Bronchitis
Bronchitis, Bron-ki'us (from Gk. ,3p6y Xoc, Bronchos, Trachea, Windpipe, Dp6yxta, Bron Chia, The Bronchial Tubes). A Disease Of The Bronchial Tubes. It Includes: (1) An Acute Catarrhal Process Involving The Larger Bronchi Oles: (2) An Acute Catarrhal Process Involving The Smaller And Capillary Tubes; (3) A Chronic Catarrhal Process Involving ...
Bronze
Bronze (probably From Lat. •s Brundisium, Brundisian Copper). An Alloy Of Two Or More Metals, The Chief Ingredient Always Being Copper. With Tin Next In Proportion. Often Zinc And Lead Have Been Used But If Zinc Is In Greater Propor Tion Than Tin, The Result Is Not Properly A Bronze ...
Bronzing
Bronzing. The Process Of Imparting A Bronze-like Or Antique Metallic Appearance To The Surface Of Metal, As Copper And Brass, Ivory, Plaster Or Clay, And Wood. The Bronze Effect Ou Metals Is Frequently Produced By Beating Bronze To Thin Leaves, Similar To Those Of Gold, Which Are Then Made Into ...
Brook Farm
Brook Farm. A Socialistic Community, Founded In 1841, By The Brook Farm Association Of Education And Agriculture At West Roxbury, Mass., Which In Its Later History Partially Adopted The Views Of Fourier. The Organizer And Guiding Spirit Of The Association Was George Rip Ley. He Gathered Around Him A Number ...
Brooke
Brooke, Sir James ( 1s03-gs) . A Rajah Of Sarawak• Born At Coombe Grove, Near Bath, England. His Father Was An Employee Of The Indian Government. James Entered The East India Military Service, Was Severely Wounded In The Burmese War, And Furloughed In 1826. He Lost His Commission Through Overstaying ...
Broom Corn
Broom-corn. A Plant Of The Order Gra Mineic, Generally Regarded As A Native Of The East Indies. It Is Cultivated In The United States And Southern Europe For The Manufacture Of Brooms And Whisk Brushes, Which Are Made From The Open, Long-rayed Panicles. It Is A Variety Of The Same ...
Broom As
Broom (as. (roue, Dutch (went, Ohg. Braino; Cf. (ramble). A Name Given To A Num Ber Of Species Of Shrubs Of The Closely Allied Gen Era Cytisus, Genista, And Spartium, Of The Natu Ral Order Leg,uminosa% Suborder Pa Pilionacefe, All Of Them Having Long, Slender Branches, Along Which Are Produced ...
Broth As
Broth (as. Broth. Ohg. Brad, Brot, Gael. Brot, Ir. Broth, From The Root Of Brew, As. Breo•an. 011g. Briatcen, Ger. Brunet)). A Liquid Preparation Of Animal Food. Which Differs From Soup In That It Contains No Vegetables. The Usual Broths Are Made Of Beef, Mutton, Or Chicken And Are Much ...
Brotherhoods
Brotherhoods, P,euctors. Societies In Stituted For Pious And Benevolent Purposes, Numerous In The Middle Ages And In The Roman Catholic Church Of Modern Times. They Are In Stituted Especially For Those Who Wish To Have The Help Of Organization And Common Aims, But Are Not Conscious Of A Vocation To ...
Brothers
Brothers And Sisters Of Charity. Under These Names, There Exist In The Roman Catholic Church Two Widely Ramified Beneficent Societies For The Nursing Of The Poor And Sick In Hospitals, Without Distinction Of Faith, Rank, Or Nation. The Order Of The Brothers Of Charity, Or Compassionate Brothers, Was Established In ...
Brothers Of Common Life
Brothers Of Common Life (also Called Brothers Of Good Will, And Hierony Mites, Or Gregorians, From Their Patron Saints, Jerome And Gregory The Great). A Fraternity Founded At Deventer About 1376 By Gerhard Groote (q.v.), Whose Successor Was Flo•entins Badewin (born 1350, At Leerdam In Holland; Died 1400). Thomas A ...
Brougham
Brougham, 1)ri'ain Or Broom, Henry Peter, Baron Brougham And Vaux (1778-1868). A British Jurist. Orator, Statesman. And Scien Tist, Descendant Of An Ancient Westmoreland Fam Ily. He Was Born In Edinburgh, September 19, 177s. ( In The Maternal Side He Was A Grand-neph Ew Of The Historian Robertson. He Exhibited ...
