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ROBERT BAILLIE (d. 1684)

JEAN SYLVAIN BAILLY (1736-1793)

BAILMENT (from Fr. bailler, to place in charge of, cf. BAIL)

EDWARD HODGES BAILY (1788-1867)

FRANCIS BAILY (1774-1844)

WILLIAM HELLIER BAILY (1819-1888)

ALEXANDER BAIN (1818-1903)

ANDREW GEDDES BAIN (1797-1864)

JOHN BAINBRIDGE (1582-1643)

WILLIAM BAINBRIDGE (1774-1833)

BAINDIR (anc. Caystrus)

EDWARD BAINES (1774-1848)

GIUSEPPE BAINI (1775-1844)

HENRY MARTYN BAIRD (1832—1906)

JAMES BAIRD (1802—1876)

SIR DAVID BAIRD (1757—1829)

SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD (1823--1887)

JOHANN GEORG BAITER (1801–1877)

BAIUS, or DE BAY, MICHAEL (1513–1589)

BAIZE (16th century Fr. baies, cf. English " bay ")

BAJOUR, or BAJAUR

JOSEPH BAJZA (1804-1858)

BAKALAI (BAIALE, BANGOUENS)

JAN BAKE (1787-1864)

HENRY BAKER (1698-1774)

SIR BENJAMIN BAKER (1840-1907)

SIR RICHARD BAKER (1568-1644/5)

SIR SAMUEL WHITE BAKER (1821-1893)

THOMAS BAKER (1656-1740)

VALENTINE [BAKER PASHA] BAKER (1827-1887)

ROBERT BAKEWELL (1725-1795)

ROBERT BAKEWELL (1768–1843)

BAKIS (i.e. ." speaker," from f3ai'w)

MIKHAIL BAKUNIN (1814-1876)

BALAAM (eit Bil'am; BaAaau; Vg. Balaam; the etymology of the name is uncertain)

BALADHURI (ABU-L-'ABBAS AHMAD IBN YAHYA IBN JABIR AL-BALADHURi)

BALAGHAT (i.e. " above the ghats or passes," the highlands)

VICTOR BALAGUER (1824-19o1)

MILI ALEREIVICH BALAKIREV (1836- )

BALANCE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. bilantia, an apparatus for weighing, from bi, two, and lanx, a dish or scale)

BALANCE OF POWER

BALANCE OF TRADE

ANTOINE JEROME BALARD (1802-1876)

BALASH (in the Greek authors, Balas; the later form of the name Vologaeses)

BARON OF KEKKO BALINT BALASSA

BALATON (PLATTENSEE)

ADRIAN BALBI (1782-1848)

COUNT CESARE BALBO (1789–1853)

VASCO NU1EZ DE BALBOA (c. 1475-1517)

BALCONY (Ital. balcone from balco, scaffold; cf. O. H. Ger. balcho, beam, Mod. Ger. Balken, Eng. balk)

JAKOB BALDE (1604-1668)

BERNARDINO BALDI (1533-1617)

ERNST GOTTFRIED BALDINGER (1738-1804)

FILIPPO BALDINUCCI (1624–1696)

BALDNESS 1 (technically alopecia, from ItXcInrrl, a fox, foxes often having bald patches on their coats)

BALDRIC (from O. Fr. baudrei, O. Ger. balderich, of doubtful origin; cognate with English " belt ")

JACOBUS BALDUINUS

PETRUS BALDUS DE UBALDIS (1327–1406)

JAMES MARK BALDWIN (1861– )

ROBERT BALDWIN (1804–1858)

JOHN BALE (1495-1563)

BALEARIC ISLANDS (Baleares)

PETER BALES [BALESIUS] (1547–1610?)

MICHAEL WILLIAM BALFE (1808-1870)

FRANCIS MAITLAND BALFOUR (1851-1882)

ROBERT BALFOUR (known also as BALFOREUS) (1550?-1625?)

SIR JAMES BALFOUR (of Pittendreich) (d. 1583 Or 1584)

BART SIR JAMES BALFOUR

JOHN BALGUY (1686-1748)

BALIKISRI (Balukiser)

JOHN DE BALIOL (1249–1315)

BALKAN PENINSULA

BALKASH, or BALKHASH (called by the Kirghiz Ak-denghiz or Ala-denghiz and by the Chinese Si-hai)

BALL (in Mid. Eng. bal; the word is probably cognate with " bale," Teutonic in origin, cf. also Lat. falls, and Gr. 7raXXa)

JOHN BALL (1585-1640)

JOHN BALL (1818-1889)

JOHN BALL (d. 1381)

BART SIR ALEXANDER JOHN BALL

THOMAS BALL (1819- )

JOHN BALLANCE (1839-1893)

PIERRE SIMON BALLANCHE (1776-1847)

WILLIAM BALLANTINE (1812-1887)

BALLARAT [BALLAARAT]

