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OBITUARIES, FOREIGN". 



the gallery of Carlsruhe. A large number of 

 his paintings are also in the new Pinakothek 

 in Munich. He was for a number of years 

 previous to his death court-painter at Carls- 

 ruhe, Baden, and conservator of the collection 

 of antiquities of the Grand-duke. 



BECK, JOHANN HEINRIOH, a German painter, 

 born in 1789 ; died March 6, 1875. In 1817 

 Duke Leopold Frederick of Anhalt appointed 

 him court - painter, and in that position he 

 gained a great reputation as portrait painter. 



BELOW-LUGOWEN, RICHARD TON, a member 

 of the Prussian Herrenhaus ; died November 

 6, 1875. 



BENNETT, Sir WILLIAM STERNDALE, a cele- 

 brated English composer and pianist, was born 

 in Sheffield, April 13, 1816, and died in Lon- 

 don, February 1, 1875. In his eighth year he 

 entered King's College, Cambridge, as chor- 

 ister, and two years later commenced his mu- 

 sical studies at the Royal Academy of Music. 

 He first chose the violin as his specialty, but 

 soon left it for the piano. He studied under 

 Dr. Crotch, Cipriani Potter, Moscheles, and 

 afterward in Leipsic under Mendelssohn, to 

 whom he soon became warmly attached. In 

 Germany he also became very intimate with 

 Schumann. During the years 1836-'38 some 

 of his compositions were produced in Leipsic 

 under the personal direction of Mendelssohn, 

 and were received with great favor. In 1856 

 he was appointed Professor of Music at the 

 University of Cambridge. In 1870 he received 

 the degree of D. C. L. from the University 

 of Oxford, and in 1871 he was raised to the 

 knighthood. His principal works are the 

 operas "The "Wood - Nymphs " and "Parisi- 

 na"; the cantatas "The May Queen" and 

 " The Woman of Samaria ; " and several con- 

 certos for piano and orchestra. He has also 

 written a treatise on harmony, and one entitled 

 "Classical Practice for Pianoforte Students." 

 Schumann wrote of him that " he was a born 

 artist, the like of which even Germany had 

 few to boast of." 



BEVILAOQTJA, CAELOS, an Italian senator ; 

 died in September, 1875. He was Vice-Presi- 

 dent of the Upper Italian Railroad Company. 



BIGNOLD, Sir SAMUEL, born in 1791 ; died 

 January 2, 1875. He was Mayor of Norwich in 

 1854, and member of Parliament from 1854 to 

 1857. 



BIZET, GEOEGES, a French composer, born 

 in 1840; died June 3, 1875. He was a pupil 

 of Hal6vy, whose daughter he married. His 

 first works were "The Pearl-Fishers " and the 

 " Beautiful Maid of Perth," which, however, 

 did not meet with a favorable reception. His 

 last work, "Carmen," which was performed 

 for the first time a few weeks before his death, 

 was a decided success, and brought him the - 

 cross of the Legion of Honor. 



BLASIUS, ERNST, a German physician, born 

 November 30, 1802; died July 11, 1875. In 

 1829 he was appointed tutor, in 1830 extraor- 

 dinary and in 1834 ordinary Professor of 



Medicine in the University of Halle, and soon 

 after received the position of Director of the 

 Medico-Surgical Clinic, in which position he 

 remained until 1867. Among his principal 

 works are " Handbuch der Akiurgie " (3 vols., 

 1830-'32), "Akiurgische Abbildungen" (1831 

 -'33), "Handbuch der gesammten Chirurgie 

 und Augenheilkunde " (4 vols., 1836 -'38), 

 "Beitrage zur praktischen Chirurgie " (1848), 

 and "Neue Beitrage" (1857). 



BLUHME, GEOEG RICHAED, a German states- 

 man, born August 14, 1830 ; died December 

 4, 1875. He has been Director of the Royal 

 Coal Mines at Saarbrilcken, a member of the 

 Prussian Reichstag, and at the time of his 

 death, was a member of the German Reichstag. 



BLTJMEE, Dr. J. J., a Swiss statesman ; died 

 November 12, 1875. He was one of the lead- 

 ers of the Liberal party, and on October 22, 



1874, was elected President of the Federal 

 Court. 



BOECK, KABL WILHELM, a Norwegian physi- 

 cian, born in 1808 ; died December 10, 1875. 

 His influence on the development of certain 

 branches of medical science was so great that 

 the peculiar theories which have sprung from 

 his works and doctrines are generally spoken 

 of as the Norwegian school. He was pro- 

 fessor in Christiania. 



BORN, LIJDWIG, a German politician, born 

 January 13, 1813 ; died April 15, 1875. He 

 was a prominent leader of the Liberal party 

 in the former Duchy of Nassau, a member of 

 the constituent Reichstag of the North Ger- 

 man Confederation in 1867, and at the time of 

 his death was a member of the Prussian House 

 of Deputies. 



BOTH, KARL FBIEDEIOH VON, a German 

 scholar, born February 11, 1789; died May 4, 



1875. Having served the state in various po- 

 sitions, he was appointed in 1836 Vice-Chan- 

 cellor of the University of Rostock, which po- 

 sition he held for twenty-two years. During 

 his term of office he did much to promote the 

 interests of the university, and when in 1870 

 he celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of his 

 connection with it, he was created " doctor 

 philosophic honoris causa," and was presented 

 with the " golden medal of merit " for science 

 and art. His principal work is his " Gesetzes- 

 sammlung der Mecklenburg - Schwerinschen 

 Lande." 



BRANDS, AUGUST, a member of the German 

 Reichstag, for the province of Hanover, born 

 December 20, 1820; died December 23, 1875. 

 He studied medicine in the Universities of Got- * 

 tingen and Heidelberg, and, having retired from 

 the practice of medicine in 1852, he founded a 

 brewery, which he managed until 1871. He 

 was also a member of the Prussian House of 

 Deputies, and belonged to the National Liberal 

 party. 



BRAUN, SIMON, a German painter, born De- 

 cember 24, 1833 ; died August 21, 1875. He 

 excelled in historical paintings and had gained 

 some celebrity as a lithographer. 



