Bahlapi (bäch-lä'pē)

See Chuana. -Bahlingen. See Balingen . Bahman (bä'man), Prince. The eldest son of the Sultan of Persia, a character in the story of "The Two Envious Sisters” in “The Arabian Nights' Entertainments." He left with his sister when starting out on his adventures a magical knife: if it kept bright she would know that he was safe, if a drop of bbod appeared on it, that he was dead. Bahn (bän). A town in the province of Pome- Pania, Pru ia, situated on the Thue 66 miles northeast of Berlin. Population, about 3,000. Bähr (bar), Johann Christian Felix. Born at Darmstadt, June 13, 1798: died at Heidel- Derg, Nov. 29, 1872. A German philologist and historian. He wrote "Geschichte der römischen Lit- tur" (1828: supplements 1836-37, 1840), etc., and edited the fragments of Ctesias (1825). Bahraich (bä-rich'). A district in the Fyzabad division, in Oudh. British India. Area, 2,680 Square miles. Population (1891), 1,000,432. Nile. Bahr-el-Ghazal (bähr-el-ghä-zäl'). One of the chief western tributaries of the White Nile. Also a dry emi ary of Lake Chad. Bahya ben Joseph ben Pakoda. Lived in Sarago a, Spain, in the 11th century. A Jewish religious author and poet. He is best known by his work "Duties of the Heart," which he wrote in Arabic (translated into Hebrew under the title "Hobath ha Lebaboth"), containing meditations and exhortations on the spiritual side of religion. It holds a place among the Jews similar to that of the "Imitation of Christ among Christians. It was translated into Spanish (1610), and an English translation has been prepared. Bailiff's Daughter of Isling ton, The. An old ballad preserved in Percy's "Reliques" and Ritson's "Ancient Songs." It is a tale of a squire's son and a bailiff's daughter. Bailleul (bä-ye'). A manufacturing town in the department of Nord, France, 17 miles northwest of Lille. Population (1891), 13,276. Baillie (bā'li), Lady Grizel (Grizel Hume). Born at Redbraes Castle, Berwickshire, Dec. 25, 1665: died Dec. 6, 1746. A Scottish poet, daughter of Sir Patrick Hume, first earl of Marchmont. Baillie, or Bailly, Harry. The host of the Inn Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales." "He is a shrewd, bold, manly, well-informed fellow with a blabbing shrew for a wife." Shakspere's "Mine Host of the Garter" in the "Merry Wives of Windsor" is said to have been taken from him. He is sometimes called "Henry Bailif." Baillie, Joanna. Born at Both well, Lan arks hire, Scotland, Sept. 11, 1762. died at Hampstead, England, Feb. 23, 1851. A Scotch dramatist and poet. She wrote "Plays on the Pa ions" (1802-36), in which she delineates the principal pa ions tragedy mind cohesion is the author of the poems of pa ion being made subject of a "Lines to Agnes Baillie on her Birthday," "The Kitten," Baiæ (bāyē). [Gr. Βαΐαι.] See Baja . Baiburt (bi-bört'). A town in the vilayet of Erzrum, Asiatic Turkey, 66 miles northwest of Erzrum, on the Ma et. It has an important strategic and commercial position. Popu lati on, 6,000. Baidar (bī-där'). A village and valley near the southern extremity of the Crimea, Ru ia. Baïf (bä-ef'), Jean Antoine de. Born at Venice, 1532: died at Paris, Sept. 9, 1589. A French poet, natural son of Lazare de Baïf, a friend of Ronsard and a member of the "Pléiade." Baikal (bī'käl), Tatar Bai-kul. [Rich sea.'] in southern Siberia on the border of Irkutsk The largest fresh-water lake of Asia, situated and Transbaikalia. Its chief tributaries are the up. per Angara, Selenga, and Bargusin, and its outlet is the lower Angara to the Yenisei. Length, 397 miles. Average width, 45 miles. Area, 12,500 square miles. Baikal Mountains. A range of mountains west and northwest of Baikal. Baikie (ba'ki), William Balfour. Born at Kirkwall, Orkney, Aug. 27, 