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 Tirah campaign, 1897–8: Chief Staff Officer, China expedition, 1900: Commanding First Division, Northern Army-Corps, 1904.

BARROW, LOUSADA ( ? –1877)

Joined the Madras cavalry in 1836, and saw constant service, being engaged in the S. Mahratta country in 1844–5, and under Havelock in many actions in the mutiny: in the Alambagh under Outram: present at the siege and capture of Lucknow: Brevets of Major and Lt-Colonel: C.B. in 1858: Commissioner of Lucknow, 1864: Maj-General, 1870: Chief Commissioner of Oudh, Jan.-April, 1871: died Oct. 1, 1877.

BARTH, MARIE ETIENNE AUGUSTE (1834–)

Born March 22, 1834, at Strasburg: son of Etienne Barth, of the Rhone an Rhin Canal Company: educated at the College Royal (now Lycee Imperial) at Strasburg: Professor of Rhetoric and Philosophy at the College at Bouxwiller, 1857–61: then retired from the public service to devote himself to Indian study: lived first at Strasburg, then at Geneva, (1871–76), and lastly removed to Paris: member of many learned societies: Societe Asiatique, 1857: Academy of Inscriptions, 1893: Royal Asiatic Society, 1894, etc.: Collaborator in the Journal Asiatique, Revue Critique, etc. His chief works are: Les Religions de l'Inde, 1880 (also translated into English) Inscriptions Sanskrites du Cambodge, 1885: L'Inde; Buddhisme, Jain-isme, Hindouisme, 1894, etc.: has published a yearly bulletin of the religions of India in the Revue de l'Histoire des Religions, 1885, etc.

BARTHELEMY SAINT- ) HILAIRE, JULES (1805–1895)

Born Aug. 19, 1805, in Paris: studied Sanskrit under Eugene Burnouf: early entered public life: attached to the Ministry of Finance, 1825–38: an editor of the Globe, 1825–30: as a journalist, signed the protest against the July ordinances of Charles X.: became famous as a politician and ardent Republican, and lived through several revolutions: held office several times, as colleague of Victor Cousin in the Ministry of Public Instruction: in 1848, as Secretary of the provisional Government: from 1871, took an active part in public affairs, as member of the National Assembly: Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1880, etc.: yet he was greatest as a scholar, and student of Philosophy: was Professor of Greek and Latin Philosophy at the College de France, 1838–52, Member of the Institute, 1839: in this year, began his study of Sanskrit Philosophy: administrator of the College de France, 1849: accompanied Lesseps on his journey to Egypt, 1855, to explore the Isthmus of Suez. After the death of Eugene Burnouf, Barthelemy took his place as a writer on Indian matters in the Journal des Savants: died Nov. 24, 1895: best known as a Greek scholar: the great achievement of his life was his translation of Aristotle: also did valuable work as an Indianist: among his publications are Des Vedas, 1854: Du Bouddhisme, 1855: Le Bouddha et sa religion, 1866: L'Inde Anglaise, 1887,. etc.

BARTOLOMEO, FRA PAOLINO DE SAN, or JOHN PHILIP WERDIN, (1748–1806)

Studied at Prague: joined the Carmelites at Rome and learned Oriental languages: went to the Malabar coast in 1774: stayed there 14 years, and was appointed Vicar-general and Apostolic visitor: returned to Rome in 1790, to superintend the printing of religious works, for the use of Indian missionaries: studied Sanskrit, published a Sanskrit grammar in Tamil in 1790, and wrote largely of his Indian travels and experiences: he died in 1806.

BARWELL, RICHARD (1741–1804)

Son of William Barwell (who was Governor of Bengal in 1748): born in Calcutta, Oct. 8, 1741, and joined as a "writer" in Bengal under the E.I. Co. in 1758: made a Member of the Supreme Council under the Regulating Act of 1773, which made Warren Hastings Governor-General, and steadily supported him in Council against Francis, Clavering, and Monson: fought a duel with Clavering in April, 1775: resigned his seat in Council on Oct. 1, 1781, retiring with a large fortune, reported to have been irregularly acquired: he appears to have had two houses in Calcutta, one at the present