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Bright (RICHARD). [1754-1840] 



Richard Bright, senior, was a merchant and banker in Bristol, and 

 resided at Ham Green, on the Avon, near that city. A commercial 

 connection with the mines of Cornwall made him early a collector of 

 minerals and fossils. His second son, Benjamin Heywood [1787-1843], 

 added to the collection ; the latter's only son, Benjamin [?-1900], 

 presented it to the Trustees in 1873. British minerals, especially 

 celestite, gothite, agate, etc., from the neighbourhood of Bristol are well 

 represented in the collection. Of foreign minerals, special mention may 

 be made of red corundum from St. Gotthard, and large crystals of 

 idocrase from Egg, Norway. 



British Association, Council of the. 



Presented, in 1882, a collection of about 250 rock-specimens from 

 Scotland. 



Brogger (Prof. WALDEMAB CHRISTOPHER). [1851- ] 



Distinguished as a geologist and mineralogist. 



Presented, in 1895, a specimen of broggerite, from Moss, Norway ; 

 a collection of rock-specimens from the Christiania district, illustrating 

 descriptions by him (Eruptivgesteine des Kristianiagebietes, I., 1894 ; 

 II., 1895 ; III., 1898), was purchased from a dealer in 1900. 



Bruce (Prof. ARCHIBALD). [1777-1818] 



Presented, in 1811, a specimen of chrysoberyl from Greenfield, New 

 York ; and, in 1814, a fragment of the Red River meteorite. 



Bruce (JAMES). 



Presented, in 1862, the large Cranbourne meteorite, weighing 3J tons, 

 which arrived at the Museum in 1865 ; it is by far the largest meteorite 

 in the collection. 



Brukowsky (J.). 



Presented, in 1884, various gem-stones, mostly faceted. 



Buchanan, afterwards Hamilton (Dr. FRANCIS). [1762- 

 1829] 



Distinguished as a botanist. 



Collected, in 1810-1814, a large series of rocks from Gaya, Bhagalpur, 

 Shahabad and Goruckpur ; the specimens were incorporated in the India 

 Museum and transferred to the British Museum in 1879. 



Buckland (Prof. WILLIAM, Dean of Westminster). [1784-1856] 

 Presented, in 1823, a specimen of aragonite from Buckfastleigh, 

 Devonshire. 



Budapest, Hungarian Academy of Sciences. 



Presented, in 1867 and 1875 respectively, fragments of the KnyaUnya 

 and Zsaddny meteorites. 



Buie (JAMES). 



Presented, in 1898, a large series of rock-specimens which he had 

 collected to illustrate the geology of the neighbourhood of Portsoy, 

 B.mffshire. 



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