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TATION.
NAME AND PROFESSIOX.

BORX DIED Dutch. Rernard, John Frederick, bookseller, editor and author

1751 Fr. St., preacher of Crusades and author

1091 113 Fr. , Simon, engineer and military commander

1779 Amer. Berrien, John McPherson, U. S. Senator from Georgia

1781 Fr. Berruyer, a Jesuit, author of a History of the People of God,' in 11 vols. 4to.

1681 1951 Fr. Berry, Charles F., duke of, 2d son of Charles XI., (assassinated) 1778 1820 Fr.

Duchess of (wife of the above), intriguing politician 1798 Amer.

Hiram George, general, war against secession (from Maine) 1814 186? Fr. Berryer, Pierre A., statesman

1790 Fr. Berthier, Alexander, a distinguished military commander

1753 1815 Fr. Bertholett, Claude uis, an eminent chemist

1748 1823 Fr. Bertrand, Henri G., general in Napoleon's army

1778 1844 Eng.

Berwick, duke of, military commander (killed at Phillipsburg) 1670 1734 Swe, Berzelius, John James, chemist

1779 Ger, Bessel, Frederick William, astronomer

1784 Fr. Bessières, duke of Istris, military commander, (killed at Lutzen) 1762 1818 Amer. Betbune, George W., D.D., theologian and poet

1805 1892 Eng. Betterton, Thomas, famons actor

1735 1810 Ital Bettinelli, Xavier, an elegant iniscellaneous writer

1718 1801 Eny. Betty, William Henry W., actor, the Young Roscius'

1791 Eng. Bewick, Thomas, naturalist and wood engraver

1753 1828 Beza, Theodore, an eminent reformer

1619 185 Fr. Bezout, mathematician

1730 1783 Ital, Bianchini, Francis, mathematician and author

1662 1729 Gr. Bias, one of the seven sages

1. B.0 606 Fr. Bichat, an eminent anatomist and physiologist

1771 180 Irish Bickerstaff, Isaac, dramatist .

1733 1787 Eng. Bickersteth, Edward, theological writer

1786 1950 Amer. Biddle, James, a commodore in the United States Navy

2783 1848 Eng. , John, an eminent Socinian writer .

1615 1662 Amer. Nicholas, a captain in the United States Navy .

1150 1778 Amer. " , financier and littérateur.

1786 1844 Biela, William, baron von, astronomer

782 1856 Am **. Bigelow, John, medical writer

787 Bignon, Louis E., historian

2771 3841 G. Bion, pastoral pout

2. C. 800 Gr. -, of Borysthenes, philosopher, (Cyreniac)

B. C. 240 Biot, Jean B., mathematician

1774 1862 Eng. Birbeck, George, M. D., founder of mechanics' institutions

1776 1843 Aner. Bird, Robert M., M. D., novelist

1803 1854 Amer. Biruv, James G., anti-slavery politician

1792 1837 Fr. Biro: , uke of, military commander, (beheaded for conspiracy) 1561 100% Eng. Bishy, Sir Henry R., musical composer

1775

7855 Amer. Bissell, William H., governor of Illinois, volunteer in Mexico 181: Scot. Bisset, Robert, historian and biographer

1759 1805 Fr. Bissot, John, a revolutionist and author

1757 5793 8.an. Bivar, Don Rodrigo, known in history and romance under the name of tho Cid

1040 Scot. Black, Adam, publisher M. P. provost of Edinburgh

1784 In.Am. Blac: Hawk, Indian Chief

17681 1838 Eng. Blackstone, Sir William, an eminent lawyer and author

1723

1786

Fr.

.

.

1809

.

1777 1857 1657 1845 1783 1849 1846 18:23 1819 1848 1840

6! 1373 1612 1567 1596 1612 1624

.

