Bible Encyclopedias

Ayr
The county town of Ayrshire, at the mouth of a river of the same name, a clean, ancient town, its charter, granted by William the Lion, dating from 1200;

Ban`nockburn
a manufacturing village 3 m. se. of stirling, the scene of the victory, on june 24,1314, of robert the bruce over edward ii., which reasserted and secured scottish independence; it manufactures carpets and tartans.

Barbour, John
A Scotch poet and chronicler, archdeacon of Aberdeen, a man of learning and sagacity; his only extant work a poem entitled "The Bruce," being a long

Barclay de Tolly
A Russian general and field-marshal, of Scottish descent, and of the same family as Robert Barclay the Quaker; distinguished in successive Russian wars;

Bentinck, Lord George
Statesman and sportsman, a member of the Portland family; entered Parliament as a Whig, turned Conservative on the passing of the Reform Bill of 1832;

Bohemond
first prince of antioch, son of robert guiscard; set out on the first crusade; besieged and took antioch; was besieged in turn by the saracens, and imprisoned for two years; liberated, he collected troops and recaptured the city (1056-1111).

Boyle Lectures
the lectureship founded by the hon. robert boyle in 1691, and held for a tenure of three years, the endowment being £50 per annum; the lecturer must deliver eight lectures in defence of christianity, and some of the most eminent men have held the post.

Britannia Tubular Bridge
a railway bridge spanning the menai strait, designed by robert stephenson, and completed in 1850; consists of hollow tubes of wrought-iron plates riveted together, and took five years in erecting.

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
née oetess, born at Carlton Hall, Durham; a woman of great natural abilities, which developed early; suffered from injury to her spine; went

Bruce
a family illustrious in scottish history, descended from a norman knight, robert de bruis, who came over with the conqueror, and who acquired lands first in northumberland and then in annandale.

Buckland, William
A distinguished geologist, born at Tiverton; had a predilection from boyhood for natural science; awoke in Oxford University an interest in it by his

Burnes, Sir Alexander
Born at Montrose, his father a cousin of Robert Burns; was an officer in the Indian army; distinguished for the services he rendered to the Indian Government

Carteret, John, Earl Granville
Eminent British statesman, orator, and diplomatist, entered Parliament in the Whig interest; his first speech was in favour of the Protestant succession;

Catanza`ro
a city in calabria, 6 m. from the gulf of squillace, with an old castle of robert guiscard.

Chatham, William Pitt, Earl of
A great British statesman and orator, born in Cornwall; determined opponent of Sir Robert Walpole; succeeded in driving him from power, and at length

Chatterton, Thomas
A poet of great promise, had a tragic fate, born at Bristol, passed off while but a boy as copies of ancient MSS., and particularly of poems which he

Cistercians
A monastic order founded by Abbot Robert in 1098 at Citeaux, near Dijon; they followed the rule of St. Benedict, who reformed the Order after it had

Cobden, Richard
A great political economist and the Apostle of Free Trade, born near Midhurst, Sussex; became partner in a cotton-trading firm in Manchester; made a

Colvin, Sidney
fellow of trinity college, cambridge, slade professor of art at cambridge, born at norwood; contributor to the journals on art and literature; has written lives of keats and landor; friend of robert louis stevenson, and his literary executor; b . 1845.