John E.W. Keely was a fraudulent American inventor. Keely was orphaned in early childhood. He is said to have been an orchestra leader, a circus performer, and a carpenter. In 1873 he announced that he had discovered a new physical force, one that, if harnessed, would produce unheard-of power. He

John E.W. Keely was a fraudulent American inventor. Keely was orphaned in early childhood. He is said to have been an orchestra leader, a circus performer, and a carpenter. In 1873 he announced that he had discovered a new physical force, one that, if harnessed, would produce unheard-of power. He

Hugh Burgess: …for his process, Burgess, with Morris L.Keen, founded the American Wood Paper Company at Royersford, Pa., in 1863, serving as manager until his death. Although this firm eventually went bankrupt, it established the soda process in the paper industry.

William Williams Keen was the doctor who was the United States’ first brain surgeon. After graduating (M.D., 1862) from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Keen was a surgeon for the U.S. Army in 1862–64 during the American Civil War. The next two years he did postgraduate work in Paris and

Keene, city, seat of Cheshire county, southwestern New Hampshire, U.S., on the Ashuelot River. The original site (Upper Ashuelot), one of the Massachusetts grants of 1733, was abandoned (1746–50) because of hostile Indians. Resettled and named for Sir Benjamin Keene (1697–1757), English minister to

New Hampshire: Education: …includes Plymouth State University and Keene State College. There are several state vocational colleges and a technical institute; a public television system at the state university has been in operation since 1959.

Hardy Boys: …Dixon and the likewise pseudonymous Carolyn Keene were responsible for another series, The Nancy Drew–Hardy Boys Super Mysteries, which featured the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew working together. The brothers were also teamed relatively briefly with Tom Swift (two books, 1992, 1993) and appeared in a series for younger readers…

Charles Samuel Keene was an English artist and illustrator who was associated with the periodical Punch from 1851 until 1890. His brief and uncluttered illustrations feature gently satirized characters drawn from lower- and middle-class life. Apprenticed to a wood engraver from 1842 to 1847, Keene

Western architecture: From the 17th to the 19th century: …churches built in 1753 by Henry Keene—that at Shobdon, Herefordshire, and a charming, though now derelict, octagonal church at Hartwell, Buckinghamshire. An ardent admirer of Gothic, Keene had begun Gothicizing Arbury Hall, Warwickshire, as early as 1748. It was to the amateurs Sanderson Miller and Horace Walpole, however, that the…

Laura Keene was an actress and the first notable female theatre manager in the United States. Mary Moss, as her name is believed to have been originally, grew up in obscurity. She turned to the stage to support herself and made her London debut in The Lady of Lyons in October 1851 under the name

keep, English term corresponding to the French donjon for the strongest portion of the fortification of a castle, the place of last resort in case of siege or attack. The keep was either a single tower or a larger fortified enclosure. Approximately round keeps, such as those in Berkeley Castle or

George Orwell: Against imperialism: Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1936) is about a literarily inclined bookseller’s assistant who despises the empty commercialism and materialism of middle-class life but who in the end is reconciled to bourgeois prosperity by his forced marriage to the girl he loves.

Thomas McGuane: …Something to Be Desired (1984), Keep the Change (1989), and Nothing but Blue Skies (1992). After a hiatus from writing novels, McGuane returned with The Cadence of Grass (2002), which depicts a Montana clan’s colourfully tangled lives. It was followed by Driving on the Rim (2010), a freewheeling tale of…

Edward Buzzell: …Dorsey Orchestra—was well received, while Keep Your Powder Dry (1945), starring Lana Turner, Laraine Day, and Susan Peters as feuding Wacs, was not. In 1946 Buzzell remade the screwball classic Libeled Lady (1936) as Easy to Wed, with a cast that included Van Johnson, Lucille Ball, and Esther Williams

Jennifer Egan: …took a new direction with The Keep (2006), the story of an inmate in a prison writing workshop who is revealing the tale of two cousins reunited after years apart to renovate a castle in Europe. In this complex gothic mystery, Egan investigated how confinement (physical or psychological), imagination, and…

museum: Management: …to museum collections (normally designated curators or keepers), information scientists involved in the documentation of collections and related scientific information (sometimes known as registrars), and conservators concerned with the scientific examination and treatment of collections to prevent deterioration. Another group is involved more actively with the public functioning of the…

