Prefecture Apostolic of Kafiristan and Kashmir
Prefecture Apostolic of Kaiserwilhelmsland
Vicariate Apostolic of Kamerun
Prefecture Apostolic of Southern Kan-su
Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Kan-su
Prefecture Apostolic of Upper Kassai
Francis Patrick and Peter Richard Kenrick
Joseph-Marie-Bruno-Constantin Kervyn de Lettenhove
Wilhelm Emmanuel, Baron von Ketteler
Vicariate Apostolic of Kiang-nan
Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern Kiang-si
Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Kiang-si
Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Kiang-si
Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin
Benedictine Abbey of Kilwinning
Vicariate Apostolic of Kimberley
Vicariate of Kimberley in Orange
First and Second Books of Kings
Third and Fourth Books of Kings
Prefecture Apostolic of Kwango
Prefecture Apostolic of Kwang-si
Prefecture Apostolic of Kwang-tung
Educator, philologist, and historian of German literature, born at Heidesheim, near Mainz, 20 October, 1808; died at Montabaur, Hesse-Nassau, 25 March, 1876. In 1823 he entered the gymnasium in connection with the diocesan seminary at Mainz, and after its suppression in 1829 he continued his classical studies at the state gymnasium of the same place, where he graduated in 1831. After studying philology at the University of Giessen from 1831 to 1834, he taught at the gymnasium of Darmstadt, 1835-1837, at that of Mainz, 1837-1845, was pro-rector at the newly founded gymnasium of Hadamar in Nassau, 1845-1846, professor at the same place, 1846-1855, director of the Catholic teachers' seminary at Montabaur, 1855-1876, and at the same time director of the Realschule at the same place, 1855-1866. He is the author of numerous works, chiefly on the German language, on the history of German literature, and on pedagogy. The best known among them are:"Die dramatische Poesie der Deutschen" (2 vols., Leipzig, 1840); "Grammatik der neuhsch-deutschen Sprache" (2 vols., Leipzig, 1842-51); Geschichte der katholischen Kanzeiberedsamkeit der Deutschen" (w vols., Ratisbon, 1843); "Die weltliche Beredsamkeit der Deutschen" (Mainz, 1846); "Grammatik der deutschen Sprache des 15-17. Jahrhunderts" (5 vols., Leipzig, 1854-56; 2nd ed., 1863); "Biographisch-kritisches Lexikon der katholicsch-deutschen Dichter, Volks- und Jugenschriftsteller des 19. Jahrhundrets" (2 vols., Wurzburg, 1868-71); "Handbuch der Erziehung und des Unterrichts" (Paderborn, 1876; 12 ed., 1906); "Ueberblick der Geschichte der Erziehung" (Paderborn, 1873; 11th ed., 1899). He also edited "Katholische Kirchenlieder aus den altesten deutschen Gesangbuchern" (3 vols., Wurzburg, 1859-65); "Lateinische Sequenzen des Mittelaters" (Mainz, 1873).
MICHAEL OTT