1825: died at Sierra Leone, Dec. 12, 1864. A surgeon (a istant surgeon in the royal navy 1848-51), explorer and pioneer in the valley of the Niger, Africa. He was appointed surgeon and naturalist of the Niger exploring expedition (1854), and succeeded to the command of the ve el (the Pleiad) on the death of its captain. The expedition ascended the river 250 miles beyond the high est point before reached. Bailan (in Syria). See Beilan . Bailey (ba'li), Gamaliel. Born at Mount Holly, N. J., Dec. 3, 1807: died at sea, June 5, 1859. An American abolitionist, editor of the "National Era" at Washington. Bailey, James Montgomery. Born in Albany, N. Y., Sept. 25, 1841: died at Danbury, Conn., March 4, 1894. An American humorist, editor of the "Danbury News." Bailey, Joseph. Born at Salem, Ohio, April 28, and "To a Child." Baillie Nicol Jarvie. See Jarvie . Baillie, Robert. Born at Glasgow, 1599: died July, 1662. A Scotch Presbyterian divine and controversialist, author of "Letters and Journals, 1637-62," etc. This work is "for Scotland much what Pepys and Evelyn are for England. They are especially valuable in relation to the a embly of 1638 and the a embly of Westminster" ( Dict . Nat . Biog .). Baillie, Robert, of Jerviswood. Executed at Edinburgh, Dec. 24, 1684. A Scottish patriot, condemned for alleged complicity in the "Rye House Plot" (which see). Baillon (bä-yôn'), Ernest Henri. Born at Calais, Nov. 30, 1827: died July 19, 1895. A noted French botanist. Baillot (ba-yo'), Pierre Marie François de Sales. Born at Pa y, near Paris, Oct. 1, 1771: died at Paris, Sept. 15, 1842. A French violinist. He was a pupil of Viotti, became profe or of the violin in the Conservatory of Music at Paris 1795, and performed in Ru ia, Holland, and England. He wrote "Art du Violin" (1835). Baillou (ba-yo') (L. Ball on i us), Guillaume de. Born 1538: died 1616. A French physician. He was appointed by Henry IV. first physician to the Dauphin in 1601, and is reputed to have been the first to make known the nature of croup. He wrote "Adversaria medicinal i a," etc. Bailly (ba-ye'), Antoine Nicolas. Born June 6,1810: died Jan. 1. 1892 French architect. He was appointed to a position in the administration of the city of Paris in 1834, and became architect to the French government in 1844. He has built the Molière fountain at Paris, reconstructed the cathedral at Digne, and erected the new Tribunal de Commerce at Paris. Bailly, Jean Sylva in Born at Paris Sept. executed Paris, Nov. 12, 1793. A 1867. An American general in the Civil War. 1827: killed in Newton County, Mo., March 21, noted French astronomer and politician. He While lieutenant-colonel in the Red River expedition, 1864, he constructed a dam (Bailey's dam) above Alexan- dria to insure the pa age of the fleet, for which service he was made brigadier-general and received the thanks of Congre . He settled in Newton County, Mi ouri, was appointed sheriff, and was a a inated in the discharge of his duty. Bailey, Nathan or Nathaniel. Died at Stepney, June 27, 1742. An English lexicographer and schoolmaster, author of "An Universal Etymological English Dictionary," first published in 1721. A supplement appeared in 1727, and a folio edition in 1730, with the title "Dictionarium Britannicum, collected by several hands, rev is'd and improv'd with many you sand additions by N. Bailey." The dictionary, based on the works of Kersey, Coles, Phillips, Blount, and others, has often been republished, and it has served as the foundation of other works of the kind, including Johnson's. was a member of the Academy of Sciences, of the Academy of Inscriptions, and of the French Academy, president of the Third Estate and of the National A embly in 1789, and mayor of Paris 1789-91. He wrote "His to ire de l'astronomie" (1775-87), "E ai sur l'origine des fables et des religions anciennes" (1799), "Mémoires," etc. Bailundo (bi-lön'dö). The Portuguese name of Ombalundu, a country and kingdom on the high plateau northeast of Benguella, Angola. The natives of Bailundo are taller than their neighbors of Bihe (Oviye), and not very friendly to them, but the two tribes speak dialects of the same language, and are known by the generic name of Ovimbundu. They are the great traders and carriers who bring the produce of central Africa to Benguella. See Umbundu . Baily (bā'li), Edward Hodges. Born at Bristol, England, 1788: died at London, May 22, 1867. A noted English sculptor. Baily, Francis. Born at Newbury, Berks hire, Bain, Alexander. Born at Aberdeen, June 11, 1818: died there, Sept. 18, 1903. A Scottish phil- osophical writer. He was educated at Marischal Col- lege, Aberdeen, and became profe or of natural philoso- phy in the Anderson i an University of Glasgow in 1845, examiner in logic and moral philosophy for the University of London (1857-62, 1864-69), profe or of logic in the Uni- versity of Aberdeen (1860-80), and lord rector there (1881- 1887). His chief works are "The Senses and the Intellect" (1855), "The Emotions and the Will" (1859), "Mental and Moral Science" (1868), "Logic" (1870), "Mind and Body," "Manual of English Composition and Rhetoric" (1866), "Education as a Science," e ays on J. S. Mill, etc. Bainbridge (bān'brij), Christopher. Born at Hilton, West more land, 1464 (?): died at Rome, July 14, 1514. A noted English prelate. He was made of Durham in 1507, archbishop York in 1508, amba ador to the Pope in 1509, cardinal (St. Praxedis) in 1511 by Julius II., and legate and commander of a papal army. He was poisoned by one of his own chapiains, probably at the instigation of a rival, the Bishop termination of the fast of the month of Ramadan. It is a season of great rejoicing at which presents and visits are exchanged. Baird (bard), Absalom. Born at Washington, Pa., Aug. 20, 1824. An American general. He was graduated from West Point in 1849; became captain in the regular army in 1861, and brigadier-general of vol- unteers in 1862; served as division commander at Chat- tanooga in 1863, and in the Atlanta campaign of 1864; and became brevet brigadier-general and brevet major-general Baird, Charles Washington. Born at Prince- ton, New Jersey, 1828: died 1887. A Presby- terian clergyman, son of Robert Baird. He has written works on the Presbyterian liturgies, local his- tories, and a "History of the Huguenot Emigration to America" (1885). Baird, Sir David. Born at Newbyth, Dec., 1757: died Aug. 29, 1829. A British general. IMG:content-0165.png:[blocks in formation] He served in British India 1780-89, where he was wounded and imprisoned by Hyder Ali for nearly four years; re- turned to India as lieutenant-colonel in 1791; took Pon- dicherry in 1793; was made major-general (at the Cape) in 1798; led the storming column at the capture of Serin- gapatam May 4, 1799; commanded an expedition to Egypt in 1801; led (then lieutenant-general) an army to recap- ture the Cape of Good Hope in 1806; served in the siege of Copenhagen in 1807; was sent to Spain to reinforce Baird, Henry Carey. Born at Brides burg, Pa., Sept. 10, 1825. An American (protection- ist) political economist and publisher, nephew of Henry C. Carey. Baird, Henry Martyn. Born at Philadelphia, Jan. 17, 1832. A son of Robert Baird: pro- fe or of Greek in the New York University 1859-1902: author of a "History of the Rise of the Huguenots" (1879), etc. Baird, Robert. Born in Fayette County, Pa., Oct. 6, 1798: died at Yonkers, N. Y., March 15, 1863. An American clergyman and histori- cal writer. He wrote "A View of Religion in