Modern English biography

KURZ, SULPICE. _b._ Munich about 1833; served in Dutch service in Java several years; curator of the herbarium, Calcutta 1864 to death; explored Burma, Pegu and Andaman islands; wrote many articles in Journal of Asiatic Society of Bengal and Journal of Botany; author of Forest flora of British Burma. Calcutta 2 vols. 1877; Report on the vegetation of the Andaman islands. Calcutta 1867. _d._ Pulo-Penang 15 Jany. 1878. _Journal of Botany_ (1878) 127. KYD, ARTHUR ANDERSON (4 son of David Kyd, jute manufacturer). _b._ Dundee 18 Nov. 1856; made trigonometrical survey of Galashiels 1879–80; surveyor to Kenilworth local board 1881–83; on staff of London Sanitary protection association 1884 to death; reported on Eton college, Royal Engineering college Cooper’s hill and other buildings; A.I.C.E. 5 Dec. 1882; sec. Clapham Congregational young men’s union. _d._ Clapham 11 Feb.