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Bronte, Charlotte. 1816-55. English Romantic author: Jane Eyre 1847; Shirley, Villette 1853.
Bronte, Emily. 1818-48. English Romantic novelist of passionate intensity: Wuthering Heights 1847.
Bronze Age. 3500-500BC. First uses of metal for arms and tools. Began in Near East. Society more structured. Specialization begins. Iron Age.
Brook Farm. 1841-7. Massachussets commune. Ripley. Hawthorne.
Brooke, James. 1803-68. British “White Raja”; family ruled Sarawak 1841-1946.
Brosse, Salomon de. 1571-1624. Architect: Luxembourg Palace 1615.
Broussel. Parliamentarian, whose arrest by Anne of Austria began the Fronde 1648.
Brown, Arthur. 1886-1948. First non-stop transatlantic flight, 1919, with Alcock.
Brown, Charles. 1771-1810. “Father of American novel”. Wieland 1798.
Brown, George. 1818-80. Scottish/Canadian statesman. Founded Toronto Globe 1844.
Brown, John. 1800-59. US slavery abolitionist. Harper’s Ferry. Hung.
Brown, Lancelot “Capability”. 1715-83. English landscape architect. Created the definitive “English Garden”: assymmetric, harmonious, accidental. Blenheim. Prior Park.
Brown, Robert. 1773-1858. Scottish botanist: Brownian movement. Plant cell nucleus.
Browne, Robert. 1550-1633. English founder of congregationalist Brownist sect, 1580. Exiled.
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett. 1806-61. English poet: Sonnets from the Portuguese 1848. Aurora Leigh 1857. Wife of Robert.
Browning, Robert. 1812-89. English epic poet: Ring and the Book.
Bruant, Aristide. 1851-1925. French singer.
Bruant, Libéral. 1635-97. Architect: Les Invalides 1671.
Bruce, James. 1730-94. African explorer 1768-73.
Bruce, Robert the. 1274-1329. Scottish King 1306-. Vs Edward I and II. Bannockburn victory.
Bruckner, Anton. 1824-96. Austrian Classical Romantic composer of symphonies, masses. Romantic Symphony 1874.
Bruegel, Jan (Velvet). 1568-1625. Flemish painter of landscape and still life.
Bruegel, Pieter (the Elder). 1525-69. Flemish narrative painter of village life. Natural realism. Peasant Wedding 1567. Hunters in the Snow 1565.