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BUNDI, or BOONDEE

BUNGALOW (an Anglo-Indian word from the Hindustani bangld,belonging to Bengal)

BUNION (a word usually derived from the Ital. bugnone, a swelling,' but, according to the New English Dictionary, the late and rare literary use of the word makes an Italian derivation unlikely; there is an O. Eng. word " bunny," also meaning a swelling,

ALFRED BUNN (1796-186o)

HENRY CUYLER BUNNER (1855-1896)

BARON VON CHRISTIAN CHARLES JOSIAS BUNSEN (1791-186o,)

ROBERT WILHELM VON BUNSEN (1811-1899)

BUNTING (a word of doubtful origin, possibly connected with bunt, to sift, or with the Ger. bunt, of varied colour)

JABEZ BUNTING (1779-1858)

JOHN BUNYAN (1628-1688)

APPIANO BUONAFEDE (1716-1793)

BUPALUS AND ATHENIS

BUR, or BURR (apparently the same word as Danish borre, burdock, cf. Swed. kard-boore)

JAMES BURBAGE (d. 1597)

JAKOB BURCKHARDT (1818–1897)

JOHN LEWIS [JOHANN LUDWIG] BURCKHARDT (1784-1817)

AUGUSTE LAURENT BURDEAU (1851–1894)

BURDEN, or BURTHEN

GEORGE BURDER (1752-1832)

SIR FRANCIS BURDETT (1770-1844)

BURDWAN, or BARDWAN

BUREAU (a Fr. word from burel or bureau, a coarse cloth used for coverings)

BURGAGE (from Lat. burghs, a borough)

BURGAS (sometimes written Burghaz, Bourgas or Burgas, and, in the middle ages, Pyrgos)

BURGDORF (Fr. Berthoud)

BURGEE (of unknown origin)

GOTTFRIED AUGUST BURGER (1748-1794)

THOMAS FRANCOIS BURGERS (1834-1881)

GEORGE BURGES (1786-1864)

BURGESS (Med. Lat. burgensis, from burgus, a borough, a town)

DANIEL BURGESS (1645-1713)

THOMAS BURGESS (1756–1837)

BURKE] BURGH [BOURKE

HUBERT DE BURGH (d. 1243)

HENRY BURGHERSH (1292-1340)

BARON WILLIAM CECIL BURGHLEY (1521-1598)

BURGLARY (burgi latrocinium; in ancient English law, hamesucken2)

JOHN WILLIAM BURGON (1813-1888)

BURGONET, or BURGANET (from Fr. bourguignote, Burgundian helmet)

JOHN BURGOYNE (1722-1792)

SIR JOHN FOX BURGOYNE

BURIAL SOCIETIES

JEAN [JOANNES BURIDANtrs] BURIDAN (c. 1297—C 1358)

SIR JOHN BERNARD BURKE (1814–1892)

WILLIAM BURKE (1792–1829)

JEAN JACQUES BURLAMAQUI (1694–1748)

BURLESQUE (Ital. burlesco, from burla, a joke, fun, playful trick)

ANSON BURLINGAME (182o–187o)

PIETER BURMANN (1714-1778)

RICHARD BURN (1709-1785)

FREDERICK GUSTAVUS BURNABY (1842-1885)

SIR FRANCIS COWLEY BURNAND (1836- )

ARTHUR COKE BURNELL (1840–1882)

ROBERT BURNELL (d. 1292)

SIR ALEXANDER BURNES (1805–1841)

GILBERT BURNET (1643-1715)

THOMAS BURNET (1635-1715)

FRANCES ELIZA HODGSON BURNETT (1849– )

CHARLES BURNEY (1726-1814)

BURNHAM BEECHES

BURNING TO DEATH

EUGENE BURNOUF (1801—1852)

BURNOUS (from the Arab. burnus)

BURNS AND SCALDS

JOHN BURNS (1858– )

ROBERT BURNS (1759-1796)

SIR GEORGE BURNS

AMBROSE EVERETT BURNSIDE (1824-1881)

AARON BURR (1756-1836)

ELIHU BURRITT (1810–1879)

GEORGE BURROUGHS (c. 1650-1692)

JOHN BURROUGHS (1837– )

BURSAR (Med. Lat. bursarius)

BURSCHEI4SCHAFT

CONRAD BURSIAN (1830–1883)

JOHN HILL BURTON (1809–1881)

ROBERT BURTON (1577-1640)

SIR FREDERICK WILLIAM BURTON (1816–f goo)

SIR RICHARD FRANCIS BURTON (1821-1890)

WILLIAM EVANS BURTON (1804-1860)

BURY ST EDMUNDS

JOHN BAGNELL BURY (1861- )

OGIER GHISLAIN DE BUSBECQ

RICHARD BUSBY (16o6-1695)

JULIUS HERMANN MORITZ BUSCH (1821-1899)

WILHELM BUSCH (1832-1908)

ANTON FRIEDRICH BUSCHING (1724-1793)

