*BARBEYRAC, John, born 1674, at Bariers, Thou hast tasted of prosperity and adversity; a city of Lower Languedoc, in France. He thou knowest what it is to be banished thy natranslated into French the two celebrated works tive country, to be overruled as well as to rule of "Puffendorf," his "Law of Nature and Na- and sit upon the throne; and, being oppressed, tions," and his "Duties of a Man and Citizen;" thou hast reason to know how hateful the opwrote excellent notes to both these performan-pressor is both to God and man: if, after all ces, and to the former gave an introductory pre-these warnings and advertisements, thou dost face. He published also, in 1724, a translation not turn unto the Lord with all thy heart, but into French of Grotius' treatise "De Jure Belli forget him who remembered thee in thy distress, ac Pacis," with ample and excellent notes, and and give up thyself to follow low lust and vanidied in 1729. ty, surely great will be thy condemnation.". He did great service to his sect over all Europe, by his writings, and died 1690.

BARBIER D'AUCOUR, John, a native of Langres, and a lawyer of some merit, died 1694. BARBIER, Mary Ann, a native of Orleans, and a writer of tragedies, died 1745.

BARBIER, Lewis, a favourite of the Duke of Orleans, and bishop of Langres, died 1670. BARBIERI, John Francis, a historical painter| of some merit, died 1666.

BARBOSA, Arius, one of the restorers of learning in Spain, and professor at Salamanca, died 1540.

BARCOCHEBAS, or BARCOCHAB, an impostor among the Jews; his followers were numerous, but afterwards destroyed by Julius SeBARCOS, Martin de, a controversial writer, of Bayonne, died 1678.

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BARD, a Mahomedan writer.

BARD, John, a learned Physician, in the city of New-York, several years, and elected presiBARBOSA, Peter, a native of Portugal, pro-dent of the medical society of the same, died fessor at Coimbra, and chancellor of the king-1799. dom, died 1596.

BARDAS, a chief at Constantinople, guard-
BARDAS, called Scelerus, a general raised to

BARBOSA, Emanuel, a Portuguese author, ian to Michael III., was put to death 866.

died 1638.

BARBOU, Hugh, a celebrated printer at Ly-the purple by his soldiers; time of his death unons, about 1580. known.

BARBOUR, John, a Scotch clergyman, ambassador from Bruce to the court of England, died 1378.

BARBUD, a celebrated musician at the court of Persia.

BARCALI, a Mahomedan writer, died 960 of the hegira.

BARDESANES, a Syrian author, and founder of a sect which bore his name, lived about 172.

BARDET, Peter, a French advocate and author, died in 1685.

BARDHADI, a Mahomedan writer. BARDIN, Peter, a native of Rouen, and auBARCHAM, John, a learned divine and an-thor, was drowned in 1637. tiquary, born at Exeter, about 1572. He assisted BÁRDIN, John, a French historical painter, Speed in his History of England; and was au-born at Monthar, in 1732, and died at Orleans, in thor of a "Display of Heraldrie," folio, 1611;1809. In 1764, he gained the prize for a picture but having composed this in his youth, and of Tullia driving over the body of her father. thinking it too light a subject to acknowledge, BARDNEY, Richard, a Benedictine, died in he gave it to John Gwillim, a herald of his ac-1504. quaintance, under whose name it has been re- BAREBONE, Praise-God, a bigoted zealot of peatedly printed. He died 1642.

BARCHUSEN, or BARKHAUSEN, John Conrad, a German, eminent as a physician, and lecturer on chymistry, died 1717.

BARCLAY, or BARKLAY, Alexander, a na tive of Scotland, rector of a church in England, and an elegant writer of the 16th century.

BARCLAY, William, a Scotchman, professor of the university of Pontamousson, in France, died 1605.

Cromwell's parliament, of such celebrity as a demagogue, that the parliament was ludicrously called after him. His two brothers adopted as Scripture names, "Christ came into the world to save, Barebone," and "if Christ had not died, thou hadst been damned, Barebone," called by the wits of the day, by the two last words. BARENT, Dieterich, a Dutch painter, died 1592.

