C. E. A.
C. E. AKERS.
Formerly _The Times_ Correspondent in Buenos Aires. Author of _A
History of South America, 1854-1904_.
Brazil: _History (in part)_.
C. El.
SIR CHARLES NORTON EDGCUMBE ELIOT, K.C.M.G., C.B., M.A., LL.D.,
D.C.L.
Vice-Chancellor of Sheffield University. Formerly Fellow of
Trinity College, Oxford. H.M.'s Commissioner and
Commander-in-Chief for the British East Africa Protectorate, Agent
and Consul-General at Zanzibar, and Consul-General for German East
Africa, 1900-1904. Author of _Turkey in Europe_; _Letters from the
Far East_, &c.
Bokhara (_in part_).
C. E. S.
HON. CHARLES EMORY SMITH.
See the biographical article: SMITH, CHARLES EMORY.
Blaine.
C. H.
CHARLES HOSE, D.SC.
Formerly Divisional Resident and Member of the Supreme Council of
Sarawak. Author of _A Descriptive Account of the Mammals of
Borneo_, and numerous papers in scientific journals.
Brunei.
C. K. S.
CLEMENT KING SHORTER.
Editor of the _Sphere_. Author of _Charlotte Bronte and her
Circle_, _The Brontes Life and Letters_, &c.
Bronte, C., E. and A.
C. L. K.
CHARLES LETHBRIDGE KINGSFORD, M.A., F.R.HIST.S., F.S.A.
Assistant Secretary to the Board of Education. Author of _Life of
Henry V._ Editor of _Chronicles of London_ and Stow's _Survey of
London_.
Buckingham, 2nd Duke of.
C. Pf.
CHRISTIAN PFISTER, D. ES. L.
Professor at the Sorbonne, Paris. Chevalier of the Legion of
Honour. Author of _Etude sur le regne de Robert le Pieux_, _Le
Duche merovingien d'Alsace et la legende de Saint Odile_.
Brunhilda.
C. S. S.
CHARLES SCOTT SHERRINGTON, D.SC., M.D., M.A., LL.D., F.R.S.
Professor of Physiology, University of Liverpool. Foreign Member
of Academies of Rome, Vienna, Brussels, Gottingen, &c. Author of
_The Integrative Action of the Nervous System_.
Brain: _Physiology_.
C. W. W.
MAJOR-GENERAL SIR CHARLES WILLIAM WILSON, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., F.R.S.,
R.E. (1836-1897).
Secretary to the North American Boundary Commission, 1858-1862.
British Commissioner on the Servian Boundary Commission.
Director-General of the Ordnance Survey, 1886-1894.
Director-General of Military Education, 1895-1898. Author of _From
Korti to Khartum_; _Life of Lord Clive_, &c.
Caesarea Mazaca (_in part_).
D. B. Ma.
DUNCAN BLACK MACDONALD, M.A., D.D.
Professor of Semitic Languages, Hartford Theological Seminary,
U.S.A. Author of _Development of Muslim Theology_, _Jurisprudence
and Constitutional Theory_,_ Selections from Ibn Khaldun_,
_Religious Attitude and Life in Islam_, &c.
Bukhari;
Cadi.
D. C. B.
DEMETRIUS CHARLES BOULGER.
Author of _History of Belgium_, _England and Russia in Central
Asia_, _History of China_, _Life of Gordon_, _India in the 19th
Century_, &c.
Bruges;
Brussels.
D. C. T.
DAVID CROAL THOMSON.
Formerly Editor of the _Art Journal_. Author of _The Brothers
Maris_, _The Barbizon School of Painters_, _Life of "Phiz"_, _Life
of Bewick_, &c.
Browne, Hablot Knight.
D. F. T.
DONALD FRANCIS TOVEY.
Balliol College, Oxford. Author of _Essays in Musical Analysis_,
comprising _The Classical Concerts_, _The Goldberg Variations_,
and analyses of many other classical works.
Boccherini;
Bruckner.
D. H.
DAVID HANNAY.
Formerly British Vice-Consul at Barcelona. Author of _Short
History of Royal Navy, 1217-1688_, _Life of Emilio Castelar_, &c.
Bouvet;
Brenton;
Brigandage;
Buccaneers;
Byng;
Calderon, Rodrigo.
D. Ll. T.
DANIEL LLEUFER THOMAS.
