George William Hervey
George William Hervey, 2nd Earl Of Bristol The Eldest Son Of John, Lord Hervey Of Ickworth, By His Marriage With Mary (i 7oo-68), Daughter Of Nicholas Lepell, Was Born On Aug. 31 1721. He Served For Some Years In The Army, And In Was Sent To Turin As Envoy Extraordinary. ...
George William Wilshere Bramwell
Bramwell, George William Wilshere Bramwell, Baron (1808-1892), English Judge, Was Born In London On June 12, 1808, Being The Eldest Son Of A Banker. He Was Educated Privately, And After Two Years In A Bank, Was Admitted As A Student At Lincoln's Inn In 1830, And At The Inner Temple ...
Gilbert Burnet
Burnet, Gilbert (1643-1715), English Bishop And Historian, Was Born In Edinburgh On Sept. 15, 1643, The Youngest Son Of Robert Burnet (1592-1661), Afterwards Lord Crimond. Robert Burnet Had Been Twice Exiled On Account Of His Refusal To Sign The Covenant, But He Was None The Less A Severe Critic Of ...
Giordano Bruno
Bruno, Giordano (c. 1548-1600), Italian Philosopher, Was Born Near Nola. In 1563 He Became A Dominican At Naples, But Later, On Account Of His Views On Transubstantiation And On The Immaculate Conception, He Was Forced To Leave Italy. In 1579 He Reached Geneva, The Home Of Calvinism. Finding Himself Out ...
Giovanni Battista Brocchi
Brocchi, Giovanni Battista Ital Ian Mineralogist And Geologist, Was Born At Bassano. His Treatise On The Iron Mines Of Melia, Trattato Mineralogico E Chemico Sulle Miniere Di Ferro Del Dipartimento Del Melia (18o8), Procured Him The Office Of Inspector Of Mines In The Recently Established King Dom Of Italy. His ...
Gottfried August Burger
Burger, Gottfried August , Ger Man Poet Of The Romantic School, Was Born At Molmerswende, Near Halberstadt, On Dec. 31, 1747, The Son Of A Pastor. His Maternal Grandfather Sent Him To The University Of Halle And Then To Gottingen To Study Law, But Withdrew His Support At Gottingen On ...
Great Britain And The
Great Britain And The Dominions The Political Development Of The United Kingdom Is Dealt With In Other Articles (see English History, Etc.). The Political Devel Opment Of The Dominions Has Proceeded On The Same Lines. In Fact It Is Best Described As A Process Of Assimilation By Which British Citizens ...
Great Britains Trade With
Great Britain's Trade With The British Empire Total Exports.—great Britain's Exports To All Countries Ex Panded By 82% Between The Decades Beginning In 187o And 1925. Exports To The Empire Expanded In The Same Period By 152%. This Is Shown In Table I Below In Which Post-war Export Values Have ...
Guillaume Bude Budaeus
Bude (budaeus), Guillaume (1467-1540), French Scholar, Was Born At Paris. The Work Which Gained Him Greatest Reputation Was His De Asse Et Partibus (1514), A Treatise On Ancient Coins And Measures. He Was Held In High Esteem By Francis I., Who Was Persuaded By Him, And By Jean Du Bellay, ...
Guillaume Marie Anne Brune
Brune, Guillaume Marie Anne Marshal Of France, The Son Of An Advocate, Was Born At Brives La-gaillarde (correze), On March 13 1763. He Was A Member Of The Cordeliers' Club, And Was Appointed In 1793 To A Superior Command In The Army Direct From Civil Life. In 5796 He Fought ...
Gustavus Brander
Brander, Gustavus English Naturalist, Who Came Of A Swedish Family, Was Born In London And Became A Director Of The Bank Of England. At His Country Residence At Christchurch In Hampshire He Became Interested In The Fossils So Abundant In The Clays Of Hordwell And Barton. A Set Of These, ...
Hablot Knight Browne
Browne, Hablot Knight English Artist, Famous As "phiz," Was Born At Lambeth In Humble Cir Cumstances And Was Early Apprenticed To The Eminent Engraver Finden, In Whose Studio His Only Artistic Education Was Obtained. At The Age Of 19 He Abandoned Engraving In Favour Of Other Artistic Work, And A ...
Hans Or John Burgkmair
Burgkmair, Hans Or John (1473—c. 1531), German Painter And Engraver On Wood, Believed To Have Been A Pupil Of Albrecht Diirer, Born At Augsburg. He Certainly Studied Under His Father, Thoman Burgkmair, And Under Martin Schongauer. He Was A Member Of The Painters' Guild In Strasbourg In 1490, And In ...
