280 APPENDIX. 



BLUMENBACH, JOHANN FRIEDRICH (1752-1840), a Ger- 

 man naturalist, son of a teacher. 



BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI (1313-1375), an Italian novelist, 

 illegitimate son of a wealthy merchant. 



BOCKH, AUGUST VON (1785-1867), a German philologist and 

 antiquary. He was younger brother of Friedrich von Bockh (1777- 

 1855), who was prime minister of Baden. 



BOERHAAVE. HERMANN (1668-1738), a Dutch physician, 

 son of a clergyman. 



BOETHIUS, ANICIUS MANLIUS TORQUATUS SEVERI- 

 NUS (475-525), a Roman philosopher and statesman. He was son 

 of a Roman consul and was an orphan as a child. 



BOGARDUS, JAMES (1800-1874), an American inventor who 

 produced many devices now in use. 



BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON (1769-1821) [23], emperor of 

 France and the greatest soldier of modern history. His father was 

 Carlo Maria Bonaparte (1746-1785), a lawyer, a follower of Paoli, 

 and an officer in the Corsican war against Genoa. His mother was 

 Maria Letizia Ramolino (Madame Laetitia), a woman of remarkable 

 character who followed her husband in his campaigns shortly before 

 the birth of Napoleon. 



BONNET, CHARLES (1720-1793), a Swiss naturalist and phil- 

 osopher. Was uncle of de Saussure (1740-1799). 



BONOMI, JOSEPH (1796) [57], an English archaeologist and 

 author, son of Giuseppe Bonomi (1739-1808), an Italian architect 

 who located in London. 



BOSSUET, JACQUES BENIGNE (1627-1704), a French prelate 

 famous for his oratorical powers. He came from a family of lawyers. 



BOSWELL, JAMES (1740-1795) [34], a British author, biog- 

 rapher of Samuel Johnson. He was son of Judge Alexander Boswell 

 (1706-). 



BOWDITCH, NATHANIEL (1773-1838), an American mathe- 

 matician, son of a cooper. 