Broughton
Broughton, Brou'ton, ,toiin Cam Hon House, Baron (1786-1869). An English States Urn And Writer, The Friend Of Byron. He Was Born In Bristol, June 27, 1786. Ile Was Educated At Westminster And At Cambridge, Where, In 1808, He Obtained Both The Hulsean Prize And His B.a. Degree, Graduating M.a. In ...
Brown
Brown, Jonn (1800-59). An American Abolitionist Of The Extremely Radical Type. He Was Born In Torrington, Conn.. May 9, 1800, Of Puritan Ancestry. In His Earlier Years He En Gaged In The Wool Business And In A Variety Of Other Pursuits, In All Of Which He Was Uniformly Unsuccessful. He ...
Brown Sequard
Brown-sequard, -sh'kiir', Cnarles En- Or:alm (1815-94 1. A French-ameriean Neurolo Gist And Physiologist, Born In .nlauritius. His Father, Edward Brown. Was A Native Of Phila Delphia: His Mother Was French, Of The Name Of Srapiard. Lie Took The Degree Of M.d. In Paris, 1840. And Afterwards Of His America. Investigating ...
Brown University
Brown University (so Named After Nicholas Brown, One Of Its Most Munificent Pa Trons). One Of The Oldest Institutions Of Learn Ing In The United States, Situated In Provi Dence, 11. I. The Charter Of The University Was Granted By The General Assembly Of Rhode Island In 1764, And Instruction ...
Brown_2
Brown, Jonx, D.d. (17s4-isss). A Scottish Religious Author, Gramidsou Of .holm Brown Of Haddingtun. Lie Was Born Duly 12, 1754, Near \chitburmi. Li Mill Ttigowvhire, Ile Studied In Edin Burgh University (1797-1800) And The Theologi Cal Hall Of The Church In Selkirk (1800-04). In 1s0(1 Lie Was Ordained To The ...
Brown_3
Brown, Boum- (1773-1858). An Eminent Scottish Botanist. He Was Born In .alontrose. December 21, 1773, The Son Of An Episcopal Clergyman, And Was Educated At Marischal Col Lege. Aberdeen. Having Studied Medicine At The University Of Edinburgh. He Became, In 1795, En Sign And Assistant Surgeon In A Scottish Fencible ...
Browne
Browne, Sir Thomas (1605-82). An Eng Lish Philosopher And Miscellaneous Author. Lie Was Born In London. Studied At Winchester, Grad Uated In 1626 At Broadgate Hall (now Pembroke College), Oxford. And Traveled Through France To Italy, Where Be Attended Lectures In The Universi Ties Of Padua And Montpellier. Returning Thence ...
Brownell
Brownell, Brounlel Or Brou-01', Henry Howard ( 1820-72). An American Poet And His Torian, Born In Providence, R. 1., February 6, 1820. He Was Graduated From Trinity College, Hartford, In 1841, Studied Law, And Was Admitted To The Bar, But Settled As A Teacher In Hartford. He Published In 1847 ...
Brugmann
Brugmann, Humaticil Karl (1849—). A German Comparative Philologist, Born In Wiesbaden, March 16, 1549. Ile Studied In Ilalh• And Leipzig, And Was Instructor In The Gymnasium In Wiesbaden From 1872 To 1873, And In Leipzig From I573 To 1877. In 1877 He Became Privat-docent At The University Of Leipzig, And ...
Brugsch
Brugsch, Liriib Sh, Heinrich Karr. (1827 94). A German Egyptologist. Lie Y Horn In Berlin, February 18, 1827. At The Age Of 16 He Ap Plied Himself With Signal Success To The Decipher Ment Of Demotic-. Which Had Been Neglected Since The Death Of*champollion In 1832. Brugsch's Work, Scriptura _egyptioram ...
Bruise Of
Bruise (of. Bruiser, Fr. Briser, As. Brfsan, To Break, Bruise), Or Contusion. An Injury In Flicted By A Blow Or Sudden Pressure. In Which The Skin Is Not Necessarily Wounded. Both And Especially The Latter, Are Employed In Sur Gery To Include Such Injuries In Their Widest Range, From A ...