Hans Von Bulow
Bulow, Hans Von (183o-1894), German Pianist And Conductor, Was Born At Dresden On Jan. 8, 183o, The Son Of Eduard Von Billow (1803-1858), A Well-known Author. He Received His First Lessons In Pianoforte-playing From Friederich Wieck, The Father Of Clara Schumann, But There Was No Intention Of His Adopting Music ...
Harry Lawson Webster Law
Burnham, Harry Lawson Webster Law Son, 1st Viscount Eldest Son Of The 1st Baron Burnham, Was Born In London, Dec. 18, 1862, And Educated At Eton And Balliol College, Oxford. He Represented, As A Liberal, West St. Pancras From 1885 To 1892, East Gloucestershire From 1893 To 1895, And The ...
Heinrich Bruhl
Bruhl, Heinrich, Count Von (17oo-1763), German Statesman At The Court Of Saxony, Was Born On Aug. 13, 1700. He Was Placed As Page With The Dowager Duchess Of Weissenf Els, And Then At The Court Of Frederick Augustus The Strong, Elector Of Saxony And King Of Poland. Briihl, Who Began ...
Heinrich Bullinger
Bullinger, Heinrich Swiss Reformer, Son Of Dean Heinrich Bullinger By His Wife Anna, Was Born At Bremgarten, Aargau, July 18, 1504. He Studied At Emmerich And Cologne, Where The Teaching Of Peter Lombard Led Him, Through Augustine And Chrysostom, To First-hand Study Of The Bible; He Then Began To Read ...
Heinrich Georg Bronn
Bronn, Heinrich Georg German Geologist, Was Born On March 3, 1800, At Ziegelhausen Near Heidel Berg. He Took His Degree As Doctor Of Medicine At Heidelberg In 1821, And In The Following Year Was Appointed Professor Of Natural History. His Great Work, Lethaea Geognostica (2 Vols., Stutt Gart, 1834-38; 3rd ...
Heinrich Karl Brugsch
Brugsch, Heinrich Karl German Egyptologist. He Was Sent To Egypt By The Prussian Government In 1853, Where He Met Mariette. He Then Worked In The Berlin Museum. In 186o He Was Sent To Persia; In 1864 He Was Consul At Cairo, And In 1868 He Was Professor At Gottingen. On ...
Hellenic And Italian
Hellenic And Italian The Geometric Period.—during The Dark Ages Of The Transi Tion From Bronze To Iron The Decorative Arts Stood Almost Still But Industrial Metalwork Was Freely Produced. There Are A Few Remains Of Geometric Bronze Vessels, But As In The Case Of The Early Minoan Material, Metal Forms ...
Henri Alexis Brialmont
Brialmont, Henri Alexis Belgian General And Military Engineer, Son Of General Laurent Mathieu Brialmont (d. 1885), Was Born At Venlo, Limburg, On May 25 1821. Educated At The Brussels Military School, He Entered The Army As Sub-lieutenant Of Engineers In 1843, And Became Lieuten Ant In 1847. From 1847 To ...
Henry Brederode
Brederode, Henry, Viscount Of ), A Descendant Of The Ancient Counts Of Holland, Was Born At Brussels In Dec. 1531, And Died At Recklinghausen On Feb. 15, 1568. In 1566 He Was One Of The Founders Of The Confederacy Of Nobles Who Bound Themselves To Maintain The Rights And Liberties ...
Henry Briggs
Briggs, Henry (1561-163o ) , English Mathematician, Was Born At Warley Wood, Near Halifax, In Yorkshire. He Gradu Ated At St. John's College, Cambridge, In 1581, And Obtained A Fellowship In 1588. In 1592 He Was Made Reader Of The Physical Lecture Founded By Dr. Thomas Linacre, And In 1596 ...
Henry Brooke
Brooke, Henry (c. 1703-1783), Irish Author, Of County Cavan, Studied At Trinity College, Dublin, And Then Went To Lon Don To Study Law. He Wrote A Philosophical Poem In Six Books Entitled Universal Beauty , Translated The First And Second Books Of Tasso's Gerusalemme Liberata (1738), And Produced A Tragedy, ...
Henry Brunner
Brunner, Henry (184o-1915), German Historian, Was Born At Wels, Upper Austria, June 22 1840, And Died At Bad Kissingen Aug. Ii He Became Professor At The University Of Lemberg (lwow) In 1866, Then At Prague, At Strasbourg And In 1873 At Berlin. From 1872 Brunner Devoted Himself Especially To Studying ...