Stipendiary Magistrate for Pontypridd and Rhondda. Formerly
Assistant Commissioner to the Labour Commission and Secretary to
the Welsh Land Commission.
Brecon;
Caerphilly.
D. Mn.
REV. DUGALD MACFADYEN, M.A.
Minister of South Grove Congregational Church, Highgate. Director
of the London Missionary Society. Author of _Constructive
Congregational Ideals_.
Blaikie;
Boston, Thomas;
Bruce, Alexander Balmain;
Cairns, John.
E. Br.
ERNEST BARKER, M.A.
Fellow of, and Lecturer in Modern History at, St John's College,
Oxford. Formerly Fellow and Tutor of Merton College. Craven
Scholar, 1895.
Bohemund.
E. Ca.
EGERTON CASTLE, M.A., F.S.A.
Trinity College, Cambridge. Author of _English Book Plates_,
_Bibliotheca Dimicateria_, &c.
Book Plates.
E. C. B.
RIGHT REV. EDWARD CUTHBERT BUTLER, O.S.B., D.LITT.
Abbot of Downside Abbey, Bath.
Bridgittines;
Brothers of Common Life;
Bruno, Saint.
E. Es.
EDMOND ESMONIN.
Bombelles, Mare Marie, Marquis de.
E. G.
EDMUND GOSSE, LL.D.
See the biographical article: GOSSE, EDMUND
Bjornson;
Blank Verse;
Bouts-Rimes;
Bucolics;
Busken-Huet.
E. H. C.
ERNEST HARTLEY COLERIDGE, M.A.
Balliol College, Oxford. Editor of _Byron's Poems_, _Letters of
Samuel Taylor Coleridge_, &c.
Byron.
E. H. B.
SIR EDWARD H. BUNBURY, BART., M.A., F.R.G.S. (d. 1895).
M.P. for Bury St Edmunds, 1847-1852. Author of _A History of
Ancient Geography_, &c.
Bithynia (_in part_).
E. H. M.
ELLIS HOVELL MINNS, M.A.
Lecturer and Assistant Librarian, and formerly Fellow of Pembroke
College, Cambridge. University Lecturer in Palaeography.
Bosporus Cimmerius;
Budini.
E. K.
EDMUND KNECHT, PH.D., F.I.C.
Professor of Technological Chemistry, Manchester University. Head
of Chemical Department, Municipal School of Technology,
Manchester. Examiner in Dyeing, City and Guilds of London
Institute. Author of _A Manual of Dyeing_, &c. Editor of _Journal
of the Society of Dyers and Colourists_.
Bleaching.
E. L. B.
EDWARD LIVERMORE BURLINGAME, A.M., PH.D.
Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_. Formerly on Staff of _New York
Tribune_.
Brook Farm.
E. Ma.
EDWARD MANSON.
Barrister-at-Law, Middle Temple. Joint-editor with Sir John
Macdonell, C.B. of the _Journal of Comparative Legislation_.
Author of _Law of Trading Companies_, &c.
Bond.
E. O.*
EDMUND OWEN, M.B., F.R.C.S., LL.D., D.SC.
Consulting Surgeon to St Mary's Hospital, London, and to the
Children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street. Late Examiner in Surgery
at the Universities of Cambridge, Durham and London. Author of _A
Manual of Anatomy for Senior Students_.
Bladder and Prostate Diseases;
Bone: _Medical_.
E. Pr.
EDGAR PRESTAGE.
Special Lecturer in Portuguese Literature in the University of
Manchester. Commendador, Portuguese Order of S. Thiago.
Corresponding Member of Lisbon Royal Academy of Sciences, Lisbon
Geographical Society, &c. Examiner in Portuguese in the University
of London, Manchester, &c.
Bocage.
E. Wa.
REV. EDMOND WARRE, M.A., D.D., D.C.L., C.B., C.V.O.
Provost of Eton. Hon. Fellow of Balhol College, Oxford. Head
Master of Eton College, 1884-1905. Author of _Grammar of Rowing_,
&c.
Boat.
E. W. B.
SIR EDWARD WILLIAM BRABROOK, C.B.
Barrister-at-Law, Lincoln's Inn. Chief Registrar of Friendly
Societies, 1891-1904. Author of _Building Societies_, _Provident
Societies and Industrial Welfare_, _Institutions for Thrift_, &c.
Building Societies: _United Kingdom_.
