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* BORISSOGLIEBSK. 319 BORN. Taganrog. Borissogliebsk was founded in 1646 for defense of the frontiers against the incur- sions of the Crimean Tartars. Population, in 1885. 13.000: in 1897, 22,370. BORISSOV, b6-re's6f. The capital of a district in the Government of Minsk, Russia. It is situated on the Bcresina. 50 miles northeast of Minsk, near the phice where Bonaparte's army crossed the river Borissov in 1812 (Map: Russia. C 4). Flour-mills, breweries, and to- bacco-factories are the chief industrial establish- ments of the town. Borissov is known to have existed in the Twelfth Century, and came into the possession of Russia in 1795. Population, in 1897. 14.931, including about 10,000 Jews. BORJESON, ber'ye-son, Joh.4N Helenus Laubentius (1835 — ). A Swedish sculptor. He was born in Halland. studied in Rome and Paris, and in 1886 was appointed professor in the academy at Stockholm. His works include genre and ideal subjects, and portrait-statues of various sizes. The following may be enumer- ated : "The Bowler" ( Gothenburg Museum ) : '"Youth with a Tortoise" (National Museum, Stockholm ) : and the colossal statues of Holberg at Bergen, of Axel O.xenstjerna in the House of Lords, Stockholm, and of King Charles X. Gus- tavus at Malmii. BORJESSON, .ToHA>-' (1790-1866). A Swed- ish poet and dramatist, born in the Parish of Tanum. He studied theology at the University of Upsala, and in 1828 became pastor of Week- holm. He published two volumes of poems, Kar- lek och poesi (1849) and lilommor och iarar pa en dotiers grnf (1854): but his reputation rests chiefly on his tragedies. Of these. Erik den Fjortonde (Erik the Fourteenth. ,1846), is his best, accessible in the German rendering of Win- terfeld (1855). His collected works were edited by Dietrichson (Stockholm, 1873-74). BOROiAND, Solon (1811-64). An Ameri- can soldier and politician. He was bom in Virginia, but early removed to Arkansas. He served as major of volunteers during the Mexican War, was in the United States Senate from 1849 to 1853, and in 1853-54 was Minister to Cen- tral America. While returning to the United States ( 1854), the inhabitants of Greytown tried to arrest him for having aided an accused per- son, and, by order of the United States (iovern- nient, the town was bombarded by Commander Hollins. In the spring of 1861, before his State had seceded, he organized a body of troops, and, in the name of the Southern Confederacy, took possession of Fort Smith, Ark. Later he was made a brigadier-general in the Confederate Army. BORLASE, bOr'las, William (1695-1772). An English anticpiary. bom at Pendeen. He graduated at E.xeter College, Oxford, and in 1720 was ordained priest. In 1722 he became rector of Ludgvan. and in 1732 he received the vicarage of Saint .lust. He was a close student of the antiquities and natural history of Cornwall, and published as the first result of his researches the essay on fipar and Hparry Productions (1750). His most important work was his Antiquities of CornicaU (1753)— a collection of learned and original essays, followed in 1756 by Observations on the Ancient and Present Htatc of the Islands of Scilly. He published, in 1758, a atural His- tory of Vormcall. He was a friend of many con- temporary men of letters, including Pope, for whose Twickenham grotto he supplied most of the mineral and fossil decorations. BORMANN, bur'm: . Edwin (1851—). A German poet and song-writer. He was born in Leipzig, and educated at the Polytechnic School, Dresden, and the universities of Leipzig and Bonn. His first literary work was a series of humorous sketclies in dialect, contributed to the Fliegendc Blatter. He is also the author, in High German, of a book of humorous -songs, en- titled tieid unisehliinfien MilJionen (1879). and also Hchelmcnticdrr (1891), Pas Jiiichlcin von der schwarzen h'liiist (1886); Liedcrhnrt in Sanr/ und Klaiifi, in liild und Wort (1888). and Klinpinslatid, Minneiiedcr und Hpiehnannswei- sen, alten Mcistern nachgesunyen (1891). BORMANN, bor'man, Ei'gen (1842—). A classical philologist, professor of ancient history and epigraphy in Vienna, author of Fastorum Vivitatis Tauromenitanee Reliquiw Descriptw et Editw (1882); Inscriptiones JEmilicB Etruriw Vmhriee Latince (1888). He is also a corre- sponding member of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, Vienna, and was one of the assistant editors of the Corpus Inseriptionum Latinarum. BORMIO, bur'me-fi (Ger., Worms). An anti- quated town in the Province of Sondrio, north Italy, 4020 feet above the sea, in the upper vallev of the Adda, at the south entrance of Stelvio Pass (q.v.) (Map: Italy, El). The nearest railway station is at Sondrio, 44 miles to the southwest, which is 25 miles east of Colico, on Lake Como. Two miles northwest of Bormio are the New Baths (Bagni Nuovi di liormio), 4380 feet above the sea, which are frequented b.v tourists in July and August. The water is piped to the establishment from seven salt and sulphur springs (100°-105"' F.) that rise in the cliiTs near the Old Baths, 4750 feet above the sea. These springs were mentioned by Pliny and by Cassiodorus, and the old Roman baths (piscina;) hewn in the rock can still be seen. The water is prescribed for rheumatism, gout, and kindred diseases. Population, in 1881 (commune), 1800: in 1901, 1814. Consult: Kil- lia. RMtisehe Kurorte und MineralqueUcn (Chur, 1883). BORN, borN, Bektrand de (1140-1215). A French soldier and troubadour, who traced his descent from the dukes of Aquitaine. He was bom at the Castle of Born in Perigord. Born fought with his brother for the family posses- sions, and defeated him. But Richard the Lion- hearted sided with his brother and deprived Born of his possessions. He is generally repre- sented as a breeder of dissensions, and especially as embittering the strife lietween Henry II. of England and liis sons. Dante refers to this in .k Inferno (XXVIII.). In the latter part of his life. Born entered the Monastery of Dalon. and is supposed to have joined the (Cistercian Order. He wrote some i)oenis of love and war, which breathe the si)irit of a passionate man. There arc two complete editions of his works edited by Albert Stimming (Halle. 1879). and A. Thomas (Toulouse, 1881). See Maurice Hewlett's novel, Kirhard Yea-and-Nay (1900). BORN, bOrn, Ig.naz von (1742-91). An Aus- trian mineralogist and metallurgist, born in Karlsburg, Transylvania. lie studied law in