BARETTI, Joseph, born at Turin, about 1716. He came over to England in the year 1750, where he resided (with a short interval) the re

BARCLAY, John, son of the preceding, a writer of some celebrity, died 1621. BARCLAY, Henry, D. D. sometime mission-mainder of his life. Baretti had the good for ary to the Mohawk Indians, afterwards rector of Trinity Church, New-York, died 1765.

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tune to be introduced to Dr. Samuel Johnson, and between them a very long intimacy had e society of Robert, an eminent writer, of place. From the time of his arrival in Eng In 1676, his famous "Apology for the Quakers" guage, and by the sale of his writings. In 1760 was published in Latin, at Amsterdam, 4to. he made a tour to Italy, through Portugal and He translated it, however, into English, and Spain, and returned to England after an absence published it in 1678. This work is addressed to of six years. In 1769, he was tried at the Old Charles II., and the manner in which he ex-Bailey for having stabbed a man who violently as presses himself to his majesty is very remarka-saulted him in the Haymarket. He made a most ble. Among many other extraordinary pas-admirable defence; which, added to the bad re sages, we meet with the following: "There isputation of his prosecutors, impressed the court no king in the world who can so experimentally much in his favour. He was acquitted of the testify of God's providence and goodness; nei-murder, and of the manslaughter: the verdict ther is there any who rules so many free people, was, self-defence. After this unfortunate transso many true Christians; which thing renders action he again sat down to his studies, and in thy government more honourable, thyself more 1770 published his "Travels," for which, it is considerable, than the accession of many na-said, he received 5007. On the establishment of tions, filled with slavish and superstitious souls.the Royal Academy, he was appointed foreign

BARINI, a Mahomedan writer. BARKER, Robert, a painter, known as the inventor of panoramic exhibitions, died 1806.

BARKER, Thomas, son of the preceding, was a member of the royal society, and the author of several theological and other pieces, he died in London, 1809.

BARLOWE, Thomas, successively fellow of Oxford, keeper of the Bodleian, professor of divinity, and bishop of Lincoln, died 1691.

BARLOWE, William, remarkable for having been the first who wrote on the nature and properties of the loadstone, 20 years before Gilbert published his book on that subject. It was be likewise who found out the difference between iron and steel, and their tenipers for magnetical uses. He died in 1625.

BARONI, Adrianne Basile, sister to Basile verse with him, and, in his humorous way, to the poet; greatly admired for her beauty, wit, call him an "unfair preacher," because he exand accomplishments. hausted every subject, and left nothing for others BARONIUS, Caesar, a Neapolitan Cardinal, to say after him. In 1675, he was chosen vicelibrarian of the Vatican, and author of "Eccle-chancellor of the university. This great and siastical Annals, from A. D. 1, to 1198," born learned divine died of a fever the 4th of May, 1538, died 1607. 1677, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. BARROW, Isaac, a native of Spiney Abbey, bishop of Sodor, Man, and St. Asaphs, died

BAROU DU SOBEIL, N., a distinguished lawyer at Lyons, put to death in 1792.

BAROZZI, James, a skilful architect, of Mo-1677. dena, who succeeded Michael Angelo, as the architect of St. Peters, died in 1577.

BARRAL, Peter, an ecclesiastic of Grenoble, teacher at Paris, and author of a historical dictionary, died in 1772.

BARRE, Francois Pouillain de la, a native of France, professor at Geneva, died in 1723.

BARRY, Girald, a native of Pembrokeshire, a clergyman, and author of a history of the conquest of Ireland; he died after 1215.

BARRY, James, an Irish lawyer; he was a baron of the excliequer, chief justice of the king's bench, and afterwards lord Santry of the peerages; he died 1673.

BARRE, Lewis Francoise Jos. de la, a native of Tournay, author of some books on Antiqua-cotemporary with, and a powerful rival of, Mr. rian history, &c.; he died in 1738.

BARRY, Spranger, an eminent English actor, Garrick, born in Dublin, 1719, died in London, Jan. 1774. His peculiar advantages were derived from a fine person, melodious voice, and BARRE, Joseph, canon of St. Genevieve, pleasing address; and his performances in amachancellor of the university of Paris, and autory characters were perhaps never excelled. thor of a history of Germany, died 1764. See CRAWFORD.

