Babington, Anthony. 1561-86. English conspirator to murder Elizabeth I for Mary Queen of Scots. Beheaded.

Bacon, Francis. 1561-1626. English chancellor and philosopher. First king’s counsel. Favoured inductive over deductive reasoning. Separated Science from religion. New Atlantis 1625. B. Scientific method: Novum Organum 1620. Essays 1625.

Bacon, Roger. 1214-94. English Franciscan monk. Advocated scientific experiment, observation. Alchemist. Formulated gunpowder. Magnifying glass 1250. Opus Majus 1266.Telescope.

Baden-Powell, Robert. 1857-1941. English General, founded Boy Scouts 1908; Girl Guides with sister Agnes, 1910.

Bagehot, Walter. 1826-77. English social scientist/ essayist. The English Constitution 1867. Physics and Politics 1872. Lombard St. 1873.

Bahamas. Arawak. 1492 Columbus. 1646 English colonize. 1782-3 Spain. 1973 Independent.

Baker, Benjamin. 1840-1907. English engineer: London Underground 1869. Forth Bridge 1882. Aswan Dam.

Baker, Herbert. 1862-1946. English architect: Pretoria government buildings; New Delhi.

Ball, John. -1381. English priest. Led Peasants Revolt. Executed. Tyler.

Ballot Act. 1872. Established secret ballot in English Parliamentary elections.

Banks, Joseph. 1743-1820. English botanist with Cook’s explorations.

Bannister, Roger. 1929-. English. Ran first 4 minute mile at Oxford, 1954.

Bannockburn, Battle. 1314. Scots defeat English, assuring independence. Robert the Bruce.

Barbados. Arawak. 1518 Portugal discovers. 1627 English settle. 1966 Independent.

Barry, Charles. 1795-1860. English architect: Westminster Parliament 1840. Trafalgar Square 1840-3.

Bart, Jean. 1650-1702. French privateer for Louis XIV vs English.

Bates, W. 1825-92. English naturalist. Supported Darwin with mimicry evidence.

Beaufort, Francis. 1774-1857. English hydrographer: wind scale 1805.

Beckett, Samuel. 1906-89. English/Irish novelist, dramatist expressing man’s suffering: Waiting for Godot 1952. Endgame.

Bede, St. (The Venerable). 673-735. English historian: De Temporum Ratione 725.Ecclesiastical History 731.

Beerbohm, Max. 1872-1956. English caricaturist, satirist, dandy. Caricatures 1896.

Belize. 4-9C Maya. 17C Buccaneers. 17C English settle. 17,18C Slaves brought. 1862 Colony =British Honduras. 1964 Self-government. 1973 =Belize. 1981 Independent.

Belloc, Hilaire. 1870-1953. French/English writer: Bad Child’s Book of Beasts 1896. Cautionary Tales 1907.

Benefit of Clergy. 1170-1827. Literates and clergy exempt from trial by English civil court. 1489- Once only, branding. Jonson.

Benevolences. 1473-1689. Forced ’loans’ to English monarchs.

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