Henry Burghersh
Burghersh, Henry (1292-134o), English Bishop And Chancellor, Was Appointed Bishop Of Lincoln By Pope John Xxii. In 1320, In Spite Of The Fact That The Chapter Had Already Made An Election. In 1322 His Lands Were Seized By Edward Ii. And Restored Only In 1326. Burghersh Took Part In The ...
Henry Cuyler Bunner
Bunner, Henry Cuyler American Writer, Was Born In Oswego, N.y., Aug. 3, 1855, And Died In Nutley, N.j., May J 1, 1896. Educated In New York City, Bunner, After A Brief Experience As Clerk In An Importing House, Turned To Journal Ism, Serving On The Staff Of The Arcadian, At ...
Henry Hawkins Brampton
Brampton, Henry Hawkins, Baron (1817-1907) , English Judge, Was Born At Hitchin On Sept. 14, 1817. Called To The Bar At The Middle Temple In 1843, He Joined The Old Home Cir Cuit And Took Silk In 1859. He Was Counsel In Many Of The Famous Trials Of The Reign ...
Henry James Byron
Byron, Henry James (1834-1884), English Play Wright, Was Born In Manchester In Jan. 1834. He Entered The Middle Temple As A Student In 1858, But Soon Joined A Provincial Company As An Actor. He Was The First Editor Of The Weekly Comic Paper Fun, And Started The Short-lived Comic Trials. ...
Henry Kirke Brown
Brown, Henry Kirke (1814-1886), American Sculp Tor, Was Born In Leyden (mass.) On Feb. 24, 1814. He Began To Paint Portraits While A Boy, Studied Painting In Boston Under Ches Ter Harding, Learned A Little About Modelling, And In Spent His Summers Working As A Railroad Engineer To Earn Enough ...
Henry Montagu Butler
Butler, Henry Montagu (1833-1918), English Educationist, Head Master Of Harrow School (1859-85), And Master Of Trinity College, Cambridge (1886-1918), Was Born At Gayton, Northants, On July 2, 1833, The Son Of Dr. George Butler, Dean Of Peterborough, Who Had Been Head Master Of Harrow (1805-29). His Elder Brother Was George ...
Henry Stafford Buckingham
Buckingham, Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke Of Was The Son Of Humphrey Stafford, Killed At The First Battle Of St. Albans In 1455, And Grandson Of Humphrey The 1st Duke (cr. 1444) Killed At Northampton In 146o, Both Fighting For Lancaster. The 1st Duke, Who Bore The Title Of Earl Of ...
Henry Thacker Burleigh
Burleigh, Henry Thacker ), Negro Birytone, Composer And Arranger, Was Born At Erie, Pa., Dec. 2, 1866. The Grandson Of A Slave, He Supported Himself At Various Jobs Until He Succeeded In Obtaining Admittance To The National Conservatory Of Music, New York, Singing Before A Committee That Included Joseffy. Here ...
Henry Thomas Buckle
Buckle, Henry Thomas (1821-62), English His Torian, Author Of The History Of Civilization, The Son Of Thomas Henry Buckle, A Wealthy London Merchant, Was Born At Lee, Kent, On Nov. 24 1821. Owing To His Delicate Health He Was Only A Very Short Time At School. He Gained His First ...
Henry William Bunbury
Bunbury, Henry William English Caricaturist, Second Son Of Sir William Bunbury, 5th Baronet, Of Mildenhall, Suffolk, Was Educated At Westminster School And St. Catharine's Hall, Cambridge, And Soon Showed A Talent For Draw Ing, And Especially For Humorous Subjects. His Caricatures Are As Famous As Those Of His Contemporaries Rowlandson ...
Hepaticae
Hepaticae The Three Groups Into Which Liverworts Are Botanically Divided Show Among Their Several Members Lines Of Progression In Three Different Directions From A Basal, Simple Type More Or Less Common To Them All. Stated Broadly, Evolution In Liverworts Has Progressed From A Common Form Along Three Distinct Lines. From ...
Hervey Of Ickworth
Hervey Of Ickworth). Another Son, Thomas Was One Of The Members For Bury From 1733 To 1747 And Held Various Offices At Court. A Third Son, Felton (1712-73), Was Also Member Of The Family Borough Of Bury St. Edmunds. Having Assumed The Additional Name Of Bathurst, Felton's Grandson, Felton Elwell ...