Brunelleschi
Brunelleschi, Brivnel-les'ke, Filippo (e.1379-1446). The Founder Of Renaissance Archi Tecture.. Be Was Born In Florence, Italy. He First Learned The Art Of A Goldsmith ; Next, That Of A Sculptor; And Finally Devoted Himself To Archi Tecture. Ile Competed In 1401 For The Bronze Doors Of The Baptistery Of Florence, ...
Brunetiere
Brunetiere, Bran'tyar', F•mnand 54 ) The Greatest Systematic Critic Of Con Temporary French Literature. Lie Was Born In Toulon; He Stodied There And In Paris, And First Came Into Prominence In 1875 By Critical Work In The Revue Des Deux Mond•& A Journal Of Which He Afterwards Became The Editor ...
Brunn
Brunn, Brnn (czech. Brunt), O('h. Slay. Bra Nije, Mud, Slay. Ben, Loam, Clay, Whence A Sec Tion Of Still Bears The Name Lehmstlitte, 'mud City'). The Capital Of The Austrian Crown Land Of Moravia, Beautifully Situated At The Eon Fluen•e Of The Sehwarzawa And The Zwittawa. At The Foot Of ...
Brunswick
Brunswick (ger. Braunschweig). A Duchy In The North Of Germany, Composed Of Three Large And Six Small Exclaves. It Is Bounded Mainly By Prussian Territory (provinces Of Han Over, Saxony, And Westphalia), With A Total Area Of 1424 Square Miles (map: Germany, D 2). The Southeast Part Belongs To The ...
Brunswick_2
Brunswick ( Ger. Bran Izsch Weig, Ceval Brunswich, Brunes•ik, For Med. Lat. Ricus, The Village Of Bruno, Son Of Rudolf, Duke Of Saxony; Cf. Engl. Wick, As. Wic, Town, Wich, Goth. Wcihs, Village). The Capital Of The German Duchy Of The Same Name. Situated On The Oker, About 35 Miles ...
Brusa
Brusa, Brro'sa, Or Broussa (anciently, Lat. Prusa). A Town Of Asiatic Turkey. The Cap Ital Of The Vilayet Of The Same Name, Situated At The Foot Of Mount Olympus. About 20 Miles From The Sea Of Marmora (map: Turkey In Asia. C 2). The Town Is Divided Into Several Parts ...
Brush
Brush And Broom (brush, Broebe, Brosse, Bush, Brushwood, Possibly Akin To As. Byrst, 011ul Burst, Ger. Borst, Bristle; And See Buooxt). A Brush Is An Instrument Fur Sweeping Or Rubbing Surfaces, Either To Remove Dirt Or To Apply Some Material, As Paint Or Blacking.• It Is Composed Of A Bunch ...
Brussels
Brus'sels (fr. Bruxelles, Med. Lat. Bros Ella. Later Bruocsella, Bruxella, From Mi111. Bruoch, Oer. Bruoilt, Marsh, Hog, As. Broc, Stream, Engl. Brook + Lat. Sella, Seat. Bruocsella Having Been The Residence Of The Duke Of Lotharingia, Or Lorraine, In A Marshy Locality). The Capi Tal Of Belgium, As Well As ...
Brussels Conference
Brussels Conference. An Important International Conference Of The Powers Of Europe Held In Brussels, Belgium. July 27, 1874. It Was Called On The Suggestion Of The Russian Emperor, With A View To Ameliorate And Render More Humane The Rules And Usages Of War. The United States Did Not Send A ...
Bryn Mawr
Bryn Mawr (nnlir) College. An Insti Tution For The Higher Education Of Women At Bryn Mawr, Pa., About 10 Miles Northwest Of The Centre Of Philadelphia. It Is Beautifully Situated, At An Elevation Of About 400 Feet Above The Sea. The College Was Founded By Joseph W. Taylor. Was Incorporated ...
Bryophytes
Bryophytes (gk. Bryon, A Mossy Seaweed, Blossom 4- Phyton. Plant 1. One Of The Four Primary Groups Of The Plant Kingdom, Containing The Two Great Divisions Popularly Known As Mosses (iinsei) And Liverworts Int-. Potira) . The Liverwort,: Arc Considered To Have Been Derived In Sione Way From The Green ...