F. By.
FRANK BRINKLEY.
Captain R.N. Foreign Adviser to Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Tokyo.
Correspondent of _The Times_ in Japan; Editor of the _Japan Mail_.
Formerly Professor of Mathematics at Imperial Engineering College,
Tokyo. Author of _Japan_, &c.
Bonin Islands.
F. D. A.
FRANK DAWSON ADAMS, D.SC., PH.D., F.R.S., F.G.S.
Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science, and Logan Professor of
Geology, McGill University, Montreal. President of Canadian Mining
Institute.
British Columbia (_in part_).
F. G. P.
FREDERICK GYMER PARSONS, F.R.C.S., F.Z.S., F.R.ANTHROP.INST.
Vice-President, Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
Lecturer on Anatomy at St Thomas's Hospital and the London School
of Medicine for Women. Formerly Examiner in the Universities of
Cambridge, Aberdeen, London and Birmingham, and Hunterian
Professor at the Royal College of Surgeons.
Brain: _Anatomy_.
F. H.
FRANCIS HUEFFER, PH.D. (1845-1899).
Formerly Musical Critic of _The Times_. Author of _The
Troubadours: a History of Provencal Life and Literature in the
Middle Ages_, _Richard Wagner and the Music of the Future_. Editor
of _Great Musicians_.
Boccaccio.
F. J. C.
SIR FRANCIS J. CAMPBELL, LL.D., F.R.G.S., F.S.A.
Principal, Royal Normal College for the Blind, Norwood, London.
Author of Papers on the Education of the Blind.
Blindness.
F. J. H.
FRANCIS JOHN HAVERFIELD, M.A., LL.D., F.S.A.
Camden Professor of Ancient History in the University of Oxford.
Fellow of Brasenose College. Fellow of the British Academy.
Formerly Censor, Student, Tutor and Librarian of Christ Church,
Oxford. Ford's Lecturer,1906-1907. Author of Monographs on Roman
History, especially Roman Britain; &c.
Boadicea;
Britain: _Pre-Roman and Roman_;
Caerleon;
Caledonia.
F. Ll. G.
FRANCIS LLEWELYN GRIFFITH, M.A., PH.D., F.S.A.
Reader in Egyptology, Oxford University. Editor of the
_Archaeological Survey_ and _Archaeological Reports_ of the Egypt
Exploration Fund. Hon. Member of Imperial German Archaeological
Institute, the Societe Asiatique, and the Institut Egyptien,
Cairo. Author of _Stones of the High Priests of Memphis_;
_Catalogue of the Demotic Papyri in the Rylands Collection,
Manchester_; &c.
Bubastis;
Busiris;
Buto.
F. L. L.
LADY LUGARD.
See the biographical article: LUGARD, SIR F.J.D.
Bornu;
British Empire.
F. R. C.
FRANK R. CANA.
Author of _South Africa from the Great Trek to the Union_.
British East Africa.
F. R. M.
FRANCIS RICHARD MAUNSELL, C.M.G.
Lieut.-Col. R.A. Military Vice-Consul, Sivas, Trebizond, Van
(Kurdistan), 1897-1898. Military Attache, British Embassy,
Constantinople, 1901-1905. Author of _Central Kurdistan_; &c.
Bitlis.
F. We.
FREDERICK WEDMORE.
See the biographical article: WEDMORE, F.
Boudin.
F. W. Ha.
FREDERICK WILLIAM HASLUCK, M.A.
Assistant Director, British School of Archaeology, Athens. Fellow
of King's College, Cambridge. Browne's Medallist, 1901.
Bithynia (_in part_).
F. W. M.
FREDERICK WILLIAM MAITLAND, LL.D.
See the biographical article: MAITLAND, F.W.
Bracton.
G. A. B.
GEORGE A. BOULENGER, D.SC., PH.D., F.R.S.
In charge of the Collections of Reptiles and Fishes, Department of
Zoology, British Museum. Vice-President of the Zoological Society
of London.
Caecilia.
G. E.
REV. GEORGE EDMUNDSON, M.A., F.R.HIST.S.
Formerly Fellow and Tutor of Brasenose College, Oxford. Ford's
Lecturer, 1909-1910. Employed by British Government in preparation
of the British Case in the British Guiana-Venezuelan and British
Guiana-Brazilian boundary arbitrations.
