| Joseph Rudyard Kipling
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December 30, 1865 – January 18, 1936 Born in Bombay, India, Rudyard Kipling was educated in England, returning to India in 1882.As a poet, author, and recipient of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1907, he published over 80 stories and ballads. Most of his work celebrated the English Empire and its soldiers in India. Although only active masonically for a few years, Freemasonry’s effect can be noted in many of his works His autobiography also has a number of references to Freemasonry. Initiated: April 5, 1886 (by dispensation) Passed: May 3, 1886 Raised: December 6, 1886 Demitted: March 4, 1889 Hope and Perseverance Lodge No. 782. E.C. Lahore, India Joined: July 8, 1909 Sociata Rosicruciana in Anglia Honorary Member: Author’s Lodge No. 3456, E.C. Motherland Lodge No. 3861, E.C. Founding Member (January, 1922): The Builders of the Silent Cities Lodge No. 12, St. Omer, France, F.R.
Harry Carr, “Kipling and the Craft.” Ars Quatuor |