Btjwlingame
Btjwlingame, Acson An American Politician And Diplomatist. He Was Born At New Berlin, N. Y., But Removed With His Father To Ohio In 1823 And To Michigan Ten Years Later. He Graduated At The University Of Michi Gan Iu 1841, And At The Harvard Law School In 1846, And Subsequently ...
Buccaneer
Buc'caneer' (fr. Bout-al:ler, From Bourna, Smoke-house, Or Place For Curing Meat; See Be Low). A Title Applied To The Adventurers Who Were Known To The French As •libuslicrs, To The Spanish As 'demons Of The Sea,' And Among Themselves As 'brethren Of The Coast.' These Pirates Infested The Caribbean Sea ...
Buccleuch
Buccleuch, Biik-kltr'. One Of The Oldest And Most Distinguished Ducal Families In Scot Land. It Traces Its Descent From Sir Ittcuarn Le Scott ( 124d-85) . The Ancestor Who First Became Historically Conspicuous Was Sir Walter Scott Of Branxhohn And Buceleuch ( ? 1490-1552 , A Brave And Powerful Border ...
Buchanan
Buchanan, 11a-kan'an, Franklin (1800 74). An American Naval Officer, Prominent In The Confederate Service During The Civil War, Born In Baltimore, Md. Ile Entered The United States Navy At The Age Of Fifteen; Became A Lieu Tenant In 1825, And In 1841 Was Promoted To The Rank Of Master-commandant. In ...
Buchanan_2
Buchanan, Jamf.s ( 1791-1868 ) The Fifteenth President Of The United States (1857 1861). Lie Was Horn Near Mercershurg, April 23, 1791, Graduated At Dickinson College In 1809, Was Educated For The Bar, And Began To Practice Law In Lancaster, Pa., In 1812. Though A Professed Federalist, He Served As ...
Buckle
Buckle, I1enuy Thomas (1821-c2). An English Historian, Who Became Famous Upon The Publication Of The First Volume Of The Work En Titled The History Of Civilization. He Was Born At Lee, Kent, November 24, 1821, And Came Of A Well-known London Family Of Merchants And Ship-owners. Ile Was A Delicate ...
Buckner
Buck'ner, Smaron (1823—). An American Soldier And Politician. He Was Born In Kentucky, Graduated At West Point In 1844, And Was Assistant Professor Of Geography, History, And Ethics There In 1845-46. He Then Served In The Southern Campaign Under General Scott During The Mexican War, And Received The Brevets Of ...
Buckthorn
Buckthorn (rho Nolus). A Genus Of Shrubs Or Small Trees Of The Order Rhanmacem. They Are Numerous, And Natives Of Most Of The Tropical And Temperate Regions Of The World. The Common Buckthorn (rhanomus Cathartiea) Is A Deciduous Shrub Or Low Tree, Frequent In Eng Land And In Other Parts ...
Buckwheat
Buckwheat (buck, As. Boc, Becc, Beech + Wheat, (lee. Wcizen, So Named In Allusion To Its Triangular Seeds, Which Look Like Beechnuts). A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order Polygo Nacex, Or. According To Many Botanists, A Subge Nus Of Polygonum, Distinguished By The Central Embryo, And By Racemes ...
Buczacz
Buczacz, Bw'cliiieh. A Town Of The Aus Trian Crownland Of Galieia, Situated On The Strypa, A Tributary To The Dniester, About 35 Miles East-northeast Of Stanislaus ( Alap: Aus Tria, J 2). It Has A Handsome Rathaus And The Ruins Of An Old Castle. It Is Famous For Its Hardy ...
Budapest
Budapest, 105'da-pl'.st, Hung. Pron. (buda. Named After Buda, Brother Of .attila Pest, From O. Slay. Pan, Russ. Pcchi, Oven, Referring To Its Lime-kiln; Ofen, The Ger Man Name Of Buda, Across The River, Likewise Means 'oven'). The Capital Of The Kingdom Of Hungary, The Transleithan Portion Of The Austro Ilungarian ...
Buddhism
Buddhism, The Religion Known As Buddhism, From The Title Of 'the Buddha' (meaning In Sanskrit The Wise, The Enlightened). Acquired By Its Founder, Has Existed Now For Nearly Twenty-five Centuries, And Is, Next To Chris Tianity, The Most Extended Religion Of The World; Hut In This Estimate All The Chinese ...
