Rudyard Kipling

Born 1865-12-30 · Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India [now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India]

Died 1936-01-18

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.