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BAROMETER (from Gr. (3apoc, pressure, and µETpov, measure)

BAROMETRIC LIGHT

BARON (1835-1895)

MICHEL BARON (1653—1729)

CAESAR BARONIUS (1538-1607)

GABOR BAROSS (1848-1892)

BAROTSELAND BAROTSE

BAROUCHE (Ger. barutsche, Span. barrocho, Ital. baroccio; from Lat. bi-rotus, double-wheeled)

BARRA, or BARRAY (Scand. Baraey, isle of the ocean)

BARRACKS (derived through the French from the Late Lat. barra, a bar)

JOACHIM BARRANDE (1799-1883)

COMTE DE PAUL FRANCOIS NICOLAS BARRAS (1755-1829)

BARRATRY (O. Fr. bareter, barater, to barter or cheat)

ISAAC BARRE (1726-1802)

BARREL (a word of uncertain origin common to Romance languages; the Celtic forms, as in the Gaelic baraill, are derived from the English)

LAWRENCE BARRETT (1838-1891)

LUCAS BARRETT (1837-1862)

BARRICADE, or BARRICADO (from the Span. barricada, from barrica, a cask, casks filled with earth having been early used to form barricades)

JAMES MATTHEW BARRIE (186o- )

ANTONIO GIULIO BARRILI (1836- )

DAINES BARRINGTON (1727-1800)

GEORGE BARRINGTON (b. 1755)

1ST V1SCOUNT JOHN SHUTE BARRINGTON (1678-1734)

SAMUEL BARRINGTON (1729-1800)

SHUTE BARRINGTON (1734-1826)

2ND VISCOUNT WILLIAM WILDMAN SHUTE BARRINGTON (1717-1793)

MAURICE BARRLS (1862– )

CHARLES BARROIS (1851– )

JOAO DE BARROS (1496-1570)

CAMILLE HYACINTHE ODILON BARROT (1791-1873)

BARROW (from A.S. beorh, a mount or hillock)

ISAAC BARROW (1630-1677)

SIR JOHN BARROW (1764-1848)

HENRY BARROWE (? 1550-1593)

ELIZABETH BARRY (1658—1713)

JAMES BARRY (1741—1806)

SIR CHARLES BARRY (1795-1860)

SIR REDMOND BARRY (1813-188o)

SPRANGER BARRY (1719-1777)

JEAN BART (1651-1702)

HANS VON BARTELS (1856– )

BARTER (from Fr. barater, to truck, to exchange)

BARTET (REGNAULT), JEANNE JULIA (1854– )

HEINRICH BARTH (1821–1865)

KASPAR VON BARTH (1587-1658)

ANATOLE BARTHELEMY

AUGUSTE MARSEILLE BARTHELEMY (1796–1867)

MARQUIS DE FRANCOIS BARTHELEMY (1747 or 1750-1830)

JEAN JACQUES BARTHELEMY (1716–1795)

BARTHEZ, or BARTHES, PAUL JOSEPH (1734-1806)

GASPARD [CASPAR BERTHELSEN] BARTHOLINUS (1585-1629)

BARTHOLOMEW FAIR

JOHN BARTHOLOMEW (1831-1893)

SAINT BARTHOLOMEW

BARTIZAN (according to the New English Dictionary, from bertizene, a Scottish corruption of " bratticing " or " brattishing," from O. Fr. bretesche, and meaning a battlemented parapet; apparently first used by Sir Walter Scott)

JOHN BARTLETT (1820-1905)

JOHN RUSSELL BARTLETT (18o5-1886)

PAUL WAYLAND BARTLETT (18654 )

DANIELLO BARTOLI (16o8-1685)

LORENZO BARTOLINI (1777-1850)

MARQUIS FERDINANDO BARTOLOMMEI

FRA BARTOLOMMEO DI PAGHOLO (1475-1517)

BARTOLOMMEO VIVARINI

FRANCESCO BARTOLOZZI (1725-1815)