TATIOX.
XAMB AND PROFESSION

BORX.
Eng. Blackwell, Eliz., first female M. D, in the United States

1821 Scot. Blair, Dr. Hugh, a divine and rhetorician

1718 Amer. Francis P., journalist and politician.

1791 Amer. Francis P., jr., leader of Missouri free-soilers

1821 Scot. Robert, a divine and poet

1699 Amer. Blake, John L. Rev, author of Dictionary, &c.

1788 Eng. Blake, Robert, a celebrated admiral

1589 Bcot. Blanchard, Laman, essayist and journalist

1803 Amer. Bleecker, Ann Eliza, poet and essayist

1757 Irish. Blessington, Marguerite, countess, novelist and littérateur

1789 Eng. Bloomfield, E. V., classical scholar

1788 -, Robert, a poet

1766 Prug Blucher, a celebrated military commander

1742 Ger. Blum, Robert H, publicist and politician

1807 Swe Blumenback, John Fred., naturalist

1752 Brit. Boadicea, the warlike queen of the Iceni Ital Boccacio, one of the great classic writers of modern Italy

1313 Ital. Boccalina, a satirist

1556 Fr. Bochart, Samuel, an eminent divine and orientalist

1509 Fr. Bodin, John, a lawyer and author

1530 Eng. Bodley, Sir Thos., founder of library

1544 Ger. Boehmen, Jacob, a fanatio and author

1575 Ger. Boekh, Augustus, classical philologist Dutch Boerhaave, one of the most eminent of modern physicians

1668 Rom. Boethius, a statesman and philosopher

455 Ger. Bogatzky, Chas. Henry, theologian, ('Golden Treasury')

1090
Fr. Bohemond, a Norman adventurer
Eng. Bohn, Henry G., publisher and editor
Ital. Bojardo, Mathew M., poet, (• Orlando Innamorato')

1434
Fr.
Boileau, Nicholas, an eminent poet

1636 Boissard, Jean J., fabulist

1743 Fr. Boissy, Louis de, author of comedies

1694 Fr.

d'Anglas, F. A., count of, statesman and revolutionist 1756 Eng. Boleyn, Anne, wife of Henry VIII.,

1507 Eng. Bolinghroke, Henry St. John, poet and deistical writer

1678 Colom. Bolivar, che heroio deliverer of bis country

1785 Fr. Bonaparte, Jerome, ex-king of Westphalia

1784 , Joseph, ex-king of Naples and Spain

1768 Fr. Louis, ex-king of Holland

1778 Fr.

Louis Napoleon, 1st president republic of France and emperor

1808 Fr. -, Lucien, Prince of Canino

1775 Maria Letitia, mother of Napoleon

1750 Fr. , Napoleon, emperor of France

1769 Amer. Bond, William C., astronomer

1789 Eng. Bonner, bishop, the persecutor of Protestants Swiss. Bonnet, Charles, a celebrated naturalist

1720 Eng. Bonnycastle, Charles, mathematician Eng.

-, John, Fr. Bonpland, Aimé, traveller and botanist Eng. Booth, Junius Brutus, tragedian

1796 Amer. Boone, Daniel, the first settler in Kentucky

1780

1738

626 1744 1111

Fr.

1494 1711 1831 1758 1826 1536 1751 1831 1850 1844 1846

1840 1836 1821 1859 1569 1793 1840 1821 1840 1852 1823

.

Fr.

Fr.

NATIOX.

NAME AND PROFESSIOX.
Ger. Bopp, Franoia, Sanscrit scholar
Ital. Bregli, philosopher and mathematician
Ital. Borghesi, Bartolomeo, count, antiquarian
Ital. Borgi, Giovanni, originator of ragged schools
Ital. Borgia, Cæsar, son of the infamous Pope Alexander VL
Ital.

, Lucrezia, infamous daughter of Pope Alexander VL
Ital. Borromeo, Cardinal, tbeological writer
Eng. Borrow, George, author of • Gipsies of Spain'

Bosc, Louis A. W., naturalist
Eng. Boscawen, Edward, brave and skilful admiral
Ital. Boscovitch, mathematical apd philosophical writer
Fr. Bossuet, Marie Jos., marshal of Frauce
Fr. Bossuet, James B., a divine and historian

Bossut, Charles, mathematician
Scot. Boston, Thomas, a divine and author
Eng. Buswell, James, the biographer of Dr. Johnson
Eng. Bosworth, Joseph, D. D., Anglo-Saxon lexicographer
Ital. Botta, Carlo G. G., historian
Ital. Bottiger, archæologist and antiquarian
Amer. Botts, John Minor, politician
Gr. Bozzaris, Marco, a gallant leader in the new revolution
Amer. Boudinot, Elias, a statesman and philanthropist
Fr. Bougainville, Louis A., military commander and author
Fr. Bouillers, Duke of, military commander
Fr.