Bolivia: _History (in part)_;
Brabant: _Duchy_;
Brazil: _History (in part)_.
G. F. Z.
G.F. ZIMMER, A.M.INST.C.E., F.Z.S.
Author of _Mechanical Handling of Material_.
Bread.
G. G. P.*
GEORGE GRENVILLE PHILLIMORE, M.A., B.C.L.
Christ Church, Oxford. Barrister-at-Law, Middle Temple.
Burial and Burial Acts.
G. L. G.
GEORGE LOVELL GULLAND, M.A., M.D., F.R.C.P. (Edin.).
Assistant Physician to the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh. Lecturer on
Medicine at Surgeons' Hall, Edinburgh.
Blood: _Pathology of the_.
G. M. D.
GEORGE MERCER DAWSON, LL.D., F.R.S.
Formerly Director of the Geological Survey of Canada. Geologist
and Naturalist to H.M. North American Boundary Commission,
1873-1875; one of H.M. Bering Sea Commissioners, 1891. Author of
numerous scientific and technical reports printed by the Canadian
Government.
British Columbia (_in part_).
G. T. G.
SIR GEORGE D. TAUBMAN GOLDIE.
See the biographical article: GOLDIE, SIR G.D.T.
Brazza, Count de.
G. W. Ca.
GEORGE WASHINGTON CABLE.
See the biographical article: CABLE, G. W.
Bryant, William Cullen.
G. W. T.
REV. GRIFFITHES WHEELER THATCHER, M.A., B.D.
Warden of Camden College, Sydney, N.S.W. Formerly Tutor in Hebrew
and Old Testament History at Mansfield College, Oxford.
Buhturi;
Busiri.
H. Br.
HENRY BRADLEY, M.A., PH.D.
Joint-editor of the _New English Dictionary_ (Oxford). Fellow of
the British Academy. Author of _The Story of the Goths_; _The
Making of English_; &c.
Caedmon.
H. Ch.
HUGH CHISHOLM, M.A.
Formerly Scholar of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Editor of the
11th Edition of the _Encyclopaedia Britannica_. Co-editor of the
10th edition.
Boulanger;
Bridgman, Laura D.
H. Cl.
SIR HUGH CHARLES CLIFFORD, K.C.M.G.
Colonial Secretary, Ceylon. Fellow of the Royal Colonial
Institute. Formerly Resident, Pahang. Colonial Secretary, Trinidad
and Tobago, 1903-1907. Author of _Studies in Brown Humanity_;
_Further India_; &c. Joint-author of _A Dictionary of the Malay
Language_.
Borneo.
H. De.
REV. HIPPOLYTE DELEHAYE, S.J.
Bollandist. Joint-editor of the _Acta Sanctorum_.
Bollandists.
H. Fr.
HENRI FRANTZ.
Art Critic, _Gazette des Beaux Arts_ (Paris).
Bocklin;
Bonheur, Rosa.
H. H. J.
SIR HENRY HAMILTON JOHNSTON, K.C.B., G.C.M.G.
See the biographical article: JOHNSTON, SIR H.H.
British Central Africa.
H. M. C.
HECTOR MUNRO CHADWICK, M.A.
Fellow and Librarian of Clare College, Cambridge. Author of
_Studies on Anglo-Saxon Institutions_.
Britain: _Anglo-Saxon_.
H. P. B.
HENRY PERCIVAL BIGGAR.
Author of _The Voyages of the Cabots to Greenland_.
Cabot, John.
H. S. J.
HENRY STUART JONES, M.A.
Formerly Fellow and Tutor of Trinity College, Oxford, and Director
of the British School at Rome. Member of the German Imperial
Archaeological Institute. Author of _The Roman Empire_, &c.
Caesar, Julius.
H. W. C. D.
HENRY WILLIAM CARLESS DAVIS, M.A.
Fellow and Tutor of Balliol College, Oxford. Fellow of All Souls'
College, Oxford, 1895-1902. Author of _Charlemagne_, _England
under the Normans and Angevins_, &c.
Bohun;
Breaute, Falkes de;
Burgh, Hubert de.
H. W. S.
H. WICKHAM STEED.
Correspondent of _The Times_ at Rome (1897-1902) and Vienna.
Bonghi, Ruggero.
J. A. F. M.
JOHN ALEXANDER FULLER MAITLAND, M.A., F.S.A.