BARRE, Michel de la, of Paris, an eminent player on the German flute, died 1744.

BARRE, Madame du, mistress of Lewis XV., of France, executed during the revolution in

1793.

BARRY, James, an eminent painter, was born at Cork, in Ireland, 1742; and having early discovered great genius for the art, he was paBARREAUX, Jacques Vallee, a libertine of tronized by Mr. Burke, and brought to London, Paris; he was celebrated rather for his volup-where he became a pupil to Sir Joshua Reytuous life, than for the productions of his pen; died 1673.

BARRELIER, James, a dominican friar, eminent as a scientific botanist, died 1673. BARRERE, Peter, a physician of Perpignan,

died 1755.

BARRETT, George, an eminent self-taught painter, of Dublin, and a member of the Royal Academy, died 1784.

BARRETT, William, a surgeon, of Bristol, and author of a history of that city, died 1789.

nolds. When Mr. Burke came into administration with the marquis of Rockingham, he sent Mr. Barry to Italy, at his sole expense. After visiting all the celebrated schools of the continent, in which he occupied three years, Mr. Barry returned to London; and in 1775, published " An Inquiry into the real and imaginary Obstructions to the Acquisition of the Arts in England." About two years after this, he was elected a Royal Academician, and in 1786 made professor of painting to the Royal Academy; but in 1799, on an alleged addiction to demo

BARRIERE, Pierre, a soldier who attempted to assassinate Henry IV. of France, but was de-cratical principles, was removed from that oftected and broken on the wheel, 1693.

BARRINGTON, John Shute, lord viscount, a nobleman of considerable learning, and author of several books on religious subjects, was born in 1678, and died in 1734.

fice. He seems soon afterwards to have taken disgust at society, from which he retired into a wretched obscurity, living unattended, and half starved, till some friends raised about 10007., with which they purchased an annuity for him; BARRINGTON, Daines, son of the above, but before the first quarter's payment of it bea celebrated English lawyer, antiquary, and came due he died, Mar. 22, 1806, and was interwriter on subjects of law, politics, natural histo-red in St. Paul's cathedral. His greatest effort ry, geography, and criticism, born 1727, died of art is a series of allegorical pictures, which March 14, 1800. His writings are very nume- he painted gratuitously for the great room of the rous, and many of them are in the Philosophi-Society of Arts, in the Adelphi. cal Transactions and the Archæologia; but BARRY, George, D. D., an ominent Scotch those which most distinguished him as an au-divine, author of a history of the Orkneys, died thor were, his "Observations on the Statutes, chiefly the more ancient," &c. of which, two 4to editions were published in one year, (1766.) BARRINGTON, Samuel, son of lord B., a distinguished admiral in the British navy, died 1800.

BARROS, or DE BARROS, John, a native of Viseo, preceptor to the princes of Portugal, afterwards governor of St. George, on the African coast, and treasurer of the Indies, under king Juan. He wrote a history of the Indies, and died 1570.

1805.

BARRY, John, first commodore in the American navy; he possessed great courage, was a patriot, and Christian, and died 1803.

BARSUMA, or BARSOMA, metropolitan author of several books in Syriac.

BARTAS, Guillaume de Salluste du, a French poet of Monfort, in Armagnac, died 1590.

BARTH, John, a native of Dunkirk, who, by his bravery and skill, rose to a high rank in the French navy; he died in 1702.

BARTHE, Nicholas Thomas, a native of Marseilles; he was author of some dramatic pieces, and died 1785.

BARROW, Isaac, an eminent mathematician and divine, born in London, 1630. When the King advanced Dr. B. to the dignity of master BARTHELEMI, Nicholas, a Benedictine of of Trinity College, Cambridge, his majesty was the 15th century, and author of some devotional pleased to say, "he had given it to the best scho-Latin poems. lar in England ;" and he did not speak from re- BARTHELEMI, the Nestor of French liteport, but from his own knowledge. The doctor rature, and author of the "Travels of Anabeing then his chaplain, he used often to con-charsis in Greece," died May 4, 1795, During

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the domination of Robespierre, like most other physician, of Philadelphia. He was appointed men of learning, he was imprisoned; when, professor of natural history and botany, and af notwithstanding his great age (upwards of 80) terwards of Materia Medica, in the univer and infirmities, instead of sinking under the risity of Pennsylvania, and succeeded Dr. Rush, gour with which he was treated, he exerted him- on his death, as professor of the theory and self in consoling his fellow-sufferers. Soon af- practice of medicine; he died in 1815. ter the fall of Robespierre, he was released, and| BARTON, Elizabeth, commonly called "The allowed a pension. In the "Memoirs of the holy Maid of Kent," was a religious impostor Academy of Inscriptions and Belles Lettres," in the reign of Henry VIII., and executed at are preserved many of his papers, illustrating Tyburn, April 20, 1534.

