Kingsley, Charles. 1819-75. English didactic social novelist/clergyman. Alton Locke 1850. Water Babies 1863. Founded Christian Socialism.

Kipling, Rudyard. 1865-1936. English/Indian writer. Compelling, emotional, poetic. Jungle Book 1894. Kim 1901. Imperialist:- “White Man’s Burden”.

Krebs, Hans. 1900-81. German/English biochemist. Citric acid cycle of human energy, 1937.

Kyd, Thomas. 1558-94. English playwright. First ‘revenge’ play: The Spanish Tragedy 1592.

Lake Poets. 19C. Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey of English Lake District.

Lamb, Charles. 1775-1834. English poet and essayist. Essays of Elia 1820-33.

Lancaster, Thomas, Earl of. c1277-1322. English. Led barons vs Edward II. Beheaded.

Langland, William. 1330-1400. English Christian allegorical poet. Piers Ploughman 1362.

Langtry, Lily. 1853-1929. English beauty/actress. Favourite of Edward VII as Prince of Wales.

Latimer, Hugh. 1485-1555. English Protestant Reformation churchman. Executed by Mary I.

Law Commission Act. 1965. First codification of English common law.

Lawrence, D.H. 1885-1930. Censored English psychological novelist exploring consciousness and morality. Sons and Lovers 1913. Women in Love 1926. Lady Chatterly’s Lover 1928. Modernism.

Lawrence, Thomas. 1769-1830. English portrait artist.

Lawrence, Thomas (of Arabia). 1888-1935. English writer, officer. Led Arabs against Turks, 1914-18: Seven Pillars of Wisdom 1926.

Layamon. c1200. English poet. First mention of King Arthur, Lear, Merlin.

Lee, Anne. 1736-84. English/US mystic Shaker leader.

Levellers. 1645-50. English Civil War republican democratic party. Sought religious, political equality and end to monarchy.

Lewes, Battle. 1264. English barons capture Henry III and Prince Edward, force concessions.

Lewis, C.S. 1898-1963. English fantasy writer, Christian apologist. Chronicles of Narnia 1950-6.

Lewis, Wyndham. 1882-1957. English satirical writer, artist. Founded Vorticism. Apes of God 1930.

Lilburne, John. 1614-57. English leader of Levellers during Civil War.

Limerick Capitulation. 1691. Confirmed English rule and Protestant land ownership in Ireland.

Linacre, Thomas. 1460-1524. English physician, translator of Galen.

Lister, Joseph. 1827-1912. English surgeon. Introduced carbolic acid for antiseptic surgery, 1865.

Lloyd’s. English insurance society created in Edward Lloyd’s Coffee House 1688.

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