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GUSTAVO ADOLFO BECQUER (1836-187o)

BED (a common Teutonic word, cf. German Bett, probably connected with the Indo-European root bhodh, seen in the Lat. fodere, to dig; so " a dug-out place " for safe resting, or in the same sense as a garden " bed ")

YEDAIAH BEDARESI (1270-1340)

BEDDGELERT (" Gelert's grave ")

THOMAS BEDDOES (1760-1808)

THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES (1803-1849)

BEDE, BEDA, or B

WILLIAM BEDELL (1571-1642)

BEDFORDSHIRE [abbreviated Beds]

BEDLAM, or BETHLEHEM HOSPITAL

WILLIAM BEDLOE (1650-1680)

MARQUIS OF ALPHONSO DELLA CUEVA BEDMAR (1572-1655)

BEDOUINS (Ahl Bedu, " dwellers in the open land," or Ahl el beit, " people of the tent," as they call themselves)

BEE (Sanskrit blza, AS. ben, Lat. apis)

CHARLES EMERSON BEECHER (1856-1904)

HENRY WARD BEECHER (1813-1887)

LYMAN BEECHER (1775—1863)

FREDERICK WILLIAM BEECHEY (1796—1856)

SIR WILLIAM BEECHEY (1753—1839)

HENRY CHARLES BEECHING (1859— )

BEEF (through O. Fr. boef, mod. boeuf, from Lat. bos, bovis, ox, Gr. f3oiir, which show the ultimate connexion with the Sanskrit go, gaits, ox, and thus with " cow")

BAALZEBUB BEELZEBUL BEELZEBUB

EDWARD SPENCER BEESLY (1831– )

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)

BEETLE (O. Eng. bityl; connected with " bite ")

NIKOLAAS BEETS (1814-1903)

BEFANA (Ital., corrupted from Epifania, Epiphany)

LOUIS ABEL BEFFROY DE REIGNY (1757–1811)

KARL BEGAS (1794–1854)

REINHOLD BEGAS (1831- )

BEGONIA (named from M. Begon, a French patron of botany)

BEGUINES (Fr. beguine, Med. Lat. beguina, begina, beghina)

BEHAIM (or BE1?EM), MARTIN (1436?-1507)

BEHAR, or BIHAR

BEHEMOTH (the intensive plural of the Hebrew b'hernah, a beast)

APHRA BEHN (otherwise AFRA, APHARA or AYFARA) (164o-1689)

WILLIAM JOSEPH BEHR (1775–1851)

ALFRED BEIT (1853-1906)

BEJA (probably the ancient Pax Julia)

BEJAN (Fr. bejaune, from bee jaune, " yellow beak," in allusion to unfledged birds; the equivalent to Ger. Gelbschnabel, Fr. blanc-bec, a greenhorn)

ANTONY BEK (d. 1311)

CHARLES TILSTONE BEKE (1800-1874)

BEKKER (or WOLFF), ELIZABETH (1738–1804)

AUGUST IMMANUEL BEKKER (1785–1871)

BALTHASAR BEKKER (1634–1698)

BELAY (from the same O. Eng. origin as " lay "; cf. Dutch beleggen)

SIR EDWARD BELCHER (1799-1877)

BELDAM (like " belsire.," grandfather, from the Fr. bel, good, expressing relationship; cf. the Fr. belle-mere, mother-in-law, and dame, in Eng. form " dam," mother)

ROBERT OF BELESME (fl. moo)

TERRITOIRE BELFORT

TERRITORY OF BELFORT

BELFRY (Mid. Eng. berfrey, through Med. Lat. berefredus, from Teut. bergfrid or bercvrit, which, according to the New Eng. Dict., is a combination of bergen, to protect, and frida, safety or peace; the word thus meaning a shelter; the change from r to 1,—

BELGIUM (Fr. Belgique; Flem. Belgic)

