Modern English biography, volume 1 (of 4), A-H by Frederic Boase

BIGLAND, WILSON BRADDYLL. _b._ Bigland hall, Holker, Lancashire 20 July 1788; entered navy 21 Oct. 1801; captain 6 March 1821; retired V.A. 2 Oct. 1857; K.H. 25 Jany. 1836. _d._ Lansdowne place, Leamington 19 Nov. 1858. BIGNOLD, SIR SAMUEL (_youngest son of Thomas Bignold of Norwich, banker_). _b._ Norwich 13 Oct. 1791; secretary of Norwich Union Fire insurance company 1814 and of Norwich Union Life insurance company 1818; sheriff of Norwich 1830 and mayor 1833, 1848, 1853 and 1873; knighted by the Queen at St. James’s Palace 3 May 1854; M.P. for Norwich 1854–1857. (_m._ 1815 Elizabeth only child of Wm. Atkins of Ridlington, Norfolk, she _d._ 30 March 1860). _d._ Surrey st. Norwich 2 Jany. 1875. _I.L.N. lx_, 181, 189 (1872), _portrait_. BIGSBY, JOHN JEREMIAH (_eld. son of John Bigsby of Nottingham, physician 1760–1844_). _b._ Nottingham; baptised at St. Peter’s church 14 Aug. 1792; ed. at Univ. of Edin., M.D. 1814; assistant surgeon in the army 14 March 1816; physician at Newark 1827–46; lived in London 1846 to death; F.G.S. 1823, Murchison medallist 1874, founded Bigsby gold medal 1877; F.R.G.S. 1850; F.R.S. 3 June 1869; author of _The shoe and canoe, or pictures of travel in the Canadas 2 vols._ 1850; _Thesaurus Siluricus the flora and fauna of the Silurian period_ 1868; _Thesaurus Devonico-Carboniferus the flora and fauna of the Devonian and Carboniferous periods_ 1878. _d._ 89 Gloucester place, Portman sq. London 10 Feb. 1881. _Quarterly Journal of Geol. Soc. xxxvii_, 39–41 (1881). BIGSBY, ROBERT (_only son of Robert Bigsby 1764–1825, registrar of archdeaconry of Nottingham_). _b._ Castle gate, Nottingham 11 April 1806; ed. at Repton school; a virtuoso or collector of relics and memorials of illustrious characters; author of _The triumph of Drake, a poem_ 1839; _Miscellaneous poems and essays_ 1842; _Visions of the times of old, or the antiquarian enthusiast 3 vols._ 1848; _Ombo, a dramatic romance in 12 acts_ 1853; _Historical and topographical description of Repton_ 1854; _Irminsula, or the great pillar, a mythological research_ 1864; _Memoir of the order of St. John of Jerusalem_ 1869 and 10 other books; granted civil list pension of £100 16 Jany. 1860; member of order of St. John of Jerusalem; F.S.A., F.R.S.; a knight of St. James of Portugal. _d._ 4 Beaufort terrace, Peckham Rye, London 27 Sep. 1873. _The Freemason 18 Oct. 1873 p._ 677. BILBY, THOMAS. _b._ Southampton 1794; musical composer; best known as composer of the hymn tune called “Joyful.” _d._ Islington, London 24 Sep. 1872. BILLER, GEORGE. _b._ 20 Nov. 1811; solicitor in London; wrote many letters to _The Church Advocate_ and other papers on Priestly Absolution; author of _Rhymes, reasons and recollections from the common-place books of a Sexagenarian_ 1876; _A few suggestions on Prayer book reform_ 1878. _d._ 43 Agate road, Hammersmith 24 April 1885. BILLING, ARCHIBALD (_son of Theodore Billing of Cromlyn, co. Dublin_). _b._ Cromlyn 10 Jany. 1791; ed. at Trin. coll. Dub., B.A. 1811, M.B. 1814, M.A. and M.D. 1818; incorporated M.D. at Oxford 22 Oct. 1818; physician in London 1818 to death; F.R.C.P. 22 Dec. 1819, Censor 1823, Consiliarius 1852 and 1855–57; the first in London to organise a system of practical teaching at the bedside and to give it full effect by regular clinical lectures; physician to London Hospital 2 July 1822 to 4 June 1845; member of senate of Univ. of London 1836 to death; F.R.S. 6 June 1844; author of _First principles of medicine_ 1831, _6 ed._ 1868; _On the treatment of Asiatic cholera_ 1848; _Practical observations on diseases of the lungs and heart_ 1852; _The science of gems, jewels, coins and medals_ 1867. _d._ 34 Park lane, London 2 Sep.