Hon John Byron
Byron, Hon. John (1723-1786), British Vice-admiral, Second Son Of The 4th Lord Byron, And Grandfather Of The Poet, Was Born On Nov. 8, 1723. While Still Very Young, He Accompanied Anson In His Voyage Of Discovery Round The World. He Saw A Great Deal Of Hard Service And Stormy Weather, ...
Horace Bushnell
Bushnell, Horace (1802-76), American Theologian, Was Born In The Village Of Bantam, Township Of Litchfield, Conn., April 14, 1802. He Graduated At Yale In 1827, Was Associate Editor Of The New York Journal Of Commerce In 1828-29, And In 1829 Became A Tutor At Yale. Here He At First Took ...
Hubert De Burgh
Burgh, Hubert De (d. 1243), Chief Justiciar Of Eng Land In The Reign Of John And Henry Iii., Entered The Royal Service In The Reign Of Richard I. Already In 1201 He Was Cham Berlain To King John, The Sheriff Of Three Shires, The Constable Of Dover And Windsor Castles, ...
I Brennus
Brennus, I. A Leader Of The Gauls Who Invaded Italy In B.c. It Should Be Observed That His Name First Appears In Livy And Is Not Found In Polybius Or Diodorus. It Is Difficult To Dis Entangle The Facts Of This Invasion From The Legends; It Seems Clear That Brennus ...
Il Bronzino
Bronzino, Il, The Name Given To Angelo Allori (1503 1572), Florentine Painter. Bronzino Was Born At Monticelli, Near Florence, On Nov. 17, 1503, And Studied Under Raffaellino Del Garbo And Jacopo Da Pontormo. He Was Influenced By Michael Angelo And Worked In Florence, Where He Was Court Portrait Painter To ...
Indian And Indonesian
Indian And Indonesian Copper, Brass And Bronze.—the Founding Of Copper, Brass And Bronze By The Tire Perdue Process Is Universal In India, And Of High Antiquity; But It May Be Remarked That The Use Of Bronze Is Comparatively Rare In The Case Of Images, Most Of The So-called Indian Bronzes ...
Ingram Bywater
Bywater, Ingram (184o-1914), English Classical Scholar, Was Born In London June 27 1840, And Died There Dec. 17 1914. He Was University Reader In Greek At Oxford, 1883, And Regius Professor 1893-1908, And Was An Authority On Aristotle. Chief Works: Heracliti Ephesii Reliquiae (1877) ; Prisciani Lydi Quae Extant (edited ...
Ion Bratianu
Bratianu, Ion (1864-1927), Rumanian Statesman, Was Born At Florica, Rumania, On Aug. 20, 1864, The Son Of Ion C. Bratianu. He Was Educated At The Polytechnic School In Paris And On Returning To Rumania Became An Engineer On The State Rail Ways. In 1895 He Was Elected A Deputy As ...
Ion C Bratianu Or
Bratianu Or Bratiano, Ion C. (1821-1891), Rumanian Statesman, Was Born At Pitesci In Wallachia June 2, 1821. He Entered The Wallachian Army In 1838, And Visited Paris In 1841 For Purposes Of Study. Returning To Wallachia, He Took Part In The Rumanian Rebellion Of 1848, And Acted As Prefect Of ...
Isaac Butt
Butt, Isaac (1813-1879), Irish Lawyer And Nationalist Leader, Was Born At Glenfin, Donegal, In 1813, His Father Being Rector Of Stranorlar. He Was A Brilliant Student At Trinity Col Lege, Dublin, Where He Helped To Found The University Magazine In 1833, And Where He Was Appointed Professor Of Political Economy ...
Isaac Hawkins Browne
Browne, Isaac Hawkins English Poet, Was Born On Jan. 21, 1705, At Burton-on-trent, Of Which Place His Father Was Vicar, And Died In London On Feb. 14, 1760. He Was Educated At Lichfield, At Westminster School, And At Trinity College, Cambridge. He Was Called To The Bar, But Never Practised. ...
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Brunel, Isambard Kingdom Eng Lish Engineer, The Designer Of The First Transatlantic Steamer, Only Son Of Sir M. I. Brunel, Was Born At Portsmouth On April 9, 18o6. At 14 He Was Sent To Paris, To Study At The College Henri Quatre. In 1823 He Entered His Father's Office As ...
Ivan Alexeyevich Bunin
Bunin, Ivan Alexeyevich ), Russian Poet And Novelist, Was Born Oct. Io, 187o, Of Noble Family In Voronesh. His First Poems Were Published In 1889. His Poems Were Awarded The Pushkin Prize, The Highest Academic Distinc Tion In Russia, And The Same Distinction Was Awarded To His Translation Of Longfellow's ...
