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

king, a character sketch by Charles Stuart, M.D._ 1883, _portrait_; _All the year round vi_, 69–72 (1861). BLYTHE, JOHN DEAN (_son of Peter Dean Blythe of Ashton-under-Lyne_). _b._ Ashton-under-Lyne 12 April 1842; worked in a factory; reporter on a local paper; learned Latin, French and Spanish; edited a manuscript magazine circulated amongst members of a self-improvement society at Manchester; killed by accidental discharge of a revolver 5 Feb. 1869. _A sketch of the life and a selection from the writings of J. D. Blythe_ 1870. BOAG, JOHN. _b._ Highgate in parish of Beith, Ayrshire 7 Jany. 1775; matric. at Univ. of Glasgow 1797; joined the body of independents or congregationalists who in 1812 formed themselves into Congregational Union of Scotland; held small charges in Isle of Man and Helensburgh; pastor in village of Blackburn, Linlithgowshire; author of _A popular and complete English dictionary 2 vols._ 1848; _The imperial lexicon of the English language 2 vols._ 1853, and of a number of pamphlets on questions of the day. _d._ Craigton house, Linlithgowshire 15 Sep. 1863. BOAG, SIR ROBERT (_son of the preceding_). _b._ 22 Aug. 1809; alderman of Belfast; knighted at Dublin Castle 30 Jany. 1877. (_m._ 1834 Violet only dau. of John Stevens of Glasgow). _d._ Glenorchy house, Newington, Edinburgh 7 Nov. 1877. BOASE, CHARLES WILLIAM (_3 son of Henry Boase 1763–1827, managing partner in banking house of Ransom, Morland and Co. Pall Mall, London_). _b._ 6 Knightsbridge, London 8 June 1804; ed. at Helston gr. sch.; entered Dundee New Bank 1821, manager 1828; cashier of Dundee Banking company 13 March 1838, manager 1840 to 20 Feb. 1864 when it was merged in Royal bank of Scotland, managed the branch to 21 Dec. 1867 when he retired on a pension; secretary and treasurer of Watt Institution Dundee 1824–36, founded the museum to which he largely contributed; received freedom of Dundee 1 Sep. 1831 for his exertions in aiding to procure it a liberal constitution; one of the trustees elected by the creditors when town of Dundee became bankrupt 1842; a member of the Catholic Apostolic or Irvingite church 1836, erected a little chapel in Bell st. Dundee which the congregation used until 30 Nov. 1867 when church in Constitution road was opened; ordained to the priesthood Oct. 1836 and to the Episcopate Aug. 1851; had charge of the Evangelistic work throughout Scotland Dec. 1867 to death; author of _Tithes and Offerings_ 1865; _A century of banking in Dundee_ 1867; _The Elijah ministry_ 1868; _Notes on doctrine and ecclesiastical facts_ 1868; _Physical a part of theological science, 2 ed._ 1874. _d._ Albury, Surrey 7 June 1872. _W. Norrie’s Dundee Celebrities_ (1873) 397–99; _An account of the families of Boase or Bowes privately printed_ (1876) 13–14. BOASE, GEORGE CLEMENT (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ 127 Sloane St. Chelsea 25 Aug. 1810; ed. at Exeter gr. sch. and Queen’s coll. Cam. 1828–29; cashier of Dundee Banking company April 1840 to Feb. 1864; sub-manager of Dundee branch of Royal Bank of Scotland Feb. 1864 to 21 Dec. 1867 when he retired on a pension; a member of the Catholic Apostolic church 1836, ordained to the priesthood Oct. 1836, had charge of the church at Brighton 1868 to death; author of _To husbands, fathers and brothers specially those of the labouring classes being a warning against prevailing delusions by a Brother_ [_G. C. Boase_] 1848; _The restoration of Apostles_ 1867; _Thoughts and memories in verse by G. C. B[oase] 1876_. _d._ Fairlie house, Bridge of Allan near Stirling 23 July 1880. _An account of the families of Boase_ 15–16. BOASE, HENRY SAMUEL (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ 6 Knightsbridge, London 2 Sep. 1799; ed. at Tiverton gr. sch.; studied chemistry in Dublin 1815–17 and medicine in Univ. of Edin. 1817–21, M.D. 1821; sec. to Royal Geological Society of Cornwall at Penzance 1822 to 1829; collected from every part of Cornwall specimens of the rocks 1829–31 which were deposited in Geological Museum at Penzance; a partner in the Penzance Union Bank 1823 to April 1838 