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These 11 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Business Law, Busiris, Busoni.
Busiris
a town of ancient Egypt, in the Delta, the chief place where the rites of Osiris were celebrated. The name is also given as that of a mythical Egyptian King.
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Busoni
FERRUCCIO BENVENUTO, an Italian pianist and composer, born near Florence, in 1866. He received his chief musical education from his father and mother, who were both talented musicians. He won prizes for composition and piano playing and was appointed professor at the Conservatory of Moscow. From 1891 to 1893 he taught at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. He removed in 1894 to Berlin, and in the year following made extensive concert tours through Europe and the United States. He was considered to be one of the masters of the piano. In 1913 he was appointed director of the Conservatory of Bologna. His musical compositions have great merit.
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Bust
in sculpture, the representation of that portion of the human figure which comprises the head and the upper part of the body. During the literary par period of Greece the portrait busts of the learned formed an important branch of art, and in this way we come to possess faithful likenesses of Socrates, Plato, Demosthenes, etc., in which the artists show great power of expressing the character of those represented. The number of busts belonging to the time of the Roman Empire is very considerable, but those of the Roman poets and men of letters have not been preserved in nearly so large numbers as those of the Greeks. The first bust that can be depended upon as giving a correct likeness is that of Scipio Africanus the Elder.
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Bustamante
ANASTASIO, a Mexican statesman and revolutionist, born in Jiquilpan, Michoacan, July 27, 1780. In 1808 he joined the Spanish army, and, for a time, fought against the party of the revolutionists, but in 1821 he acted with Iturbide. He was made Vice-President and commander of the army, in the administration of Guerrero, 1829. He afterward revolted and led the Centralist party, and in 1830 became acting President of Mexico. In 1832 Santa Anna opposed him at the head of an army, and he was conquered and banished (1833). When the Centralist party returned to power he was recalled, and in 1837 was elected President of Mexico. In 1842 he was obliged to retire from the Presidency, and was succeeded by Santa Anna. He served in the Mexican army in the war with the United States, retiring from military service in 1848. He died in San Miguel de Allende, Feb. 6, 1853.
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Bute
an island of Scotland in the estuary of the Clyde, with an area of 60 square miles, belonging principally to the Marquis of Bute. It is about 15 miles long, and the average breadth is 3½ miles. In Kames Hill it rises to the height of 875 feet; it has several pretty lakes, the principal of which is Loch Fad, 24 miles long. Agriculture is in an advanced state, and there are about 20,000 acres under cultivation. The herring fishery is also a source of considerprofit. The only town is Rothesay, whose ancient castle is one of the interesting antiquities of the island. The climate of Bute is milder than that of almost any part of Scotland. The county of Bute comprises the islands of Bute, Arran, Great Cumbrae, Little Cumbrae, Inchmarnock, and Pladda, with a total area of 139,658 acres, but only a small part is under cultivation. Arran is about double the size of Bute, but the other islands belonging to the county are small. Pop. about 18,000.
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Butler (Borough of Pennsylvania)
a borough of Pennsylvania, the county-seat of Butler co. It is on Conequenessing creek, and on the Pennsylvania, the Pittsburgh and Western, the Buffalo, Rochester, and Pittsburgh, and the Bessemer and Lake Erie railroads. It is the center of an important mining and natural gas region. The chief industries are the manufacturing of cars, glass, flour, silk, brass and iron beds, etc. There is a court house, a hospital, parks, and a public library. Pop. (1910) 20,728; (1920) 23,778.
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Butler (II)
ELLIS PARKER, an American author; born in Muscatine, Ia., in 1869. The vein of humor that he opened up in his writings, dating from the publication of "Pigs Is Pigs" in 1906, appealed strongly to the public, and his books and magazine e articles have proved proved very popular. Among the best known his books are Incubator Baby" (1906); "Cheerful Smugglers" (1908); "Adventures of a Suburbanite" (1911); "The Jack-Knife Man" (1913); and "Dominie Dean, a Tale of the Mississippi" (1917).
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Butler (III)
HOWARD CROSBY, American educator and archæologist; born in Croton Falls, N. Y., March 7, 1872. He graduated from Princeton University, and later pursued special studies at the Columbia School of Architecture and at the American Schools of Classical Studies in Rome and in Athens. In 1899, 1904, and 1909, he was at the head of archæological expeditions in Syria. He became professor of the history of architecture at Princeton in 1905. He wrote many articles for archæological journals and notable books on "Scotland's Ruined Abbeys" (1900) and "The Story of Athens" (1902).
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Butler (IV)
NICHOLAS MURRAY, an American educator, born in Elizabeth, N. J., April 2, 1862. He was graduated at Columbia in 1882, where he became Assistant in Philosophy (1885), Adjunct Professor (1886), Dean of Faculty of Philosophy (1889), and Professor of Philosophy and Education (1890). He founded the New York College for Training of Teachers, and has written works on education. He became President of Columbia University in 1902. In recent years he was very active in the affairs of the Republican party, being prominently mentioned as a candidate for the Presidency in 1920. He was a member of many domestic and foreign learned societies, received numerous honorary degrees and foreign decorations, and published many addresses, essays, and reviews.
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Butler (SAMUEL an English satirist)
SAMUEL, an English satirist, born in Strensham, Worcestershire, in February, 1612. He was educated at Oxford or Cambridge, occupied his leisure in studying music and painting, be- library; daily and weekly periodicals, came a man of wide and curious learning, and gained his living as secretary and clerk to aristocratic personages. His famous poem, "Hudibras," a witty and sharp satire on the Puritans, secured instant favor with the King and the public; yet after the appearance of in poverty and obscurity. The second and third divisions of "Hudibras" appeared in 1664 and 1678. The general design of the great poem was derived from "Don Quixote." The situations of the mock epic are few but ludicrous, and the whole canvas is embellished with imagination, raillery, subtle casuistry, brilliant epigrams, and sparkling wit. He died in London, Sept. 25, 1680.
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