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BRIGHTLINGSEA (pronounced BRITTLESEA)

BRIHASPATI, or BRAHMANASPATI (" god of strength ")

PAUL BRIL (1554—1626)

BENEDETTO BRIN (1833—1898)

BRINDISI (anc. Brundisium, q.v.)

JAMES BRINDLEY (1716-1772)

DANIEL GARRISON BRINTON (1837-1899)

BRIONIAN ISLANDS

ANDREA BRIOSCO (c. 1470-1532)

BRIQUEMAULT (or BRIQUEMAUT), FRANOIS DE BEAUVAIS, SEIGNEUR DE (c. 1502-1572)

BRIQUETTE (diminutive of Fr. brique, brick)

SIR THOMAS MAKDOUGALL BRISBANE

CHARLES ETIENNE BRISEUA (c. 168o-1754)

DUKES OF BRISSAC

EUGENE HENRI BRISSON (1835– )

MATHURIN JACQUES BRISSON (1723-1806)

JACQUES PIERRE BRISSOT (1754-1793)

EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF BRISTOL

2ND EARL OF1 GEORGE DIGBY BRISTOL (1612-1677)

1ST EARL OF 6 JOHN DIGBY BRISTOL (1580-1653)

BENJAMIN HELM BRISTOW (1832-1896)

HENRY WILLIAM BRISTOW (1817-2889)

BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA

BRITISH COLONIES AND

BRITISH COLUMBIA

BRITISH DOMINIONS

BRITISH DOMINIONS BEYOND THE SEAS

BRITISH DOMINIONS OVER

BRITISH EAST AFRICA

BRITISH HONDURAS

BRITISH IMPERIAL COPYRIGHT BILL OF

BRITISH NORTH BORNEO OR

IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF BRITISH OUTPUT

BRITISH POSSESSIONS

BRITISH RAILWAY

JOHN BRITTON (1771–1857)

BRITZSKA, or BRITSKA (from the Polish bryczka; a diminutive of bryka, a goods-wagon)

BRIXEN (Ital. Bressanone)

JULIEN AUGUSTE PELAGE BRIZEUX (1803-1858)

BROACH (Fr. broche, a pointed instrument, Med. Lat. brocca, cf. the Latin adjective brochus or broccus, projecting, used of teeth)

BROACH, or BHARUCH

PAUL BROCA (1824-188o)

GIOVANNI BATTISTA BROCCHI (1772-1826)

ANDRE JEAN FRANCCOIS MARIE BROCHANT DE VILLIERS (1772-1840)

SIR ISAAC BROCK (1769—1812)

THOMAS BROCK (1847— )

SPECTRE OF THE BROCKEN (so named from having been first observed in 178o on the Brocken)

BARTHOLD HEINRICH BROCKES (1680-1747)

FRIEDRICH ARNOLD BROCKHAUS (1772-1823)

RICHARD BROCKLESBY (1722-1797)

WILLIAM JOHN BRODERIP (1789–1859)

JOHN ROMEYN BRODHEAD (1814–1873)

PETER BELLINGER BRODIE (1815–1897)

SIR BENJAMIN COLLINS BRODIE

JAN VAN [JANUS BROUKHUSIUs] BROEKHUIZEN (1649-1707)

WALDEMAR CHRISTOFER BROGGER (1851— )

BROHAN (1833-1900)

AUGUSTINE SUSANNE BROHAN (1807-1887)

BART SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE BROKE

BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)

BROKER (according to the New English Dictionary, from Lat. brocca, spit, spike, broccare, to broach "—another Eng. form of the same word; hence O. Fr. vendre d broche, to retail, e.g. wine, from the tap, and thus the general sense of dealing; see also for

ALEXANDER BROME (162o-1666)

RICHARD BROME (d. 1652)

BROMINE (symbol Br, atomic weight 79-96)

SIR THOMAS BROMLEY (1530-1587)

BRONCHIECTASIS (Gr. fpoyxra, bronchial tubes, and @Krauts, extension)

BRONCHOTOMY (Gr. /3p6-y os, wind-pipe, and TEµvecv, to cut)

