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What happened to Rudyard kiplings daughter?

What happened to Rudyard kiplings daughter?

— Josephine Kipling, the six-year-old daughter of Rudyard Kipling, and the oldest of his three children, died shortly after 6 o’clock this morning from pneumonia. The child’s death took place at the home of Mrs. Julie de Forest in this city.

When did Elsie Kipling die?

May 24, 1976
Elsie Bambridge/Date of death

Who were Rudyard Kipling’s children?

John Kipling
Elsie BambridgeJosephine Kipling
Rudyard Kipling/Children

Who else was in Rudyard Kipling family?

His mother was Alice Macdonald, two of whose sisters married the highly successful 19th-century painters Sir Edward Burne-Jones and Sir Edward Poynter, while a third married Alfred Baldwin and became the mother of Stanley Baldwin, later prime minister.

What are the names of Rudyard Kipling’s children?

They had three children; two daughters, Josephine and Elsie, and a son, John. Among them, only Elsie survived her parents. While Josephine died from influenza at the age of six, John went missing during WWI. It is presumed that he died in action.

When did Rudyard Kipling’s daughter Josephine die?

They reflect Kipling’s darkened worldview following the death of his daughter, Josephine, in 1899, and the death of his son, John, in 1915. Consequently, these stories have never been as popular as his earlier works. But modern critics, in reevaluating Kipling, have found a greater power and depth that make them among his best work.

Why did Rudyard Kipling write his later stories?

Kipling’s later stories treat more complex, subtle, and somber (serious) subjects. They reflect Kipling’s darkened worldview following the death of his daughter, Josephine, in 1899, and the death of his son, John, in 1915. Consequently, these stories have never been as popular as his earlier works.

Who was Rudyard Kipling’s friend at Westward Ho?

Kipling’s closest friend at Westward Ho!, George Beresford, described him as a short, but “cheery, capering, podgy, little fellow” with a thick pair of spectacles over “a broad smile.” His eyes were brilliant blue, and over them his heavy black eyebrows moved up and down as he talked.