Musical Critic of _The Times_. Author of _Life of Schumann_, _The
Musician's Pilgrimage_, _Masters of German Music_, _English Music
in the Nineteenth Century_, _The Age of Bach and Handel_. Editor
of the new edition of Grove's _Dictionary of Music and Musicians_,
&c.
Brahms.
J. A. H.
JOHN ALLEN HOWE, B.SC.
Curator and Librarian, Museum of Practical Geology, London.
Bunter;
Cainozoic.
J. A. M.
JAMES ALEXANDER MANSON.
Formerly Literary Editor of the _Daily Chronicle_. Author of _The
Bowler's Handbook_, &c.
Bowls.
J. B.*
JOSEPH BURTON.
Partner in Pilkington's Tile and Pottery Co., Clifton Junction,
Manchester.
Brick (_in part_).
J. Bt.
JAMES BARTLETT.
Lecturer on Construction, Architecture, Sanitation, Quantities,
&c., King's College, London. Member of Society of Architects,
Institute of Junior Engineers, Quantity Surveyors' Association.
Author of _Quantities_.
Brickwork;
Building.
J. C. C.
J.W. COMYNS-CARR.
Author of _Essays on Art_, &c.
Blake, William.
J. D. B.
JAMES DAVID BOURCHIER, M.A., F.R.G.S.
Correspondent of _The Times_ in South-Eastern Europe. Commander of
the Orders of Prince Danilo of Montenegro and of the Saviour of
Greece, and Officer of the Order of St Alexander of Bulgaria.
Bulgaria.
J. E.
H. JULIUS EGGELING, PH.D.
Professor of Sanskrit and Comparative Philology, Edinburgh
University. Formerly Secretary and Librarian to Royal Asiatic
Society.
Brahman;
Brahmana;
Brahmanism.
J. F.-K.
JAMES FITZMAURICE-KELLY, LITT.D., F.R.HIST.S.
Gilmour Professor of Spanish Language and Literature, Liverpool
University. Norman MacColl Lecturer, Cambridge University. Fellow
of the British Academy. Knight Commander of the Order of Alphonso
XII. Author of _A History of Spanish Literature_, &c.
Breton de los Herreros;
Caballero;
Calderon de la Barca.
J. G. C. A.
JOHN GEORGE CLARK ANDERSON, M.A.
Censor and Tutor of Christ Church, Oxford. Formerly Fellow of
Lincoln College. Craven Fellow (Oxford), 1896. Conington Prizeman,
1893.
Caesarea Mazaca (_in part_).
J. G. H.
JOSEPH G. HORNER, A.M.I.MECH.E.
Author of _Plating and Boiler Making_, _Practical Metal Turning_,
&c.
Boiler;
Boiler-making;
Brazing and Soldering.
J. G. Sc.
SIR JAMES GEORGE SCOTT, K.C.I.E.
Superintendent and Political Officer, Southern Shan States. Author
of _Burma_, _The Upper Burma Gazetteer_.
Burma.
J. H. R.
JOHN HORACE ROUND, M.A., LL.D. (Edin.).
Author of _Feudal England_, _Studies in Peerage and Family
History_, _Peerage and Pedigree_, &c.
Burgh.
J. Hl. R.
JOHN HOLLAND ROSE, M.A., LITT.D.
Christ's College, Cambridge. Lecturer on Modern History to the
Cambridge University Local Lectures Syndicate. Author of _Life of
Napoleon I._, _Napoleonic Studies_, _The Development of the
European Nations_, _The Life of Pitt_, &c.
Bonaparte: _Family (in part)_.;
Bourrienne.
J. J.*
JOSEPH JEFFERSON.
See the biographical article: JEFFERSON, J.
Booth, Edwin.
J. M. M.
JOHN MALCOLM MITCHELL.
Sometime Scholar of Queen's College, Oxford. Lecturer in Classics,
East London College (University of London). Joint-editor of
Grote's _History of Greece_.
Boule;
Bruno, Giordano (_in part_).
J. Mo.
VISCOUNT MORLEY OF BLACKBURN.
See the biographical article: MORLEY, VISCOUNT.
Burke, Edmund.
J. N.
JOHN NICHOL.
See the biographical article: NICHOL, JOHN.
Burns, Robert.
J. P.-B.
JAMES GEORGE JOSEPH PENDEREL-BRODHURST.
Editor of the _Guardian_ (London).