Greek literature.

BARTRAM, John, a distinguished botanist, BARTHELEMI DES MARTYRS, a domini-born in Pennsylvania; he was elected Ameri can, of Lisbon, archbishop of Braganza, died can botanist to George III., and died in 1777. in 1590. Linnæus pronounced him "the greatest natural BARTHES DE MARMORIONS, Paul Jo-botanist in the world." seph, a French medical writer, and professor BARUCH, the prophet, the friend of Jereof medicine, and chancellor of that faculty, in mial, he was author of a book not received as the university at Montpelier; he died 1806. canonical, either by Christians or Jews. He BARTHIUS, Gaspard, of Brandenburg, an went to Babylon with the Israelites in their cap elegant scholar, and perfect master of most for-tivity. eign languages, died 1658. BARWICK, John, a native of Westmoreland, BARTHOLIN, Gaspard, professor of Latin, distinguished for his zeal in the royal cause of medicine, and afterwards of divinity, at Co-and his attachment to Charles 1. and II. he penhagen, died 1629. was afterwards dean of Durham and St. Paul's, BARTHOLIN, Thomas, son of Gaspard, pro-and died 1664. fessor of mathematics and of anatomy at Co- BARWICK, Peter, a brother of the dean, an penhagen, afterwards librarian to the univer-eminent physician; he supported Hervey's docsity, and physician to the king of Denmark; he trine of the circulation of the blood, and died died 1680. 1705. BARTHOLIN, Thomas, son of the above, professor of law and history at Copenhagen, and counsellor to the king; he died in 1690. His three brothers were also professors of the university of Copenhagen, and their sister was an eminent Danish poetess.

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BARZERINI, a Mahomedan writer.

BAS, Le, a French engraver of eminence, died 1765.

BASCHI, Matthew, founder of a new order of Franciscan capuchins, died 1552. BASEDOW, John Bernard, professor of moBARTHOLOMEW, St., one of the apostles, ral philosophy, at Soroe, in Denmark, from who preached the gospel in Ethiopia, Lycaonia,which he was expelled for irreligion; he died and the Indies...

BARTHOLOMEW, the Martyr, a kind and benevolent Christian, and archbishop of Braga, died 1590. i

BARTLET, John, minister of St. Thomas, near Exeter, and author of some divinity

tracts...

1790.

BASHUYSEN, Henry James Van, professcr of ecclesiastical history and the oriental languages at Hanau, and afterwards of divinity at Berlin, died 1758.

BASIL, St., bishop of Caesarea, persecuted by Valens, for refusing to embrace Arianism, BARTLETT, Josiah, a physician in New-died 379. Hampshire; he was a member of the continen- BASIL, an Arian, bishop of Ancyra. tal congress from that state, and a signer of the BASIL I., a Macedonian.. Being but a com declaration of independence, and was after-mon soldier, he was taken prisoner by the Bulwards governor of the state; he died 1795. garians, from whom, however, he escaped, and BARTOLI, Cosimo, of Florence, resident of solicited aims to support him on a journey to duke Cosmo at Venice, in the 16th century. Constantinople, where he became emperor of BARTOLI, Daniel, a Jesuit of Ferrara, set-the East. Dreaded by his enemies the Saracens, tled at Rome, where he wrote several historical whom he frequently vanquished; and beloved works in Italian; he died in 1685. by his subjects for his justice and clemency; her BARTOLO, a lawyer of eminence, professor died in 886. of law at Pisa, and counsellor to Charles IV., died 1359.

BARTOLOCCI, Julius, a cistercian monk, of Naples, and Hebrew professor at Rome, died 1587.

