[Bonnet-piece], a gold coin of James V. of Scotland, so called from the king being represented on it as wearing a bonnet instead of a crown.
[Bonneval, Claude-Alexandre, Comte de]. See [Achmed Pasha].
[Bonnie Dundee], Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee.
[Bonpland, Aimé], a French botanist and traveller, born at Rochelle; companion of Alexander von Humboldt in his S. American scientific explorations; brought home a large collection of plants, thousands of species of them new to Europe; went out again to America, arrested by Dr. Francia in Paraguay as a spy, kept prisoner there for about nine years; released, settled in the prov. of Corrientes, where he died; wrote several works bearing on plants (1773-1858).
[Bonstetten, Charles Victor de], a Swiss publicist and judge, born at Berne; wrote on anthropology, psychology, &c. (1745-1832).
[Bontemps, Roger], a French personification of a state of leisure and freedom from care.
[Bonze], a Buddhist priest in China, Japan, Burmah, &c.
[Boole], English mathematician, born at Lincoln; mathematical professor at Cork; author of "Laws of Thought," an original work, and "Differential Equations" (1815-1864).
[Boomerang], a missile of hard curved wood used by the Australian aborigines of 2½ ft. long; a deadly weapon, so constructed that, though thrown forward, it takes a whirling course upwards till it stops, when it returns with a swoop and falls in the rear of the thrower.
[Boone, Daniel], a famous American backwoodsman; d. 1822, aged 84.