Amer- ica" (1842), "History of the Temperance Societies" (1836), a "History of the Albigenses, Waldenses, and Vaudois," Baines, Thomas. Born at King's-Lynn, Norfolk, England, 1822: died at Durban, Port Natal, May Bajmok (boi'mok). A town in the county of Bács, Hungary, southwest of Theresienstadt. Population (1890), 7,151. Bajura. The standard of Mohammed. Bajza (boi'zo), Joseph. Born at Szücsi, Hungary, Jan. 31, 1804: died March 3, 1858. A Hungarian poet, critic, and historian. He was appointed director of the National Theater at Pesth in 1837, and became editor of the "Ellenör" in 1847, and of Ko uth's "Hirlap" in 1848. he was made chancellor and archbishop of Gran and later (1500) became cardinal primate of Hungary and papal le- gate. He received permi ion from the Pope (1513) to un- dertake a crusade against the Turks, but the army which he raised was, under the leadership of George Dosa, di- verted to an attack on the nobility. It was subdued 1514 by John Zápoly a. Bakalahari (bä-kä-lä-hä'rē). A tribe of the Bechuanas dwelling in the Kalahari desert of IMG:content-0166.png:[blocks in formation] Baird, Spencer Fuller ton. Born at Reading, Pa., Feb. 3, 1823: died at Wood's Holl, Ma ., Bakarganj. See Backer gunge . Aug. 19, 1887. A noted American naturalist. He Bakasekele (bä-käs-se-kā'le). See Bushmen . was appointed profe or of natural sciences at Dick in son College, Car lisle, Pennsylvania, in 1845; a istant secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in 1850, secretary in 1878; and United States commi ioner of fish and fisheries in 1871. His works (including scientific papers) are very numerous (over 1,000 titles); among them are a "Catalogue of North American Reptiles" (1853), "Birds of North America" (with Ca in and Lawrence, 1860), "Mammals of North Baireuth. See Bayreuth. ba Baise, or Bayse (bāz). A river in southern Length, about 100 miles. Baiter (bi'ter), Johann Georg. Born at Zürich, May 31, 1801: died there, Oct. 10, 1877. A Swi cla ical philologist. He was profe or in the Uni- versity of Zürich 1833-49, and prorector of the gymnasium of Zürich 1849-65. He published, with Sauppe, an edi- tion of the "Or a to res Attici" (1839-50), and, with Orelli, the "Fabellæ iambice" of Babrius (1845). Baitul (bā-töl'). A district of the Central Prov- inces, India; also, its capital. Baja (bäyä). A seaport in Camp an i a, Italy, near Cape Misenum on the Gulf of Pozzuoli, west of Naples: the ancient Baiæ. It was for- merly a great seaport and the leading Roman watering- place, especially in the times of Horace, Nero, and Ha- Bakau (bä-kou′), or Bacau, or Bakeu. A town in Moldavia, Rumania, situated on the Bistritza 55 miles southwest of Ja y. It is a railway center. Population, 12,675. Bake (bä'ke), Jan. Born at Leyden, Sept. 1, 1787: died March 26, 1864. A Dutch cla ical philologist and critic. He was profe or of Greek Bakel (bä-kel'). A fortified town and trading station in Senegal, French West Africa, situ- ated on the Senegal about lat. 15° N. Baker (bā'ker), Edward Dick in son. Born at London, England, Feb. 24, 1811: killed Oct. 21, ( 1861, at the battle of Ball's Bluff. An Ameri- can politician and soldier. He was Whig member of Congre from Illinois 1845-46; colonel in the Mexican war and brigade commander; member of Congre from the Saracens. Among the antiquities of Baja are: (1) A temple of Diana , so called, in reality part of a Roman bath. It is octagonal without, circular within, with a pointed dome 97 feet in diameter. The walls have four ornamental niches. The structure is in opus incertum cased in masonry of brick and stone. (2) A temple of Mercury, so called, in reality part of a Roman bath, three subdivisions of which survive. The chief of these is the frigidarium, or cold