Jabez Bunting
Bunting, Jabez (1779-1858), English Wesleyan Di Vine, Was Born In Manchester On May 13, 1779. He Was Educated At Manchester Grammar School, And At The Age Of 19 Began To Preach, Being Received Into Full Connection In 1803. In 1835 He Was Appointed President Of The First Wesleyan Theological College ...
Jacob Brown
Brown, Jacob (1775-1828), American Soldier, Was Born Of Quaker Ancestry, In Bucks County, Pa., On May 9, From 1796 To 1798 He Was Engaged In Surveying Public Lands In Ohio ; In 1798 He Settled In New York City And During The Period 1798-1800, When War With France Seemed Imminent, ...
Jacob Bryant
Bryant, Jacob (1715-1804) , English Antiquarian And Writer On Mythological Subjects, Was Born At Plymouth, And Held A Post In The Ordnance Department. He Was A Great Collector Of Books, And Left His Library To King's College, Cambridge, Having, However, Previously Made Some Valuable Presents From It To The King ...
Jacques Charles Brunet
Brunet, Jacques Charles French Bibliographer, Was Born In Paris. He Was The Son Of A Bookseller, And In 1802 He Printed A Supplement To The Dictionnaire Biblio Graphique De Livres Cares (1790) Of Duclos And Cailleau. In 1810 There Appeared The First Edition Of His Manuel Du Libraire Et De ...
Jacques Pierre Brissot
Brissot, Jacques Pierre Who As Sumed The Name Of De Warville, French Girondist, Was Born At Chartres, Where His Father Was An Innkeeper, On Jan. 14, 1754. Brissot Received A Good Education And Entered The Office Of A Lawyer At Paris. His First Works, Theorie Des Lois Criminelles (1781) And ...
Jacques Raymond Brascassat
Brascassat, Jacques Raymond (1804-1867), French Painter, Was Born At Bordeaux; He Studied Art In Paris, Where In 1825 He Won A Prix De Rome With A Picture ("chasse De Meleagre") Now In The Bordeaux Gallery. His Reputation As An Artist Was Made In Animal Painting. His "lutte De Taureaux" (1837), ...
Jacques Victor Albert
Jacques Victor Albert, Duc De Broglie (1821-1901 ), His Eldest Son, Was Born At Paris On June 13, 1821. After A Brief Diplomatic Career At Madrid And Rome, The Revolution Of 1848 Caused Him To Withdraw From Public Life. He Had Already Pub Lished A Translation Of The Religious System ...
Jakob Burckhardt
Burckhardt, Jakob (1818-1897), Swiss Writer On Art And Social History, Was Born At Basle On May 25, 1818, And Died There On Aug. 8, 1897. He Studied (1839-43) At Berlin, Spent Part Of 1841 At Bonn, Where He Was A Pupil Of Franz Kugler, The Art Historian, And In 1845 ...
James Brindley
Brindley, James (1716-1772), English Engineer, Was Born At Thornsett, Derbyshire. He Was Apprenticed To A Mill Wright Near Macclesfield, And Set Up As A Wheelwright At Leek. In 1752 He Designed And Set Up An Engine For Draining Some Coal-pits At Clifton In Lancashire. Three Years Later He Extended His ...
James Browne
Browne, James (1793-1841), Scottish Man Of Letters, Was Born At Whitefield, Perthshire, And Educated At Edinburgh And At The University Of St. Andrews. He Wrote A "sketch Of The History Of Edinburgh," For Ewbank's Picturesque Views Of That City, 1823-25. His Works Include A Critical Examination Of Macculloch's Work On ...
James Bruce
Bruce, James (1730-1794), Scottish Explorer In Africa, Was Born At Kinnaird House, Stirlingshire, On Dec. 14, 173o. He Was Educated At Harrow And Edinburgh University, And Began To Study For The Bar ; But He Married A Wine Merchant's Daughter And Went Into His Father-in-law's Business. His Wife Died In ...
James Bryce Bryce
Bryce, James Bryce, 1st Viscount British Statesman, Jurist And Author, Was Born At Belfast On May Jo, 1838, Of A Scottish Family. His Father, James Bryce (d. 1877), Was A Schoolmaster, And Moved In 1846 To Glasgow, Where James Attended The High School And Then The University. In 1857 Bryce ...
James Buchanan
Buchanan, James (1791-1868), Fifteenth President Of The United States, Was Born Near Foltz, Franklin County, Pa., On April 23, 1791. Both Parents Were Of Scottish-irish Presbyterian Descent. He Graduated At Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., In 1809 And Studied Law At Lancaster For Two Years. He Was Admitted To The Bar ...
