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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. 



BARRINGTON, 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. (1117-1170), an English prelate and 

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



