| A. A. M. | Arthur Anthony Macdonell, M.A., Ph.D.- Boden Professor of Sanskrit in the University of Oxford. Keeper of the Indian Institute. Fellow of Balliol College; Fellow of the British Academy. Author of A Vedic Grammar ; A History of Sanskrit Literature; Vedic Mythology; &c.
|  | Kālidāsa. |
| A. B. D. | Rev. Andrew B. Davidson, D.D.- See the biographical article: Davidson, A. B.
|  | Job (in part). |
| A. C. S. | Algernon Charles Swinburne.- See the biographical article: Swinburne, A. C.
|  | Keats (in part). |
| A. D. | Henry Austin Dobson, LL.D.- See the biographical article: Dobson, H. Austin.
|  | Kauffmann, Angelica. |
| A. E. S. | Arthur Everett Shipley, M.A., F.R.S., D.Sc.- Master of Christ's College, Cambridge. Reader in Zoology, Cambridge University. Joint-editor of the Cambridge Natural History.
|  | Kinorhyncha. |
| A. F. P. | Albert Frederick Pollard, M.A., F.R.Hist.Soc.- Professor of English History in the University of London. Fellow of All Souls' College, Oxford. Assistant Editor of the Dictionary of National Biography, 1893–1901. Lothian Prizeman (Oxford), 1892; Arnold prizeman, 1898. Author of England under the Protector Somerset ; Henry VIII.; Life of Thomas Cranmer; &c.
|  | Jewel, John. |
| A. G. | Major Arthur George Frederick Griffiths (d. 1908).- H.M. Inspector of Prisons, 1878–1896. Author of The Chronicles of Newgate; Secrets of the Prison House; &c.
|  | Juvenile Offenders (in part). |
| A. Go.* | Rev. Alexander Gordon, M.A.- Lecturer on Church History in the University of Manchester.
|  | Joris; Knipperdollinck. |
| A. G. D. | Arthur George Doughty, C.M.G., M.A., Litt.D., F.R.S. (Canada), F.R.Hist.S- Dominion Archivist of Canada. Member of the Geographical Board of Canada. Author of The Cradle of New France; &c. Joint-editor of Documents relating to the Constitutional History of Canada.
|  | Joly de Lotbinière. |
| A. H. S. | Rev. Archibald Henry Sayce, Litt.D., LL.D.- See the biographical article: Sayce, A. H.
|  | Kassites. |
| A. H.-S. | Sir A. Houtum-Schindler, C.I.E.- General in the Persian Army. Author of Eastern Persian Irak.
|  | Karun; Kerman; Khorasan; Kishm. |
| A. H. Sm. | Arthur Hamilton Smith, M.A., F.S.A.- Keeper of the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities in the British Museum. Member of the Imperial German Archaeological Institute. Author of Catalogue of Greek Sculpture in the British Museum; &c.
|  | Jewelry. |
| A. M. C. | Agnes Mary Clerke.- See the biographical article: Clerke, A. M.
|  | Kepler. |
| A. Ml. | Alfred Ogle Maskell, F.S.A.- Superintendent of the Picture Galleries, Indian and Colonial Exhibition, 1887. Cantor Lecturer, 1906. Founder and first editor of the Downside Review. Author of Ivories; &c.
|  | Ivory. |
| A. N. | Alfred Newton, F.R.S.- See the biographical article: Newton, Alfred.
|  | Jabiru; Jacamar; Jaçaná; Jackdaw; Jay; Kakapo; Kestrel; Killdeer; King-Bird; Kingfisher; Kinglet; Kite; Kiwi; Knot. |
| A. T. I. | Alexander Taylor Innes, M.A., LL.D.- Scotch advocate. Author of John Knox; Law of Creeds in Scotland; Studies in Scottish History; &c.
|  | Knox, John. |