when bank was dissolved; lived in Burton crescent, London 1837–38; F.R.S. 4 May 1837; managing partner in firm of Turnbull Brothers of the Claverhouse Bleachfield, Dundee June 1838, this firm became Boase & Co.; took out a patent for ‘improvements in the process of drying organic substances’ 17 July 1855; author of _A treatise on primary geology_ 1834; _The philosophy of nature_ 1860; _An essay on human nature_ 1865; _The second Adam, the seed of the woman. Anon._ 1876; _A few words on evolution and creation_ 1883; wrote a minute geological account of each parish in _The parochial history of Cornwall by D. Gilbert 4 vols._ 1837. _d._ 5 Magdalen place, Dundee 5 May 1883. _Dict. of Nat. Biog. v_, 282–3 (1886); _An account of the families of Boase_ 8–10. BOATE, EDWARD WELLINGTON (_eld. son of George Boate of Waterford_). Edited the Waterford _Chronicle_ and Wexford _Guardian_; a reporter for the Times in the House of Commons; went to New York; worked on the _Irish American_, _Evening Express_, and other journals; joined the 42nd New York Volunteers 1863; taken prisoner at battle of Bristo station and sent to Belle Island; comr. and chairman of delegation of 95,000 men to negotiate with Abraham Lincoln for an exchange of prisoners; a reporter on the _Sunday Mercury_ to Sep. 1871. _d._ King’s county hospital, Flatbush, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia 4 Oct. 1871 aged 49. BOAZ, THOMAS (_eld. son of Richard Boaz of Scarborough, ship-carpenter_). _b._ Scarborough 10 Aug. 1806; studied at Theological seminary Newport Pagnel 1829–33; ordained at Manchester 18 June 1834; Congregational minister of Union chapel Calcutta Dec. 1834 to Dec. 1858; LLD. King’s college Aberdeen 1849; sole editor and proprietor of _Calcutta Christian Advocate_, May 1839 to 1853; one of editors of _Calcutta Christian Observer_ 1835–47. _d._ 6 Priory grove, West Brompton, London 13 Oct. 1861. _The Mission pastor, memorials of Rev. T. Boaz by his widow_ (1862), _portrait_. BOCHSA, ROBERT NICOLAS CHARLES. _b._ Montmédi, France 9 Aug. 1789; harpist to Emperor Napoleon 1813; may fairly be said to have revolutionised harp playing; fled to London having been detected in extensive forgeries 1817; tried in his absence and condemned to 12 years imprisonment; joint manager with Sir G. Smart of the Lent Oratorios 1822, sole manager 1823; professor of the harp and general sec. at R.A. of Music 24 March 1824 to 1827; conductor at the King’s theatre 1826–32; ran away with Sir H. R. Bishop’s wife 1839; visited every country in Europe except France; went to United States 1847; appeared at Prince of Wales’s theatre Sydney 22 Dec. 1855; wrote an oratorio called _Le déluge universel_, 8 operas, a Method and many solo pieces, _d._ Sydney 7 Jany. 1856. BODDAM, EDWARD TUDOR. Entered Madras army 11 Dec. 1841; lieut. col. staff corps 11 Dec. 1867; M.G. 16 June 1876. _d._ 12 Feb. 1880 aged 55. BODDINGTON, HENRY JOHN (_2 son of Edward Williams of London, artist_), _b._ London 1811; exhibited pictures at the R.A. 1837 to death; member of Society of British artists 1842, exhibited about 10 pictures every year at their gallery in Suffolk st. 1842 to death, his paintings are mostly taken from quiet English country life. (_m._ 1832 Clara Boddington whose name he adopted). _d._ Barnes, Surrey 11 April 1865. BODE, REV. JOHN ERNEST (_son of Wm. Bode of the General Post Office, London_). _b._ 1816; ed. at Eton, the Charterhouse and Ch. Ch. Ox., Hertford scholar (the first) 1835, B.A. 1837, M.A. 1840; student and tutor of his college 1841–47, censor 1844; R. of Westwell Oxon. 1847–60; select preacher 1848; surrogate 1850–60; Bampton lecturer 1855; contested chair of poetry in Univ. of Ox. 1857; R. of Castle Camps, Cambridge 1860 to death; author of _Ballads from Herodotus_ 1853, _2 ed._ 1854; _Lecture on the English formularies_ 1855; _Short occasional poems_ 1858; _Hymns from the Gospel of the day_ 1860. _d._ Castle Camps rectory 6 Oct. 1874. BODEN, GEORGE (_youngest son of John Boden of Edmonton lodge, Derbyshire_). _b._ 22 Jany. 1816; ed. at Rugby and Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1841, M.A. 1845; barrister I.T. 