BELGRADE (Servian, Biograd or Beograd, i.e. " White Castle")

2ND BARON JOHN HAMILTON BELHAVEN AND STENTON (1656--17o8); was the eldest son of Robert Hamilton, Lord Presmennan (d. 1696)

BELISARIUS (c. 505–565)

BELIT (signifying the " lady," par excellence)

BELIZE, or BALIZE

ALEXANDRE BELJAME (1842-1906)

JEREMY BELKNAP (1744-1798)

WILLIAM WORTH BELKNAP (1829-189o)

ALEXANDER MELVILLE BELL (1819—1905)

ANDREW BELL (1753—1832)

GEORGE JOSEPH BELL (1770-1843)

HENRY BELL (1767-1830)

HENRY GLASSFORD BELL (1803-1874)

JACOB BELL (1810-1859)

JOHN BELL (1691-178o)

JOHN BELL (1763-1820)

JOHN BELL (1797-1869)

ROBERT BELL (1800-1867)

SIR CHARLES BELL (1774—1842)

BELLADONNA (from the Ital. belle donna, " beautiful lady," the berries having been used as a cosmetic)

EDWARD BELLAMY (1850-1898)

GEORGE ANNE BELLAMY (1727-1788)

JOSEPH BELLAMY (1719-1790)

BELLARMINE (Ital. Bellarmino), ROBERTO FRANCESCO ROMOLO (1542-1621)

STRAIT OF BELLE ISLE

REMY BELLEAU (c. 1527-1577)

BELLECOUR (1725-1778)

COUNT VON HEINRICH JOSEPH JOHANNES BELLEGARDE (1756-1845)

BELLENDEN (BALLANTYNE Or BANNATYNE), JOHN (fl. 1533-1587)

WILLIAM BELLENDEN

BELLEROPHON, or BELLEROPHONTES

GIUSEPPE GIOACHINO BELLI (1791-1863)

SIR EDWARD BELLINGHAM (d. 1549)

LORENZO BELLINI (1643-1704)

VINCENZO BELLINI (1801--18J5)

BELLINZONA (Ger. Bellenz)

KARL MIKAEL BELLMAN (1740–1795)

ANDRES BELLO (1781–1865)

BELLONA (originally DUELLONA)

JOSEPH RENE BELLOT (1826–1853)

ALBERT F BELLOWS

HENRY WHITNEY BELLOWS (1814-1882)

DORMONT DE BELLOY

BELLUNO (anc. Bellunum)

AUGUST BELMONT (1816–189o)

BELOMANCY (from Gr. ,6fXos, a dart, and ,uavreia, prophecy or divination)

PIERRE BELON (1517-1564)

THOMAS BELSHAM (1750-1829)

BELT (a word common to Teutonic languages, the Old Ger. form being bale, from which the Lat. balteus probably derived)

THOMAS BELT (1832-1878)

BELTINE BELTENE BELTANE

BELUGA (Delphinapterus leucas)

BELVEDERE, or BELVIDERE (Ital. for " fair-view ")

GIOVANNI BATTISTA BELZONI (1778–1823)

JOSEF BEM (1795–1850)

BEMA (Gr./Bf771a)

HERMAN BEMBERG (1861– )

PIETRO BEMBO (1470—1547)

EDWARD WEBSTER BEMIS (186o—,, )

CHARLES BEMONT (1848— )

BEN (from Old Eng. bennan, within)

BEN LEDI (Gaelic, " the hill of God ")

JOHN BENBOW (1653-17o2)

BENCH (an O.E. and Eng. form of a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Bank, Dan. baenk and the Eng. doublet " bank ")

BENCH TABLE (Fr. bane; Ital. sedile; Ger. Bank)

BENDER (more correctly BENDERY)

BENDIGO (formerly SANDHURST)

RITTER VON LUDWIG BENEDEK (1804-1881)

COUNT VINCENT BENEDETTI (1817--1900)