bath, a circular domed structure 144 feet in diameter, with a circular opening at the apex, as in the Pantheon at Rome. The two others are rectangu lar and vaulted, the value of Venus, so called, in fact part of a Roman bath, an octagonal buttre ed structure of opus incertum cased in brick, and opus reticula tum , cir- stories, wife of Rev. S. R. Baker and daughter of Rev. Leonard Woods. Baker, Henry. Born at London, May 8, 1698 died at London, Nov. 25, 1774. An English naturalist and poet, son-in-law of Defoe. H is best known as the author of "The Microscope Maddie Easy" (1743), and "Employment for the Microscope ( 1753). Baker, John Gilbert. Born at Guisborough i He became a istant curator of the herbarium of the or Yorkshire, Jan. 13, 1834. An English botanist P Gardens, Kew, in 1866, and in 1882 lecturer and dem or strator in botany to the Apothecaries' Company. windows above, four doors below, and had lateral cham- bers containing stairs. IMG:content-0167.png:[ocr errors] IMG:content-0168.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0169.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0170.png:[blocks in formation] Baker, Sir Samuel White. Born at London, Ba-Kume (bä-kö'me). See Dualla . June 8, 1821: died at Newton Abbot, England, Dec. 30, 1893. An English traveler. He founded a settlement and sanatorium at Ceylon in 1847; was in the Turkish railway service; left Cairo for the sources of the Nile in 1861; explored the Blue Nile region 1861-62; started from Khartum in 1862; discovered Lake Albert Nyanza March 14, 1864; commanded an Egyptian expedi. tion in central Africa, 1869-73, for the suppre ion of the slave-trade and annexation of territory to Egypt; and traveled in Cyprus, Syria, India, etc. He has written "The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon" (1854), "Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon" (1855), "The Albert Nyanza, etc." (1966), "The Nile Tributaries of Aby in i a, etc." (1867), "Is mail i a, etc." (1874), "Cyprus as I saw it in 1879," "Wild Beasts and their Ways" (1890). Baker, Thomas. Born at Lan chester, Durham, Sept. 14, 1656: died at Cambridge, mbridge, July 2, 1740. An eminent English antiquary. He left a valuable collection of materials in forty-two manuscript volumes relating to the history of Cambridge: twenty-three vol- umes are in the Harleian collection (British Museum) and the remaining nineteen in the library of Cambridge Uni- versity. Baker, Valentine (Baker Pasha). Born 1825: died at Tel-el-Kebir, Nov. 17, 1887. An English officer, brother of Sir Samuel White Baker. He was a colonel in the British army; was in the Turkish service during the war of 1877-78; was Egyptian commander in the Sudan after the defeat of Hicks Pasha 1883; and was defeated by Osman Digna in the battle of Tokar, Feb. 4, 1884. Baker, Sir William Erskine. Born at Leith, Scotland, 1808: died in Somersets hire, Dec. 16, 1881. A British military and civil engineer in India. He was promoted major-general in 1865, and general in 1887. Baker, William Mumford. Born at Washington, June 27, 1825: died at Boston, Aug. 20, 1883. A Presbyterian clergyman and novelist, son of Daniel Baker. He wrote "Inside: a Chroni cle of Sece ion" (1866), "Oak-Mot" (1868), "The New Timothy" (1870), "His Majesty Myself" (1879), "Ble ed Saint Certainty" (1881), etc. He sometimes used the pseudonym George F. Harrington. Baker, Mount. A volcanic peak in the Cascade Mountains, in northern Washington, near the Canadian frontier. Height, about 11,000 feet. Baker, The, and the Baker's Wife. Nicknames given to Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette because they gave bread to the hungry mob at Versailles, Oct. 6, 1789. Bakerganj. See Backer gunge . Bakeu. See Вакаи .