Modern English biography, volume 1 (of 4), A-HBoase, Frederic
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Modern English biography, volume 1 (of 4), A-H
Boase, Frederic
Great Britain -- Biography -- Dictionaries
BELLINGHAM, O’BRYEN (_3 son of Sir Alan Bellingham, 2 baronet
1776–1827_). _b._ 12 Dec. 1805; ed. at Feinagle’s school; M.D.
Univ. of Edin. and L.R.C.S. Edin. 1830; professor of botany, Royal
college of surgeons Ireland to 1850, a surgical examiner 1850,
chairman of the court 1856; sec. of Surgical society of Ireland to
death; surgeon to St. Vincent’s hospital 1835 to death; author of
_Observations on aneurism and its treatment by compression_ 1847;
_Treatise on diseases of the heart_ 1857. _d._ The Castle, Castle
Bellingham, co. Louth 11 Oct. 1857. _Dublin Journal of medical
science lxiv_, 469–75 (1877).
BELLOC, ANNE LOUISE (_dau. of Colonel James Swanton, commandant of
Rocroi, France who was b. Ireland_). _b._ La Rochelle 1 Oct. 1796;
assisted Lafayette in establishing public libraries; founded a
choice circulating library; translated many English books into
French. (_m._ 1823 Jean Hilaire Belloc, Director of Royal School
of Design, Paris who _d._ 1866). _d._ Paris 6 Nov. 1881. _S. J.
Hale’s Woman’s record, 2 ed._ 1855 _p._ 583, _portrait_.
BELLOT, JOSEPH RENÉ. _b._ Paris 18 March 1826: served in French navy
1843–50; went as a volunteer with captain Kennedy in the Prince
Albert in search of Sir John Franklin 1851–52; sailed in the
Phœnix for the Arctic regions 10 May 1853; left the ship to carry
dispatches to Sir Edward Belcher 12 Aug. 1853; author of _Journal
d’un voyage aux Mers Polaires_ 1854; fell into a crack in the ice
near Cape Bowden and drowned 18 Aug. 1853; an obelisk was erected
to his memory by public subscription in front of Greenwich
hospital 1857. _Memoirs of J. R. Bellot 2 vols._ 1855, _portrait_.
BELLOT, THOMAS (_elder son of Thomas Bellot of Manchester,
surgeon_). _b._ Manchester 16 March 1806; ed. at Manchester gr.
sch.; pupil of Joseph Jordan, surgeon; M.R.C.S. 15 Feb. 1828,
F.R.C.S. 6 Aug. 1844; assistant surgeon H.M. sloop Harrier 1831;
surgeon R.N. 1835; surgeon H.M. flag ship Britannia Nov. 1854;
author of translations of the _Aphorisms of Hippocrates and of
Galen On the hand_ 1850; _Sanskrit derivation of English words_
1856; arranged two collections of Chinese coins, one of which he
presented to the Natural history society of Manchester; collected
many ancient Chinese bronzes and a library of Chinese works. _d._
37 Greek st. Stockport 25 June 1857. _Manchester school register
iii_, 118 (1874); _Medical directory_ (1858) 849–50.
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