Gerard Butler: …a remote Scottish island in The Vanishing (original title Keepers). He then appeared in Greenland (2020), a thriller about a natural disaster, and Copshop (2021), in which he was cast as a hit man. Last Seen Alive (2022) centres on a man searching for his estranged wife after she mysteriously…

Shirley Ann Grau: …Southern dynasty, are chronicled in The Keepers of the House (1964), which won a Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Among Grau’s later novels are The Condor Passes (1971), Evidence of Love (1977), and Roadwalkers (1994). Her other short-story collections include The Wind Shifting West (1973), Nine

William Maxwell was an American editor and author of spare, evocative short stories and novels about small-town life in the American Midwest in the early 20th century. Educated at the University of Illinois (B.A., 1930) and Harvard University (M.A., 1931), Maxwell taught English at the University

Julian Barnes: …of his literary influences; and Keeping an Eye Open: Essays on Art (2015). His memoir Nothing to Be Frightened Of (2008) is an honest, oftentimes jarringly critical look at his relationship with his parents and older brother. Levels of Life (2013)—which pays tribute to his wife, who died in 2008—is…

Edward Norton: …made his directorial debut with Keeping the Faith, a romantic comedy in which two longtime friends, one a priest (played by Norton) and the other a rabbi (Ben Stiller), fall in love with the same woman. Norton later appeared alongside Anthony Hopkins in Red Dragon (2002), a prequel to the…

Gal Gadot: … and Criminal, both thrillers, and Keeping Up with the Joneses, an action comedy. She went on to star in the highly anticipated Wonder Woman (2017)—directed by Patty Jenkins—which cemented Gadot’s status as an international star. Prior to filming, Gadot spent several months engaged in physically demanding training to prepare for…

Caitlyn Jenner: …in the popular reality show Keeping Up with the Kardashians (2007–21), which followed the exploits of the couple’s family. (The pair divorced in 2014.)

John Caius was a prominent humanist and physician whose classic account of the English sweating sickness is considered one of the earliest histories of an epidemic. Caius attended Gonville Hall (now Gonville and Caius College) in Cambridge, Eng., where he is believed to have studied the humanities

Bob Keeshan was an American television producer and entertainer who was best known for his role as Captain Kangaroo on the children’s program of the same name (1955–84). When Keeshan was a senior in high school, he landed a job as a page at NBC in New York City. After high school he served in the

Bob Keeshan was an American television producer and entertainer who was best known for his role as Captain Kangaroo on the children’s program of the same name (1955–84). When Keeshan was a senior in high school, he landed a job as a page at NBC in New York City. After high school he served in the

keeshond, breed of dog long kept on Dutch barges as a guard and companion. Originally a dog kept by working-class people, the keeshond was the symbol of the 18th-century Dutch Patriots Party. It derived its present name from a dog, Kees, belonging to Kees de Gyselaer, the leader of the Patriots.

Willem Hendrik Keesom was a Dutch physicist who specialized in cryogenics and was the first to solidify helium. Having taken his doctorate from the University of Amsterdam in 1904, Keesom worked under Heike Kamerlingh Onnes at the University of Leiden and then in 1917 joined the faculty of the

Roman-Dutch law: Development of Roman-Dutch law in the Netherlands: …end of the 18th century Dionysius Godefridus van der Keessel, professor at Leiden, lectured on the jus hodiernum (“law of today”), of which he published a summary in Select Theses on the Laws of Holland and Zeeland… (1800). The lectures, commonly known as the Dictata, still circulate as manuscript copies…

Navajo National Monument: …three sites—Betatakin (Navajo: “Ledge House”), Keet Seel (“Broken Pottery”), and Inscription House—are among the best-preserved and most-elaborate cliff dwellings known. The three sites, made a national monument in 1909, have a total area of 0.6 square mile (1.6 square km).

Paul Verhoeven: Keetje Tippel (1975; Katie Tippel) features van de Ven as a girl who is forced to turn to prostitution to help support her family. Verhoeven then reteamed with Hauer on Soldaat van Oranje (1977; Soldier of Orange), a tale of the Dutch resistance during World…

Pony Express: Heroes on horseback: …was also the forte of Jack Keetley, who once rode some 340 miles (550 km) in 31 hours without a significant stop and arrived at his final destination asleep in the saddle.

