​KIRK, JOHN FOSTER, an American author; born in Frederickton, N. B., March 22, 1824; educated at Halifax, and settled in Boston, U.S.A., 1842. He wrote for "The North American Review"; "The Atlantic Monthly," and other periodicals; removed to Philadelphia, Pa., in 1870, where he was editor of "Lippincott's Magazine" till 1886; and was lecturer on history in the University of Pennsylvania in 1885-1888. He is the author of "History of Charles the Bold"; and editor of the complete works of William H. Prescott, and "Supplement" to "Allibone's Dictionary of Authors." He died in 1904.