Kagawa. 1888-1960. Japanese Christian pacifist evangelist writer/labour leader. National Anti-War League 1928.

Kamerlingh Onnes, Heicke. 1853-1926. Liquified helium 1908. Superconductivity 1911.

Karelia. 1710 Russian. 1917 Finland. 1923 Autonomous Karelian SSR. 1940 USSR. 1946 Russian SSR.

Kerouac, Jack. 1922-69. US Beat novelist. On the Road 1957.

King Cotton. 1850s belief in southern US that cotton would guarantee success of independent Confederacy.

Kingsley, Charles. 1819-75. English didactic social novelist/clergyman. Alton Locke 1850. Water Babies 1863. Founded Christian Socialism.

Klee, Paul. 1879-1940. Swiss abstract artist of original delicate small-scale fantasy. Mocker Mocked 1930.

Krishnamurti, Jiddu. 1895-1986. Indian religious philosopher. Headed World Order of the Star with Besant.

LaFayette, Marie. 1634-93. First psychological novelist. Princess of Cleves 1678.

Lamaism. 1577-. Buddhist state religion of Tibet.

Lamb, Charles. 1775-1834. English poet and essayist. Essays of Elia 1820-33.

Lammenais, Félicité de. 1782-1854. French RC priest. Liberal writer influenced Christian Democrats. Paroles d’un Croyant 1833.

Lawrence, D.H. 1885-1930. Censored English psychological novelist exploring consciousness and morality. Sons and Lovers 1913. Women in Love 1926. Lady Chatterly’s Lover 1928. Modernism.

Lebanese Civil War. 1975-91. Moslem PLO gain power over Phalangists. Lebanese National Pact. Israeli, Syrian intervention 1978-82.

Lebanese War. 1978-82. Israeli invasions vs PLO, Syria.

LeBrun, Charles. 1619-90. Painter. Head of Gobelins Tapestry Works, 1662-. Versailles decorator.

Leconte de Lisle, Charles. 1818-94. French Parnassian poet.

Leicester, Robert Dudley, Earl of. 1532-88. Favourite of Queen Elizabeth I.

Le Lorrain, Robert. 1666-1743. French bas-relief sculptor.

Lenin, Vladimir Illyich. 1870-1924. Russian Bolshevik revolutionary. Dictator 1917-. Created authoritarian, elite, disciplined organization.

Leninism. Applied Dialectical Materialism. World Proletariat Revolution. Dictatorship of the Proletariat, then transition to Communism. Authoritarian conspiratorial elite conscious of imperative of history. “Freedom in discussion-unity in action”.

Lesage, Alain. 1668-1747. French picaresque novelist. Gil Blas 1715-35.

Lessing, Doris. 1919-. Iran./Rhodesian/British novelist. The Children of Violence 1964.

Levellers. 1645-50. English Civil War republican democratic party. Sought religious, political equality and end to monarchy.

Levites. Hebrew religious teachers, who slaughtered the idolators of the golden calf.

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