Bernstein, Leonard. 1918-90. US conductor/ composer. West Side Story 1957.

Berthelot, Marcelin. 1827-1907. French organic chemist. Alcohol synthesis 1854. Organic Chemistry 1860.

Berthollet, Claude. 1749-1822. French chemist. Chlorine Bleach 1785. Ammonia 1785.

Bérulle, Cardinal Pierre. 1575-1629. Founder of Oratory. ‘French’ school of spiritual thought. Congregation of priests...Lazarites. Congregationalists.

Berzelius, Jacob. 1779-1848. Swedish chemist, created symbolic notation 1808. Atomic Weights, 1818. Silicon 1823.

Besant, Annie. 1847-1933. English Theosophist. Founded Indian Home Rule League 1916.

Bessel, F.W. 1784-1846. German astronomer. B Function 1817.

Bessemer, Henry. 1813-98. English inventor of economical steel making process, 1856.

Best, Charles. 1899-1978. Canadian. insulin discoverer. Banting.

Betti, Ugo. 1892-1953. Italian dramatist. La Padrona 1927.

Bevan, Aneurin. 1897-1960. British Socialist MP 1929-60. Architect of National Health Service, 1948.

Bevin, Ernest. 1881-1951. British labour leader, statesman. TUC. Initiated Colombo Plan.

Bhadracarya-pranidhana. Buddhist vows of good conduct.

Bhascara. 1114-85. Hindu mathematician/astrologer. First user of decimal system.

Bhutto, Ali. 1928-79. Pakistani leader 70-77. Deposed by Zia.

Bible. Hebrew and Christian sacred scriptures translated from Hebrew and Aramaic. 3C BC Greek translation. 1382 Wycliffe, Rogers, English. 1522-34 Luther, German. 1611 King James version. Vulgate by St. Jerome. Apocrypha.

Bichat, Xavier. 1771-1802. French anatomist. “Life is the sum of the forces that restrict death.”

Biedermeier. 1815-35. German bourgeois kitsch style of sentimental art and utilitarian furniture. Circular pedestal table.

Bienvenüe, Fulgence. 1852-1936. “Père du Metro”. Engineered first Paris métro line 1898.

Big Stick Policy. Roosevelt’s foreign policy. Power as a deterrent. Mahan.

Binet, Alfred. 1857-1911. French. Invented intelligence test 1905. Projective testing 1903.

Birth Control Clinic. 1881 Amsterdam. 1921 London. 1916-23 US.

Bismarck, Otto von. 1815-98. Prince. Prussian Prime Minister 1862-90. Founded German Empire; First Chancellor 1871-90. Provoked Franco-Prussian War. Ems Dispatch. Schleswig.

Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne. 1832-1910. Norwegian poet, novelist: Kongen 1877, National anthem.

Bjørnsson, Sveinn. 1881-1952. First President of Iceland Republic, 1944-.

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