PETER OLUF BRONDSTED (1780-1842)

ADOLPHE THEODORE BRONGNIART (1801–1876)

ALEXANDRE BRONGNIART (1770-1847)

HEINRICH GEORG BRONN (1800-1862)

PAUL BRONSART VON SCHELLENDORF (1832-1891)

CHARLOTTE BRONTE (1816–1855), EMILY (1818-1848)

BROOCH, or BROACH (from the Fr. broths, originally an awl or bodkin; a spit is sometimes called a broach, and hence the phrase " to broach a barrel "; see BROKER)

FRANCES BROOKE (1724-1789)

1ST BARON FULKE OREVILLE BROOKE (1554-1628)

HENRY BROOKE (c. 1703-1783)

SIR JAMES BROOKE (1803-1868)

STOPFORD AUGUSTUS BROOKE (1832– )

CHARLES WILLIAM SHIRLEY BROOKS (1816-1874)

PHILLIPS BROOKS (1835-1893)

WILLIAM BROOME (1689-1745)

MORITZ BROSCH (1829-1907)

CHARLES DE BROSSES (1709-1777)

BROTHERS OF COMMON

BROTHERS OF COMMON LIFE

RICHARD BROTHERS (1757-1824)

ROBERT BROUGH (1872-1905)

HENRY PETER BROUGHAM BROUGHAM AND VAUX

JOHN BROUGHAM (1814-188o)

HUGH BROUGHTON (1549-1612)

BARON JOHN CAM HOBHOUSE BROUGHTON (1786-1869)

FRANCOIS JOSEPH VICTOR BROUSSAIS (1772-1838)

PIERRE MARIE AUGUSTE BROUSSONET (1761-1807)

BROUWER, or BRAUWES, ADRIAN (1608-1640)

CHARLES BROCKDEN BROWN (1771-181o)

FORD MADOX BROWN (1821-1893)

FRANCIS BROWN (1849- )

GEORGE BROWN (1818-188o)

HENRY KIRKE BROWN (1814-1886)

JACOB BROWN (1775–1828)

JOHN BROWN (1715–1766)

JOHN BROWN (1722-1787)

JOHN BROWN (1735–1788)

JOHN BROWN (1784–1858)

JOHN BROWN (1800-1859)

JOHN BROWN (1810—1882)

JOHN GEORGE BROWN (1831— )

ROBERT BROWN (1773-1858)

SAMUEL MORISON BROWN (1817—1856)

SIR GEORGE BROWN (1790-1865)

SIR JOHN BROWN (1816-1896)

BART SIR WILLIAM BROWN

THOMAS BROWN (1663-1704)

THOMAS BROWN (1778-1820)

THOMAS EDWARD BROWN (1830-1897)

WILLIAM LAURENCE BROWN (1755–1830)

EDWARD HAROLD BROWNE (18,1–1891)

ISAAC HAWKINS BROWNE (1705-1760)

JAMES BROWNE (1793–1841)

BARON DE CAMUS AND MOUNTANY COUNT VON MAXIMILIAN ULYSSES BROWNE (1705-1757)

PETER BROWNE (?1665-1735)

ROBERT BROWNE (1550-1633)

SIR JAMES BROWNE (1839–1896)

SIR THOMAS BROWNE (1605-1682)

WILLIAM BROWNE (1591–1643)

WILLIAM GEORGE BROWNE (1768-1813)

ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING (z8o6-r861)

OSCAR BROWNING (1837- )

ROBERT BROWNING (1812-1889)

ORESTES AUGUSTUS BROWNSON (1803-1876)

ALEXANDER BALMAIN BRUCE (1831-1899)

JAMES BRUCE (1930-1794)

MICHAEL BRUCE (1746-1767)

MAX BRUCH (1838– )

C23H26N2O4 BRUCINE

JOHANN JAKOB BRUCKER (1696—1770)

FRANZ ERNST BRUCKMANN (1697–1753)

ANTON BRUCKNER (1824–1896)

BRUGES (Flemish Brugge, a name signifying the bridge or place of bridges)