James Burbage
Burbage, James (d. 1597), English Actor, Is Said To Have Been Born At Stratford-on-avon. He Was A Member Of The Earl Of Leicester's Players, Probably For Several Years Before He Is First Mentioned (1574), As Being At The Head Of The Company. In 1576, Having Secured The Lease Of Land ...
James Silk Buckingham
Buckingham, James Silk (1786-1855), English Au Thor And Traveller, Was Born Near Falmouth, The Son Of A Farmer. His Youth Was Spent At Sea. After Years Of Wandering He Estab Lished In 1818 The Calcutta Journal. This Venture At First Proved Highly Successful, But In 1823 The Paper's Outspoken Criticisms ...
Jan Frans Van Bredael
Bredael, Jan Frans Van Flemish Painter, Son Of Alexander Van Bredael (d. 1720), Also An Artist, Was Born In Antwerp. He Imitated The Style Of Wouwerman And Breughel With Much Dexterity. He Visited England, Where He Was Well Employed. There Were Several Other Van Bredaels, Who Won Honour As Artists—notably ...
Jan Van Janus Broekhuizen
Broekhuizen, Jan Van (janus Br0ukhusius), (1649-1707), Dutch Classical Scholar And Poet, Was Born At Amsterdam. He Entered The Army, And In 1674 Was Sent With His Regiment To America, In The Fleet Under Admiral De Ruyter, But Returned To Holland The Same Year. In 1678 He Was Sent To The ...
Jean Jacques Burlamaqui
Burlamaqui, Jean Jacques Swiss Publicist, Was Born At Geneva, Where He Was Honorary Professor Of Ethics And The Law Of Nature For 15 Years. As A Member Of The Council Of State, He Gained A High Reputation For His Practical Sagac Ity. His Principes Du Droit Naturel (1747) And Principes ...
Jean Joannes Buridanus C
Buridan, Jean (joannes Buridanus) (c. 1297—c. 1358), French Philosopher, Was Born At Bethune In Artois. He Studied Under William Of Occam In Paris Where He Became Pro Fessor Of Philosophy, And, In 1327, Rector. The Tradition That He Was Forced To Flee From France Along With Other Nominalists, And Founded ...
Jocelyn De Brakelond
Brakelond, Jocelyn De (ft. 1200), English Monk, And Author Of A Chronicle Narrating The Fortunes Of The Monastery Of Bury St. Edmunds Between 1173 And 1202. He Is Known Only Through His Own Work. He Was A Native Of Bury St. Edmunds ; He Served His Novitiate Under Samson Of ...
Johan Niklas Bystrom
Bystrom, Johan Niklas Swedish Sculptor, Was Born On Dec. 18, 1783, At Philipstad, And Died At Rome On March 13, 1848. The Greater Part Of His Life Was Spent In Italy. His Colossal Statues Of The Swedish Kings, In Stockholm, Form His Most Celebrated Work. ...
Johann Brenz
Brenz, Johann Lutheran Divine, Eldest Son Of Martin Brenz, Was Born At Weil, Wurttemberg, On June 24, 1499. Ordained Priest In 152o, He Ceased To Celebrate Mass In 1523. Protected By His Patron Duke Ulrich Of Wurttemberg, He Was Appointed (jan. 1553) Provost Of The Collegiate Church Of Stuttgart. He ...
Johann Bugenhagen
Bugenhagen, Johann (1485-1558), Known As The Doctor Pomeranus, German Protestant Reformer, Was Born At Wollin Near Stettin June 24, 1485. In 1509 He Was Ordained Priest, And Became A Vicar In The Collegiate Marienkirche At Treptow; In 1517 He Was Appointed Lecturer On The Bible And Church Fathers At The ...
Johann Franz Buddeus
Buddeus, Johann Franz German Lu Theran Divine, Was Born On June 25, 1667, At Anklam, Pomerania, Where His Father Was Pastor. He Studied At Greifswald And At Wittenberg, Was Appointed Professor Of Greek And Latin At Co Burg In 1692, Professor Of Moral Philosophy At Halle In 1693, And In ...
Johann Jakob Brucker
Brucker, Johann Jakob German Historian Of Philosophy, Born At Augsburg On Jan. 22, 1696, Died There On Nov. 26, 1770. He Was Educated At The University Of Jena. In 1723 He Became Parish Minister Of Kaufbeuren. In 1731 He Was Invited To Augsburg As Pastor And Senior Minister Of The ...