Budding
Budding. A Method Of Reproducing Plants And For Perpetuating Varieties By Inserting A Bud Or Bud-scion Into A Stock. There Are Numerous Styles Of Budding, Such As Shield Budding, Square And Circular Shield Budding, Flute Budding, And Ring Budding: Here, However. Only Shield Bud Ding, The Method In Most Common ...
Budget
Budget (fr. Bougette, Bag, Wallet, Dim. Of Of. Bougc, A Leather Bag; Hence A Bag With Its Contents, A- E.g. Of News. Information: Cf. Lat. Fiseus, Originally Basket, Then Money-basket, Then Public Treasury). In Its Primary Significance A Term Which Designates The Periodical Financial Statements Laid Before A Legislative Body. ...
Buenos Ayres
Buenos Ayres, Bwa•mis I"ras (sp., Good Air; See Buen Ayre1. The Largest And Most Im Portant Province Of Argentina, On The Eastern Coast, Bounded By The River Parana And The Provinces Of Santa F,'" And Cardoba On The North, By The Atlantic On The East And South, And By The ...
Buenos Ayres_2
Buenos Ayres. The Capital Of Argen Tina (map: Argentina, F 10). On The Southern Bank Of La Plata River, 175 Miles From Its Mouth, And 125 Miles West Of Montevideo (lati Tude 34° 36' 21" S., Longitude 58° 21' 33" N.). The River Here Is 30 Miles Wide, And The ...
Buffalo
Buffalo (sp. Btifulo, Med. Lat. Bufa/us, Lat. Bubalus, Wild Ox, From Gk. Pail3aiac, Bouba Los, A Species Of African Antelope). Properly, An Ox Of The Restricted Bovine Genus Bubalus, And Specifically Bubalas Buffelus, Of India. The Word, However, Has Been Broadly Applied Not Only To Many Heavy Oxen, Such As ...
Buffon
Buffon, Bkl'fon', George Louis Leclerc, Comte De (1707-88). A French Naturalist And Philosopher. He Was Born In Montbard, Sep Tember 7. 1707, And Died In Paris. April 16, 1788. He Received A Liberal Education And Traveled In Italy And England. His Father Was An Eminent Lawyer And Wished His Son ...
Buford
Bu'ford, Jonx (1826-63). An American Soldier, Prominent As A Cavalry Leader On The Federal Side In The Civil War. Lie Was Born In Woodford County. Ky., Graduated At West Point In 184s; Was Assigned To Garrison Duty In The West : Participated, As First Lieutenant. In The Sioux Expedition Of ...
Bugeaud De La Piconnerie
Bugeaud De La Piconnerie, De Is Pa'keerk!", Tbom As Ronliat, Due D'isly (1784-1849). A French Marshal. Lie Was Born In Limoges, Department Of Haute-vienne, France, And In His Twentieth Year Entered The Army As A Private. His Conspicuous Bravery In The Prus Sian, Polish, And Spanish Campaigns Gained Him Rapid ...
Bugle
Bugle And Trumpet Calls. Military Signals Sounded By Trumpet Or Bugle To Notify Troops Of An Order To Be Executed. The Use Of Trumpets, As All Earlier Forms Of Bugles And Trumpets Were Called, Dates Front The Very Earli Est Times, And The Primary Purpose Of The His Toric Ram's-horn ...
Building Loans
Building Loans. Loans Made To Per Sons Who Are Owners Or Lessees Of Laud, To Lat Used By Them In Defraying The Cost Of Buildings To Be Erected By Them Tm Such Land. Such Loans Are Usually Made Under A Contract, Which Re Cites The Nature Of The Borrower's Interest ...
Building And Loan Associa
Building And Loan Associa Tions. I'rivate Corporations Designed To Fur Nish A Safe Means For The Accumulation Of Sit V Jugs, Accompanied With An Opportunity To Secure Money At Reasonable Rates For The Purpose Of Building Homes. The Term Is Here Used To Cover A Variety Of Organizations With Similar ...
Building As
Building (as. Byldan. To !mn, Bold, Leel. Beet, House, From Feel. Bun, To Live, Abide, Dwell: Ef. 011g. Bfran, Goth. Banal', To Dwell, In Habit, Ger. Bauen, To Build. Skt. Bhil, To Be). A Term Used In Two Senses, Applying Either To The Art Or Trade Of Erecting Structures, Or ...