BALLAST (O. Swed. barlast, perhaps from bar, bare or mere, and last, load)

BALLATER (Gaelic for " the town on a sloping hill ")

BALLISTICS (from the Gr. fMXkee)

BALLOT (from Ital. ballotta, dim. of balla, a ball)

HOSEA BALLOU (1771-1852)

JOSE MANUEL BALMACEDA (1838—1891)

JAMES ELPHINSTONE BALMERINO

JAIME LUCIANO BALMES (1810—1848)

BALMORAL CASTLE (Gaelic, " the majestic dwelling ")

HENRY BALNAVES (1512?-1579)

BALNEOTHERAPEUTICS (Lat. balneum, a bath, and Gr. Oepaaevecv, to treat medically)

BALQUHIDDER (Gaelic, " the farm in the back-lying country ")

BALSAM (from Gr. f &X raµov, through Lat. balsamum, contracted by popular use to O. Fr. basme, mod. Fr. bdme; Eng. balm)

HUGH DE BALSHAM (d. 1286)

LOUIS PIERRE BALTARD (1764-1846)

BALTIC SEA (Scand. and Ger. Ostsee; Russ. Baltiyskoe More)

1ST BARON GEORGE CALVERT BALTIMORE (C. 1580—1632)

THOMAS BALTZAR (c. 1630-1663)

JEAN BALUE (c. 1421-1491)

BALUSTER (through the Fr. from the Ital. balaustro, so-called from a supposed likeness to the flower of the OaX ab inov, or wild pomegranate; the word has been corrupted in English into " banister ")

ETIENNE BALUZE (1630-1718)

HONORS DE BALZAC (1790-1850)

JEAN LOUIS GUEZ DE BALZAC (1594-1654)

LUDWIG BAMBERGER (1823-1899)

IL BAMBINO (Ital. for " the Babe ")

BAMBURGH, or BAMBOROUGH

BAMBUTE (sometimes incorrectly called BATWA)

SAMUEL BAMFORD (1788-1872)

JOHN BAMPTON (c. 169o-1751)

BANAT (Hungarian Bansdg)

BANATE (a corruption of Panaiti, their real name), or BANNOCK

ADRIANO BANCHIERI (c. 1557—1634)

GEORGE BANCROFT (1800—1891)

HUBERT HOWE BANCROFT (1832– )

RICHARD BANCROFT (1544–161o)

SIR SQUIRE BANCROFT (1841– )

BANDANA, or BANDANNA

ADOLPH FRANCIS ALPHONSE BANDELIER (184o- )

MATTEO BANDELLO (1480-1562)

BANDER ABBASI (also BENDER ABBAS, and other forms)

BANDER LINGAH, or LINGA

BANDEROLE (Fr. for a " little banner ")

ATTILIO BANDIERA (1811—1844)

BARTOLOMMEO BANDINELLI

ANGELO MARIA BANDINI (1726—1800)

BANDOLIER, or BANDOLEER (from Fr. bandouliere, Ital. bandoliera, a little band)

BANDON, or BANDONBRIDGE

BANEBERRY, or HERB CHRISTOPHER

BANER (BANNER, BANTER), JOHAN (1596-1641)

BARON DEZSO [DESIDERIUS] BANFFY (1843– )

HERMANN JOACHIM BANG (1858– )

BANGOR (formerly BANGOR FAWR, as distinguished from several other towns of this name in Wales, Ireland, Brittany, &c.)

BANGORIAN CONTROVERSY

JOHN BANIM (1798-1842)

BANJALUKA (sometimes written BANIALUKA, or BAINALUKA)

BANJERMASIN (Dutch Bandjermasin)

BANK OF ENGLAND

BANKA (BANCA, BANGKA)

BANKRUPTCY (from Lat. bancus or Fr. banquet table or counter, and Lat. ruptus, broken)

BANKS AND BANKING

GEORGE LINNAEUS BANKS (1821-1881)

NATHANIEL PRENTISS BANKS (1816–1894)

SIR JOSEPH BANKS

THOMAS BANKS (1735-1805)

GEORGE BANNATYNE (1545—? 1608)

BANNERET (Fr. banneret, from bannicre, banner, elliptical for seigneur or chevalier banneret, Med. Lat. banncretus)

FEAST OF BANNERS (Jap. Nobori-no-Sekku)

CHARLES BANNISTER (1738-18o4)

BANNOCK (adapted from the Gaelic, and apparently connected with Lat. panic, bread)

BANNS OF MARRIAGE (formerly banes, from A.S. gebann, proclamation, Fr. ban, Med. Lat. bannum)

BANSHEE (Irish bean sidhe; Gaelic ban sith, " woman of the fairies ")

BANSWARA (literally " the forest country ")

BANTIN, or BANTING

BANTU LANGUAGES

THEODORE FAULLAIN DE BANVILLE (1823-1891)

BANYAN, or BANIAN (an Arab corruption, borrowed by the Portuguese from the Sanskrit vanij, " merchant ")

