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was daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke and was said to have been the 

 best educated woman in England. 



BAER, CARL ERNST VON (1792-1876), a German zoologist. 



BAIRD, SPENCER FULLERTON (1823-1887), an American 

 naturalist, son of Samuel Baird, a lawyer of much culture. Was an 

 orphan at 10. 



BALTARD, VICTOR (1805—) [40], an eminent French archi- 

 tect, son of Louis Pierre Baltard (1765-1846), the architect of the 

 Pantheon, the Paris prisons and other famous buildings. Prosper 

 Baltard (1796 — ), also an architect, was elder brother of Victor, but 

 less eminent. 



BALZAC, HONORE DE (1799-1850), a French novelist who 

 wrote 97 books. 



BANCROFT, GEORGE (1800-1891) [45], an American his- 

 torian, son of Rev. Aaron Bancroft (1755-1839), director of divinity 

 at Harvard College. 



HARRINGTON, the name of an English family of four brothers 

 who became famous in different walks of life. They were sons of 

 John Shute-Barrington (1678-1734), a lawyer and author. William 

 Wildman Barrington (1717-1793) [39], the eldest, was secretary of 

 war, chancellor of the exchequer and treasurer of the navy. Daines 

 Barrington (1727-1800) [49] was jurist, naturalist and author. 

 Samuel Barrington ( — 1800) [A 2 ] was a rear admiral. Shute Bar- 

 rington (1734-1826) [56] was a prelate, author and philanthropist. 



BARROT, CAMILLE HYACINTHE ODILON (1791-1873) 

 [38], a popular French advocate and statesman, especially prominent 



in political trials. He was son of ( 1753-1845), 



a Royalist advocate. Victorin Ferdinand Barrot (1806 — ) [53], 

 brother of the Odilon, was solicitor of the treasury, counsel for Louis 

 Napoleon, minister of the interior, and senator. 



BASIL THE GREAT (329-379), a saint of the Christian church, 

 son of St. Basil the Elder and Ste. Emmelia. 



BECKET, THOMAS A. (11 17-1 170), an English prelate and 

 statesman. His father, Gilbert Becket, was a native of Rouen, had 