Johann
Johann (c. 1508-1536), Dutch Anabaptist Fanatic, Better Known As John Of Leyden, From His Place Of Birth, Was The Illegitimate Son Of Bockel, Burgomaster Of Soevenhagen, Who Afterwards Married His Mother. He Was Born About 1508, Ap Prenticed To A Tailor, Became Influenced By The Opinions Of Thomas Miinzer, Travelled ...
Johannes Buxtorf Or Buxtorff
Buxtorf Or Buxtorff, Johannes German Hebrew And Rabbinic Scholar, Was Born At Kamen In Westphalia. At The Instance Of Grynaeus, He Undertook The Duties Of The Hebrew Chair In The University Of Basle, And After Two Years Was Unanimously Appointed To The Vacant Office. From This Date (1591) To His ...
Johannes Buxtorf Or Buxtorff_2
Buxtorf Or Buxtorff, Johannes Son Of The Preceding, Concentrated On Theological And Semitic Studies, And In 1622 Published At Basle A Lexicon Chaldaicum Et Syriacum, As A Companion Work To His Father's Great Rabbinical Bible. On The Death Of His Father In 1629, He Was Unanimously Designated His Successor In ...
John Bagnell Bury
Bury, John Bagnell (1861-1927), British Historian, Was Born Oct. 16, 1861, And Was Educated At Trinity College, Dub Lin, Where He Was Elected To A Fellowship In 1885. A Fine Greek Scholar, He Edited Pindar's Nemean And Isthmian Odes; But He Devoted Himself Chiefly To The Study Of History, And ...
John Baldwin Buckstone
Buckstone, John Baldwin English Actor And Dramatic Writer, Was Born At Hoxton, London, On Sept. 14 1802. He Made His First London Appearance, On Jan. 3o 1823, At The Surrey Theatre, As Ramsay In The Fortunes Of Nigel. His Success Led To His Engagement In 1827 At The Adelphi, Where ...
John Brand
Brand, John English Antiquary, Was Born On Aug. 19, 1744, At Washington, Durham, Where His Father Was Parish Clerk. Educated At Newcastle Grammar School And Lincoln College, Oxford, He Took Holy Orders, And Held Various Prefer Ments, Finally Becoming Rector Of St. Mary-at-hill And St. Mary Hubbard, London. He Was ...
John Bright
Bright, John (1811-1889), British Statesman, Was Born At Rochdale On Nov. 16, 1811 Of Quaker Stock. His Father, Jacob Bright Had Started A Cotton-mill At Rochdale In 1809; His Mother, Martha Wood, Jacob Bright's Second Wife, Was A Woman Of Great Strength Of Character And Refined Taste. John Being A ...
John Britton
Britton, John (1771-1857), English Antiquary, Was Born On July 7, 1771, At Kington-st.-michael, Near Chippenham, Wilts. Along With His Friend Edward Wedlake Brayley, Britton Pro Duced The Beauties Of Wiltshire, 2 Vols. (18oi; A Third Added In 1825), The First Of The Series The Beauties Of England And Wales, Nine ...
John Brougham
Brougham, John (1814-188o), British Actor, Was Born In Dublin On May 9 1814 And Died In New York On June 7 1880. He Made His First Appearance On The London Stage, In 1830, At The Tottenham Street Theatre In Tom And Jerry, In Which He Played Six Characters. In 1831 ...
John Brown
Brown, John (1715-1766), British Divine And Author, Was Born At Rothbury, Northumberland, On Nov. 5, 1715, And Was Educated At St. John's College, Cambridge. He Was Senior Wrangler In 1735, Took Holy Orders, And Was Appointed Minor Canon And Lecturer At Carlisle. His Poem, Entitled "honour" , Was Followed By ...
John Brownlee
Brownlee, John (1868-1927), Scottish Medical Statis Tician. After Holding Various Medical Appointments, In 1914 He Became Statistician To The Medical Research Committee. His Best Known Works Include The Memoir On The Epidemiology Of Phthisis, And His Investigations Of The Laws Governing The Rise And Decline Of Epidemic Diseases, Especially Measles ...
John Brown_2
Brown, John (1735-1788), Scottish Physician, Was Born In 1735 At Lintlaws Or At Preston, Berwickshire. As A Student At Edinburgh He Soon Attracted The Notice Of William Cullen, Who Treated Him In Some Respects As An Assistant Professor. In Time, However, He Quarrelled With Cullen, As With The Professors Of ...
