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Bruno

ST., the Apostle of the Prussians, born in Querfurt, in 970. He was of a noble Saxon family, converted the Emperor Henry II., and was assassiwas of a noble Saxon family, converted

Bruno

ST., the founder of the Carthusian order of monks, born in Co-

Bruno

ST., the founder of the

Bruno the Great

one of the most eminent men of his time, born about 925,

Brunswick Black

a composition of lamp black and turpentine, used for imparting a jet black appearance to iron articles. A similar composition of finer quality is known as Berlin black.

Bryce

LLOYD, an American editor and novelist, born in Long Island, N. Y., in 1852. He was editor of the "North American Review" from 1889 to 1896.

His works are "Paradise," "A Dream of Conquest," "The Romance of an Alter Ego," "Friends in Exile," "The Literary Duet," etc. He died in 1917.

Bryn Mawr College

an institution for the higher education of women, located at Bryn Mawr, Pa. It was founded in 1880. The President is Miss M. Carey Thomas. The faculty numbers 67, and there were 458 students enrolled in 1919. Productive endowment funds amount to over $2,000,000. The library contains 94,000 volumes.

Bryozoa

the name given by Ehrenberg to a class of molluscoid animals, the BUBO peculiarities of which had been previously observed by J. V. Thompson, who had called them polyzoa.

Bryum

a genus of mosses, the typical one of the family BRYACEÆ (q. v.)

Bubastis

an ancient Egyptian town, so named from the goddess Bast, supposed to answer to the Greek Artemis or Diana. The cat was sacred to her, and the bubasteia or festivals of the goddess were the largest and most important of the Egyptian festivals.

Bubo

hardening and enlargement of lymphatic glands, generally the inguinal, as in the Oriental or Levantine plague, syphiloid, gonorrhea, etc., always, unless dissipated by medical interference, followed by suppuration. In cases of true infecting syphilis a suppurating bubo is a rare complication, although induration of the glands in the later forms of the disease is almost invariably present.

Bucareli Y Urzua

ANTONIO MARIA, a Spanish soldier and administrator; born in Seville, Jan. 24, 1717; was governor of Cuba in 1760-1771, and viceroy of New Spain (Mexico) from 1771 till his death in Mexico City, April 9, 1779.