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unexplored, in 1769, and emigrated to that 

 state with his own and five other families in 

 1773, constructing a fort at Boonsborough in 

 1775 ; captured by the Indians, he was adopted 

 by them, but escaped and returned to the fort, 

 which was shortly after attacked by Indians 

 under the British flag ; the fort was ably de- 

 fended, two of Boone's sons, however, being 

 killed. Boone lost his lands in Kentucky in 

 consequence of a defective title, and, removing 

 to Missouri, pursued the occupation of a hunter 

 and trapper. 



BOOTH, Edwin, 1833-93. son of Junius Brutus 

 Booth ; Am. tragedian. 



BOOTH, John Wilkes, 1 835-65, son of Junius 

 Brutus Booth ; Am. actor ; assassin of Abra- 

 ham Lincoln ; effected his escape, but was 

 traced into Virginia, where, refusing to sur- 

 render, he was shot. 



BOOTH, Junius Brutus, 1796-1852, Eng. tra- 

 gedian. 



BORGIA, Cesare, Due de Valentinois, 1457- 

 1507, natural son of Alexander VI., It. mili- 

 tary leader ; made cardinal in 1492, but after- 

 wards secularized ; notorious for cunning, per- 

 fidy, and cruelty. 



BORGIA, Francisco ; see Francis, Saint. 



BORGIA., Lucrezia, Duchess of Ferrara, . . . . 

 -1523, sister of Cesare ; distinguished for beau- 

 ty and talents, and a patron of learning, but 

 contemporaneous writers differ in their estima- 

 tion of her character. 



BORROMEO, Carlo, Saint, 1538-84, It. 

 cardinal. 



BOSSUET, Jacques Benigne, 1627-1704, Fr. 

 prelate and controversialist, and considered 

 the greatest of Christian orators ; first advo- 

 cate of papal infallibility. 



BOSWELL, James, 1740-95, Scot, lawyer; 

 biographer of Dr. Johnson. 



BOTTCHER, Johann Friedrich, 1682-1719, 

 inventor of Dresden china. 



BOUCICAULT, Dion, 1822-90, Ir.-Am. 

 dramatist. 



BOULANGER, Georges Ernest Jean Marie, 

 1837-91, Fr. general. 



BOUILLON, Godfrey de, 10607-1100, leader 

 of first Crusade. 



BOURDALOUE, Louis, 1632-1704, Fr. Jesuit 

 orator. 



BOURNE, Hugh, 1772-1852, Eng. founder of 

 Primitive Methodism. 



BOWDITCH, Nathaniel, 1773-1838, Am. 

 mathematician . 



BOWLES, Samuel, 1826-78, Am. journalist. 



BOWLES, William Lisle, 1762-1850, Eng. 

 poet. 



BOYESEN, Hjalmar Hjorth, 1848-1895, Nor. 

 author in America. 



BOZZARIS, Marcos, 1790-1823, patriotic 

 leader in Greek war for independence. 



BRADDOCK, Edward, 1715 V-55, Eng. gen- 

 eral in America ; killed by Indians. 



BRADFORD, William, 1590-1657, governor 

 of Plymouth colony. 



BRAGG, Braxton, 1815-76, Confederate 

 general. 



BRANDT, Joseph (Thayendanega), 1742- 

 1807, half-breed chief of the Mohawks. 



BRECKINRIDGE, John Cabell, 1821-75, Am. 

 statesman and Confederate general ; born in 

 Kentucky; vice-president, 1857-61; Demo- 

 cratic candidate for presidency in 1860 ; 

 elected to U. S. Senate in 1861, but resigned 

 to enter the Confederate army ; Confederate 

 secretary of war, 1865. 



BREMER, Fredrika, 1802-65, Sw. novelist. 



BRENGHEL, Jan, 1569-1825, Flemish painter. 



BREWSTER, Sir David, 1781-1868, Eng. 

 optician and physicist. 



BRIAN BORU (or Boroihme), 926-1014, 

 king of Ireland. 



BRIDGET, Saint, 1302-73, patron saint of 

 Ireland. 



BRIDGMAN, Laura, 1829-89, Am. blind 

 deaf-mute, noted for mental acquirements. 



BRIGHT, John, 1811-89, Eng. statesman 

 and orator. 



BRONTE, Charlotte (Currer Bell), 181i-:>.', 

 Eng. novelist. 



BROOKS, Phillips, 1835-93, Am. clergyman. 



BROUGHAM, Henry, Lord, 1779-1868, Br. 

 author, statesman, and orator. 



BROWN, John, Captain, 1800-59, born in 

 Connecticut ; a tanner by trade ; removed to 

 Kansas and became prominent as an abolition- 

 ist ; gained the title of ' ' Ossawatomie " by a 

 victory, in 1856, over a company of Missou- 

 rians vastly exceeding his own force in number ; 

 in pursuance of a plan for the invasion of 

 Virginia, he surprised Harper's Ferry in 1859, 

 and took the arsenal and armory and forty 

 prisoners ; attacked the next day by V. S. 

 marines and the Virginia militia, two of his 

 sons and most of his company of twenty men 

 were killed, and he himself wounded and taken 

 prisoner ; he was tried and hanged at Charles- 

 town, Virginia. 



BROWNE, Charles F. (Artemus Ward), 

 1835-67, Am. humorist. 



BROWNE, Sir Thomas, 1605-82, Eng. phy- 

 sician, philosopher, and author. 



BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett, 1809-61, 

 wife of Robert Browning ; Eng. poetess. 



BROWNING, Robert, 1812-89, Eng. poet : 

 "The Ring and the Book," " StraSord," 

 "Men and Women," " Fifine at the Fair," 

 " A Soul's Errand." 



BRUCE, Robert, 1247-1329, the greatest of 



