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works on public law and political economy, 

 among which were "The Forum Judicum of 

 the Visigoths," "Essay on the Life and Works 

 of Turgot" (1860); "Traite" theorique et pra- 

 tique du droit public et administratif " (1861); 

 also essays on "Public Credit" and "Interest- 

 bearing Loans." 



Ba> nes, Thomas Spencer, an English logician, 

 born in Wellington, Somersetshire, England, in 

 1823 ; died in London, England, May 30, 1887. 

 He was educated at Bath and Bristol, and at 

 the University of Edinburgh. From 1851 to 

 1855 he was assistant to Sir William Hamilton 

 in Edinburgh University, and in 1851 published 

 a translation of the "Port Royal Logic." In 



1852 he published an " Essay on the New Ana- 

 lytic of Logical Forms." He was appointed 

 assistant editor of the London "Daily News" 

 in 1857, and filled this post till 1864. From 

 1857 to 1863 he was Examiner in Logic and 

 Mental Philosophy in the University of Lon- 

 don. In 1860 he published " The Song of Sol- 

 omon in the Somersetshire Dialect," and in 

 1861 produced "The Somersetshire Dialect: 

 its Pronunciation." He was appointed Pro- 

 fessor of Logic, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics in 

 the University of St. Andrews in 1864. Nu- 

 merous articles from his pen appeared in the 

 "Edinburgh Review," "North British Re- 

 view," " Saturday Review," and " Fraser's 

 Magazine." His greatest work was the ninth 

 edition of the " Encyclopedia Britannica," of 

 which he was principal editor. The publica- 

 tion of this edition was begun in 1875, and 

 was almost completed at the time of his death. 

 His most notable contribution to the work is 

 the article on "Shakespeare." 



Beekx, Pierre Jean, Superior-General of the 

 Jesuits, born in Sechem, in Brabant, in 1794; 

 died in Rome, Italy, March 3, 1887. He began 

 his education in a school at Testelt. After it 

 was closed by Napoleon in 1812 he pursued 

 his classical studies by himself, and in 1815 en- 

 tered the Mechlin Seminary. In 1819 he was 

 ordained, but having decided to become a Jes- 

 uit he entered Hildesheim College, and on 

 completing his theological studies was employed 

 in important missions. The Duke of Anhalt- 

 Kothen, who had become converted to Catholi- 

 cism, engaged him as chaplin and superior of 

 a Catholic mission. In 1846 he effected the 

 readmission of the Jesuits into Venetia, and in 

 1850 was appointed rector of the Jesuit Col- 

 lege at Louvain. He became head of the Aus- 

 trian province of the order in 1852, and in 



1853 succeeded Roothaan as Superior-General. 

 Only one of his predecessors as General of the 

 Jesuits held the office for a longer period. 

 During the time that lie was their chief the 

 number of Jesuits more than doubled, and 

 they were re-established in France, Spain, Port- 

 ugal, and American countries, but subsequent- 

 ly he saw them expelled from Germany, France, 

 and a great part of Italy. On the union of 

 Rome with Italy he withdrew to a country- 

 house near Florence, from which he continued 



to direct the order till 1883. On retiring from 

 active duty, he took up his residence in the 

 Jesuit building in Rome occupied by the 

 American Seminary. 



Beclard, Jnles, a French physiologist, horn in 

 Paris, France, in 1818; died there in July, 

 1887. He was the son of a celebrated anato- 

 mist, was educated in Paris, and received the 

 degree of Doctor at Charenton in 1842. He 

 edited his father's " Elements of General Anat- 

 omy "in 1851, with copious cotes. In 1872 

 he became Professor of Physiology in the fac- 

 ulty at Paris. He was the author of element- 

 ary works on physiology and hygiene, and of 

 a " Precis de histologie" (Paris, 1865). 



Beresford-Hope, A. J. B., an English fcholar 

 and statesman, born in England, Jan. 25, 

 1820; died in Bedgebury, England, Oct. 20, 

 1887. He was educated at Harrow and at 

 Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was 

 graduated in 1841. He early evinced an inter- 

 est in archaeological questions, Gothic art, and 

 ecclesiastical antiquities. He purchased St. 

 Augustine's Abbey at Canterbury in 1844, and 

 fitted it up as a college for missionary clergy. 

 He entered Parliament as member for Maid- 

 stone in 1841, and represented that borough 

 till 1852, when he retired, and remained out 

 of Parliament until, in 1857, he was re-elected 

 by Maidstone. In 1859. and when it reap- 

 peared in subsequent sessions, he was the most 

 conspicuous opponent of the bill to legalize 

 marriage with a deceased wife's sister, and 

 spoke against every measure encroaching on 

 the rights and immunities of the Established 

 Church. In 1868 he was elected member for 

 the University of Cambridge in Parliament, 

 and continued to represent it until bis death. 

 When Mr. Disraeli introduced his reform bill 

 he was taunted by Mr. Beresford-Hope with 

 " outbidding Liberals in a Liberal market," to 

 which he retorted by calling attention to the 

 " Batavian grace " of the latter's oration. Mr. 

 Beresford-Hope was created a Privy Councilor 

 in 1880. He was president of the Society of 

 British Architects in 1865-'67, and frequently 

 lectured on art-subjects. In 1843 he pub- 

 lished a volume of " Poems," which was fol- 

 lowed by a translation of the " Hymns of the 

 Cliurch " for popular use (London, 1844). Sub- 

 sequently appeared " Letters on Church Mat- 

 ters," signed "D. C. L.," " The English Ca- 

 thedral of the Nineteenth Century," and "Wor- 

 ship in the Church of England." Among his 

 treatises and lectures on art subjects are "The 

 Art Workman's Position " (1853) ; " The Com- 

 mon Sense of Art"; "Church Art "(1863); 

 and " The World's Debt to Art." During the 

 American war he delivered three lectures en- 

 titled " A Popular View of the Civil War," 

 " England, the North, and the South," and 

 " The Results of the American Disruption." 

 He contributed many caustic essavs to the 

 "Saturday Review," and late in life published 

 two satirical novels entitled " Strictly Tied 

 Up " and " The Brand reths." 