Bookcase;
Boulle;
Cabinet: _Furniture_.
J. P. Pe.
REV. JOHN PUNNETT PETERS, PH.D., D.D.
Canon Residentiary, Cathedral of New York. Formerly Professor of
Hebrew in the University of Pennsylvania. Director of the
University Expedition to Babylonia, 1888-1895. Author of _Nippur,
or Explorations and Adventures on the Euphrates_; _Scriptures,
Hebrew and Christian_.
Bismya;
Borsippa;
Calah.
J. S. F.
JOHN SMITH FLETT, D.SC., F.G.S.
Petrographer to the Geological Survey. Formerly Lecturer on
Petrology in Edinburgh University. Neill Medallist of the Royal
Society of Edinburgh. Bigsby Medallist of the Geological Society
of London.
Borolanite;
Breccia.
J. T. M.
JAMES TAYLER MILTON, M.I.C.E.
Chief Engineer Surveyor to Lloyd's Registry of Shipping.
Vice-President, Institute of Naval Architects. Member of Council,
Institute of Marine Engineers. Author of many papers on Marine
Engineering subjects.
Boiler.
J. T. S.*
JAMES THOMSON SHOTWELL, PH.D.
Professor of History in Columbia University, New York City.
Boniface, Saint.
J. W. D.
CAPTAIN J. WHITLY DIXON, R.N.
Nautical Assessor to Court of Appeal since 1906. Formerly Staff
Commander, Medway Fleet Reserve.
Buoy;
Cable.
J. W. He.
JAMES WYCLIFFE HEADLAM, M.A.
Staff Inspector of Secondary Schools under the Board of Education.
Formerly Fellow of King's College, Cambridge. Professor of Greek
and Ancient History at Queen's College, London. Author of
_Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire_; &c.
Bismarck;
Bucher, Lothar.
K. G. J.
KINGSLEY GARLAND JAYNE.
Sometime Scholar of Wadham College, Oxford. Matthew Arnold
Prizeman, 1903. Author of _Vasco da Gama and his Successors_.
Bosnia and Herzegovina;
British Honduras.
K. J. A.
KEITH JOHNSTON.
See the biographical article: JOHNSTON, A.K.
Brazil: _History (in part)_.
K. S.
KATHLEEN SCHLESINGER.
Author of _The Instruments of the Orchestra_, &c.
Bombardon;
Bow;
Buccina;
Bugle;
Bumbulum.
L.
COUNT LUTZOW, LITT.D. (Oxon.), Ph.D. (Prague), F.R.G.S.
Chamberlain of H.M. the Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia. Hon.
Member of the Royal Society of Literature. Member of the Bohemian
Academy, &c. Author of _Bohemia: An Historical Sketch_; _The
Historians of Bohemia_ (Ilchester Lecture, Oxford, 1904); _The
Life and Times of John Hus_; &c.
Bohemia: _History and Literature_.
L. B.
LAURENCE BINYON.
See the biographical article: BINYON, L.
Burne-Jones, Sir E.B.
L. D.*
LOUIS DUCHESNE.
See the biographical article: DUCHESNE, L.M.O.
Boniface (Popes I.-VII.).
L. F. S.
LESLIE FREDERIC SCOTT, K.C., M.A.
New College, Oxford. Joint Hon. Secretary of International
Maritime Committee.
Broker.
L. F. V.-H.
LEVESON FRANCIS VERNON-HARCOURT, M.A., M.INST.C.E. (1839-1907).
Professor of Civil Engineering at University College, London,
1882-1905. British Member of Jury for Civil Engineering, Paris
Exhibition, 1900. Author of _Rivers and Canals_, _Harbours and
Docks_, _Civil Engineering as Applied in Construction_, &c.
Breakwater;
Caisson.
L. G.
LAURENCE GINNELL, M.P.
Barrister, Middle Temple and Irish Bar. Author of _Brehon Laws_,
_Land and Liberty_, &c. M.P. for North Westmeath since 1906.
Brehon Laws.
L. J. S.
LEONARD JAMES SPENCER, M.A.
Assistant in Department of Mineralogy, Natural History Museum,
South Kensington. Formerly Scholar of Sidney Sussex College,
Cambridge, and Harkness Scholar. Editor of the _Mineralogical
Magazine_. Author of English translations of M. Bauer's _Precious
Stones_ and R. Brauns's _Mineral Kingdom_.
