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been a merchant at that place, but was established as a merchant in 

 London at the time of his son's birth. 



BEECHER FAMILY. Lyman Beecher, D. D. (1775-1863) was 



the first famous member of the family. He was son of David Beecher 

 by his third wife. Lyman Beecher was the father of eleven children 

 who grew to maturity, the most prominent of whom are : Catherine 

 E. (1800-1878) [25]; Harriet (Mrs. Stowe) (1812— ) [37]; Henry 

 Ward (1813-1887) [38] ; and Thomas K. (1824—) [49] (by second 

 wife). See also page 93. 



BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN (1770-1827) [31], a German 

 musical composer ranked as one of the greatest. He was son of 

 Johann van Beethoven (1739-1792) [27], a tenor singer, who was 

 son of Ludwig van Beethoven (1712-1773) [54], a musician who 

 was son of Wilhelm van Beethoven (1658 — ). 



BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774-1842) [A?], a British surgeon and 

 anatomist of high distinction. He was the youngest of six children of 

 Rev. William Bell and was a brother of John Bell (1763-1820), who 

 was also a surgeon and who was the second son. 



BENTHAM, JEREMY (1748-1832), an English juridical phil- 

 osopher and utilitarian writer. He was the eldest, and for nine years 

 the only child. His father and grandfather were lawyers, and his 

 great-grandfather was a successful pawnbroker in the time of Charles 

 II. His mother was the daughter of a retired shopkeeper. 



BENTLEY, RICHARD (1662-1742), an English classical scholar 

 and critic, son of Thomas Bentley by his second wife. 



BENTON, THOMAS HART (1782-1858), an American states- 

 man, son of Col. Jesse Benton, a prominent lawyer in North Carolina. 

 He was an orphan at the age of eight. 



BERGMAN, TORBERN OLOF (1735-1784), a distinguished 

 Swedish chemist and naturalist. 



BERKELEY, GEORGE (1684- 1753), an Irish prelate and philos- 

 opher, son of William Berkeley, a collector at Belfas*. 



BERNADOTTE, JEAN BAPTISTE JULES (1764-1844), a 

 French marshal under Napoleon and subsequently king of Sweden 