BENEDICT (BENEDICTUS)

BENEDICT BISCOP (628?–69o)

BENEDICT OF ALIGNAN (d. 1268)

SAINT BENEDICT OF NURSIA (c. 48o-c. 544)

SIR JULIUS BENEDICT (1804-1885)

BENEDICTINES, or BLACK MONKS

BENEDICTION (Lat. benedictio, from benedicere, to bless)

BENEDICTUS ABBAS (d. 1194)

BENEDIKT CARPZOV

BENEDIKT CARPZOV (1595-1666)

JULIUS RODERICH BENEDIX (1811–1873)

BENEFICE (Lat. beneficium, benefit)

BENEFICIARY (from Lat. beneficium, a benefit)

FRIEDRICH EDUARD BENEKE (1798-1854)

ETHELDRED BENETT (1776-1845)

THEODOR BENFEY (1809-1881)

BENGAZI (anc. Hesperides-Berenice)

JOHANN ALBRECHT BENGEL (1687-1752)

BENGUELLA (Sao Felipe de Benguella)

BENJAMIN OF TUDELA (in Navarre)

JUDAHPHILIP BENJAMIN (1811-1884)

JOSE BENLLIURE Y GIL (1858- )

EDWARD BENLOWES (1603 ?-1676)

CHARLES EDWIN BENNETT (1858- )

JAMES GORDON BENNETT (1794-1872)

JOHN HUGHES BENNETT (1812–1875)

SIR WILLIAM STERNDALE BENNETT (1816-1875)

COUNT VON LEVIN AUGUST BENNIGSEN (1745–1826)

RUDOLF VON BENNIGSEN (1824–1902)

BENNO (Ioro—r xo6)

BENOIT TURRETIN (1588-1631)

PETER LEONARD LEOPOLD BENOIT (1834—1901)

ISAAC DE BENSERADE (1613—1691)

EDWARD WHITE BENSON (182g—1896)

FRANCIS ROBERT BENSON (1858— )

FRANK WESTON BENSON (1862— )

GEORGE BENSON (1699–1762)

BENT (E1. BENI)

JAMES THEODORE BENT (1852–1897)

GEORGE BENTHAM (1800-1884)

JEREMY BENTHAM (1748-1832)

LORD WILLIAM BENTINCK (1774-1839)

LORD WILLIAM GEORGE FREDERICK CAVENDISH BENTINCK

GIOVANNI BENTIVOGLIO (1443-1508)

GUIDO BENTIVOGLIO (1579-1644)

RICHARD BENTLEY (1662-1742)

RICHARD BENTLEY (1794-1871)

THOMAS HART BENTON (1782-1858)

BENZALDEHYDE (oil of bitter almonds), C6H5CHO

BENZIDINE (DIPARA-DIAMINO-DIPHENYL), NH2

C7H602 BENZOIC ACID

BENZOPHENONE (DIPIENYL KETONE)

BENZYL ALCOHOL (PHENYL CARBINOL), C5H5CH2OH

ODON BEOTHY (1796-18J4)

BEQUEST (from 0. Eng. becwethan, to declare or express in words; cf. " quoth ")

JEAN BERAIN (1638-1711)

PIERRE JEAN DE BERANGER (178o-1857)

JOSEPH FREDERIC BERARD (1789-1828)

BERAT (Slay. Byelgorod; Turk. Arnaut-Beligradi)

BERAUN (Czech Beroun)

CBH17NO4 BERBERINE

BERCEUSE (Fr. for a " lullaby," from berceau, a cradle)

BERCHEM (or BERGHHEM), NICOLAAS (162o–1683)

BERCHTA (English Bertha)

BEREKHIAH NAQDAN

BERENGARIUS [BERENGAR] (d. io88)

ALPHONSE MARIE MARCELLIN THOMAS BERENGER (1785-1866)

BERENICE, or BERNICE

JOHN BERESFORD (1738-1805)