HEINRICH KARL BRUGSCH (1827-1894)

COUNT VON HEINRICH BRUHL (1700-1763)

BRUMATH, or BRUMPT

BRUMMAGEM (an old local form of " Birmingham ")

GEORGE BRYAN BRUMMELL (1778-1840)

RICHARD FRANCOIS PHILIPPE BRUNCK (1729-1803)

BRUNDISIUM (Gr. Bpevrkwv, mod. Brindisi)

GUILLAUME MARIE ANNE BRUNE (1763-1815)

ALFRED BRUNEAU (1857– )

ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL (1806-1859)

SIR MARC ISAMBARD BRUNEL (1769-1849)

BRUNELLESCHI (or BRUNELLESCO), FILIPPO

JACQUES CHARLES BRUNET (178o-1867)

FERDINAND BRUNETILRE (1849-1906)

BRUNHILD (M.H.Ger. Briinhilt or Priinhilt, Nor. Brynhild?)

BRUNHILDA (Brunechildis)

LEONARDO BRUNI (1369-1444)

BRUNN (Czech Brno)

HENRY BRUNNER (184o– )

FRANZ FRIEDRICH ERNST BRUNNOW (1821-1891)

BRUNO (BRUN, BRUNS) OF QUERFURT, SAINT (c. 975-1009)

GIORDANO BRUNO (c. 1548-1600)

BRUNO, or BRUN (925–965)

BRUNSWICK (Ger. Braunschweig)

DUKE OF KARL WILHELM FERDINAND BRUNSWICK (1735-18o6)

MARY BRUNTON (1778–1818)

BRUSA, or BROUSSA (anc. Prusa)

BRUSH (from Fr. brosse, which, like the English word, means both the undergrowth of a wood and the instrument; if the word in both these meanings is ultimately the same, then the origin is from a bundle of brushwood used as a brush or broom, but this is h

GEORGE DE FOREST BRUSH (1855– )

BRUSSELS (Fr. Bruxelles, Flem. Brussel)

SIMON WILLIAM GABRIEL BRUTE (1779–1839)

BRUTUS (originally an adjective meaning " heavy," "stupid," kindred with Gr. aap(s, cf. Eng. " brute," " brutal")

THEODORUS [DnzK] DE BRY (1528–1598)

WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN (186o– )

WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT (1794-1878)

JAMES BRYCE (1838- )

SIR SAMUEL EGERTON BRYDGES (1762-1837)

NICEPHORUS BRYENNIUS (1062-1137)

BRYN MAWR COLLEGE

THADDEUS BRZOZOWSKI (d. r8zo)

BU5IRI [Abu `Abdallah_ Muhammad ibn Said ul-Busiri] (1211-1294)

BUCCARI (Serbo-Croatian Bakar)

BUCCINA (more correctly Buclna, Gr. l3VKavr7, connected with bucca, cheek, and Gr. /% CL)

DUKES OF BUCCLEUCH

BUCENTAUR (Ital. bucintoro)

BUCEPHALUS (Gr. Oovas45aXos)

BUCER (or BuTZER), MARTIN (1491-1551)

BARON CHRISTIAN LEOPOLD VON BUCH (1774-1853)

EARLS OF BUCHAN

ELSPETH BUCHAN (1738–1791)

PETER BUCHAN (1790–1854)

CLAUDIUS BUCHANAN

GEORGE BUCHANAN (1506–1582)

JAMES BUCHANAN (1791-1868)

ROBERT WILLIAMS BUCHANAN (1841-1901)

BUCHAREST (Bucuresci)

FRANZ BUCHELER (1837–1908)

LOTHAR BUCHER (1817–1892)

PHILIPPE JOSEPH BENJAMIN BUCHEZ (1796-1865)

FRIEDRICH KARL CHRISTIAN LUDWIG BUCHNER (1824-1899)

JEAN ALEXANDRE BUCHON (1791-1849)

BUCHU, or BUKA LEAVES

CARL DARLING BUCK (1866– )

DUDLEY BUCK (1839-1909)

JOHN BUCKERIDGE (c. 1562-1631)

