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Joseph Rudyard Kipling was a British author and poet . He was born on 30 December 1865 in Bombay, in India which was part of the British Empire then. he is best known for his works of fiction The Jungle Book (1894) (a collection of stories which includes Rikki- Tikki -Tavi), Kim (1901) (a tale of adventure ), many short stories , including The Man Who Would Be King (1888); and his poems , including Mandalay (1890), Gunga Din (1890), and If— ( 1910 ).He is regarded as a major "innovator in the art of the short story"; his children 's books are enduring classics of children's literature ; and his best works speak to a versatile and luminous narrative gift . Kipling was one of the most popular writers in English , in both prose and verse , in the late 19th and early 20th centuries . In 1907, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, making him the first English language writer to receive the prize. Among other honours, he was sounded out for the British Poet Laureateship and on several occasions for a knighthood, all of which he declined. Later in life Kipling came to be recognized as a "prophet of British imperialism." Many saw prejudice and militarism in his works, and the resulting controversy about him continued for much of the 20th century. Kipling kept writing until the early 1930s, but at a slower pace and with much less success than before . He died of perforated duodenal ulcer on 18 January 1936, two days before George V, at the age of 70. His death had in fact previously been incorrectly announced in a magazine , to which he wrote, "I've just read that I am dead. Don't forget to delete me from your list of subscribers." Rudyard Kipling was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium and his ashes were buried in Poets' Corner , part of the South Transept of Westminster Abbey, where many distinguished literary people are buried or commemorated.
Despite changes in racial attitudes and literary standards for poetry , Kipling's poetry continues to be popular with those who see it as "vigorous and adept" rather than "jingling". In modern-day India, whence he drew much of his material , his reputation remains controversial, especially amongst modern Hindu nationalists and some post-colonial critics. In November 2007, it was announced that his birthplace in the campus of the J J School of Art in Mumbai will be turned into a museum celebrating the author and his works. Kipling's stories for adults also remain in print and have garnered high praise from writers as different as Poul Anderson , Jorge Luis Borges, and George Orwell. Nonetheless, Kipling is most highly regarded for his children's books. His Jungle Books have been made into several movies; the first was made by producer Alexander Korda, and others by the Walt Disney Company. A number of his poems were set to music by Percy Grainger. A series of short films based on some of his stories was broadcast by the BBC in 1964.
Michael Faraday was an English chemist and physicist, who contributed to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. He was born on 22 September 1791 in Newington Butts, now part of the London Borough of Southwark ; but then a suburban part of Surrey, one mile south of London Bridge . Faraday studied the magnetic field around a conductor carrying a DC electric current , and established the basis for the electromagnetic field concept in physics. He discovered electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism, and laws of electrolysis. He established that magnetism could affect rays of light and that there was an underlying relationship between the two phenomena. His inventions of electromagnetic rotary devices formed the foundation of electric motor technology , and it was largely due to his efforts that electricity became viable for use in technology. As a chemist, Faraday discovered benzene, investigated the clathrate hydrate of chlorine, invented an early form of the bunsen burner and the system of oxidation numbers , and popularized terminology such as anode, cathode, electrode, and ion. Although Faraday received little formal education and knew little of higher mathematics, such as calculus, he was one of the most influential scientists in history. Some historians of science refer to him as the best experimentalist in the history of science. Faraday was the first and foremost Fullerian Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, a position to which he was appointed for life. Faraday was highly religious; he was a member of the Sandemanian Church, a Christian sect founded in 1730 which demanded total faith and commitment . Biographers have noted that "a strong sense of the unity of God and nature pervaded Faraday's life and work ."
In June 1832 , the University of Oxford granted Faraday a Doctor of Civil Law degree (honorary). During his lifetime , Faraday rejected a knighthood and twice refused to become President of the Royal Society. When asked by the British government to advise on the production of chemical weapons for use in the Crimean War ( 1853 -1856), Faraday refused to participate citing ethical reasons.Faraday died at his house at Hampton Court on 25 August 1867. He had previously turned down burial in Westminster Abbey, but he has a memorial plaque there , near Isaac Newton 's tomb . Faraday was interred in the dissenters' (non-Anglican) section of Highgate Cemetery.