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Stephen's, Walbrook. His best-known work is " The Govern a unce of Vertue." Becquerel (bek-rel'), Alexandre Edmond. Born at Paris, March 24, 1820: died there, May 13, 1891. A French physicist, son of Antoine César Becquerel, noted for researches on the electric light, photography, etc. Becquerel, Antoine César. Born at Châtill on sur-Loing, Loiret, France, March 7, 1788: died at Paris, Jan. 18, 1878. A French physicist, noted for his discoveries in electricity and in electro-chemistry. His chief works are "Traité expérimental de l'électricité et du magnétis me" (1834-40), Traité d'électro-chimie" (1843), “Traité de physique." Не served with the army in Spain 1810-12, abandoned his military career in 1815, and thereafter devoted himself exclusively to science. Beczwa, or Betchwa (bech'wä). A river in eastern Moravia, a tributary of the March. Beda. See Bede . Bedamar (bed-ä-mär'). A Spanish statesman in Saint-Réal's "Conjuration des Espagnols contre la république de Venise," from which Otway took his "Venice Preserved." The character is a noble one, but is reduced to small proportions in Otway's play. Bédarieux (bā-där-ye'). A town in the department of Hérault, southern France, situated on the Orb 36 miles west of Montpellier. It has diversified manufactures. Population (1891), commune, 6,578. Beddoes (bed'oz), Thomas. Born at Shiffinal, in Shropshire, April 13, 1760: died Dec. 24, 1808. An English physician and scientist. He was reader in chemistry to the University of Oxford (1788-92), and established at Bristol in 1798 a Pneumatic Institute for the treatment of disease by inhalation, in which he em- Bedford, Duke of. See John of Lancaster . ployed as his a istant Humphry Davy. Author of "Isaac Bedford Earls and Dukes of. See Ru ell . Jenkins" (1793), "Hygeia, or E ays Moral and Medical" (1801-02), etc. Bedeau (be-dō'), Marie Alphonse. Born at Vertou, near Nantes, France, Aug. 10, 1804: died at Nantes, Oct. 30, 1863. A French general. He served in Algeria; failed attempt to suppre the rising in Paris of Feb, 1848; became vice-president of the Constituent and Legislative a emblies; and was impris oned at the coup d'état of 1851. Bedell (be-del'), Gregory Town send. Born on Staten Island, Y., Oct. 28, 1793: died at Baltimore, Md., Aug. 30, 1834. An American Protestant Episcopal clergyman and hymn- Bedford (bed ford), Gunning S. Born at Balti- more, Md., 1806: died in New York city, Sept. 5, 1870. An American physician. He was pro- fe or of obstetrics in the University of New York 1840- 1862. He wrote "Diseases of Women and Children," "Principles and Practice of Obstetrics," etc. Bedford Level. A flat tract of land situated on the eastern coast of England. It is about 60 miles in length and 40 miles in breadth, extending from Milton in Cambridge shire to Toynton in Lincoln shire, and from Peter borough in North amp tons hire to Bran don in Suffolk. It comprises nearly all the marshy district called the Fens and the Isle of Ely. It gets its name from Francis, earl of Bedford, who in 1634 undertook to drain it. Extensive drainage works have since been es- tablished, and the district affords rich grain and pasture lands. Area, 450,000 acres. Bedford Square. A square in London, situ- ated on the west of the British Museum, from which it is divided by Gower street. Bedivere (bed'i-ver), Sir. In the Arthur i an cycle of romance, a knight of the Round Ta- ble. It was he who brought the dying Arthur to the barge in which the three queens bore him to the vale Bedlam (bed'lam). [A corruption of Beth lehem.] The hospital of St. Mary of Bethlehem in London, originally a priory, founded about 1247, Bedlam beggar. Same as Abraham - man . Bedlington (bed'ling-ton). A town in Nor- thumberland, England, situated on the Blyth 11 miles north of Newcastle. Population (1891), 16,996. Bedmar (bed-mär'), Alfonso de la Cueva, Marquis de. Born 1572: died Aug. 2, 1655. A Spanish diplomatist and prelate who, while amba ador of Philip III. to Venice, planned an unsucce ful conspiracy to destroy the re- public, 1618. He became a cardinal 1622. His con- spiracy is said to have suggested the plot of Otway's Bednur (bed-nör'), or Bednore (bed-nor'). A town in western Mysore, Hindu stan, in lat. 13° 50′ N., long. 75° 5' E. It was taken by Hyder Ali in 1763, and by Tippu Saib in 1783. Formerly it was the seat of a rajah. Bedott (be-dot'), Widow, or Widow Priscilla P. Bedott. The pseudonym of Mrs. Frances Miriam (Berry) Whitcher in the "Widow Be- dott Papers." Bedouins (bed'ö-inz), or Bedawi (bed-ä-we'). The nomadic Arabs, in distinction from the fellahin , or peasants, and the dwellers in towns, who usually call themselves “sons of the Arabs" ( Ibn -el Arab ). They are subdivided in tribes called Kabileh . Two principal groups may be distinguished: tribes who occupy the deserts adjoining central and (1) Bedouins in the narrower sense - i . e . , Arabic-speaking northern Egypt, or who are to be found in various regions of southern Nubia as a pastoral people; (2) Bejas , or Be- gas , who range over the regions of Upper Egypt and Nubia situated between the Nile and the Red Sea, extending to the frontiers of the Aby in i an highland. This second Bisharin, and the Ababdeh. On