BUCKHOLDT [properly BEUKELSZ, or BOCKELSZOON], JOHANN (c. 1508-1535)

1ST DUKE OF JOHN SHEFFIELD BUCKINGHAM AND NORMANBY (1648-1721)

MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF EARLS BUCKINGHAM

FIRST DUKE BUCKINGHAM

1ST DUKE 0E1 GEORGE VILLIERS BUCKINGHAM

2ND DUKE 0E1 GEORGE VILLIERS BUCKINGHAM (1628-1687)

2ND DUKE OF3 HENRY STAFFORD BUCKINGHAM (1454-1483)

JAMES SILK BUCKINGHAM (1786-1855)

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE (abbreviated Bucks)

EARLS OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

FRANCIS TREVELYAN BUCKLAND (1826–188o)

WILLIAM BUCKLAND (1784–1856)

HENRY THOMAS BUCKLE (1821–1862)

SIMON BOLIVAR BUCKNER (1823– )

BUCKRAM (a word common, in various early forms, to many European languages, as in the Fr. bouqueran or Ital. bucherame, the derivation of which is unknown)

JOHN BALDWIN BUCKSTONE (1802-1879)

BUCOLICS (from the Gr. j owKOXucor, " pertaining to a herds-man ")

JOHANN FRANZ BUDDEUS (1667-1729)

EUSTACE BUDGELL (1686-1737)

BUDGET (originally from a Gallic word meaning sack, latinized as bulga, leather wallet or bag, thence in O. Fr. bougette, from which the Eng. form is derived)

BUDWEIS (Czech Budejovice)

DON CARLOS BUELL (1818-1898)

BUFF (from Fr. bu.ffie, a buffalo)

LOUIS JOSEPH BUFFET (1818-1898)

CLAUDE BUFFIER (1661-1737)

COMTE DE GEORGE LOUIS LECLERC BUFFON (1707-1788)

DUKE OF THOMAS ROBERT BUGEAUD DE LA PICONNERIE

JOHANN BUGENHAGEN (1485-1558)

SOPHUS BUGGE (1833—1907)

JOHANN GOTTLIEB BUHLE (1763-1821)

BUHTURI [al-Walid ibn 'Ubaid Allah] (820-897)

BUILDING SOCIETIES

BUILTH, or BUILTH WELLS

FERDINAND BUISSON (1841– )

BUKHART [Mahommed ibn Ismail al-Bukhari] (810-872)

BULDUR, or BURDUR

CHARLES BULFINCH (1763-1844)

EASTERN BULGARIA

GEORGE BULL (1634–1710)

JOHN BULL (c. 1562–1628)

OLE BORNEMANN BULL (18ro-188o)

CHARLES BULLER (1806–1848)

SIR REDVERS HENRY BULLER (1839-1908)

BULLET (Fr. boulet, diminutive of boule, ball)

BULLFINCH (Pyrrhula vulgaris)

HEINRICH BULLINGER (1504-1575)

WILLIAM BULLOCK (c. 1657-c. 1740)

BULLY (of uncertain origin, but possibly connected with a Teutonic word seen in many compounds, as the Low Ger. bullerjaan, meaning " noisy "; the word has also, with less probability, been derived from the Dutch beel, and Ger. Buhle, a lover)

BERNHARD ERNST VON BULOW (1815-1879)

PRINCE VON BERNHARD HEINRICH KARL MARTIN BULOW (1849– )

FREIHERR VON DIETRICH HEINRICH BULOW (1757–1807)

FRIEDRICH WILHELM BULOW

HANS GUIDO VON BULOW (1830-1894)

SIR RICHARD BULSTRODE (1610-1711)

BULWARK (a word probably of Scandinavian origin, from bol or bole, a tree-trunk, and werk, work, in Ger. Bollwerk, which has also been derived from an old German bolen, to throw, and so a machine for throwing missiles)

HENRY WILLIAM BUNBURY (1750-1811)

SIR CHARLES BUNCOMBE (c. 1648-1711)

BUNCOMBE, or BUNKUM (from Buncombe county, North Carolina, United States)