Bible Encyclopedias

Banffy, Baron
premier of hungary, born at klausenburg; became in 1874 provincial prefect of transylvania; was elected a peer on the formation of the upper hungarian chamber, and was made premier in 1893; he is a strong liberal; b . 1841.

Besenval, Baron
a swiss, commandant of paris under louis xvi.; a royalist stunned into a state of helpless dismay at the first outbreak of the revolution in paris; could do nothing in the face of it but run for his life (1722-1791).

Biron, Baron de
Marshal of France, born at Périgord; served bravely under Henry IV.; though a Catholic, favoured the Huguenots; narrowly escaped at the Massacre

Bosio, Baron
a celebrated italian sculptor; patronised in france (1769-1845).

Boyer, Baron
french anatomist and surgeon; attendant on napoleon, afterwards professor in the university of paris; wrote works on anatomy and surgical diseases, which continued for long text-books on those subjects; was a man of very conservative opinions (1757-1833).

Breteuil, Baron de
an ex-secretary of louis xvi. (1733-1807).

Bülow, Friedrich Wilhelm, Baron von
a prussian general; served his country in the war with revolutionary france; defeated the french under the empire in several engagements, and contributed to the victory at waterloo, heading the column that first came to wellington's aid at the decisive moment (1755-1816).

Bunsen, Baron von
A diplomatist and man of letters, born at Korbach; in Waldeck; studied at Marburg and Göttingen; became acquainted with Niebuhr at Berlin; studied

Chassé, David Hendrik, Baron
a dutch soldier; served france under napoleon, who called him "general baïonnette," from his zealous use of the bayonet; fought at waterloo on the opposite side; as governor of antwerp, gallantly defended its citadel in 1832 against a french and belgian force twelve times larger than his own (1765-1849).

Clive, Robert, Lord Clive and Baron Plassey
The founder of the dominion of Britain in India, born in Shropshire; at 19 went out a clerk in the East India Company's service, but quitted his employment

Coehoorn, Baron Van
a dutch military engineer; fortified namur, and defended it against vauban; was successful in besieging many towns during the war of the spanish succession; author of a treatise on fortification (1641-1704).

Dalberg, Baron de
an eminent member of a noble german family; trained for the church; was a prince-bishop; a highly cultured man, held in high esteem in the weimar court circles, and a friend of goethe and schiller; an ecclesiastic, as one might suppose, only in name (1744-1817).

Dege`rando, Baron
a french philanthropist and philosopher, born at lyons, of italian descent; wrote "history of philosophy," long in repute as the best french work on the subject (1772-1842).

Dupuytren, Baron
A celebrated French surgeon, born at Pierre-Buffière; he was a man of firm nerve, signally sure and skilful as an operator, and contributed greatly,

Gérard, François Pascal Simon, Baron
Painter, born at Rome, of French and Italian parentage; came to Paris when a youth, where he studied painting under David; in 1795 his "Blind Belisarius"

Grimm, Baron
A German littérateur and critic, born at Ratisbon; a man of versatile powers and vast attainments; settled in Paris and became acquainted with

Gros, Antoine Jean, Baron
A French historical painter, born at Paris; his subjects were taken from events in the history of France, and especially in the career of Napoleon; his

Hatherley, Baron
barrister, elected to represent oxford in parliament; in 1847 was solicitor-general, in 1853 raised to the bench, and in 1868 made lord chancellor; retired in 1872 from failing sight (1801-1881).

Haynau, Julius Jakob, Baron von
A notorious Austrian general, born at Cassel, Germany; entered the army in 1801, and while holding a command during the Italian campaigns of 1848-49,

Holberg, Ludwig, Baron
An eminent Danish author, born at Bergen, in Norway; graduated at Copenhagen, where, after travel, he became professor of Metaphysics; subsequently he

Holland, Henry Richard Fox Vassall-Holland, Baron
Statesman, born in Wilts; succeeded to the title in 1774; entered on a public career as a Whig under the patronage of his uncle Charles James Fox; held

Humboldt, Friedrich Heinrich Alex., Baron von
Great traveller and naturalist, born in Berlin; devoted all his life to the study of nature in all its departments, travelling all over the Continent,

Jeffreys, Baron
Of infamous memory, born in Wales; became Chief-Justice of England in 1863; was one of the advisers and promoters of the tyrannical proceedings of James

Larry, Dominique Jean, Baron
a celebrated military surgeon; distinguished for the organisation he instituted of the "flying ambulance" for the care of the wounded in battle; accompanied napoleon to egypt; served in the russian campaign; was wounded and taken prisoner at waterloo; wrote treatises on army surgery (1766-1842).