Bvulainvilliers, Henry, count of, historian
Eng. Boulton, Matthew, an eminent engineer
F: Bourcet, Peter J. de, an officer and topographer
Irish. Boucicault, Dion, dramatist
Fr. Boardaloue, a noted preacher
Fr. Bourdon, Pierre L. M. mathematician
Fr. Bourignon, Antoinette, a fanatical author
Fr. Bourmont, L. A. V., count of, marshal of France
Fr. Bourne, Vincent, an elegant Latin poet
Fr. Bourrienne, biographer of Napoleon
Fr. Bousmard, M. de, a military engineer
Fr. Boussingault, Jean B. V. D., chemist
Ger. Bouterwek, Frod., ' llist. Spanish Literature'
Amer. Bouvier, John, jurist and legal author
Amer. Bowditch, Nath., astronomer, mathematician, &c.
Eng. Bowdler, Thomas, editor Shakespeare, &c.
Amer. Bowdoin, James. LL. D., philosopher and statesman
Amer.

-, John, (son of the last), ambassador to Spain
Amer. Bowen, Francis, biographical and metaphysical author
Xng. Bowles, William Lisle, poet
Eng.

Bowring, James, statesman, poet and linguist
Scot. Buyd, Mark Alexander, & poet
Eng.

Boydell, John, alderman, art publisher
Fr.

Boyer, Abel, lexicographer
Fr.

Jean Pierre, president of (died at Paris).
Irish. Boyle, Robert, an eminent philosopher
Amer. Boylston, Zabdiel, an eminent physician
Amer. Bozman, John Leeds, historian and jurist.

BORX. DIID
1731
1507
1781
1736 1802
1608 1679
15th Cent.
1538 1584
1803
1759 1828
1711

1761 1711

1787 1810 1861627

1704 1730 1814 1676 1732 1710 1795 1788 1766 1837

1835 1802 1789 1823 1740 1821 1729 1811 1544 1711 1658 1732 1728 1809 1700 1780 1822 1632

1704 1799 1854 1616

1680 1773 1816

1747 1834

1807 1802 1766 1928 1787 2851 1778 1638 1754 1825 1727 1790 1752 1811 1811 1762

1850 1792 1562 1601 1719

1804 1667 17:29 1776 18 1626

1691 1680 1770 1757 182

.

DIRD

1753 1753 1742 1795 1752 1657 1762 1672 1349

1661 1747 18:26 1807 1614 1854

1841

1794 1865

MATION.
IAME AXD PROFESSION.

BORX.
Amer. Brace, Charles Loring, philanthropist and traveller

1826 Amer. Breckenridge, Henry M., jurist and diplomatist

1788 Eng. Braddock, Edward, general, defeated and killed in Virginia 1715 Amer. Bradford, Alden, author of History of Massachusetts'

1715 Amer.

, Andrew, printer and publisher of first newspaper in Phila. 1686 Amer, William, attorney-general of the U.S.

1756 Amer. , William, first printer in Pennsylvania

1659 Amer. , William, second governor of Plymouth colony

1558 Eng. Bradley, Dr. James, astronomer and mathematician

1692 Amer. Bradstreet, Anne, poetess, daughter of Governor Dudley

1612 Eng. Bradwardine, mathematician and theologian . Eng. Brady, Robert, physician and historian

1709 Dan. Brahe, Tycho, a celebrated astronomer

1646 Amer. Brainard, David, misionary to the Indians

1718 Amer. J. G. C., a poet

1697 N.A.In, Brant, Joseph (Thayendanega), a Mohawk chief

1742 Fr. Brantôme, Pierre de B., biographer and chronicler

1540 Mez. Bravo, Leonardo, a revolutionary patriot

1692 Eng. Bray, Ann Eliza, novelist

(abt.) 1800 Amer. Breokinridge, John, D. D., theologian

1797 Amer. John O., Vice-President U, 8.

1821 Amer. Robert J., D. D., Presbyterian theologian

1800 er. Breitkopf, John G. E.., an eminent printer and type-founder 1710 Swe. Bremer, Fredrica, novelist

1802 Bar. Brennus, the leader of the Gauls

• f. B. 0. 390 Scot. Brewster, Sir David, natural philosopher

1785 Amer, William, elder of the Plymouth Pilgrims

1560 Eng. Bridgewater, . uke of, introducer of canals in England

1736
Eng.
encis H. E., duke of, founder of Treatiser'

1755
Amer. Briggs, Charles F., novelist and journalist
Eng.
Een“y, mathematician

1586 Amer. Brigham, Lariah, writer on insanity and philanthropist

179 Eng. Bright, John, reform politician and M. P.

1611 Fr.

Brinvilliers, Marie, marchioness of, poisoner Fr. Brisson, Mathurin James, naturalist .