Buivyan
Buivyan, Jon X ( I628-88). The Author Of The Pityrino's Progress. Ife Was Born In Elstow, Mar Bedford, 1628. He Was Brought Up To His Father's Trade Of Tinker, And Spent His Youth In The Practice Of That Humble Craft. It Has Gen Erally Been Taken For Granted That His ...
Bukowina
Bukowina, Biwko-ve'nfi (`the Country Of Beech-trees,' From Slay. Bukii, Ger. Buch•, Eng. Beech). A Duchy Of The Anstro-hungarian Mon Ar•hy, Included In Cisleithania, Bounded By Galicia On The North And Northwest, Hun Gary On The West. Rumania On The South, And Rumania :ind Russia On The East. Its Area Is ...
Bulgarian Language
Bulga'rian Language. A Language Spoken By Nearly 5.000,000 People And Belonging, With The Church Slavonie, Serbian. And Slove Nian, To The Southern Group Of Slavic Languages (q.v.). Although It Stands With The Other Lan Guages That Do Not Possess The So-called Loll-it/at, It Shares With The Russian Its Absence Of ...
Bulkhead
Bulkhead ( Bulk Or Balk, Ger. Italke, Beam, Bar). The Name Given To A Variety Of Con Structions In Civil And Marine Engineering. In Tunneling A Bulkhead Is A Vertical Partition Of Timber Or Nuusonra Intended To Prevent The Passage Of Water. Air. Or Mud. Tunnel Bulkheads May Be Made ...
Bull Fight
Bull-fight. A Combat Of Men With Bulls, For The Entertainment Of The Public. They Were Common In Greece, Particularly In Thessaly, And At One Time In Rome Under The Emperors. They Are Still A Favorite Pastime In Spain And Mexico, And, In A Modified And More Merciful Form, In Portugal. ...
Bull Run First Battle
Bull Run. First Battle Or. The First Important Battle Of The Civil War. It Was Fought On Sunday. July 21, 1.361, Near A Email Stream Of This Name, In Northeast Virginia, About 30 Miles Southwe,t Of Washinoton, Be Tween A Federal Army Under General Mcdowell, And A Confederate Army Under ...
Bulldog
Bulldog (for Origin Of Name See Below). A Kind Of Dog Which Has Existed As A Distinct Race In England For Many Centuries. It Is Regarded As A Variety Of The Mastiff. Or A Cross Beoveen The Mastiff And Some Other Breed. And Seems To Have Originated In A Variety ...
Buller
Buller, Boiler. Sir Redvers Henry (1839 --). A British Military Officer. He Fought Through The _tshantee, Kaffir, And Zulu Cam Paigns. Winning The Victoria Cross In The Last Tor The Gallant Rescue Of Three Comrades. Later Ile Served In The Boer War Of 1ss1 : In The Egyptian War Of ...
Bullfinch
Bullfinch. A Finch Of The Genus Pyr Rhula, Characterized By The Short, Thick. Rounded Bill, Bulging At The Sides, And Hence Suggesting The Head Of A Mill: Specifically The Familiar Euro Pean Species (pyrrhula Europwa), Cultivated As A Cage-bird. The Bullfinch Has Very Soft And Dense Plumage, Delicate Bluish-gray Alcove, ...
Bungalow
Bungalow, Bin/ga-15 (ilind. Bangle. Adj. Of Flange. Bengal ) . An Anglo-indian Term Mean Ing In India A Species Of Rural Villa Or House Of Light Construction. Usually Of Unhaked Bricks With A Thatched Roof. Bungalows Which Are The Resi Dences Of Europeans Are Of All Sizes And Styles, According ...
Bunion
Bunion (it. Bignonc, Knob, Of. Biotic, Swelling, From Icel. Bongo, Elevation). A Term Applied In Surgery To An Enlarged Bursa, Or Syno Vial Sae, Situated Over The Metatarsal Joint Of The First Or The Fifth Toe (see Foot). And Accompanied By More Or Less Distortion Of The Joint. In The ...