LORD CHARLES WILLIAM DE LA POER BERESFORD (1846- )

VISCOUNT WILLIAM CARR BERESFORD BERESFORD (1768–1854)

BERG (Ducatus Montensis)

BERGAMO (anc. Bergomum)

OIL OF BERGAMOT

HEINRICH BERGHAUS (1797-1884)

THEODOR BERGK (1812—1881)

STEPHAN BERGLER

TORBERN OLOF BERGMAN (1735-1784)

BERGSCHRUND (Ger. Berg, mountain; Schrund, cleft or crevice)

BERING (BEHRING), VITUS (1680-1741)

BERING SEA ARBITRATION

CHARLES AUGUSTE DE BERIOT (18cn-187o)

GEORGE BERKELEY (1685–1753)

MILES JOSEPH BERKELEY (1803-1889)

SIR WILLIAM BERKELEY (c. 1608-1677)

BERKHAMPSTEAD (GREAT BERFHANPSTEAD)

pronounced Berkshire] BERKSHIRE [abbreviated Berks

1ST EARL OF THOMAS HOWARD BERKSHIRE (1587–1669)

GOETZ BERLICHINGEN

CONGRESS AND TREATY OF BERLIN

ISAIAH BERLIN (1725–1799)

HECTOR BERLIOZ (1803-1869)

BERM (probably a variant of " brim ")

BERN (Fr. Berne)

BERNARD OF CHARTRES (Io8o?-1167)

CHARLES DE BERNARD

CLAUDE BERNARD (1813-1878)

JACQUES BERNARD (1658--1718)

MOUNTAGUE BERNARD (1S2o—1882)

SAINT BERNARD (Iogo-1153)

SIMON BERNARD (1779—1839)

BART SIR THOMAS BERNARD

ST BERNARDIN OF SIENA (1380-1444)

BERNARDINO LUINI

BERNARDO ROSSELLINO (1409-1464)

AGNES BERNAUER (d. 1435)

JAKOB BERNAYS (1824-1881)

2ND BARON JOHN BOURCHIER BERNERS (1469-1533)

SARAH BERNHARDT (ROSINE BERNARD) (1845- )

GOTTFRIED BERNHARDY (1800–1875)

FRANCESCO BERNI (1497–1536)

GIOVANNI LORENZO BERNINI (1598—1680)

FRANCOIS JOACHIM DE PIERRE DE BERNIS (1715—1794)

AARON BERNSTEIN (1812-1884)

COUNT VON ANDREAS PETER BERNSTORFF (1735–1797)

COUNT VON CHRISTIAN GUNTHER BERNSTORFF (1769-1835)

COUNT JOHANN HARTWIG ERNST BERNSTORFF

CHARLES ALBERT BERRY (1852-1899)

CHARLES FERDINAND BERRY

DUKE OF JOHN BERRY (1340-1416)

BERRY, or BERRI

ANTOINE PIERRE BERRYER (179o-1868)

BERSERKER (from the " sark " or shirt of the " bear," or other animal-skins worn by them)

PAUL BERT (1833-1886)

AGOSTINO BERTANI (1812-1886)

BERTAT (Arab. Jebalain)

JEAN BERTAUT (1552–1611)

MARCELLIN PIERRE EUGENE BERTHELOT (1827–1907)

LOUIS ALEXANDRE BERTHIER

EDWARD LYON BERTHON (1813-1899)

FERDINAND BERTHOUD (1727-1807)

LOUIS ADOLPHE BERTILLON (1821-1883)

OBADIAH BERTINORO

BERTOLD (1442–1504)

BERTOLD VON REGENSBURG (c. 1220-1272)

CHARLES BERTRAM (1723–1765)

COMTE HENRI GRATIEN BERTRAND (1773-1844)

BERVIE, or INVERBERVIE

BERVILLL LA R0OUE

JAMES FITZJAMES BERWICK