Bonivard, François de. 1494-1570. Prior of St. Victori, Geneva. Reformer, imprisonned at Chillon, 1530-4. Subject of Byron poem.

Book of Common Prayer. 1549. Church of England official prayer book.

Book of Concord. 1580. Lutheran liturgy: Apostles’ Creed, Nicene Creeds, Augsburg Confession.

Book of the Dead. 24-16C BC. Egyptian prayers and spells buried with deceased.

Boole, George. 1815-64. British mathematician. Algebra of Logic 1854.

Booth, Charles. 1840-1916. English social reformer. 17 volume Life and Labour of the People in London 1891-1903.

Booth, William. 1829-1912. British reformer. Founder of Salvation Army, 1878. In Darkest England and the Way Out 1890.

Bootlegging. 1920-33. Illegal trafficking in alcohol during Prohibition.

Bordeaux. 4C Rome. 412 Goths. 508 Clovis. 1154 English. 1453 France.

Borden, Robert. 1854-1937. Canadian Cons Prime Minister 1911-20. Union Gov’t. Imperial War Cabinet. Women suffrage.

Bordet, Jules. 1870-1961. Belgian bacteriologist, immunologist.

Boreas. Greek personification of the north wind.

Borga, Assembly. 1809. Recognition of Finland as autonomous Grand Duchy under Russia.

Borges, Jorge Luis. 1899-1986. Argentinian writer. Labyrinths.

Borghese. 13-18C. Italian noble family.

Borgia, Cesare. 1476-1507. Ruthless Italian Machiavellian statesman. Son of Pope Alexander VI.

Borgia, Lucrezia. 1480-1519. Daughter of Pope Alexander VI. Known for vices and crimes.

Borglum, Gutzon. 1867-1941. US sculptor. Mount Rushmore 1941.

Boris I. -907. Ruler 852-89. Spread Christianity through Bulgaria.

Boris III. 1894-1943. King of Bulgaria, 1918-. Hitler ally, but avoided war w USSR.

Borlaug, Norman. 1914-. US wheat scientist responsible for Green Revolution.

Born, Max. 1882-1970. German/British quantum physicist. Mathematics of atom behavior.

Borneo. 7C BC Indian influence. 3C BC-15C Chinese inf. 3C-15C Funan/Khmer, Malacca, Srivijaya, Majapahit. 15C Moslem. 16C- European inf. 19C Dutch(S)/Eng(N). WWII Japan occupies. Brunei. Malaysia. Indonesia.

Borodin, Aleksander. 1833-87. Russian heroic composer. Prince Igor 1869.

Bosanquet, Bernard. 1848-1923. English neo-Hegelian Idealist philosopher. History of Aesthetic 1892.

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