John Brown_3
Brown, John (1784-1858), Scottish Divine, Was Born At Whitburn, Linlithgow, On July 12 1784, And Died At Edinburgh On Oct. 13 1858. He Belonged To The "burgher" Section Of The "secession" Church, And Held Successively Pastorates At Biggar, Lanarkshire (18o6), Rose Street (1822) And Broughton Place, Edinburgh (1829). His Most ...
John Brown_4
Brown, John (1800-1859), American Abolitionist, Leader Of The Famous Attack Upon Harper's Ferry, In 1859, Was Born On May 9, 1800, At Torrington, Connecticut. He Is Said To Have Been Descended From Peter Brown, Who Went To America In The May Flower, And He Was The Grandson Of Capt. John ...
John Brown_5
Brown, John (1810-1882), Scottish Physician And Au Thor, Son Of John Brown (1784-1858), Was Born At Biggar, Scot Land, On Sept. 22, 181o. The Two Volumes Of His Essays, Horae Subsecivae (i.e., "leisure Hours") (1858, 1861), John Leech And Other Papers (1882), Rab And His Friends (1859), And Marjorie Fleming: ...
John Buchan
Buchan, John (1875-1940), British Author And States Man, Was Born At Perth, Scotland, Aug. 26, 1875. Educated At Glasgow University And Brasenose College, Oxford, He Was Called To The Bar At The Middle Temple In 19o1. In The Same Year He Became Private Secretary To Lord Milner, Then High Commissioner ...
John Bull
Bull, John (c. 1562-1628), English Composer And Organ Ist, Was Born Of A Somersetshire Family About 1562. After Being Organist In Hereford Cathedral, He Joined The Chapel Royal In 1585 And In The Next Year Became A Mus. Bac. Of Oxford. In 1591 He Was Appointed Organist In Queen Elizabeth's ...
John Bunyan
Bunyan, John English Religious Writer, Was Born At Elstow, About A Mile From Bedford, In Nov. 16 28. His Father, Thomas Bunyan,' Was A Tinker, Or, As He Described Him Self, A "brasier." The Tinkers Then Formed A Hereditary Caste, Which Was Held In No High Estimation. Bunyan's Father Had ...
John Burgoyne
Burgoyne, John (1722-1792), English General And Dramatist, Entered The Army At An Early Age. In 1743 He Made A Runaway Marriage With A Daughter Of The Earl Of Derby, But Soon Had To Sell His Commission To Meet His Debts, After Which He Lived Abroad For Seven Years. By Lord ...
John Burnet
Burnet, John (1863-1928), Scottish Classical Scholar, Was Born At Edinburgh Dec. 6, 1863. Educated At Balliol College, Oxford, He Was Successively Assistant Professor Of Greek At St. Andrews (1887), Assistant Master At Harrow (1888-9o) , And Fellow Of Merton College, Oxford, Until 1892, When He Became Professor Of Greek At ...
John Burns
Burns, John ), English Politician, Was Born At Vauxhall, London, In October 1858, The Second Son Of Alexan Der Burns, An Engineer, Of Ayrshire Extraction. He Attended A National School In Battersea Until He Was Ten Years Old, When He Was Sent To Work In Price's Candle Factory. He Worked ...
John Burroughs
Burroughs, John (1837-1921), American Poet And Writer On Natural History, Was Born Near Roxbury, In Delaware County (n.y.), April 3, 1837. In His Earlier Years He Engaged In Various Pursuits—teaching, Journalism, Farming, And Fruit-raising, And For Nine Years Was A Clerk In The Treasury Department At Washington. After Publishing In ...
John Byng
Byng, John British Admiral, Was The Fourth Son Of George Byng, Lord Torrington, And Entered The Navy In 1718. On The Approach Of The Seven Years' War The Island Of Minorca Was Threatened By An Attack From Toulon And Was Actually Invaded In 1756. Byng, Who Was Then Serving In ...
John Byrom
Byrom, John (1692-1763), English Poet, Writer Of Hymns And Inventor Of A System Of Shorthand, Was Born At Kersal Cell, Near Manchester, On Feb. 29, 1692, And Died On Sept. 26, 1763, In London. He Became A Fellow Of Trinity College, Cambridge, In 1714. His First Poem, "colin To Phoebe," ...
John Byron Byron
Byron, John Byron, Ist Baron (c. 1600-1652), Eng Lish Cavalier, Was The Eldest Son Of Sir John Byron (d. 1625), A Member Of An Old Lancashire Family Which Had Settled At New Stead, Near Nottingham. During The Third Decade Of The 17th Century Byron Was Member Of Parliament For The ...