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(Baldwin the Leper), c.1161–1185, Latin king of Jerusalem (1174–85), son and successor of Amalric I. Raymond, count of Tripoli, was regent from 11...
(Basil the Macedonian) (b z´ l, b ´z l) (KEY) , c.813–886, Byzantine emperor (867–86). His ancestors probably were Armenians or Slavs who settle...
(br s´t d) (KEY) , 1865–1935, American Egyptologist, b. Rockford, Ill., grad. North Central College, 1888, M.A. Yale, 1891, Ph.D. Univ. of Berlin, ...
(zhäk b sh ´ d kr vkör´ d p rt) (KEY) , 1788–1868, French writer and archaeologist. He was the first to provide evidence that humans had exist...
(bûr´n m) (KEY) , 1846–1912, American architect and city planner b. Henderson, N.Y. He was trained in architects’ offices in Chicago. In that ci...
(b d´l ) (KEY) , 1827–1907, English architect. One of the most prominent and prolific ecclesiastical architects, Bodley was a pupil of Sir George G...