BUSENBAUM (or BUSEMBAUM), HERMANN (1600-1668)

BUSHBUCK (Boschbok)

BUSHEL (from the O. Fr. boissiel, cf. med. Lat. bustellus, busellus, a little box)

BUSHIDO (Japanese for " military-knight-ways ")

BUSHIRE, or BANDER BUSHIRE

BUSHMEN, or BOSJESMANS

HORACE BUSHNELL (1802-1876)

GEORGE BUSK (1807—1886)

BUSKIN (a word of uncertain origin, existing in many European languages, as Fr. brousequin, Ital. borzacchino, Dutch brozeken, and Span. borcegu£)

FEDOR IVANOVICH BUSLAEV (1818—1898)

FRANCES MARY BUSS (1827-1894)

BUSSACO (or BusAco), SERRA DE

COMTE DE ROGER DE RABUTIN BUSSY (1618–1693)

BUSTARD (corrupted from the Lat. Avis tarda, though the application of the epithet' is not easily understood)

3RD EARL OF JOHN STUART BUTE (1713-1792)

BUTLER (or BOTELER), SAMUEL (1612–168o)

BUTLER (through the O. Fr. bouteillier, from the Late Lat. buticularius, buticula, a bottle)

ALBAN BUTLER (1710-1773)

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BUTLER (1818-1893)

CHARLES BUTLER (1750–1832)

GEORGE BUTLER (1774-1853)

JOSEPH BUTLER (1692-1752)

NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER (1862– )

SAMUEL BUTLER (1774-1839)

SAMUEL BUTLER (1835-1902)

SIR WILLIAM FRANCIS BUTLER (1838– )

WILLIAM ARCHER BUTLER (1814-1848)

BUTLERAGE AND PRISAGE

ISAAC BUTT (1813-1879)

BUTTE (O. Fr. butte, a hillock or rising ground)

BUTTER (Lat. butyrum, Gr. 0obrvpov, apparently connected with $ous, cow, and rvpbs, cheese, but, according to the New English Dictionary, perhaps of Scythian origin)

DANIEL BUTTERFIELD (1831-1901)

WILLIAM BUTTERFIELD (1814—1900)

BUTTERFLY AND MOTH (the former from " butter " and " fly," an old term of uncertain origin, possibly from the nature of the excrement, or the yellow colour of some particular species; the latter akin to O. Eng. mod, an earth-worm)

BUTTERY (from O. Fr. boterie, Late Lat. botaria, a place where liquor is stored, from butta, a cask)

PHILIPP KARL BUTTMANN (1764—1829)

BUTTON (Fr. bouton, O. Fr. boton, apparently from the same root as bouter, to push)

BUTTRESS (from the O. Fr. bouteret, that which bears a thrust, from bouter, to push, cf. Eng. " butt " and " abutment ")

C4H9OH BUTYL ALCOHOLS

C4H802 BUTYRIC ACID

BUXAR, or BAXAR

JEDEDIAH BUXTON (1707–1772)

SIR THOMAS POWELL BUXTON (1786-1845)

BUXTORF, or BUXTORFF, JOHANNES (1564-1629)

BUXTORF, or BUXTORIT, JOHANNES (1599-1664)

FRANCOIS NICOLAS LEONARD BUZOT (176o-1794)

BYELAYA TSERKOV (i.e. White Church)

BYELGOROD (i.e. White Town)

BYELOSTOK (Polish, Bialystok)

MATHER BYLES (1706-1788)

CORNELIUS VAN BYNKERSHOEK (1673-1743)

JOHN BYNO (1704-1757)

WILLIAM BYRD (1543-1623)

JOHN BYROM (1692-1763)

6TH BARON GEORGE GORDON BYRON BYRON (1788-1824)

HENRY JAMES BYRON (1834-1884)

JOHN BYRON BYRON

JOHAN NIKLAS BYSTROM (1783–1848)

INGRAM BYWATER (1840– )

C3H5 (OH)3+3(C10H31O2)H

C3H6 (C16H3102)

CAB (shortened about 1825 from the Fr. cabriolet, derived from cabriole, implying a bounding motion)

CABAL (through the Fr. cabale from the Cabbala or Kabbalah, the theosophical interpretation of the Hebrew scriptures)

FERNAN CABALLERO (1796-1877)

ALEXANDRE CABANEL (1823-1889)

PIERRE JEAN GEORGE CABANIS (1757-1808)

FRANCOIS CABARRUS (1752-1810)

NICOLAUS CABASILAS (d. 1371)

CABER TOSSING (Gaelic cabar, a pole or beam)

ETIENNE CABET (1788-1856)

CABLE (from Late Lat. capulum, a halter, from capere, to take hold of)

GEORGE WASHINGTON CABLE (1844– )

GEORGE CABOT (1751–1823)

JOHN [GIOVANNI CABOTO] CABOT (1450-1498)

RAMON CABRERA (1806-1877)

GIULIO CACCINI (1558-1615?)