Keetmanshoop, town, southeastern Namibia. The town lies about 285 miles (460 km) south of Windhoek, the national capital, with which it is connected by road. Keetmanshoop was established in 1866 as a Rhenish (German Lutheran) mission station for the local Nama group of Khoekhoe people, and it was

Cherokee, North American Indians of Iroquoian lineage who constituted one of the largest politically integrated tribes at the time of European colonization of the Americas. Their name is derived from a Creek word meaning “people of different speech”; many prefer to be known as Keetoowah or Tsalagi.

Keewatin, region, southwestern Nunavut territory, Canada. Keewatin, formerly part of the Keewatin and eastern Mackenzie districts, was created a region of the Northwest Territories in the early 1970s. In April 1999 it became part of the newly created territory of Nunavut. The region extends from

Coutchiching Series: …to underlie those of the Keewatin Series, at least in some areas, and consist of mostly sedimentary rocks that have been altered to varying degrees by metamorphic processes. Some geologists consider the Coutchiching older than the Keewatin Series, but others dispute this view; much study on the stratigraphic relationships between…

El-Kef, town in northwestern Tunisia, about 110 miles (175 km) southwest of Tunis. El-Kef is situated at an elevation of 2,559 feet (780 metres) on the slopes of the Haut (high) Tell, 22 miles (35 km) from the Algerian border. It occupies the site of an ancient Carthaginian town and later Roman

Sidamo: The Sidamo founded the Kefa kingdom in about ad 1400 and were subsequently controlled by both the “Abyssinians” (Amhara and Tigray) and the Oromo, whose invasions pressed them into their present geographic boundaries.

Cephallenia, island, largest of the Ionian Islands, west of the Gulf of Patraïkós. With the island of Ithaca (Itháki) and smaller nearby islands, it forms the nomós (department) of Kefallinía in modern Greece. The island, with an area of 302 square miles (781 square km), is mountainous, and Mount

Cephallenia, island, largest of the Ionian Islands, west of the Gulf of Patraïkós. With the island of Ithaca (Itháki) and smaller nearby islands, it forms the nomós (department) of Kefallinía in modern Greece. The island, with an area of 302 square miles (781 square km), is mountainous, and Mount

Cephallenia, island, largest of the Ionian Islands, west of the Gulf of Patraïkós. With the island of Ithaca (Itháki) and smaller nearby islands, it forms the nomós (department) of Kefallinía in modern Greece. The island, with an area of 302 square miles (781 square km), is mountainous, and Mount

Capernaum, ancient city on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee, Israel. It was Jesus’ second home and, during the period of his life, a garrison town, an administrative centre, and a customs station. Jesus chose his disciples Peter, Andrew, and Matthew from Capernaum and performed many of

Deir Yassin, Palestinian Arab village that was located just west of Jerusalem. On April 9, 1948, on the eve of the Arab-Israeli war of 1948–49, the village was destroyed by Jewish paramilitary forces in an attack that inspired fear and panic throughout the region. Deir Yassin was situated atop a

Kefar Sava, city, west-central Israel, in the southern Plain of Sharon. The locality is not mentioned in the Bible but is referred to in the Talmud. Although the name appears in the Antiquities of the Roman-Jewish historian Flavius Josephus (written about ad 90–100), scholars now believe the

United States presidential election of 1956: Democratic nomination: Estes Kefauver of Tennessee were engaged in a struggle in the state primaries. Victory by the latter in Minnesota made it look bad for the 1952 standard bearer. Both candidates aggressively wooed party leaders and voters and both offered alternative solutions to national problems, but…

Feodosiya, city, southern Ukraine. It lies on the southern coast of the Crimean Peninsula on the western shores of Feodosiya Bay. The city is located on the site of the ancient colony Theodosia, the native name of which was Ardabda. Terra-cottas show it to have been inhabited in the 6th century

Sidamo: The Sidamo founded the Kefa kingdom in about ad 1400 and were subsequently controlled by both the “Abyssinians” (Amhara and Tigray) and the Oromo, whose invasions pressed them into their present geographic boundaries.