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BASIL II., emperor of Constantinople, a valiant, but cruel and inhuman prince, died 1025. BASIL, an impostor, who disturbed Constantinople, by pretending to be Constantine Ducas, for which he was burned alive, after 934. BARTOLOZZI, Francesco, a very eminent BASIL, a physician, who became head of a engraver, born at Florence, in 1728. In 1764 hesect called Bogomiles, in Bulgaria, and was concame to England and worked for the printsellers,demned for his heresies. particularly Mr. Boydell. In 1709 he was cho BASILIDES, a sectary of Alexandria, in the, sen a member of the Royal Academy. The 2d century, who enjoined five years silence on new mode of stippling, or engraving in the red his followers. chalk manner, now becoming fashionable, gave BASILICES, brother of Verina, the wife of Bartolozzi ample employment, and he executed Leo I., emperor of the East; he seized and rein that way many hundreds of prints. The finest tained the throne a short time, during which the of all his works, perhaps, are the Marlborough valuable library of Constantinople, containing Gems, and the prints for Boydell's Shak-120,000 volumes was burnt; he died 478 speare. In 1802 he went to Lisbon, on an invi- BASILOWITZ, Iwan, a hero, who laid the tation from the prince regent of Portugal, who foundation of the Russian empire, and first asallowed him a pension; and there he died in sumed the name of Czar, died 1584. March, 1815,

BARTON, Benjamin S., M. D., an eminent

BASINE, wife of the king of Thuringia, who left her husband to espouse Childeric I., of

France, as the bravest man of his day; she was phy, for the great mental acquirements dis mother of Clovis the Great. played in her lectures on that subject, and distinguished as possessing every amiable virtue; "she died in 1778.

BASINGSTOKE, or BASINGE, John, archdeacon of Leicester, author of "Sermons,'

"Latin Translations from the Greek," &c. ;|| BASITH, Khaiath, a Mahometan, author of he is supposed to have introduced the Greek a treatise on prayer. numerical figures into England. He died 1252. BASSOMPIERRE, Francois de, marechal of BASIRE, Isaac, D. D., archdeacon of France, of a distinguished family of Iorraine, Northumberland, and chaplain to Charles I.;a courtier and ambassador of Lewis XIII.; he afterwards prebendary of Durham; he died was confined ten years in the Bastile by the duke of Richelieu, during which time he wrote his memoirs; he died in 1646.

BASIRE, James, an eminent English engraver, born Oct. 6, 1730, died Sept. 6, 1802. He BASSVILLE, Nicholas John Hugon de, amwas many years engraver to the Royal Society|bassador from France to Rome, where he was and to the Society of Antiquaries. stabbed 1793.

BASKERVILLE, John, an ingenious English letter-founder and printer, famous for the beauty and elegance of his types and editions; born at Wolverly, in Worcestershire, 1706, died 1775. BASKERVILLE, Sir Simon, knight, obtained by his skill as a physician, in London, distinction, the honour of knighthood, and immense || wealth; he died 1641.

BASTA, George, known as a warrior in the service of the duke of Parma, and afterwards of the emperor, in Hungary, died 1607. BASTARD, Thomas, a poet and preacher of England, of considerable learning, died 1618. BASTON, Robert, a Carmelite monk, poet BASNAGE, James, a French refugee in Hol-laureat, and public orator, at Oxford, died 1310. land, author of "A History of the Jews," died BASTWICK, Dr. John, a physician, who 1723. was severely fined and imprisoned for his writBASNAGE, Henry, an advocate of the par-ings against the clergy, but during the civil wars, liament of Rouen, who, upon the proscription recalled to London, and indemnified for his sufof the protestants, in France, fled to Holland, || ferings. where he died, 1710.

BATHURST, Allen, Earl, an English nobleman of distinguished abilities, born November 16, 1684. To uncommon talents he added many BASSANI, John Baptiste, an admired Italian virtues, integrity, humanity, and generosity: composer in the 17th century, master to Corelli.and to these virtues, good breeding, politeness, BASSANTIN, James, a Scotchman, who ac-and elegance. His wit, taste, and learning, conquired reputation as a teacher of mathematics at |nected him with all persons eminent in that Paris, died 1568.

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