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a founder of the Eoyal Astronomical Soc., and presi- 

 dent, 1825-27, 1833-35, 1837-39, 1843-45 ; reviser of star 

 catalogues ; reformed Nautical Almanac ; trustee, B.A., 

 1839-44. 



BAKER, Sir Samuel White (1821-93), F.E.S., explorer 

 of Nile headwaters and tributaries, 1861-65 ; Kt., 1866 ; 

 governor-general, Upper Nile region, 1869-73. 



BALFOUR, Francis Maitland (1851-82), F.E.S., special 

 professor of animal morphology, Cambridge Univ., 1882 ; 

 general secretary, B.A., 1881-82. Accidental death while 

 mountaineering in Switzerland. 



BALL, Sir Eobert Stawell (1840-1 91 3), F.E.S., director of 

 Science and Art Museum, Dublin, 1868 ; Eoyal Astronomer 

 of Ireland, 1874-92 ; Lowndean professor of astronomy 

 and geometry, and director of observatory, Cambridge, 

 1892 ; Kt., 1886. 



BENT, James Theodore (1852-97), archaeological re- 

 searches in Asia Minor, 1888, etc. ; Bahrein Islands, 1889 ; 

 Abyssinia, 1893 ; Arabia, 1893-97. 



BESSEL, Friedrich Wilhelm (1784-1846), director of 

 observatory, Konigsberg, 1810, and professor of astronomy. 



BESSEMER, Sir Henry (1813-98), F.E.S., patented method 

 of manufacturing steel, 1855 seqq. ; established steel works 

 at Sheffield, 1859 ; Kt., 1879. 



BRADLEY, Eev. James (1693-1762), F.E.S. ; Savilian 

 professor of astronomy, Oxford Univ., 1721-62, and first 

 reader in experimental philosophy, 1749-62 ; astronomer 

 royal, 1742-62 ; discoverer of aberration of light. 



BRIGHT, Sir Charles Tilston (1832-88), telegraph engineer, 

 engaged with Thomson (Kelvin) in laying of first Atlantic 

 cable, Valentia-Newfoundland, 1858; Kt., 1858; M.P., 

 1865. 



BRODERIP, William John (1789-1859), F.E.S., barrister ; 

 magistrate, 1822-56 ; zoologist ; a founder of Zool. Soc., 

 1826. 



BROWN, Eobert (1773-1858), F.E.S., researches in 

 botany. 



BRUCE, William Speirs (1867-1922), director, Scottish 



