KENNEBXJNKPORT. 443 KENNEDY. KEN'NEBUNKPOET. A town in York C'uvinty, Maine, 25 miles southwest of Portland; on tlie Atlantic Ocean, at the mouth of the Ken- nebunk River, and on the Boston and JIaine Rail- road (Map: Maine, CO). It has an excellent harbor, and is a popular summer resort with a line beach and numerous hotels. There are Tal- bot's Library, circulating and public libraries, and some manufactures. Population, in 1890, 21'JG; in 1900, 2123. Settled in 1029, Kennebunk- port was incorporated in 1053 as Cape Porpoise, was almost completely destroyed by the Inilians in 1703, was reincor]X)rated as Arundel in 1717, and received its present name in 1821. Consult Bradburv, History of Kciiiiebunlcjmrt (Kenne- bunk, 1837). KEN'NEDY, Benjamin Hall (1804-89). An English educator, born near Birmingham. He graduated at Cambridge in 1827. and the follow- ing year was elected a fellow and classical lec- turer of Saint John's College, Cambridge. He was then for six years assistant master at Har- row, and from 1830 to 1800 was head master of Shrewsbury School. In 1800 he accepted the rcgius professorship of Greek at Cambridge : be- came Canon of Ely in 1807, and a member of the I'niversity Council in 1870. Dr. Kennedy pub- lished a number of classical text-books, and trans- lated The Birds of Aristophanes, and the Psalter, into English verse, besides puldishing a collec- tion of Greek. Latin, and English poetry. KENNEDY, Grace (1782-1825). A Scotch writer. Slie was born at Pinmore. Aj'rsliire, but at an early age removed to Edinburgh. She wrote novels of a religious tendency, among which were Father Clement (1823), Amia Ross (1823), Diiiiallan (2d ed. 1825), Jessie Allan (12th ed. 1853), and Decision (1821), which were trans- lated into German and French, and were once very popular. A collected edition of her works in six volumes appeared at Edinburgh in 1827. KENNEDY, Sir James Shaw (originally Shaw. James) (1788-1805). A British gen- eral, born in the Parish of Straiton, Ayr- shire, Scotland, and educated in Maybole and the Ayr Academy. He was made an ensign at the age of seventeen, and was advanced steadily to the rank of general in 18G3. He went abroad with his regiment, the Forty-third Light In- fantry, in 1807, distinguished himself in the Peninsular campaign, fought under Wellington in Belgium, and left behind him Notes on Wafcrloo that were published (1805), also a Plan for the Defence of Canada, and an autobiographical sketch. His essay. Notes on the Defence of (Ircnt Britain and Ireland (1859) was frequently re- printed. KENNEDY, .Joiix (1813-1900). A Scottish Congregational minister and author, born at Aberfeldy, Perthshire, June 14. 1813. He was educated at the universities of Aberdeen (1828- 30), Edinburgh (18.32-34). and Glasgow (1834- 35). Entering the ministry, he became pastor to a Congregational church in Aberdeen from 1830 to 1846. when he was called to the Stepney Congregational Meeting-House in London, a charge which he held till his retirement in 1882. From 1872 to 1876 he was professor of apolo- getics at Kew College. London, and from 1SS4 to 1895 he was chairman of the New College coun- eW. From 1843 to the time of his death he was director of the London Missionary Society. Vol. XI.— 29. From 1866 to 1873 he edited The Christian Wit- ness, and from 1887 to 1890 The Evanyelical Mag- azine. He died at Tlampstead, near London, Feb- ruary 6, 1900. The most widely known of his books are The Diriiie Life (1858*). and A Hand- hook of Christian. Evidences (1880). Among his other publications are The Gospels, Their Age and Authorship (1880), The Resurrection of Jesus CItrist (1881), The Pentateuch, ItS'Age and Authorship (1884), The Self -Re Delation of Jesus Christ (1887), The Unity of Isaiah (1891), The Book of Jonah (1896), Old Testament Criticism and the Riyhts of Xon-Experts (1897), and The Book of Daniel from the Christian Standpoint (1898). KENNEDY, John Pendletox (1793-1870). An American novelist. He graduated at Balti- more College (L'niversity ot Maryland) in 1812; and in 1814 fought in the battles of Bladensburg and North Point. He was admitted to the bar in 1816, was for several years a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, from 1839 to 1845 was a member of Congress, where he advocated Whig principles, and during Fillmore's adminis- tration was Seeretaiy of the Navy (1852). He ' then retired from politics, but he upheld the Union during the War. Kennedy is now chiefly remembered as a writer of romances, among which are Swallow Barn (1832), Horse-Shoe Rob- inson (1835), and Rob of the Bowl (1838). Among his other books are Annals of Quodlibet (a political satire, 1840), ilr. Ambrose's Letters on the Rebellion ( 1865) , and Memoirs of the Life of ^^illiam Wirt (2 vols.. 1849), an excellent bi- ography of the leisurely kind. It is worth noting that Kennedy constantly befriended Edgar Allan Poe and that while abroad he became a friend of Thackeray, and wrote or outlined the fourth chapter of the second volume of The ^'irl|inians, a faci which accounts for the great accuracy of its scenic descriptions. Of his works Horse-Shoe Robinson is the best and ranks high in ante- bellum fiction. For his life, consult the biog- raphy, b_v Tuckerman, which forms the tenth volume of his collected works (New York, 1870- 72). KENNEDY, John Pitt (1790-1879). A British military engineer, born at Donagb. Done- gal County. Ireland. He was educated at Foyle College, Londonderry, and the Royal Military .cademy, Woolwich, becoming lieutenant in an engineer corps in 1815. Four years afterwards he Avas sent to Slalta, thence to Corfu, and he*su|ier- intcnded the formation of a harbor and canal at Santa Maura (1820). He served next under Sir Charles Napier at Cephalonia. building light- houses, roads, and quays, was suh-inspoctor of militia in the Ionian Islands (1828-31). and then returned to Ireland, where he set himself to the discovery of ways and means for improving the lamentable condition of the agricultural classes. His methods are indicated by the title of his work. Instruct: Employ: Don't Hang Them: or Ireland Trani]uili:ed Without Soldiers and En- riched Without Enylish Capital (18351. He wrote several others of a similar nature, and as Inspector-General for Irish Education (1837), as secretary to the Devon Commission (1843), and to the Famine Relief Committee (1845). his labors were luiceasing in behalf of his native land, but be went back to the army in 1849 as military secretary to Sir Charles Napier, and accompanied him to India. There he built the