BARTOLUS (1314–1357)

BENJAMIN SMITH BARTON (1766-1815)

BERNARD BARTON (1784–1849)

CLARA BARTON (1821– )

ELIZABETH BARTON (c. 1506–1534)

IBN PAQUDA BARYA

PRINCE ALEXANDER IVANOVICH BARYATINSKY (1814-1879)

ANTOINE LOUIS BARYE (1796-1895)

BARYTONE, or BARITONE (Ital. baritone, from Gr. Oapbrovos, deep sounding)

JOHN BASCOM (1827– )

JOHANN BERNHARD BASEDOW (1723-1790)

BASEL (Fr. Bale)

BASEL (Fr. Belle, but Basle is a wholly erroneous form; Ital. Basilea)

CONFESSION OF BASEL

COUNCIL OF BASEL

BASHAHR, or BISAHIR

MARIA CONSTANTINOVA [MARIE] BASHKIRTSEFF (186o-1884)

BASIDIOLICHENES

BASIL (Russ. VASILY)

BASILISK (the /3aathtaios of the Greeks, and Tsepha (cockatrice)

THOMAS BASIN (1412—1491)

BASIN, or BASON (the older form bacin is found in many of the Romanic languages, from the Late Lat. baccinus or bacchinus, probably derived from bacca, a bowl)

BASINET (a diminutive of " basin ")

JOHN BASKERVILLE (1706-1775)

JACQUES BASNAGE (1653-1723)

BASOCHE, or BAZOCHE

BASQUE PROVINCES (Provincias Vascongadas)

BASRA (written also BUSRA, BASSORA and BASSORA)

BASS (the same word as " base," and so pronounced, but influenced in spelling by the Ital. basso)

BASS CLARINET (Fr. clarinette basse; Ger. Bass-Klarinette; Ital. darinetto basso or clarone)

JACOPO DA PONTE BASSANO (1510-1592)

OLIVIER BASSELIN (c. 1400-c. 1450)

BASSET HORN (Fr. Cor de Basset, or Cor de Bassette; Ger. Bassethorn, Basshorn; Ital. Corno di Bassetto)

BASSET, or BASSETTE

LAURA MARIA CATERINA BASSI (1711-1778)

UGO BASSI (1800-1849)

JOANNES BASSIANUS

FRANCOIS DE BASSOMPIERRE (1579-1646)

BASSOON (Fr. basson; Ger. Fagott; Ital. fagotto)

AUFIDIUS BASSUS

CASSIANUS BASSUS

BASSVILLE, or BASSEVILLE, NICOLAS JEAN HUGON DE (d. 1793)

BASTARD (O. Fr. bastard, mod. bdtard = fits de bast, "pack-saddle child," from bast, saddle)

ADOLF BASTIAN (1826– )

FREDERIC BASTIAT (18o1–185o)

BASTIDE (Provencal bastida, building)

BASTILLE (from Fr. bastir, now bdtir, to build)

BASTINADO (Span. baston, Fr. baton, a stick, cudgel)

BASTION (through the Fr. from late Lat. bastire, to build)

JOHN BASTWICK (1593-1654)

BASUTOLAND (officially The Territory of Basutoland")

BATALHA (i.e. battle)

IMBERT DE BATARNAY (? 1438-1523)

HEZEKIAH LINTHICUM BATEMAN (1812–1875)

BATEMENT LIGHTS

HARRY BATES (1850-1899)

HENRY WALTER BATES (1825-1892)

JOSHUA BATES (1788-1864)

WILLIAM BATES (1625-1699)

BATESON (BATSON or BETSON), THOMAS

THOMAS THYNNE BATH

BATHOLITE (from Gr. (3o9bs, deep, and h69.is, a stone)

BATHONIAN SERIES

SIGISMUND BATHORY (ZSIGMOND), (1572-1613)

BATHOS (Gr. 3hOos)

BATHYBIUS ((3aObc, deep, and (3ws life)

