Boucher (E. Martin), b. Beaulieu 1809. Conducted the Rationaliste at Geneva, where he died 1882. His work Search for the Truth was published at Avignon, 1884.
Bourneville (Magloire Désir), French deputy and physician, b. Garancières, 21 Oct. 1840. Studied medicine at Paris, and in ’79 was appointed physician to the asylum of Bicêtre. He was Municipal Councillor of Paris from ’76 to ’83. On the death of Louis Blanc he was elected deputy in his place. Wrote Science and Miracle, ’75; Hysteria in History, ’76; and a discourse on Etienne Dolet at the erection of the statue to that martyr, 18 May 1889.
Boutteville (Marc Lucien), French writer, professor at the Lycee Bonaparte. Wrote to Dupanloup on his pamphlet against Atheism, 1867; wrote in La Pensée Nouvelle, ’68; is author of a large and able work on the Morality of the Church and Natural Morality, ’66; and has edited the posthumous works of Proudhon, 1870.
* Bovio (Giovanni), b. Trani, 1838, Dr. of law and advocate. Author of a dramatic piece, Cristo alla festa di Purim, and of a History of Law in Italy. Signor Bovio delivered the address at unveiling the monument to Bruno at Rome, 9 June, 1889.
Boyer. See [Argens].
* Bradlaugh (Charles), M.P. In April, 1889, he introduced a Bill to repeal the Blasphemy Laws.
Braga (Teofilo), Portuguese Positivist, b. 24 Feb. 1843. Educated at Coimbra. Has written many poems, and a History of Portuguese Literature. Is one of the Republican leaders.
Branting (Hjalmar), Swedish Socialist, b. 1860. Sentenced in ’88 to three months’ imprisonment for blasphemy in his paper Social Democraten.
Braun (Eugen), Dr. See [F. W. Ghillany].
Braun (Wilhelm von), Swedish humoristic poet, b. 1813. He satirised many of the Bible stories. Died 1860.