BAPTISTERY (Baptislerium, in the Greek Church 4wrurrilpiov)

BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)

CONFEDERATION OF BAR

FRANCOIS DE BAR (1538-1606)

LUIS BARAHONA DE SOTO (1535?-1595)

BARON DE AMABLE GUILLAUME PROSPER BRUGIERE BARANTE (1782-1866)

JOHANN PHILIPP BARATIER (1721-1740)

JEWGENIJ ABRAMOVICH BARATYNSKI (1800-1844)

BARBADOS, or BARBADOES

BARBARIAN (Gr. fap/3apos)

ERMOLAO BARBARO (HE1 Mor.AUS BARBARUS) (1454-1493)

BARBAROSSA ("Redbeard")

CHARLES JEAN MARIE BARBAROUX (1767-1794)

BARBARY PIRATES

ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD (1743-1825)

BARBECUE (Span. barbacoa)

BARBEL (Barbus vulgaris)

BARBER (from Lat. barba, beard)

BARBERRY (Berberis vulgaris)

BARBETTE (Fr. diminutive of barbe, a beard)

JEAN BARBEYRAC (1674–1744)

BARBICAN (from Fr. barbacane, probably of Arabic or Persian origin)

ANTOINE ALEXANDRE BARBIER (1765–1825)

HENRI AUGUSTE BARBIER (1805-1882)

BARBIERI (GUERCINO)

GIOVANNI FRANCESCO BARBIERI (otherwise called GUERCINO, from his squinting), (1591–1666)

BARBITON, or BARBITOS (Gr. /3ap13irov or 06.p0iros; Lat. barbitus; Pers. barbat, barbud)

BARBON (BAREBONE Or BAREBONES)

NICHOLAS BARBON (c. 164o-1698)

JOHN BARBOUR (? 1316-1395)

BARCA (mod. Merj)

BARCAROLE, or BARCAROLLE (Ital. barcaruola, a boat-song)

MICHAEL ANDREAS BARCLAY DE TOLLY

ALEXANDER BARCLAY (c. 1476-1552)

JOHN BARCLAY (1582-1621)

JOHN BARCLAY (1734-1798)

ROBERT BARCLAY (1648-1690)

WILLIAM BARCLAY (1546–1608)

CHRISTOPH GOTTFRIED BARDILI (2761-1808)

BARDSEY (i.e. " Bards' Island ": cf. Anglesey, " Angles' Island "; Welsh, Ynys Enlli, " isle of the current ")

BAREILLY, or BARELI

WILLEM BARENTS (d. 1597)

BERTRAND BARERE DE VIEUZAC (1755-1841)

GIUSEPPE BARETTI

BARGE (Med. Lat. barca, possibly connected with Lat. baris, Gr. flaps, a boat used on the Nile)

BARGEBOARD (probably from Med. Lat. bargus, or barcus, a scaffold, and not from the now obsolete synonym " vergeboard ")

BARGUEST BARGHEST

RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM (1788-1845)

BARI (anc. Barium)

BARIUM (symbol Ba, atomic weight 137'37 [0=16])

EDMUND HENRY BARKER (1788–1839)

BARLAAM AND JOSAPHAT

BARLETTA (anc. Barduli)

BARLEY (Hordeum sativum)

JOEL BARLOW (1754-1812)

PETER BARLOW (1776-1862)

SIR GEORGE HILARO BARLOW (1762-1847)

BARM (a word common to Teutonic languages)

BARMOTE COURT (also written BERGHMOTE, BARGEMOTE, BARGEMOTE, BARMOOT)

BARMOUTH (Abermaw, mouth of the Maw, or Mawddach, in Cardigan Bay, the only haven in Merionethshire, North Wales)

FREDERICK AUGUSTUS PORTER BARNARD (1809–1889)

GEORGE GREY BARNARD (1863— )

HENRY BARNARD (1811-1900)

LADY ANNE BARNARD (1750–1825)

THOMAS JOHN BARNARDO (1845-1905)

ANTOINE PIERRE JOSEPH MARIE BARNAVE (1761-1793)

SIR JOSEPH BARNBY (1838–1896)

ALBERT BARNES (1798–1870)

BARNABE BARNES (1569 ?–16o9)

JOSHUA BARNES (1654-1712)

ROBERT BARNES (1495-1540)

SIR EDWARD BARNES (1776-1838)

THOMAS BARNES (1785-1841)

WILLIAM BARNES (1800-1886)

JOHN BARNETT (1802–1890)

SAMUEL AUGUSTUS BARNETT (1844– )

RICHARD BARNFIELD (1574-1627)

BARNSLEY (BLACK, or properly BLEAK BARNSLEY)

PHINEAS TAYLOR BARNUM (1810-1891)

BAROCCHIO (or BAROZZI), GIACOMO

BAROCCI (or BAROCCIO), FEDERIGO (1528–1612)