Pringle Kennedy (1855 – 16 February 1925)[1][2] was a British author and barrister.
He wrote 2 books (during 1905–1925) for which he is best known: Pringle Kennedy has observed (Arabian Society at the Time of Muhammad, pp.
8–10, 18-21): "Muhammad was, to use a striking expression, the man of the hour.
"[5] In 1908, the young Bengali revolutionary, Khudiram Bose, an 18-year-old, was hanged for throwing a bomb at the carriage of Pringle Kennedy and killing his wife and daughter, Grace Kennedy.
Bose and his companion Prafulla Chaki had intended to assassinate Douglas Hollinshead Kingsford, a British magistrate, riding in a similar vehicle.