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BADMINTON. BADMINTON, The. A large London dub of sporting men, so named in honor of the Duke of Beaufort's estate. It was formed in 1876.

BADOC, ba-duk'. A town of Luzon, Philippines, in the Province of Iloeos Xorte. It is situated near the coast, about 22 miles south of Lasag, and has a population of 10,800 ( Map : Philippine Islands, E 2).

BADOURA, ba-doo'ra. In the story of Prince Camaralzaman in the Arabian Xights, the daughter of the King of China, who falls in love with the sleejiing prince.

BADRULBUDUR, ba-drool'boo-door'. Alad- din's wife in Tlie Arabian Xir/hts' Entertain- ments. She is a beautiful Chinese princess. Despite her love for her husband, she twice nearly causes his undoing by giving away the 'wonderful lamp' in exchange for a prettier one, and by letting two magicians into his house.

BAEDEKER, bed'e-ker. Karl (1801-.5n). A German publisher, born at Essen. In 1S27 he set up a bookshop at Coblenz, and in 1830 pub- lished travelers' handbooks for Belgium and Holland. These were succeeded by the Hand- huch fiir Reisende dureh Deutschlrind tind den ostcrreichischen Kaiserstaat (1842), and by guides to Switzerland (1844), and Paris and environs (1855). Thus was inaugurated this series of woiMd-famous publications. Since 1801, English editions have appeared. The collection now includes almost all European countries, and portions of North America and the Orient, as well as monographs on London, Paris, and Ber- lin. The volumes are supplied with excellent maps. In 1872 the firm removed to Leipzig, where complete revisions are frequently pre- pared.

BAEHRENS, ber'cns, Emil (1848-88). A German Latinist, born at Bayenthal. He studied classical philology at Bonn and Leipzig, was ap- pointed instructor at .lena in 1873, and professor at Groningen in 1877. His editions of the clas- sics, though often marred by careless haste or bitter attacks on his opponents, are considered valuable because of the use they make of new manuscripts. They include C. Valerii Flacei Argnnautieon (1875); Cat ulli Veronensis Liber (2 vols., 1876-85) ; the Silvw of Statius (1876) ; and Poetw Latini Minores (5 vols.. 1879-83) ; with the additional volume of Fragmenta Poeta- rum Bomanorum (1880).

BAEN, or BAAN, biin, .Tax van ( 1633-1702). A Dutch portrait painter, born at Haarlem. He studied under Picmans, his uncle, and under Backer. He was invited by Charles II. to come to England, and painted portraits of the King and Queen, and of various members of the English nobility. His style was that of Van Dyck, and his best work is thought to be the portrait of Count Maurice of Nassau (Amsterdam). When he was requested by Louis XIV. to paint his portrait, he replied that he was unable to paint the conqueror of Holland.

BAENA, bii-a'na (Baniana, Biniana of the Romans). A town of Spain, in the Province of Cordova, situated about 32 miles southeast of the city of Cordova (Map: Spain, C 4). There are interesting remains of ancient and mediaeval times here; of the old Roman town there are a number of relics. The town has stock-raising in- terests and manufactures of textiles, leather, brick and tiles, lime, etc., and carries on a trade in grain, oil, and wine. Population, in 1887, 12,036; in 1897, 11,994.

BAER, ber, (1792-1876). A Russian naturalist, born in the Province of Estho- nia, Russia. From 1810 to 1814 he studied medicine at the University of Dorpat, and subse- quently comparative anatomy with DiiUinger at W'iirzburg, and in 1817 became prosector in the University of Kiinigsberg. He was there ap- pointed protessor of zoology in 1819, and direct- or of the Anatomical Institute in 1826. In 1829 he became professor of zoology and member of the Academy of Sciences at Saint Petersburg.but returned the following year to Kiinigsberg. After 1834 he was prominently identified with the Academy of Saint Petersburg. He was one of the founders of the modern science of embryology, and was among the most influential scientists of his day. Of his numerous works, the most im- portant are Epistola de Ovi ilamnialiuni et Hominis Genesi (1827), in which the mammalian egg is described for the first time; Ueber Ent- uickelungsgeschichte der Thiere (1828-37); and Untersticluingen iiber die Entwickelung der Fische (1835). Consult the studj' by Stieda. (Brunswick, 1878).

BA^ER, William Jacob (I860—). An American artist, born in Cincinnati. He studied at the Royal Academy in Munich under Loeflftz, and was awarded a first-class medal, and a bronze medal for miniature at the Paris Exposition in 1900. Mr. Baer is probably the first miniature painter in this country.' Among his works are the "Madonna with the Auburn Hair," "Daphne," "Nymph," "Summer," and "In Arcadia."

BAERLE, biir'le, Cornelius van. A culti- vator of tulips in the story of the elder Dnmas, La tiilipc noire.

BAETHGEN, bJt'gen, Fkiedrich (1849—). A German evangelical theologian and Orientalist, born at Lachem. He studied at GiJttingen, Kiel, and Berlin, and held professorships at Kiel, Halle, and Greifswald. In 1895 he was ap- pointed professor of Old Testament exegesis and Semitic languages at the University of Berlin. His works include Untersuchungen iiber die Psalmen der Peschita (1878); Evangelienfrag- mcnte (1885) ; and Die Psalmen iibersetzt und crkliirt (1892).

BAEYER, bc'yer, Adolf von (1835—). A distinguished Gemian chemist. He was born at Berlin. After studying chemistry and physics at several German universities, and after teaching for a time at Berlin, he became professor of chemistry at Strassburg in 1872. Since 1875 he has taught at the L'niversity of Munich. Profes- sor Baeyer is one of the greatest investigators in the domain of organic chemistry and of stereo- chemistry. He has efifected a very large number of syntheses, and succeeded in preparing new classes of carbon compounds, some of which are not only important from a theoretical point of view, but have also found extensive application in the arts. His process for the artificial prepa- ration of indigo is well known.

BAEYER, (1794-1885). A German soldier and geologist. He was born at Miiggelslieim, Prussia, and educated at Berlin. He served with distinction in the War of Liberation, and in 1821 entered the topographical bu-