Liebig, Baron von
Eminent German chemist, born at Darmstadt; in 1824 attracted the attention of Alexander von Humboldt by a paper before the Institute of France on fulminates,

Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley, Baron
Thrice Lord Chancellor of England, born at Boston, Massachusetts, son of an artist; was brought up in London, educated at Cambridge, and called to the

Manteuffel, Baron von
field-marshal of germany, born in dresden; entered the prussian army in 1827, rose rapidly, and took part in all the wars from 1866 to 1872, and was appointed viceroy at the close of the last in alsace-lorraine, a rather unhappy appointment, as it proved (1809-1885).

Marochetti, Baron
italian sculptor, born in turin; after working in paris, came to this country in 1848, and executed several public statues, one of the queen among others (1805-1867).

Montesquieu, Baron de
Illustrious French publicist, born in the Château La Brède, near Bordeaux; his greatest work, and an able, "Esprit des Lois," though rated

Münchhausen, Baron von
a cavalry officer in the service of hanover famed for the extravagant stories he used to relate of his adventures and exploits which, with exaggerations, were collected by one raspe, and published in 1785 under münchhausen's name (1720-1797).

Overstone, Baron
english financier, represented hythe; was made a peer in 1850; wrote on finances; was opposed to limited liability and the introduction of the decimal system; died immensely rich (1796-1883).

Reichenbach, Karl, Baron von
expert in the industrial arts, particularly in chemical manufacture; he was a zealous student of animal magnetism, and the discoverer of od (1788-1869).

Reuter, Baron Paul Julius
the organiser of the conveyance of news by telegraph, born at cassel; commenced with berlin for centre in 1851; transferred his head-quarters to london, and now the "system," which is in the hands of a limited liability company, has connections with even the remotest corner of the globe; b . 1818.

Ricasoli, Baron
Italian statesman, born at Florence; devoted to the cultivation of the vine, the olive, and the mulberry; was drawn into political life in 1847 in the

Richthofen, Baron von
traveller and geographer, born in carlsruhe, silesia; accompanied in 1861 the prussian expedition to eastern asia, travelled in 1862-68 in california, and in 1869-72 in china; has since been professor of geography successively at bonn, leipzig, and berlin; has written a great work on china; b . 1833.

Rokitansky, Baron
eminent physician, born at königgrätz, professor of pathological anatomy at vienna, and founder of that department of medicine (1804-1878).

Sacy, Antoine Isaac, Baron Silvestre de
The greatest of modern Orientalists, born at Paris; by twenty-three was a master of classic, Oriental, and modern European languages; was appointed in

Saumarez, James, Baron de
english admiral, born at guernsey; entered the navy at 13, distinguished himself in the american war, captured a french frigate in 1793, which brought him knighthood; was second in command at the battle of the nile, and gained a great victory off cadiz in 1801; was raised to the peerage in 1831 (1757-1836).

Stein, Baron von
Prussian statesman, born at Nassau; rose rapidly in the service of the State, and became Prussian Prime Minister under William III. in 1807, in which

Steuben, Baron von
General in the American War of Independence, born in Magdeburg; originally in the Prussian service under Frederick the Great, and had distinguished himself

Stockmar, Baron de
Statesman, born at Coburg; bred to medicine, became physician to Leopold I. of Belgium, and at length his adviser; was adviser also of Queen Victoria

Tavernier, Jean Baptist, Baron D'aubonne
A celebrated French traveller, born in Paris, the son of an Antwerp engraver; was a wanderer from his boyhood, starting on his travels at the age of

Thurlow, Edward, Baron
A noted lawyer and politician of George III.'s reign, born, a clergyman's son, at Bracon-Ash, Norfolk; quitted Cambridge without a degree, and with a

Trenck, Baron von
General, first in the service of Austria, then of Russia; dismissed from both; commanded a regiment of pandours in the Austrian Succession War in the