BINNS, HENRY BRYAN. Ultimate Act.
BRADFORD, GAMALIEL. Born at Boston, Mass., Oct. 9, 1863; privately
tutored till 1882; entered Harvard College 1882 but was obliged to
leave almost immediately because of ill health. Contributor of essays
and poems to various magazines; has a remarkable insight into the
characters of historical figures, and in a few pages reveals their
inner souls. Among his books are "Types of American Character," "A
Pageant of Life," "The Private Tutor," "Between Two Masters," "Matthew
Porter," "Lee, the American," "Confederate Portraits," "Union
Portraits," "A Naturalist of Souls," and "Portraits of American
Women." God; Heinelet; The Joy of Living.
BRALEY, BERTON. Born at Madison, Wis., Jan. 29, 1882. Graduated from the
University of Wisconsin 1905; reporter on the Butte, Mont., Inter
Mountain 1905-6; later with the Butte Evening News and the
Billings, Mont., Gazette; with the New York Evening Mail 1909;
associate editor of Puck 1910; free lance writer since 1910; special
correspondent in Northern Europe 1915-16; in France, England, and
Germany 1918-19. Among his books are "Sonnets of a Freshman," "Songs
of a Workaday World," "Things as They Are," "A Banjo at Armageddon,"
"In Camp and Trench," and "Buddy Ballads." Opportunity; Playing the
Game; Start Where You Stand; Success; The Conqueror.
BRANCH, ANNA HEMPSTEAD. Born at New London, Conn. Graduated at Adelphi
Academy, Brooklyn, 1893, from Smith College 1897, and from the
American Academy of Dramatic Art, New York, 1900. Among her books are
"The Heart of the Road," "The Shoes That Danced," "Rose of the Wind,"
and "Nimrod, and Other Poems." Gladness.
BROWNING, ELIZABETH BARRETT. Born at Coxhoe Hall, Durham, Eng., Mar. 6,
1806; died at Florence, Italy, June 30, 1861. A semi-invalid all her
life. Married Robert Browning 1846, and resided in Italy for the
remainder of her life. Author of "Casa Guidi Windows," "Aurora Leigh,"
and "Sonnets from the Portuguese." Cares.
BROWNING, ROBERT. Born at Camberwell, Eng., May 7, 1812; died at Venice, Italy, Dec. 12, 1889. Educated at home and at London University; well trained in music. Travel in Russia 1833; considered diplomatic career; trip to Italy 1838; married Elizabeth Barrett 1846, and during her life time resided chiefly at Florence, Italy. After her death in 1861, he lived in London and Venice. Among his works are "Pauline," "Paracelsus," "Strafford," "Sordello," "A Blot in the 'Scutcheon," "Colombe's Birthday," "Dramatis Personae," "A Soul's Tragedy," "Luna," "Men and Women," "The Ring and the Book," "Fifine at the Fair," "The Inn-Album," "Dramatic Idyls," and "Asolando." Man, Bird, and God; Pippa's Song; Prospice; Rabbi Ben Ezra.
BURNS, ROBERT. Born at Alloway, near Ayr, Scotland, Jan. 25, 1759; died at Dumfries, Scotland, July 21, 1796. Received little education; drudgery on a farm at Mt. Oliphant 1766-77; on a farm at Lochlea 1777-84, during which time there was a period of loose living and bad companionship; at the death of his father he and his brother Gilbert rented Mossgiel farm near Mauchline, where many of his best poems were written; winter of 1786-7 he visited Edinburgh, and was received into the best society; winter of 1787-8 revisited Edinburgh but rather coolly received by Edinburgh society; 1788 married Jean Armour, by whom he had previously had several children. Took farm at Ellisland 1788; became an excise officer 1789. Removed to Dumfries 1791; later years characterized by depression and poverty. Some of his best-known poems are "The Holy Fair," "The Cotter's Saturday Night," and "Tam O'Shanter"; wrote many of the most popular songs in the English language. A Man's a Man for A' That; Borrowing Trouble; The Gift.
BYRON, LORD (George Gordon Byron). Born at London, Jan. 22, 1788; died
at Missolonghi, Greece, Apr. 19, 1824, and buried in parish church at
Hucknell, near Newstead. Born with a deformed foot; much petted as a
child; inherited title and estate at death of his granduncle, William,
fifth Lord Byron, 1798. Studied at Harrow and at Cambridge University,
receiving M.A. degree 1808. Traveled in Portugal, Spain, Greece, and
Turkey 1809-11. In 1815 married Anna Milbanke, who left him 1816. In
1816 met Miss Clairmont at Geneva, who bore him an illegitimate
daughter, Allegra, 1817; in 1819 met Teresa, Countess Guiccioli, at
Venice, and remained with her during his stay in Italy. Joined the
Greek insurgents 1823, and died of a fever in their cause of freedom
from the Turks. Among his works are "Hours of Idleness," "English
Bards and Scotch Reviewers," "Childe Harold," "The Giaour," "The
Corsair," "The Prisoner of Chillon," "Cain," "Manfred," and "Don
Juan." Serenity.
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CARLYLE, THOMAS. Born at Ecclefechan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, Dec. 4, 1795; died at Chelsea, London, Feb. 4, 1881. Educated at Annan Grammar School and Edinburgh University; mathematical tutor at Annan 1814; teacher at Kirkcaldy 1816; went to Edinburgh to study law 1819; tutor in Buller family 1822-4; married Jane Welsh 1826; lived successively at Comely Bank, Edinburgh, and Craigenputtoch 1828-34; moved to Chelsea 1834; and remained there the rest of his life. Elected Lord Rector of Edinburgh University 1865. Among his works are "Life of Schiller," "Sartor Resartus," "The French Revolution," "Chartism," "Heroes, Hero Worship, and the Heroic in History," "Life and Letters of Oliver Cromwell," "Life of Sterling," "Latter-Day Pamphlets," and "Frederick the Great." To-Day.