Keffi, town, Nassarawa state, central Nigeria. It was founded about 1800 by Abdu Zanga (Abdullahi), a Fulani warrior from the north who made it the seat of a vassal emirate subject to the emir of Zaria (a town 153 miles [246 km] north). Although Keffi paid tribute to Zaria throughout the 19th

keffiyeh, headdress typically made of cotton and traditionally worn by men in parts of the Middle East. The black-and-white checkered keffiyeh, which represents the Palestinian liberation movement, is also worn to convey political sentiments. The word keffiyeh means “relating to Kufa” and is a

kefir, tangy and slightly sour fermented milk drink. Similar in consistency to cultured buttermilk with a slight effervescence, kefir is made by fermenting cow, sheep, or goat’s milk using special microbial cultures called kefir grains, composed of symbiotic colonies of yeasts and bacteria. Like

kefir: …using special microbial cultures called kefir grains, composed of symbiotic colonies of yeasts and bacteria. Like other cultured dairy foods, kefir provides numerous potential health benefits to the human diet. It is an excellent source of calcium and protein and contains numerous probiotic organisms that may help

Reykjanesbaer, municipality, southwestern Iceland, on Reykja Peninsula, overlooking Faxa Bay. It was administratively created when Keflavík merged with the nearby towns of Njardvík and Hafnir in 1994. A fishing port and local market centre, Reykjanesbaer is also the site of an international airport

Iceland: Transportation and telecommunications: Keflavík International Airport, the country’s primary gateway, is located about 30 miles (48 km) west of Reykjavík. Air Atlanta Icelandic, a large charter airline, is active worldwide in charter operations, particularly in flying Muslim pilgrims to Mecca from various communities in Africa and the Middle…

cephalosporin: , cephalothin and cefalozin) tend to be broad-spectrum antibiotics that are effective against gram-positive and many gram-negative bacteria, including Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, and many strains of Escherichia coli. They have also been used to fight pulmonary infections caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae.

Bloomington, city, seat (1830) of McLean county, central Illinois, U.S. It is adjacent to Normal (north), about halfway between Chicago and St. Louis, Missouri. The site was settled in 1822 and was known as Keg Grove and later as Blooming Grove for the area’s wildflowers. In 1831 the town was laid

Kegalle, town, west-central Sri Lanka. Kegalle lies at the bottom of a steep rock face and is the site of a junior technical college. The surrounding region produces graphite, precious stones, rubber, and agricultural products, including rice. Nearby is the Pinnewala Elephant Orphanage, which was

Kegalle, town, west-central Sri Lanka. Kegalle lies at the bottom of a steep rock face and is the site of a junior technical college. The surrounding region produces graphite, precious stones, rubber, and agricultural products, including rice. Nearby is the Pinnewala Elephant Orphanage, which was

Kegon, Buddhist philosophical tradition introduced into Japan from China during the Nara period (710–784). Although the Kegon school can no longer be considered an active faith teaching a separate doctrine, it continues to administer the famous Tōdai Temple monastery at Nara. The name Kegon is a

Lake Chūzenji: …318 feet (97 metres) over Kegon Falls. In the early 20th century the falls became known as a location for suicide among Japanese youths.

Mary Morton Kimball Kehew was an American reformer who worked to improve the living and working conditions of mid-19th-century workingwomen in Boston, especially through labour union participation. In 1886 Kehew joined the Women’s Educational and Industrial Union of Boston, an early and somewhat

Buchi Emecheta: …in Great Britain, as do Kehinde (1994) and The New Tribe (2000).

valley: Types of valleys: …and broad floors are called Kehltal; and broad, flat valleys of planation surfaces are termed Fachmuldental.

Bath school disaster: The perpetrator, Andrew Kehoe, also killed five adults in addition to himself in the worst school massacre in American history.

20th-century international relations: The search for causes: …cited 30 years before by Eckhart Kehr, who had traced the social origins of the naval program to the cleavages in German society and the stalemate in the Reichstag. Other historians saw links to the Bismarckian technique of using foreign policy excursions to stifle domestic reform, a technique dubbed “social…

Kai Islands, island group of the southeastern Moluccas, lying west of the Aru Islands and southeast of Ceram (Seram), in the Banda Sea. The group, which forms part of Maluku propinsi (or provinsi; province), Indonesia, includes the Kai Besar (Great Kai), Kai Kecil (Little Kai) and Kai Dulah, and

Japan: The establishment of the system: The Keian no Ofuregaki (“Proclamations of the Keian era”), promulgated by the bakufu in 1649, was a compendium of bakufu policies designed to control rural administration.