BATON (Fr. baton, baston, from Late Lat. basto, a stick or staff)

POMPEO GIROLAMO BATONI (1708-1787)

BATRACHOMYOMACHIA

BATTAMBANG, or BATTAMBONG (locally Phratabong)

BATTANNI, or BHITANI

BATTAS (Dutch Battaks)

BATTEL, or BATTELS (of uncertain origin, possibly connected with " battle," a nogthern English word meaning to feed, or " batten ")

SIR WILLIAM BATTEN (floruit 1626-1667)

BATTERING RAM (Lat. (pies, ram)

BATTERY (Fr. batterie, from battles, to beat)

CHARLES BATTEUX (1713-1780)

LOUIS BATTHYANY (LAJos), COUNT (1806-1849)

JONATI BATTISHILL (N (1738-1801)

BATTLE ABBEY ROLL

BATTLE OF DRESDEN

BATTLEDORE AND SHUTTLECOCK

BATTLEMENT (probably from a lost Fr. form bastillement, cf. mod. Fr. bataille, from Med. Lat. bastilia, towers, which is derived from Ital. bastire, to build, cf. Fr. bdti, ; the English word was, however, early connected with " battle ")

IN THE BATTLES AROUND METZ

BATTUE (from Fr. battre, to beat)

BATYPHONE (Ger. and Fr. Batyphon)

BAUAN (or BAUN)

BAUBLE (probably a blend of two different words, an old French baubel, a child's plaything, and an old English babyll, something swinging to and fro)

CHARLES PIERRE BAUDELAIRE (1821-1867)

MICHEL BAUDIER (c. 1589-1645)

HENRI JOSEPH LEON BAUDRILLART (1821–1892)

PAUL JACQUES BAUDRY

BAUDRY, or BALDERICH, OF BOURGUEIL (1046 or 1047-r Igo)

BRUNO BAUER (1809-1882)

EDUARD VON BAUERNFELD (1802-1890)

GASPARD BAUHIN (156o-1624)

BAULK, or BALK (a word common to Teutonic languages, meaning a ridge, partition, or beam)

RUDOLF BAUMBACH (1840-1905)

ANTOINE BAUME (1728-1894)

ALEXANDER GOTTLIEB BAUMGARTEN (1714-1762)

MICHAEL BAUMGARTEN (1812-1889)

FERDINAND CHRISTIAN BAUR (1792-1860)

LOUIS EUGENE MARIE BAUTAIN (1796-1867)

BAUTZEN (Wendish Budissin, " town ")

BAVARIA (Ger. Bayern)

BAWBEE (of very doubtful origin, the most plausible conjecture being that the word is a corruption from the name of the mint master Sillebawby, by whom they were first-issued, c. 1541)

ANDREW BAXTER (1686-1750)

RICHARD BAXTER (1615-1691)

ROBERT DUDLEY BAXTER (1827-1875)

WILLIAM BAXTER (1650-1723)

BAY ISLANDS (IsLAS DE LA BAHIA)

SEIGNEUR DE PIERRE TERRAIL BAYARD (1473–1524)

THOMAS FRANCIS BAYARD (1828-1898)

BAYAZID, or BAJAZET

THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY

PIERRE BAYLE (1647-1706)

BAYLO (Lat. bajulus or baillivus; cf. Ital. balio, Fr. bailli, Eng. bailiff)

THOMAS HAYNES BAYLY (1797–1839)

THOMAS SPENCER BAYNES (1823–1887)

BAYOU (pronounced bai-yoo, probably a corruption of Fr. boyau, gut)

BAYREUTH, or BAIREUTH

BAZAAR (Pers. bazar, market)

ACHILLE FRANCOIS BAZAINE (1811–1888)

SIR JOSEPH WILLIAM BAZALGETTE (1819-1891)

AMAND BAZARD (1791–1832)

CLAUDE BAZIRE (1764-1794)

BDELLIUM (0b XXwov, used by Pliny and Dioscorides as the 'name of a plant which exuded a fragrant gum)

