Banville, Théodore de. 1823-91. French Parnassian poet. Early Symbolist. Odes funambulesques 1857.

Barbarians. Greek = foreigners. Roman term for Goths, Huns and Vandals who conquered Western Empire 3-6C.

Barbarossa II. 1466-1546. Turkish pirate. Conquered Algiers 1518, Tunis 1534.

Barrackpore Mutiny. 1824. Indian troops vs British commanders. Troops massacred.

Bartholdi, Frédéric. 1834-1904. French sculptor of the Statue of Liberty 1886.

Bazaine, Achille. 1811-88. French marshal, surrendered Metz, 1870. Condemned as traitor. Escaped 1874.

Bazille, Jean-Frédéric. 1841-70. Early French Impressionist painter.

Beach, Alfred. 1826-96. US inventor. Published Scientific American 1848-.

Beadle, George. 1903-89. US geneticist. Role of genes in heredity.

Beaufort, François. 1616-69. Adored Fronde general. King of Halles.

Beauregard, Pierre. 1818-93. Confederate general. Ordered attack on Ft. Sumter.

Becket, St. Thomas à. 1118-70. Archbishop of Canterbury 1162-, murdered in Cathedral by Henry II’s knights.

Bellaud. 1532-88. Provencale truculent poet who inspired Marat, Rabelais and Petrarch.

Bentley, Richard. 1662-1742. English classical scholar. Restored texts. Editions of Horace, Terence, Aesop.

Best, Charles. 1899-1978. Canadian. insulin discoverer. Banting.

Bible. Hebrew and Christian sacred scriptures translated from Hebrew and Aramaic. 3C BC Greek translation. 1382 Wycliffe, Rogers, English. 1522-34 Luther, German. 1611 King James version. Vulgate by St. Jerome. Apocrypha.

Bienvenüe, Fulgence. 1852-1936. “Père du Metro”. Engineered first Paris métro line 1898.

Big Stick Policy. Roosevelt’s foreign policy. Power as a deterrent. Mahan.

Binet, Alfred. 1857-1911. French. Invented intelligence test 1905. Projective testing 1903.

Black Hundreds. 1905-9. Russian movement. Opposed revolution. Persecuted Jews-50,000 dead.

Black Prince. Son of Edward III. Captured King John II of France at Poitiers, 1356.

Bligh, William. 1754-1817. English captain of Bounty. Discovered breadfruit.

Blurb, Miss. 1907. Photo appeared on novel jackets.

Bokassa. 1921-96. Central African Republic dictator 1966-79. Overthrew Dacko, who was restored by France.

Boleslav the Cruel. -967. Brother, murdered St. Wenceslaus to become Prince of Bohemia, 929.

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