly pears, and even ants?! Or what Baloo, Bagheera and Akela have in common? Author Rudyard Kipling can help with that. Do you know any of the songs from the Jungle Book film?

When they lived

Do you know which countries you can find tigers, elephants and snakes in? Kipling was born in India when it was part of the British Empire. He moved to Torquay when he was first married, and his eldest son was born here. Do you know anyone else who was born outside Britain but moved to Torquay?

Interesting fact

Have you ever wanted to live anywhere else? Kipling lived in lots of different places in the UK and around the world, including Torquay.

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Order of service for Rudyard Kipling's funeral, 1936. Only the most famous and important people are allowed to be buried in Westminster Abbey. (Devon Heritage Centre: 1529M/Z2) (https://devon-cat.swheritage.org.uk/records/1529M/Z/2)Rock House, where Rudyard Kipling lived, on an Ordnance Survey map, 1906. (Devon Heritage Centre)Stalky and Co, one of Rudyard Kipling's famous books. The cover shows 3 schoolboys, the book is supposed to be based on Kipling and his 3 friends and their adventures in school in Devon. (Devon Heritage Centre: West Country Studies Library)An obituary – a description of someone's life and work written after they die. Published in the Leicester Evening Mail on 18 January 1936. Reproduced by kind permission of Mirrorpix.The second part of Kipling's obituary. Published in the Leicester Evening Mail on 18 January 1936. Reproduced by kind permission of Mirrorpix.

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