A colleague of John Lockwood Kipling, professor at Sir JJ School of Art, and father of Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling had famously described the little boy as a “menace” during his recollections of the little boy. Born on campus on this day in 1865, he spent a few years of his early childhood on the campus while his illustrious father carried on imparting lectures in art studies on campus. Kipling senior, along with colleagues like John Griffiths and Wilkins Terry, laid the foundation of art studies at the institution that came up outside of the boundaries of the erstwhile Fort, and was commissioned by philanthropist Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy.