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THE STANDARD DICTIONARY OF FACTS 



1902 "The Little White Bird." Mr. Barrie's work for 

 the stage include;; "Walker, London," in IS'.H.'; ".lane 

 Annie," written with Mr. Conan Doyle, and brought 

 out at the Savoy in 1893; "The 1'rotV -m'- l.ove Story." 

 "The Little Minister." 1S97; "The Wedding 

 1900; "Quality Street," I'.mj; "The Admirable Crich ton" 

 and "Little Mary." 1903; " Alice Sit-by-tlu-Fire," !'.)():>. 

 and "Josephine." 1906. 



Harrow. Isaac, born in ItVJO; scholar and divine, 

 and the preceptor of Isaac Newton. He earned a great 

 reputation at Cambridge, and afterwards chiefly studied 

 natural science, divinity, and the classics. After some 

 foreign travel he entered the Church, and in 1660 ob- 

 -lup of (ireek at Cambridge and that 



of geometry at (Jreshain College. The latter appoint- 

 ment he resigned to Newton, and was appointed by 

 Charles II. to the mastership >f Trinity College, after- 

 wards being chosen vice-chancellor of Cambridge Uni- 

 versity. He died a little later (1677), with the reputa- 

 tion of being one of the best \\ its and profoundest scholars 

 of his day. 



Harrows. Samuel June, ex-congressman, clergy- 

 man; born in New York. May LM>. 1X4.~>; graduate <>f 

 Harvard Divinity School ( B. D.1, 1S7.">. Before gradua- 

 tion had been stenographer and journalist; pastor First 

 Church (Unitarian), Dorchester, Boston, 1876-80; ed- 

 itor "Christian KegNter," ISS1-97; member Congress, 

 tenth district, Mass., 1897-99; represented United 

 States on International Prison Commission, 1896; cor- 

 responding secretary Prison Association of New York, 

 1900. Author: "Shaybacks in Camp," "Isles and 

 Shrines of Greece," "A Baptist Meeting House," "The 

 Doom of the Majority of Mankind," "Crimes and Mis- 

 demeanors in the United States," etc. 



Barrymore, F.thel. M iss, actress; born in Philadel- 



Shia, August 15, 1879; daughter of late Maurice and 

 eorgiana (Drew) B.; niece of John Drew; educated at 

 Convent of Notre Dame, Phila. Made debut in John 

 Drew's Company, 1896; starring under management of 

 Charles Frohman : at present star in "Sunday," a drama. 



Harthol'di, Frederic- Augustc, a famous French 

 artist and sculptor; born in Alsace, 1834. In 1865, he 

 received the Cross of the Legion of Honor. Chief among 

 his works are the "Lion of Belfort," the statue of La 

 Fayette in Union Square, New York, and the colossal 

 figure in New York Harbor of "Liberty Enlightening 

 the World." 



Bartholdt, Richard, congressman; editor "St. 

 Louis Tribune;" born in Germany, November 2, 1855; 

 came to United States in boyhood; classical education; 

 learned printing trade; since then in journalism. Was 

 member board of public schools, St. Louis, and its presi- 

 dent, 1891 ; member Congress, Tenth Missouri district 

 since 1893. president Interparliamentary Union for 

 Promotion of International Arbitration. 



Bartholomew, Saint, one of the twelve apostles of 

 Jesus. He preached the gospel in the Indies, in Ethiopia, 

 and elsewhere. His labors are said to have been termi- 

 nated by a cruel death, by his being brutally flayed alive 

 in Armenia. The correct ness of this statement, however, 

 has been doubted. The Church of Benevento and that 

 of Rome boast of possessing some of his bones among 

 their treasured relics. 



Barton. Clara, founder and organizer of National 

 Red Cross in United States, president 1881-1904; born 

 in Oxford, Ma-^.. ]s_'l; graduate of Clinton Liberal In- 

 stitution, New York. Taught school ten years; organ- 

 ized system of public schools, Bordenstown, N. J. Dur- 

 ing Civil War did relief work on battlefields and organ- 

 ized search for missing men (for the carrying on of which 

 work Congress voted s] .">,<)()()) ; laid out grounds national 

 cemetery, An-lersonville, 1865; associated with Inter- 

 national Red Cross of Geneva and worked through entire 

 Franco-Prussian War, 1870; distributed relief in S trass- 

 burg, Belfort. Montpelier, Paris, 1871; secured adoption 

 of treaty of Geneva, 1882; first president American Red 

 Cross (official); appointed to represent United States 

 in all international conferences, Geneva, 1884; Carbruhe, 

 1887; Rome, 1892; Vienna, 1S97; St. Petersburg, 1 903 ; 

 inaugurated American amendment of Red Cross, to pro- 



Jide for greater calamities of peace; distributed relief 

 ohnstown flood, 1892; Russian famine, 1893; Arme- 

 nian massacre, 1898; at request of President of United 

 States, carried relief to Cuba, 1898; did personal field 

 work, Spanish-American War; conducted Red Cross 

 relief at Galveston, Tex., after great disaster, August, 

 1900; president National First Aid Association since 

 1905. Holds decorations or diplomas of honor from 

 Germany, Baden, Austria, Servia, Turkey, Armenia, 

 Switzerland, Spain, Russia. Author: "History of Red 

 Cross," "America's Relief Expedition to Asia Minor," 

 "History of the Red Cross in Peace and War," V Story 

 of Red Cross." 



Basil, St., commonly called the "(Ireat "; was born 

 in Cappadooia about A. D. 329. He studied at Antioch, 

 tiea, Constantinople, and Athens. Having gained 

 distinction as a professor of rhetoric, he .visited the 

 monasteries of Egypt and Libya, ami in consequence 

 embraced the monastic life. He was ordained priest by 

 Kusebius, bishop of t'irsarea, and on the death of Ku<e- 

 bius, was elected to his see. He was much engaged in 

 theological controversy, and boldly defended his opinion 

 against the F.mperor Valens. He died about 380. A 

 monkish order was named after this saint. 



Ba/.ainr. Francois Achille, a marshal of France; 

 born at Versailles; distinguished himself in Algiers, 

 the Crimea, and Mexico; did good service as commander 

 of the army of the Rhine, in the Franco-German War, 

 but after the surrender at Sedan was shut up in Met/, 

 surrounded by the Germans, and obliged to surrender, 

 with all his generals, officers, and men; was tried by 

 court-martial, and condemned to death, but was im- 

 prisoned instead; made good his escape one evening to 

 Madrid, where he lived to write a justification of his 

 conduct, the sale of the book being prohibited in France 

 (1811-1888). 



Hcauliarnais, Eugene dc (bo-hfi/nai), son of Jose- 

 phine, wife of Napoleon I., adopted by the latter; born 

 in 1781; served with distinction in the Napoleonic Wars, 

 and was appointed Viceroy of Italy. After Napoleon's 

 fall he retired to Munich, and married the daughter of 

 the King of Bavaria. Died, 1824. 



Beauharnais, Hortense Eugenie de, daughter of 

 Josephine; born in 1783; was married against her will 

 to Louis, youngest brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, from 

 whom she separated in 1810, after he was driven from 

 the throne of Holland. Her son by him was the late 

 Napoleon III. Died, 1837. 



Beaumarchais (bo-m&r'shay') Pierre Axipustin 

 Caron de,born in 1732; a man of many-sided genius, was 

 the son of a watchmaker. His musical accomplishments 

 ! procured him a place in the royal concerts, and he became 

 I rich by the fortunes of two widows whom he married, 

 i and by successful financial speculation. He made an- 

 other fortune by supplying arms and provisions to the 

 Americans during the war of Independence, and th^n 

 turned to dramatic writing, producing several highly 

 successful pieces. In 1793 he was accused of treason to 

 the state, and fled to England. Returning to France, 

 he was for some time imprisoned, and finally died (1799), 

 in poverty. 



Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toussaint, born in 

 1818; a general of the Confederate Army. He took up 

 the cause of the Southern States, on their secession, and 

 captured Fort Sumter. He defeated Butler at Bull's 

 Run, and afterwards commanded the army of the Mis- 

 sissippi. His obstinate defense of Charleston is one of the 

 remarkable episodes of the Civil War. Died, 1894. 



Beck, James M., lawyer; born in Philadelphia, 

 July 9, 1861; graduate of Moravian College, Bethlehem, 

 Pa., 1880, LL. D., 1902; Miihlenberg College, 1902; stud- 

 ied law in office of Albert A. Outerbridge; admitted to 

 bar, 1884; United States attorney for Eastern District 

 of Pennsylvania, 1896-1900; assistant attorney-general 

 of United States, 1900-1903; resigned April 30, 1903; 

 republican. Has argued many important cases in United 

 States Supreme Court, including the Neely case, and the 

 Lottery cases; argued the Northern Securities merger case 

 before circuit judges. Has delivered public orations on 

 many notable occasions. Spoke for the American bar 

 at dinner given in the Temple, London, by the bench 

 and bar of England. As master appointed by United 

 States Court sold, April, 1902, the "Philadelphia Record " 

 for $3.000,000 highest price ever brought by an 

 American newspaper at public sale. In 1902 negotiated 

 purchase of "Philadelphia Ledger" and the merging of 

 it with "Philadelphia Times"; part owner of "Ledger" 

 company; entered law firm of Shearman & Sterling, 

 New York, l'.K)3, and removed to that city; also member 

 law firm of Beck & Robinson, Philadelphia. Solicitor 

 Fairrnount Park Art Association; trustee Moravian 

 College. 



Becket, St. Thomas a (ah-blk'U\ Archbishop of 

 i Canterbury; born in 1119; was the son of a London 

 i merchant, his mother being a convert from Moham- 

 medanism. After entering the Church, Henry II. made 

 him chancellor of England, and in 1162 he was elected 

 to the primacy. Dissensions, however, soon broke out 

 between the king and Becket, the latter asserting the 

 j independence of the Church, and refusing to sign the 

 "Constitutions of Clarendon." Becket, having been 

 condemned and suspended from his office by parliament, 

 escaped to France, and a war with the latter country 

 followed. In 1170, an apparent reconciliation was 

 entered into, and Becket returned to England. Shortly 

 after his arrival he was assassinated by the supposed 