Bunsen
Bunsen, Loons'en, Cu Ristia N Karl Josias, Baron (ii 91. 1860). A German Scholar And Di Plomatist. He Was Born August 25, 1791, At Icor Bad'. In The Principality Of Waldeck, And Studied Philology At Gottingen Under Heyne. Lie Taught In The Latin School There And Was Private Tutor To ...
Bunting
Bunting (origin Obscure). One Of A Group Of Seed-eating Birds, Sometimes Classified As The Family Emberizime, Intermediate Bet Ween The Finches And The Starliegs. The Most Marked Char Acteristics Are A Short, Straight, Conical Hill, An Gular Gape, And A Hard, Rounded Knob On The In Ner Surface Of The ...
Burdett
Burdett', Sir Francis (1770-1844). An English Liberal Politician. Lie Was Born Jan Uary 25. 1770, And Was Educated At Westmin Ster And Oxford. Ile Spent Some Years On The Continent, And Was A Witness To The Progress Of The First French Revolution. In 1793 He Mar Ried Sophia Coutts, Heiress ...
Burdett Coutts
Burdett-coutts, Bfir-det' Kr)tits', An Gela Georgina, Baroness (1814—). An English Philanthropist, Daughter Of Sir Francis Burdett. In 1837 She Inherited Much Of The Property Of Her Grandfather, Thomas C'outts, The Banker. The Liberal And Public-spirited Use She Has Made Of This Wealth, In Her Efforts To Mitigate The Suf Ferings ...
Burger
Burger, Burger, Gottfried August (1747 94). A German Poet. Ile Was Born In Mohners Wende, The Son Of A Country Clergyman, And Studied Theology At Halle And Law At Gottingen, Where His Poetic Genius Was Fired By The Works Of Shakespeare And By Percy's Religues. He Became A Leading Member ...
Burglary
Burglary (from Anglo-fr. Bourg, Of. Borg, Borough + /aim, Lat. Latro. Robber). A Common-law Offense, Defined By Coke To Be The Breaking And Entering By Night Into The Mansion Louse (that Is, In Modern Parlance, Dwelling House) Of Another With Intent To Commit A Felony Therein. Every Essential Word Of ...
Burgoyne
Burgoyne, Bur-gain'. John (1722-92). An English General In The American Revolutionary War, Also Known As A Successful Dramatist. He Was Reputed To Be A Natural Son Of Lord Bingley, But His Father Was Captain John Burgoyne. Son Of Sir John Burgoyne Of Bedfordshire. He Was Educated At Westminster. Where He ...
Burgundy
Bur'gundy (fr. Bourgogne). A Name Applied At Different Periods During The Middle Ages To A Number Of Kingdoms And Principalities Which Arose In The Region Of Western Switzerland, Savoy, And The Of The Rhone. The Name Was Derived From The Burgundians. A Germanic Tribe Whose Original Home Was Located Between ...
Burhel
Burhel Ibitecl), Or Bharal (e. Ind.). The Blue Wild Sheep (oris Nahura) Of Tibet, Which Resembles The Aoudad In Many Particulars, And Is A Transition Form Between The Goats And Sheep, "both These Species Having No Suborbital Gland And No Lachrymal Fossa-, While Their Com Paratively Smooth And Olive-colored Horns ...
Burke
Burke, Eonlyno (1729-97). An English Statesman And Orator. Ile Was Born In Dublin, Where His Father Had An Extensive Practice As An Attorney. As A Schoolboy He Displayed Those Traits Of Character And The Germs Of Those Pow Ers Which Ultimately Gave Him Greatness. His Preparatory Training Was Gained At ...
Burlesque
Burlesque. A Dramatic Or Literary Com Position Tending To Excite Laughter By Au Exag Gerated Travesty Of Some More Serious Work. Or By A Ludicrous Contrast Between The Subject And The Manner Of Treating It. A Burlesque Is Distinct From A Parody Or Satire, Being Of A Broader, More Pronounced ...
Burlington
Burlington. A City, Railroad Centre, And County-seat Of Des Moines County, Iowa, 206 Miles West-southwest Of Chicago, Ill., On The Right Bank Of The Mississippi River, And On The Chicago. Burlington And Quincy And Several Other Railroads (map: Iowa. F 4). Burlington, Sometimes Called The 'orchard City,' Occupies A Natural ...