Keidanren, Japanese association of business organizations that was established in 1946 for the purpose of mediating differences between member industries and advising the government on economic policy and related matters. It is considered one of the most powerful organizations in Japan. Created as

Kagawa Kageki was a Japanese poet and literary scholar of the late Tokugawa period (1603–1867) who founded the Keien school of poetry. Kageki was born into a samurai family, but by the age of 25 he left his home and studied under Kagawa Kagetomo in Kyōto. Kageki was adopted by the Kagawa family but

Keighley, town (parish), Bradford metropolitan borough, metropolitan county of West Yorkshire, historic county of Yorkshire, northern England. It lies along the River Worth near its confluence with the Aire, in a deep valley below gritstone Pennine moors that supply an abundance of soft water.

William Keighley was an American director whose films, most notably with James Cagney and Errol Flynn, ranged across a variety of genres. While still a teenager, Keighley began acting onstage, and in 1915 he made his Broadway debut. He also directed plays, notably Penny Arcade in 1930. Shortly

Richard Keigwin was an English naval officer and military commander of the East India Company, prominent as the leader of “Keigwin’s Rebellion” against the company in Bombay (Mumbai) in 1683. On May 4, 1673, as a lieutenant aboard the HMS Assistance, Keigwin led the English assault on the

Keihanshin Industrial Zone, industrial region, south central Japan, centring on the Ōsaka-Kōbe metropolitan area. Bordered by Ōsaka Bay to the southwest and bisected by the Yodo River, the area consists of a floodplain interspersed with hills. Other rivers draining the area include the Muko,

Keihanshin Industrial Zone, industrial region, south central Japan, centring on the Ōsaka-Kōbe metropolitan area. Bordered by Ōsaka Bay to the southwest and bisected by the Yodo River, the area consists of a floodplain interspersed with hills. Other rivers draining the area include the Muko,

Keihin Industrial Zone, industrial region, centring on the Tokyo-Yokohama metropolitan area. Keihin, which is neither an administrative nor a political entity, extends inland from the northwestern shore of Tokyo Bay. It encompasses the to (metropolis) of Tokyo and includes part of Kanagawa ken

Keihin Industrial Zone, industrial region, centring on the Tokyo-Yokohama metropolitan area. Keihin, which is neither an administrative nor a political entity, extends inland from the northwestern shore of Tokyo Bay. It encompasses the to (metropolis) of Tokyo and includes part of Kanagawa ken

Garrison Keillor is an American radio entertainer and writer who was perhaps best known for the public-radio show A Prairie Home Companion. Keillor began writing for The New Yorker in college and worked as a staff writer there until 1992. In 1974 he created and hosted the public-radio humour and

Garrison Keillor is an American radio entertainer and writer who was perhaps best known for the public-radio show A Prairie Home Companion. Keillor began writing for The New Yorker in college and worked as a staff writer there until 1992. In 1974 he created and hosted the public-radio humour and

Kip Keino is a Kenyan distance runner, who won four Olympic medals. Keino’s father, a long-distance runner, encouraged his son in the sport. Keino herded goats and trained in Kenya’s hill country, which prepared him well for high-altitude competition. He emerged as a leading distance runner during

Kip Keino is a Kenyan distance runner, who won four Olympic medals. Keino’s father, a long-distance runner, encouraged his son in the sport. Keino herded goats and trained in Kenya’s hill country, which prepared him well for high-altitude competition. He emerged as a leading distance runner during

Keiō University, private institution of higher learning located in Tokyo, Japan. The university is part of a larger organization, Keiō Gijuku, that includes elementary and secondary schools in its system. Keiō was founded as a private school in 1858 by the liberal educator Fukuzawa Yukichi. It

Keiō University, private institution of higher learning located in Tokyo, Japan. The university is part of a larger organization, Keiō Gijuku, that includes elementary and secondary schools in its system. Keiō was founded as a private school in 1858 by the liberal educator Fukuzawa Yukichi. It

Darfur: History: The Keira, a chiefly clan affiliated with the Fur, ruled Darfur from approximately 1640 to 1916. The first historical mention of the name Fur occurred in 1664. During that period the kings of the Keira sultanate of Darfur apparently used the term Fur to refer to…

keiretsu, large clusters of companies that dominated the Japanese economy between the 1950s and the early 2000s, characterized by cross-shareholding and long-term transactional relationships among their constituents, such as those between assemblers and suppliers. Keiretsu can best be understood in

motor-paced race, in bicycle racing, a form of competition in which each bicycle racer competes behind a motorbike or motorcycle. (Originally, racers followed tandem bicycles or multicycles.) The bicycles used have small front wheels, enabling the rider to move close to a freely moving roller on a

