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Rudyard Kipling Joseph Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay, India on December 30, 1865, to John and Alice Kipling. Rudyard’s father was an architectural sculptor who worked at the Jeejebhoy School of Art. Rudyard was related to Stanley Baldwin, the future Tory prime minister of England. Rudyard’s mother was Stanley’s aunt. Rudyard was brought up by Indian native amahs (tutors) and he spoke Hindi and English. However, his childhood in India would be short-lived. In 1871, Rudyard moved to England with his sister and stayed with his parent’s friends who lived in Southsea. He stayed there for three years feeling alone and abandoned. His parents never told him and his sister about the arrangement. While living there he met a girl named Florence Garrad. They were engaged but he broke it off. In 1878 Rudyard moved to the United Services College at Westward Hol in North Devonshire, England. The headmaster there knew Rudyard’s parents. Rudyard was a very apt student and accomplished a lot in the time he spent at the United Services College. He was very gifted and wrote many works in derivative verse and was the editor of the school’s newspaper. After his schooling Rudyard went back to his parents. In 1882 Rudyard retu