Burlington_2
Burlington. A City. Port Of Entry, And County-seat Of Cbittenden County, Vt.. 40 Miles West By North Of Montpelier, On The Eastern Shore Of Lake Champlain, And On The Rutland And Central Vermont Railroads (map: Vermont, A 4). Burlington Has A Beautiful Situation On High Ground, And Is Laid Out ...
Burma
Bur'ma (corrupted From Mrumurel. Llyannaa, Barnua. Banta, Probably Connected With The Introduction Of Brahmanism). The Largest And Easternmost Province Of British India. It Is Included Within The Parallels Of 10° And 2s° N., And The Meridians 92' And 101° E., And Ex Tends From The Southern Border Of Tibet Far ...
Burne Jones
Burne-jones, Sir Edward Coley, Bart. (1833-98). An English Painter. He Was Born In Birmingham, August 28, 1s33. He Was In Tended For The Church. In His Youth Lie Was Sent To King Edward's Grammar School In His Native Town. And Entered Exeter College, Oxford. There He Formed His Intimate And ...
Burnet Of
Bur'net ( Of. Grande: Ef. Med. Lat. Gar Ride, Springwort). The Name Of Two Allied And Often United Genera Of Liosaeelu—sanguisorba And Poterium. Sanguisorba Has Hermaphrodite Flow Ers With Four Stamens; In Potcrium The Flowers Are Polygamous And The Stamens Indefinite In Number. In Both The Calyx Is Four-parted And ...
Burnouf
Burnouf, Eugene (1801-52). A French Orientalist, One Of The Most Distinguished Of Modern Times. He Was Born In Paris, August 12, 1801. And, After Entering On The Study Of Law, Devoted Himself To The Oriental Languages. Espe Cially Those Of India And Persia. In Conjunction With Professor Lassen Of Bonn, ...
Burns
Burns, Ronefir (1759-96). The Great Lyric Poet Of Scotland. Lie Was Born At Alloway, In Ayrshire, January 25, 1759. His Father, Then A Nursery Gardener. And Afterwards The Occupant Of A Small Farm, Had To Struggle All His Life With Poverty And Misfortune, But Made Every Exertion To Give His ...
Burnside
Burn'side, Am [mose Everett ( 1824-81 ) . An Eminent American Soldier, Prominent On The Federal Side During The Civil War. Lie Was Horn In Liberty. Lnd.; Attended A Village School, And At Seventeen Was Indentured To A Merchant Tailor; But Soon Afterwards Was Appointed To The United States .nlilitary ...
Burroughs
Burroughs, Bur'r6z, George (e.1650-921. A Colonial Clergyman In America, The Most Prominent Victim Of The Salem Witchcraft De Lusion Of 1692. He Graduated At Harvard In 1670, Subsequently Preached For Several Years At Falmouth (now Portland, Maine). And From 1680 To 1683 Was Pastor Of The Church At Salem Village ...
Burroughs_2
Burroughs, :roux (1837—). An Ameri Can Essayist And Critic. Lie Was Born At Rox Bury, N. Y., April 3, 1837, The Son Of A Farmer. He Spent His Youth Between Study And Work In The Field, And Has Said That His Originality Was Fostered By Growing Up Among People Who ...
Bursian
Bursian, Bmr'se-nn. Konnan (1830-83). A German Archaeologist And Classical Philologist. Ile Was Born At Slut•schen, In Saxony, Was Edu Cated In Leipzig, And Held Professorships In The Universities Of Leipzig, Tfibingen, Zurich, Jona, And 'munich. His Chief Works Are Geographic Von Grie•henland (1862,-72) And Gesehichte Der Klassisrhen Philologic In Deutschland ...
Burton
Burton, Sir Richard Francis (1821-90). A British Traveler And Author, Born In Hert Fordshire, England, March 19, 1821. In 1842 He Entered The Indian Army, And Served Many Years In Sindh. In 1851 He Published His First Important Work—sind, And The Races That In Habit The Valley Of The Bolus. ...
Busbecq
Busbecq, Bus'bek', Busbec, Or Busbek, Augier Giiislain Nf (latinized Busbequius) (1522-92). A Flemish Diplomat And Scholar, Born At Cosines. He Received The Best University Training Of His Day At Louvain, Paris, And Various Italian Universities, And Entered The Service Of Ferdinand. King Of The Romans, Whose Ambassa Dor He Accompanied ...