Barry Cornwall
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These 10 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Barry Cornwall, Barrymore, Barsabas.
Barrymore
ETHEL (Mrs. Russell G. Colt), an American actress, born in Philadelphia in 1879, the daughter of Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana furnished some of the most striking (Drew) Barrymore. She was educated privately and first appeared on the stage in John Drew's company in 1896. She later appeared in leading rôles with Henry Irving. She first appeared as a star in 1900, and later played as star in many successful plays. She was one of the most popular American actresses of her generation. In
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Barrymore (JOHN an American actor brother)
JOHN, an American actor , brother of Ethel Barrymore and son of Maurice Barrymore, born in 1882. He first appeared on the stage in 1903 and two years later played in London as leading man with great success. 1919-1920 he appeared with his brother Lionel Barrymore in "The Jest" and following this appeared as the star in a production of " Richard III." He also appeared in several moving-picture plays, notably "Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde."
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Barrymore (MAURICE an American actor)
MAURICE, an American actor , whose real name was Herbert Blythe, born in India in 1847. He was educated in Cambridge University, and entering upon a stage career, removed to the United States, where he quickly rose to eminence in his profession. In 1876 he married Georgiana Drew of the famous family of actors. He acted as leading man for Modjeska , for Mrs. Langtry, for Olga Nethersole, and for Mrs. Fiske. Barrymore was considered one of the most finished and accomplished actors of his day. He wrote several plays, including "Nadjeska," in which Mme. Modjeska appeared in 1884. He died in 1905.
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Barsabas
JOSEPH, surnamed "the Just," one of Christ's early disciples, and probably one of the 70. He was one of the two candidates nominated to fill. the vacancy left by Judas Iscariot in the apostleship ( Acts i). BAR-SUR-AUBE a town in the department of Aube, France; (bär-sür-ōb'), 30 miles E. of Troyes; notable as the scene of a victory of the allied forces, commanded by Schwarzenberg, over the French, commanded by Macdonald and Oudinot, Feb. 27, 1814. The council which decided the plan of campaign of the allies was held here before the battle, Feb. 25. Pop. about 5,000.
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Bart
BARTH, or BAERT (bärt), JEAN , a French sailor, born at Dunkirk, 1650, the son of a poor fisherman. He became captain of a privateer, and was appointed captain in the Royal Navy and for exceptional service was made commodore and ennobled . He made the French navy everywhere respected, and chapters in the romance of raval warfare. After the peace of Ryswick, he lived quietly at Dunkirk, and died there in 1702. BARTHÉLEMY, JEAN JACQUES, Provence, Jan. 20, 1716; won European a French antiquarian, born at Cassis, fame with his "Travels of Young Anapicture of domestic and social life in charsis in Greece" ( 1788), a fascinating ancient Greece. As a romancer he wrote "The Loves of Carites and Polydorus" (1760). He died in Paris, April 30, 1795. (bär-tōl-de'), a French sculptor, born in
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Bartholdi, Frederick Auguste
bar-tol-de', Frederick Auguste (1834-1904), a French sculptor. He was born in Alsace, April 2, 1834, and died in Paris, October 4, 1904. Well known as the designer of the colossal statue of Liberty Enlightening the World in New York Harbor. Other statues by the same artist are the Lion of Belfort; Lafayette in Union Square, New York; and a bronze group of Lafayette and Washington in Paris. See Liberty 2026 Editor's Note: Bartholdi's colossus became one of the most recognized symbols on earth: the Statue of Liberty , France's gift to America, its internal iron framework engineered by Gustave Eiffel. Legend says Bartholdi modeled Liberty's stern face on his own mother. Emma Lazarus's poem — 'Give me your tired, your poor' — was added later, making it the emblem of immigration itself. (Ed: BR 2026-06-18)
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Bartholomew Fair
a famous fair held in Smithfield, London, 1133-1840. The fair opened on St. Bartholomew's day, August 24, Old Style, and September 3, after the change in the calendar. It was held for fourteen days at first, but at the last the period was shortened to four days. It was the great cloth fair of the kingdom. Instead of taking orders by messenger, the weavers from Flanders and at home brought their wares to Smithfield and exposed them for sale. Acres of booths were filled with all kinds of goods from which traders, tailors, and customers made their selection for the year. The fair was removed to Islington in 1840. Fifteen years later it came to an end. During the last century of its existence St. Bartholomew's fair lost its commercial character and became a mere aggregation of merry-go-rounds, jugglers' tents, venders' booths, and shows of all descriptions. Fairs were common throughout Europe. See Leipsic ; Nijni-Novgorod ; Fair 2026 Editor's Note: Ben Jonson immortalized the fair's teeming chaos in his 1614 comedy Bartholomew Fair , a panorama of London low life. The real fair grew so rowdy — a carnival of freak shows, puppet plays and pickpockets — that the authorities finally suppressed it in 1855, ending seven centuries of misrule at Smithfield. (Ed: BR 2026-07-09)
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Barthou
LOUIS. Minister of Justice 1921-22. Made chairman of the Reparation Commission, October, 1922. the establishment of Czecho-Slovakia, he BENESH (BENES) , EDWARD. Following became Foreign Secretary and afterfrom the latter post in October, 1922, ward Premier of the new state, retiring but continuing as Minister of Foreign Affairs. He is credited with the establishment of the Little Entente as a power in European affairs and is universally regarded as one of the leading statesmen BIOGRAPHICAL CONTINUATIONS 60 of Europe since the conclusion of the World War.
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Barthou (LOUIS a French statesman born)
LOUIS, a French statesman, born in 1862. He entered public life at an early age and occupied many important positions in the French Government, including service as Minister of Public Works and Minister of the Interior. He was appointed Minister of Justice in the first cabinet of President Poincaré in 1913. On the fall of this ministry in March of the same year, he was appointed Premier and Minister of Public Instruction. He was one of the chief figures in the controversy between the French Government and the Roman Catholic Church, on the question of the separation of church and state and was especially zealous in carrying out the legislation passed in order to effect this separation.
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