Bismuthite;
Blende;
Boracite;
Bournonite;
Brochantite;
Bromlite;
Bronzite;
Brookite;
Brucite;
Bytownite;
Calamine:
Calcite.
L. R. D.
LAWRENCE ROBERT DICKSEE, M. Com. (Birmingham), F.C.A.
Lecturer, London School of Economics and Political Science.
Formerly Professor of Accounting at Birmingham University. Author
of _Auditing_, _Advanced Accounting_, _Book-keeping_, &c.
Book-keeping.
L. S.
SIR LESLIE STEPHEN, K.C.B.
See the biographical article: STEPHEN, SIR L.
Browning, Robert.
L. V.*
LUIGI VILLARI.
Italian Foreign Office (Emigration Department). Formerly Newspaper
Correspondent in East of Europe, Italian Vice-Consul in New
Orleans, 1906; Philadelphia, 1907; and Boston, U.S.A., 1907-1910.
Author of _Italian Life in Town and Country_, _Giovanni
Segantini_, _Russia under the Great Shadow_, _Fire and Sword in
the Caucasus_; &c.
Borgia Cesare;
Borgia, Lucrezia;
Caghostro.
M.
LORD MACAULAY.
See the biographical article: MACAULAY, T.B.M., BARON.
Bunyan, John.
M. Bat.
MISS MARY BATESON (1865-1906).
Formerly Fellow of Newnham College, Cambridge. Author of _Medieval
England, Borough Customs_; &c.
Borough: _English_.
M. Br.
MISS MARGARET BRYANT.
Caesar: _Medieval Legends_.
M. G.
MOSES GASTER, PH.D. (Leipzig)
Chief Rabbi of the Sephardic Communities of England.
Vice-President, Zionist Congress, 1898, 1899, 1900. Ilchester
Lecturer at Oxford on Slavonic and Byzantine Literature, 1886 and
1891. President, Folklore Society of England. Vice-President,
Anglo-Jewish Association. Author of _History of Rumanian Popular
Literature_; _A New Hebrew Fragment of Ben-Sira_; _The Hebrew
Version of the Secretum Secretorum of Aristotle_.
Bogomils;
Brancovan.
M. P.*
LEON JACQUES MAXIME PRINET.
Formerly Archivist to the French National Archives. Auxiliary of
the Institute of France (Academy of Moral and Political Sciences).
Author of _L'Industrie du sel en Franche-Comte_; _Les Armoiries
ecarteles des conjoints_; _Francois I et le comte de Bourgogne_.
Brienne-le-Chateau;
Brissae, Dukes of.
M. St J.
MOLYNEUX ST JOHN.
British Columbia: (_in part_).
N. W. T.
NORTHCOTE WHITBRIDGE THOMAS, M.A.
Government Anthropologist to Southern Nigeria. Corresponding
Member of the Societe d'Anthropologie de Paris. Author of _Thought
Transference_, _Kinship and Marriage in Australia_; &c.
Boomerang.
O. Ba.
OSWALD BARRON, F.S.A.
Hon. Genealogist to Standing Council of the Honourable Society of
the Baronetage. Editor of the _Ancestor_, 1902-1905.
Butler: _Family_.
O. Br.
OSCAR BRILIANT.
Bohemia: _Geography and Statistics_;
Budapest.
O. H.
OLAUS MAGNUS FRIEDRICH HENRICI, PH.D., LL.D., F.R.S.
Professor of Mechanics and Mathematics in the Central Technical
College of the City and Guilds of London Institute. Author of
_Vectors and Rotors_; _Congruent Figures_; &c.
Calculating Machines.
P. A. K.
PRINCE PETER ALEXEIVITCH KROPOTKIN.
See the biographical article: KROPOTKIN, P.A.
Bokhara: (_in part_);
Bulgaria: _Eastern_.
P. C. M.
PETER CHALMERS MITCHELL, M.A., D.SC., LL.D., F.R.S.
Secretary to the Zoological Society of London. University
Demonstrator in Comparative Anatomy and Assistant to Linacre
Professor at Oxford, 1888-1891. Lecturer on Biology at Charing
Cross Hospital, 1892-1894; at London Hospital, 1894. Examiner in
Biology to the Royal College of Physicians, 1892-1896, 1901-1903.
Examiner in Zoology to the University of London, 1903.