30 April 1841, bencher 30 April 1862, treasurer 1876; recorder of Stamford Feb. 1855; recorder of Derby 7 May 1859 to death; Q.C. 6 Feb. 1862. _d._ 7 Queen’s gardens, Hyde park, London 16 Feb. 1880. BODEN, SAMUEL STANDIGE. _b._ Hull 11 April 1826; clerk in South Eastern railway office at Nine Elms, London 1849; edited _British Chess review_ 1854–55, contributing a large portion of its contents; conducted chess department of _The Field_ 24 April 1858 to Jany. 1869; exhibited 5 landscapes at Suffolk st. gallery 1865–73. _d._ Tavistock st. Bedford sq. London 13 Jany. 1882. _Westminster Papers ix_, 89 (1876), _portrait_; _Illust. news of the world viii_, 164 (1861), _portrait_. BODENHAM, CHARLES THOMAS (_only son of Charles Bodenham of Rotherwas park, near Hereford 1758–1826_). _b._ 15 Feb. 1783; a member of the Roman Catholic board; chief supporter with Rev. Thomas Weld, afterwards Cardinal, of Dr. Milner in opposing the concessions which it was proposed to make in regard to the oath. (_m._ 25 Nov. 1810 Elizabeth Mary 5 dau. of Thomas Weld of Lulworth Castle, Dorset, she was _b._ 2 July 1789, and was author of _Mrs. Herbert and the villagers or familiar conversations on the principal duties of Christianity 2 vols._ 1853, _10 ed._ 1878). _d._ 5 Dec. 1865. BODINGTON, GEORGE. Ed. at Magdalen coll. sch. Oxford; studied at St. Bartholomew’s hospital; L.S.A. 1825; surgeon at Erdington near Birmingham to 1843; proprietor of Driffold house asylum, Sutton Coldfield, Warws. 1836–68; warden of Sutton Coldfield 1852–54; author of _A letter on a case of Asiatic cholera addressed to Central board of health, London_ 1831; _Essay on the treatment and cure of pulmonary consumption_ 1840, in which he anticipated by many years the modern views on the treatment of Phthisis. _d._ Sutton Coldfield 5 Feb. 1882 in 83 year. _Medical times and gazette i_, 241 (1882). BODKIN, JOHN JAMES (_eld. son of Thomas Bodkin of Kilcloony, co. Galway_). _b._ 1801; M.P. for town of Galway 6 May 1831 to Dec. 1832, and for co. Galway 15 Jany. 1835 to 23 July 1847. _d._ Calais Jany. 1882. BODKIN, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (_only son of Peter Bodkin of Northampton sq. London, auctioneer_). _b._ Islington, London 5 Aug. 1791; ed. at Islington academy; hon. sec. to Society for suppression of mendicity 1821; barrister G.I. 15 Nov. 1826, bencher 2 July 1857, treasurer 30 Jany. 1858; counsel to the Treasury; recorder of Dover 1834 to Jany. 1874; M.P. for Rochester 1841–47; carried a bill making relief of irremovable poor, chargeable on common fund of unions, which is foundation of present system; assistant judge of Middlesex sessions court 6 June 1859 to Jany. 1874; chairman of Metropolitan assessment sessions; knighted at Osborne 3 Aug. 1867; member of Society of Arts 1823 on the council till 1874; author of _Brief observations on the bill now pending in Parliament to amend the laws relative to the relief of the poor in England_ 1821. _d._ West hill, Highgate 26 March 1874. _I.L.N. xxxv_, 82 (1859), _portrait, lxiv_, 331 (1874), _portrait_. BODMER, JOHN GEORGE. _b._ Zurich 6 Dec. 1786; partner with Baron d’Eichtal in a cotton mill at St. Blasien, Black forest 1806–21; director general of iron works of Grand Duke of Baden to 1822; lived in England 1824–28 and 1833–48, established a factory for machines and machine tools at Manchester; made great improvements in cotton-spinning machines; invented what is now called the travelling crane about 1826; took out 13 patents in England for his inventions; lived at Vienna 1848–60 and at Zurich 1860 to death; M.I.C.E. 15 Feb. 1835. _d._ Zurich 29 May 1864. _Min. of Proc. of Instit. of C.E. xxviii_, 573–608 (1869). BOGLE, SIR ARCHIBALD (_son of J. A. Bogle_). _b._ 1805; ed. at Harrow; entered Bengal army 1823; superintendent of Arracan 1827, and comr. 1837; comr. Tenasserim province 20 April 1849 to 1859; M.G. 2 Aug. 1862; knighted by patent 9 Dec. 1853. _d._ 90 Westbourne terrace, London 12 June 1870. BOGUE, DAVID. Assistant to Thomas Ireland of Edinburgh bookseller to 1836; assistant to Charles Tilt of London publisher 1836–40, partner with him 1840–43; bookseller and