the left bank of the Nile group consists of three different tribes, the Hadendoa, the they are spread out as far as the boundaries of the Niger (lat. 9° N.). The territory occupied by them is called "Ed- bai," and they number about 600,000 souls. The pen in- sula of Mount Sinai is also occupied by three Bedouin tribes, the Terabiyin, the Tihaya, and the Sawarkeh or El- Araish. The Bedouins live in tents. Their chief occupa- tion is breeding cattle. Their figures are symmetrical and slender, their form and limbs delicate and graceful, and their complexion bronze-colored. They are courageous and warlike. They all profe Islam, but are lax in fol- lowing its precepts, and are tolerant in their intercourse England, bounded west, Hunting don on the northeast, Cambridge on the east, southeast, and Buck- ingham on, Hertford on the soutes Bedr (bed'r), Beder (bed'er). A village in Beecher, Charles. Born at Litchfield, Conn., Oct. 7, 1815: died at George town, Ma ., April 21, 1900. An American clergyman and writer, son of Lyman Beecher. Beecher, Edward. Born at East Hampton, L. I., Aug. 27, 1803: died July 28, 1895. An American Congregational clergyman and theo- logical writer, son of Lyman Beecher. Beecher, Henry Ward. Born at Litchfield, Conn., June 24, 1813: died at Brooklyn, N. Y., March 8,1887. Ánoted American Congregation- al clergyman, lecturer, reformer, and author, son of Lyman Beecher. He was graduated at Amherst. College in 1834; studied theology at Lane Theological Sem- inary; and was pastor in Lawrence burg, Indiana (1837-39), of a Presbyterian church in Indianapolis (1839–47), and of the Plymouth Congregational church in Brooklyn (1847-87). He was one of the founders and early editors of the "In- location is undetermined. Here, April, 69 A. D., the forces founded Covent in 1735. It is said to have had its origin in an accidental dinner taken by Lord Peter borough with Rich, the manager, in his private room at the theater. The latter cooked The Century Cyclopedia of Names Beefsteak Club a beefsteak so appetizingly that Lord Peter borough proposed repeating the entertainment the next Saturday at the same hour. After the fire at Covent Garden in 1808 the Sublime Society met at the Bedford Coffee House, whence they removed to the Old Lyceum in 1809. When it was burned in 1830, they returned to the Bedford. When the Lyceum Theatre was rebuilt in 1838, a magnificent and appropriate room was provided for them (Timbs), where they met until 1867, when the dwindling society was di olved. A Beefsteak Club was established at the Thea tre Royal, Dublin, by Sheridan, about 1749, of which Peg Woffington was president. There were also other clubs of the kind. The present Beefsteak Club in Toole's Theatre, London, was established in 1876. Beelzebub (bē-el'zē-bub). [Formerly also, and still in popular speech, Belzebub ; ME. Belsebub , L. Beelzebub , Gr. Βεελζεβούβ, Heb. Ba'alzebub , a god of the Philistines, the averter of insects, from baal , lord (Baal), and zebûb , zbúb , a fly.] 1. A god of the Philistines, who had a famous temple at Ekron. He was worshiped as the destroyer of flies. See Baal . -2. In demonology, one of the Gub ern a to res of the Infernal Kingdom, under Lucifer. Faust's Book of Marvels (1469). - 3. A name of the Mycetes ursinus , a howling monkey of South America. Beemster (bām's ter). A large polder in the province of North Holland, Netherlands, 13 miles north of Amsterdam. Population, about 4.000. Beer (bar), Adolf. Born at Pro nitz, Moravia, Feb. 27, 1831: died at Vienna, May 7, 1902. An Austrian historian. His works include "Geschichte des Welt hand els” (1860–64), “Holland und der österreichische Erbfolgekrieg" (1871), "Die erste Teilung Polens" (1873-74), and various works on Austrian history. Beer, Jacob Meyer. See Meyer beer , Giacomo. Beer, Michael. Born at Berlin, Aug. 19, 1800: ratchach, March 22, 1833. German dramatist, brother of Meyer beer. His chief work is the tragedy "Struensee” (1829). Beer, Wilhelm. Born at Berlin, Jan. 4, 1797: died at Berlin, March 27, 1850. A German banker and astronomer, brother of Meyer beer. He published a map of the moon (1836). Beerberg (bār'berg). The highest mountain of the Thüringer wald, Germany, 15 miles east northeast of Me in in gen. Height, 3,226 feet. Beers (bērz), Mrs. (Ethe linda Eliot: pseudonym Ethel Lynn). Born at Goshen, Orange County, N. Y., Jan. 13, 1827: died at Orange, N. Y., Oct. 10, 1879. An American poet. She is best known as the author of the poem "All Quiet Along the Potomac," which originally appeared in "Harper's Weekly" for Nov. 30, 1861, under the title "The Picket Guard." Beers, Henry August in. Born at Buffalo, N.Y., July 2, 1847. An American man of letters, appointed profe or of English in the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University in 1880. He edited "A Century of American Literature" (1878), and is the author of a "Sketch of English Literature" (1886), "Nathaniel Parker Will is" ("American Men of Letters,' 1885), etc. Beersheba (beer-sheba or be-er's he-bä). [Heb., 'well of swearing" or 'of seven.' Cf. Gen. xxi. 31 and xxvi. 23–33.] In ancient geography, a town at the southern extremity of Palestine, 44 miles southwest of Jerusalem. reinhabited after the return from the captivity (Nehwa