CACHAR, or KACHAR

JOSE CADALSO VAZQUEZ (1741-1782)

CADAMOSTO (or CA DA MosTO), ALVISE (1432-1477)

CADASTRE (a French word from the Late Lat. capitastrum, a register of the poll-tax)

JOHN CADE (d. 1450)

CADENCE (through the Fr. from the Lat. cadentia, from cadere, to fall)

CADER IDRIS (" the Seat of Idris ")

CADET (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. capitettum, a diminutive of caput, head, through the Provencal form capdet)

CADGER (a word of obscure origin possibly connected with "catch,")

CADIZ (in Lat. Gades, and formerly called Cales by the English)

CADMIUM (symbol Cd, atomic weight 112.4 (0=16))

CADMUS OF MILETUS

WILLIAM CADOGAN CADOGAN

GEORGES CADOUDAL (1771-1804)

CADRE (Fr. for a frame, from the Lat. quadrum, a square)

CADUCEUS (the Lat. adaptation of the Doric Gr. KapvKewv, Attic /070K CAI)

CADUCOUS (Lat. caducus)

CAECILIUS STATIUS, or STATIUS CAECILIUS

QUINTUS SERVILIUS CAEPIO

CAERE (mod. Cerveteri, i.e. Caere vetus, see below)

CAESALPINUS (CESALPIN0), ANDREAS (1519—1603)

GAIUS JULIUS CAESAR (102—44 B.c.)

SIR JULIUS CAESAR (1557-1558-1636)

CAESAREA MAZACA (mod. Kaisarieh)

CAESAREA PALAESTINA

CAESAREA PHILIPPI

CAESAREAN SECTION

CAESIUM (symbol Cs, atomic weight 132.9)

CAESPITOSE (Lat. caespes, a sod)

CAESTUS, or CESTUS (from Lat. caedo, strike)

CAESURA (Lat. for " cutting," Gr. row))

CAFFEINE, or THEINE (1.3.7 trimethyl 2 . 6 dioxypurin)

JACQUES CAFFIERI (1678-1755)

CAFTAN, or KAFTAN (a Turkish word, also in use in Persia)

COUNT ALESSANDRO CAGLIOSTRO (1743-1795)

CHARLES CAGNIARD DE LA TOUR (1777-1859)

MARCHESE LUIGI CAGNOLA (1762-1833)

CAHER (or CAHIR)

CAIATIA (mod. Caiazzo)

CAIETAE PORTUS (mod. Gaeta)

THOMAS HENRY HALL CAINE (1853— )

CAINOZOIC (from the Gr. icalvbs, recent, life)

CAIQUE (from Turk. Kaik)

EDWARD CAIRD (1835-1908)

JOHN CAIRD (182o–1898)

CAIRN (in Gaelic and Welsh, Carn)

JOHN ELLIOTT CAIRNES (1823–1875)

1ST EARL HUGH MC CALMONT CAIRNS CAIRNS (1819-1885)

JOHN CAIRNS (1818–1892)

CAIRO (Arabic Misr-al-Kahira, or simply Misr)

BENEDETTO CAIROLI (1825-1889)

CAISSON (from the Fr. caisse, the variant form " cassoon " being adapted from the Ital. casone)

CAISSON DISEASE

JOHN etc.] KEYS CAIUS [Anglice KEES (1510-1573)

CAJAMARCA, or CAXAMARCA

CAJATAMBO, or CAXATAMBO

CAJETAN (GAETANUS), CARDINAL (1470-1534)

CALABAR (or OLD CALABAR)

CALABASH (from the Span. calabaza, a gourd or pumpkin, possibly derived from the Pers. kharlunza, a melon)

CALABOZO, or CALABOSO

CALABRESELLA (sometimes spelt Calabrasella)

CALAH (so in the Bible; Kaiak in the Assyrian inscriptions)

CALAHORRA (anc. Calagurris)

EDMUND CALAMY (1671-1732)

CALARASHI (Cdllrasi)

JEAN CALAS (1698-1762)

CALASH (from Fr. caleche, derived from Polish kolaska, a wheeled carriage)

MARIO DI CALASIO (1550-1620)

CALAVERAS SKULL

CALBE, or KALBE

CALCAR (or KALCKER), JOHN DE (1499-1546)

atomic weight 40.0 CALCIUM [symbol Ca (o= x6)]

CALCULATING MACHINES

LEOPOLDO MARCO ANTONIO CALDANI (1725-1813)

RANDOLPH CALDECOTT (1846-1886)

SIR ROBERT CALDER

PEDRO CALDERON DE LA BARCA (i600-i681)

RODRIGO CALDERON (d. 1621), COUNT OF OLIVA AND MARQUES DE LAS SIETE IGLESIAS

DAVID CALDERWOOD (1575-1650)

HENRY CALDERWOOD (1830-1897)

CALEB (Heb. keleb, " dog ")