[Bridport, Viscount], a British admiral, distinguished in several engagements (1797-1814).
[Brieg] (20), a thriving, third, commercially speaking, town in Prussian Silesia, 25 m. SE. of Breslau.
[Brienne, Jean de], descendant of an old French family; elected king of Jerusalem, then emperor of Constantinople; d. 1237.
[Brienz, Lake of], lake in the Swiss canton of Bern, 8 m. long, 2 m. broad, over 800 ft. above sea-level, and of great depth in certain parts, abounding in fish. Town of, a favourite resort for tourists.
[Brieuc, St.], (19), a seaport and an episcopal city in the dep. of Côtes-du-Nord, France.
[Brigade], a body of troops under a general officer, called brigadier, consisting of a number of regiments, squadrons, or battalions.
[Brigantes], a powerful British tribe that occupied the country between the Humber and the Roman Wall.
[Briggs, Henry], a distinguished English mathematician; first Savilian professor at Oxford; made an important improvement on the system of logarithms, which was accepted by Napier, the inventor, and is the system now in use (1561-1631).
[Brigham Young], the chief of the Mormons (1801-1877).