Reinhard Keiser was a leading early composer of German opera. His works bridged the Baroque style of the late 17th century and the Rococo style galant of the early 18th century. Keiser attended the Thomas School in Leipzig and about 1697 settled in Hamburg. His nearly 70 operas, which span the

Chari River: …right bank by the Aouk, Kéita, and Salamat rivers, parallel streams that mingle in an immense floodplain. The Salamat, which rises in Darfur in Sudan, in its middle course is fed by the waters of Lake Iro. The river then divides into numerous branches that spread into a delta and…

western Africa: The early kingdoms and empires of the western Sudan: The Keita clan seem originally to have been traders from lower down the Niger, and the strategy of their empire was to extend their power down river to the Niger Bend and to its trading cities of Timbuktu and Gao, which lay at the foot of…

Mali: 2012 coup and warfare in the north: …vote getters, former prime minister Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta and former finance minister Soumaïla Cissé, faced each other in a second round of voting, held on August 11. Keïta was victorious, winning almost 78 percent of the vote, and Cissé conceded defeat. Traoré handed power over to Keïta, who was sworn…

Modibo Keita was a socialist politician and the first president of Mali (1960–68). Keita was trained as a teacher in Dakar and entered politics in his native French Sudan (now Mali). In 1945 he cofounded and became secretary-general of the Sudanese Union. In 1946 the Sudanese Union merged with

Salif Keita is a Malian football (soccer) player and was the first recipient of the African Player of the Year award in 1970. Keita symbolized independent Africa’s football passion and prowess. The son of a truck driver, Salif Keita played school football before joining a professional team, Real

Salif Keita is a Malian singer-songwriter known for blending elements of a wide range of local African—especially Mande—music traditions with jazz, rhythm and blues, and other international popular-music styles to pioneer the Afropop dance-music genre. In spite of a noble lineage tracing back to

Japan: Yamato decline and the introduction of Buddhism: …late in the reign of Keitai (507–c. 531). From Keitai’s reign there was a marked reduction in royal power. A large force assembled to be sent against Silla, for example, had to be detoured to Kyushu in 527 to put down the rebellion of a local chieftain named Iwai, who…

history of medicine: Japan: …most significant of these, the Keitekishū (1574; a manual of the practice of medicine), diseases—or sometimes merely symptoms—are classified and described in 51 groups; the work is unusual in that it includes a section on the diseases of old age. Another distinguished physician and teacher of the period, Nagata Tokuhun,…

Night and Fog Decree, secret order issued by Adolf Hitler on December 7, 1941, under which “persons endangering German security” in the German-occupied territories of western Europe were to be arrested and either shot or spirited away under cover of “night and fog” (that is, clandestinely) to

Harvey Keitel is an American film actor known for his swaggering tough-guy persona and wryly gruff delivery. Keitel served in the U.S. Marine Corps and then studied at the Actors Studio. In 1968 he made his film debut in Who’s That Knocking at My Door? (also released as I Call First). It was the

Wilhelm Keitel was a field marshal and head of the German Armed Forces High Command during World War II. One of Adolf Hitler’s most loyal and trusted lieutenants, he became chief of the Führer’s personal military staff and helped direct most of the Third Reich’s World War II campaigns. Keitel

Benjamin Franklin Keith was an American impresario who founded the most powerful circuit of theatres in vaudeville history. Keith was a circus concessionaire before 1883, when he opened a curio museum in Boston. Two years later he joined Edward Franklin Albee, a seller of circus tickets, in

Reflections in a Golden Eye: Marlon Brando, Elizabeth Taylor, and Brian Keith.

Christianity: Christ-mysticism: The early Quaker George Keith wrote that Christ is born spiritually in humanity when “his life and spirit are united unto the soul.” The chief representative of Christ-mysticism among the early Protestants, Kaspar Schwenckfeld, held that Christ was from all eternity the God-man, and as such he possessed…

Egypt: The French occupation and its consequences (1798–1805): …instructed by his superior officer, Admiral Lord Keith, to require the French to surrender as prisoners of war. Although the Ottoman reoccupation was well under way, Kléber and the French determined on resistance and defeated the Turkish forces at the Battle of Heliopolis (March 20). A second revolt of Cairo,…