1723 Eng. Brittan, John, architectural and antiquarian writer

1771 Ger. Brockhaus, Fried. A., founder of the publishing house

1772 Amer. Brodhead, Johu R., author of History of New York'

1814 Eng. Brodie, Sir Benj. C., F. R. 8., surgeon and surgical author

1783 Fr. Broglio, duc de, statesman

1785 Eug. Bronte, Anne, 'Acton Bell,' noveliet

1820 Eng. Charlotte, novelist

1816 Eng. Emily Jane, ' Ellis Bell,' novelist

1818 Irish. Brooke, Henry, miscellaneous writer.

1706 Eng. Sir James, rajah of Sarawak, and author

1803 Amer. Brooks, Charles T., author of Translations from German'

1813 Amor. , Erastus, journalist and politician. .

1815 Amer. - James, journalist and politician

1810 Amer. John, LL.D., governor of Massachusetts

1752 Amer. Maria, poet, ( Maria del Occidente ').

1795 Fr. Brotier, G., a Jesuit, editor of. Tacitus'

1723 Eng. Brougham, Henry, lord, statesman and jurist

1770

.

164 1023 1829

.

1630 1849

1676 1818

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NATI6X
NAXE AND PROFESSION,

BORN. DIIN
Trish. Brougham, John, actor and author

S10
Fr. Brougniart, Alexander, mineralogist and geologist

1770
Fr.
-, Adolphe T., botanist,

1801
Fr. Broussais, F. J. V., medical and physiological writer

1772 1805
1r. Am. Brown, Alex., father of the eminent merchanis ‘Brown Brothers' 1764
Amer. - , Arthur, a distinguished scholar and barrister

1808
Amer. -, (Blackwell), Antoinette L., precher and pbilantbropist 1925
Amer. , Charles Brockden, a novelist

1771 1810
Amer. , Captain John, abolitionist and martyr

1800 1859
Scot.
Dr. Thomas, metaphysician and poet

1777 1820
Amer,
Good, grammarian,

1791 1857
Amer. , Henry Kirk, sculptor

1814
Amer. , James, senator, minister to France

1766 1835
Amer. James, eminent publisher (Boston).

1800 1855
Eng.
John, D.D., a miscellaneous writer

1715 1766
Eng.
John, a divine and author

1722 1787
Amer. Major-General Jacob, general in war of 1812

1828
Amer.
Nicholas, principal patron Brown University

1769 1441
Eng.
Robert, eminent botanist

1781 1856
Scot.
Samuol, chemist and poet

1817 .856
Eng.
Thomas, satirist,

1663 1704
Scot.
Thomas, metapbyeician

1778 1820
Irish. Browne, George, count de, an officer in the Russian service

1698

1792
Eng.
Sir Thomas, a physician, and philosophic writer

1605 1682
Eng.
Williard George, a traveller in Africii, &c.

1814
Amer. Bruwnell, Thomas C., Prot. Episcopal Bishop of Connecticut 1779 1865
Eng. Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, poet,

1809 1860
Eng.
Robert, poet,

2812
Amer. Brownson, Orestes A., metaphysical writer

1703
Scot. Bruce, James, a celebrated traveller

1790,
Scot,
Robert, the deliverer of his country

1329
Fr. Brueys, Francis Paul, admiral

2750

1798
Eng. Brummell, George Bryan, · Beau Brummell'

1778

1840
Fr. Brumoy, Peter, a jesuit and author

1687

1742
Brune, William Mary Ann, marshal and revolutionist

1763 1815
Eng. Brunel, Isambard K., engineer of Great Eastern, &c.

1808 1852
Fr. Brunel, Sir M. I., engineer of Thames tunnel, &c.

1765 1846
Fr.

Brunet, Jacques Charles, . Bibliographer's Manual'
Fr, Bruno, St., founder of the Chartusian order

1377 1444
Rues. Bruunow, Baron, diplornstist

1797
Ger. Brunswick, Ferdinand, duke of, military commander

1721 1792
Ger.

Luneburg, Charles Wm. Fer., duke of, military com.
mander

1735 1808
Eng. Brunton, Mary B., novelist, • Discipline,' &c.

1778 1818
Rom. Brutus, Lucius Junius, founder of the republican government

B. 0. 500
Rom.
Marcus Junius, conspirator against Cæsar

D. 0. 42
Fr. Bruyère, John de la, a celebrated writer

1644 159;
Dutch. Bruyè, Cornelius de, traveller

1652
Br Michael, Dictionary of Painters'

1767 859
Eng. Bryant, Jacob, a philologist and antiquary

1715

1804
Amer. - William Cullen, poet, traveller

1794
Eng. Brydges, Sir Egerton, eccentric littérateur

1762 1837

.

1730

Fr.

.