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Royal Astronom. Soc. xl_ 199 (1880). KEY, SIR JOHN (eld. son of John Key of Denmark hill, Surrey, _d._ 28 Aug. 1821). _b._ 16 Aug. 1794; wholesale stationer 97 and 103 Newgate st. London; alderman for Langbourn ward 8 April 1823, and for Bridge without 1851 to 7 June 1853 when he resigned; sheriff of London and Middlesex 1824; master of Stationers’ Co. 1830; lord mayor 1830 and 1831; baronet by patent dated 17 Aug. 1831; chamberlain of city of London 30 May 1853 to death; M.P. city of London 12 Dec. 1832 to Aug. 1833. _d._ Streatham, Surrey 15 July 1858. _London’s Roll of fame_ (1884) 209, _portrait_. NOTE.--He was one of the leading supporters of the reform bill in the city, and was re-elected lord mayor in 1831 as an expression in favour of reform upon the part of the city. KEY, THOMAS HEWITT (youngest son of Thomas Key of London, physician). _b._ Southwark, London 20 March 1799; ed. at Buntingford, Herts, and St. John’s and Trin. colls. Camb., scholar of Trin. coll. 1819; 19 wr. and B.A. 1821, M.A. 1824; studied at Guy’s hospital 1822–24; professor of mathematics in univ. of Virginia at Charlottesville 1825–27; professor of Latin in London univ. 1828–42, university opened 1 Oct. 1828, professor of comparative grammar univ. coll. London 1842 to death; joint head master with professor Henry Malden of the univ. school in Gower st. 1833–42 and head master alone 1842 to death when he left 600 scholars; president of philological society of London; introduced the crude-form system of teaching classical languages 1831; author of The Alphabet 1844, 2 ed. 1849; A Latin grammar on the system of crude forms 1845, 5 ed. 1863; Philological essays 1868; A Latin-English dictionary 1888. _d._ 21 Westbourne sq. London 29 Nov. 1875. _bur._ Highgate cemetery 6 Dec., marble bust by T. Woolner, R.A. in Univ. coll. London. _Proc. of royal society_, _xxiv_ 10–16 (1876); _I.L.N. lxvii_ 566, 581 (1875). KEYL, FRIEDRICH WILHELM. _b._ Frankfort-on-the-Maine 17 Sep. 1823; pupil of sir Edwin Landseer in London 1845; an animal painter; exhibited 42 pictures at R.A. and 34 at B.I. 1847–72; naturalised 6 March 1858; illustrated Scenes and stories of the Rhine, by Miss M. B. Edwards 1863; Wonders and curiosities of animal life, by G. Kearley 1878, and 12 other books 1863–78. _d._ London 5 Dec. 1873. KEYWORTH, Thomas (son of Thomas Keyworth, bookseller). _b._ Nottingham 1782; converted from unitarianism and ed. at Cheshunt coll.; congregational minister at Sleaford, Ashborn, Runcorn, Wantage, London, Faversham, Milton and Nottingham successively; minister at Aston Tirrold, Berkshire 1842 to Dec. 1851; with bishops of Durham and Salisbury promoted system of garden allotments for the poor; author of A daily expositor of the New Testament 1825; A practical exposition of the Revelation of St. John 1828; A pocket expositor of the New Testament 1834, 2 ed. 1835; author with David Jones of Principia Hebraica 1817, another ed. 1825. _d._ Cheltenham 7 Nov. 1852. _Congregational yearbook_ (1853) 212–13. KIALLMARK, GEORGE FREDERICK (eld. son of George Kiallmark, musical composer 1781–1835). _b._ Camden st. Islington 7 Nov. 1804; studied music at Rouen and Paris 1820–5; pupil of Moscheles; gave his first public concert at King’s theatre, London 1832; his playing on the piano was remarkable for delicacy of touch, played Chopin’s works superbly; taught the piano at his residence 29 Percy st. Tottenham court road from