BEACON (from the O. Eng. beacn, a sign, cf. " beckon," another form of the same word)

EARL OF BENJAMIN DISRAELI BEACONSFIELD

BEAK (early forms beke and becke, from Fr. bec, late Lat. beccus, supposed to be a Gaulish word; the Celtic bec and beq, however, are taken from the English)

BEAKER (Scottish bicker, Lat. bicarium, Ger. Becher, a drinking-bowl)

DOROTHEA BEALE (1831-1906)

BEAM (from the O. Eng. beam, cf. Ger. Baum, a tree, to which sense may be referred the use of " beam " as meaning the rood or crucifix, and the survival in certain names of trees, as horn-beam)

BEAN (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Bohne)

ISABELLINE BEAR

BEARD (A.S. beard, O. H. and Mod. Ger. Bart, Dan. beard, Icel. bar, rim, edge, beak of a ship, &c., O. Slay. barda, Russ. barodd. Cf. Welsh barf, Lat.. barba, though, according to the New English Dictionary, the connexion is for phonetic reasons doubtful)

WILLIAM HOLBROOK BEARD (1825-1900)

AUBREY VINCENT BEARDSLEY (1872-1898)

BEAT (a word common in various forms to the Teutonic languages; it is connected with the similar Romanic words derived from the Late Lat. battere)

BEATIFICATION (from the Lat. beatus, happy, blessed, and facere, to make)

BEATON (or BETIIUNE), DAVID, (c. 1494-1546)

JAMES BEATTIE (1735—1803)

BEAUCE (Lat. Belsia)

ALPHONSE DE BEAUCHAMP

FRANCOIS DE VENDOME BEAUFORT

HENRY BEAUFORT (c. 1377–1447)

LOUIS DE BEAUFORT (d. 1795)

EUGENE DE BEAUHARNAIS (1781-1824)

BEAULY (pronounced Bewley; a corruption of Beaulieu)

SIRE DE PHILIPPE DE REMI BEAUMANOIR (c. 1250-1296)

PIERRE AUGUSTIN CARON DE BEAUMARCHAIS (1732-1799)

BEAUMONT, BELMONT, or BELLOMONT

CHRISTOPHE DE BEAUMONT (1703-1781)

SIR JOHN BEAUMONT (1583–1627)

MARQUIS DE BEAUREGARD (c. 1772–?)

PIERRE GUSTAVE TOUTANT BEAUREGARD (1818-1893)

ISAAC DE BEAUSOBRE (1659-1738)

ROGER DE BEAUVOIR

CECILIA BEAUX (1863– )

BEAVER (from Fr. baviere, a child's bib, from bane, saliva)

BEAWAR, or NAYANAGAR

BEBASTIANO DEL PIOMBO

FERDINAND AUGUST BEBEL (184o— )

BECCAFICO (Ital. for " fig-pecker ")

DOMENICO DI PACE BECCAFUMI (1486-1551)

GIOVANNI BATTISTA BECCARIA (1716-1781)

GASPAR BECERRA (1520-1570)

JOHANN JOACHIM BECHER (1635-1682)

BECHUANALAND (a name given from its inhabitants, the Bechuana, q.v.)

BECK (or BEEK), DAVID (1621—1656)

CHRISTIAN DANIEL BECK (1757-1832)

JAKOB SIGISMUND BECK (1761-1840)

HEINRICH BECKER (1770-1822)

WILHELM ADOLF BECKER (1796—1846)

THOMAS BECKET (c. 1118—1170)

WILLIAM BECKFORD (1760–1844)

BECKINGTON (or BEKYNTON), THOMAS (c. 1390-1465)

JOHANN BECKMANN (1739–1811)

JAMES CARROLL BECKWITH (1852– )

SIR THOMAS SYDNEY BECKWITH (1772–1831)

PIERRE JEAN BECKX (1795-1887)

HENRY FRANCOIS BECQUE (1837-1899)