publisher at 86 Fleet st. London 1843 to death; wrote several children’s books anonymously; one of principal proprietors of _Illustrated Times_. _d._ 76 Camden road villas, Camden town, London 17 Nov. 1856 aged 44. BOHLER, JOHN. _b._ South Wingfield near Alfreton, Derbyshire 31 Dec. 1797; a stocking weaver; collector of medicinal plants for the doctors; an expert field botanist and microscopist; explored Snowdon and adjacent mountains about 1860; a great collector of rare fungi and other curious plants; published _Lichenes Britannici or specimens of the Lichens of Britain 16 monthly parts_ 1835–7; author of _A Flora of Roche Abbey_ in _Aveling’s Roche Abbey Yorkshire_ 1870; _The Flora of Sherwood Forest_ in R. White’s _Worksop, the Dukeries and Sherwood Forest_ 1875. _d._ Sheffield 24 Sep. 1872. _Reliquary xi_, 212–13 (1871); _R. White’s Worksop_ (1875) 303–26. BOHN, HENRY GEORGE (_eld. son of John Henry Martin Bohn of Soho, London, bookbinder 1758–1843_). _b._ 4 Jany. 1796; assisted his father; bookseller at 4 York st. Covent Garden 1831; brought out _A Catalogue of books_ 1841 containing 1948 pages and 23208 articles; built up a trade in remainder books in which he had no rival; published Standard library 1845, Scientific and antiquarian 1847, Classical 1848, Illustrated 1849, Shilling series 1850, Ecclesiastical 1851, Philological 1852 and British classics 1853, the whole numbering 617 volumes some of which he compiled and edited; author of _A dictionary of quotations from the English poets_ 1882; published _The bibliographer’s manual of English literature by W. T. Lowndes, new ed. revised, corrected and enlarged by H. G. Bohn 4 vols._ 1864; sold his Libraries to Bell and Daldy in 1864 for about £40,000 and his copyrights and plates to Chatto and Windus in Dec. 1874 for £20,000; his art collections were sold for £45,000 1875–78 and March 1885. _d._ North end house, Twickenham 22 Aug. 1884. _Bookseller Sep. 1884 pp._ 907–909. BOHN, JAMES GEORGE STUART BURGES (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ London 20 Dec. 1803; ed. at Winchester and Gottingen; assisted his father some years; bookseller at 12 King William st. Strand, London Feb. 1834, and at 66 St. James’s st. 1845–47; published a catalogue of 792 pages 1840; republished _Dugdale’s Monasticon 8 vols., folio 1846_; contributed to Family Herald; assistant editor of the _Reader_; prepared a catalogue of theological books of 704 pages for David Nutt 1857; compiled catalogues of foreign books for Nicholas Trubner for many years before his death. _d._ Peckham 4 Jany. 1880. _Bookseller Feb. 1880_, _pp._ 105–106. BOILEAU, ALEXANDER HENRY EDMONSTONE. _b._ 3 Feb. 1807; colonel Bengal engineers 8 June 1856 to death; M.G. 18 Oct. 1861. _d._ Cawnpore 30 June 1862. BOILEAU, SIR JOHN PETER, 1 Baronet (_eld. son of John Peter Boileau of Tacolnestone hall, Norfolk 1747–1837_). _b._ Hertford st. Mayfair, London 2 Sep. 1794; 2 lieut. Rifle corps 6 Sep. 1813, lieut. 1816–17 when placed on h.p.; bought estate of Ketteringham, Norfolk 1839 and Burgh Castle, Suffolk the ancient Gariononum most remarkable example of Roman masonry in England; created baronet on coronation of Queen Victoria 24 July 1838; F.R.S. 1 June 1843; sheriff of Norfolk 1844; Vice pres. of Norfolk and Norwich Archæological Society from its formation Dec. 1845, pres. 1849; F.S.A. 9 Dec. 1852, vice pres. 1858–62, 1863–67 and 1868 to death. _d._ Torquay 9 March 1869. _bur._ at Ketteringham. _Reg. and Mag. of Biog. i_, 292–4 (1869). BOILEAU, SAMUEL BRANDRAM. _b._ 15 June 1801; ensign 31 Foot 18 Sep. 1823; lieut. col. 22 Foot 18 Dec. 1840 to 25 Sep. 1857 when placed on h.p.; M.G. 26 Oct. 1858. _d._ Hillsborough, Monkstown co. Dublin 23 Dec. 1860. BOILEAU, THOMAS EBENEZER JOHN. Writer in Madras civil service 1815; civil and session judge at Masulipatam 1844; at Chingleput 1847–51 and at Guntoor 1851 to 15 April 1851 when he resigned on an annuity. _d._ Brighton 8 Feb. 1853 aged 56. BOISRAGON, THEODORE WALTER ROSS. _b._ 19 May 1830; ensign 36 Bengal N.I. 20 July 1847; lieut col. Bengal staff corps 2 Sep. 1872 to 2 Sep. 1881 when he retired with hon. rank of M.G.; C.B. 22 Feb.