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

BROCKMAN, EDWARD DRAKE (_youngest child of James Drake Brockman of Beachborough near Hythe, Kent who d. 28 June 1832_). Barrister I.T. 29 June 1819; recorder of Folkestone 1833; M.P. for Hythe 31 July 1847 to 21 March 1857. _d._ Beachborough 7 Nov. 1858. BROCKY, CHARLES. _b._ Temeswar in the Banat Hungary 1807; studied painting in Vienna and Paris; _portrait_ and subject painter in London; exhibited 43 pictures at R.A. and 16 at B.I. 1839–54; painted portraits of the Queen, Prince Consort, Lord Melbourne and other celebrities; left 5 pictures to his native country which are in the Musée at Pesth. _d._ London 8 July 1855. _N. Wilkinson’s Sketch of the life of C. Brocky_ 1870. BRODERIP, FRANCES FREELING (_2 dau. of Thomas Hood the poet 1798–1845_). _b._ Winchmore Hill, Middlesex 1830; granted civil list pension of £50, 4 Oct. 1847; author of _Wayside Fancies_ 1857; _Funny fables for little folks_ 1860; _Chrysal, or a story with an end_ 1861 and many other childrens’ books. (_m._ 10 Sep. 1849 Rev. John Somerville Broderip R. of Cossington Somerset, he was _b._ 1814 and _d._ 10 April 1866). _d._ Clevedon, Somerset 3 Nov. 1878. BRODERIP, WILLIAM JOHN (_eld. child of Wm. Broderip of Bristol, surgeon_). _b._ Princes st. Bristol 21 Nov. 1789; ed. at Bristol and Oriel coll. Ox., B.A. 1812; pupil of Godfrey Sykes; barrister L.I. 12 May 1817; magistrate at Thames police court 1822–46, and at Westminster police court 1846 to Dec. 1855; bencher of Grays Inn 30 Jany. 1850, treasurer 29 Jany. 1851; F.L.S. 1824; F.G.S. 1825, co-secretary to 1830; a founder of Zoological Society 1826; F.R.S. 14 Feb. 1828; his unrivalled conchological cabinet was purchased by British Museum; edited with P. Bingham _Reports of cases in the Court of Common Pleas and other courts 3 vols._ 1820–2; author of _Zoological recreations_ 1847; _Leaves from the note book of a naturalist_ 1852. _d._ 2 Raymond’s buildings, Grays Inn, London 27 Feb. 1859. _Berger’s W. J. Broderip, ancien magistrat, naturaliste, litterateur, Paris_ 1856; _Fraser’s Mag. lix_, 485–8 (1859); _I.L.N. ix_, 317 (1846) _portrait, xxviii_, 253 (1856), _portrait_; _Law mag. and law review viii_, 174–8 (1859). BRODIE, ALEXANDER (_son of Wm. Brodie of Chesterhill, Roxburghshire_). Author of _A history of the Roman government_ 1810; _The prophetess, a tale of the last century in Italy 3 vols._ [_anon._] 1826. _d._ The Whim house, Peebleshire 13 March 1858. BRODIE, ALEXANDER (_younger son of John Brodie of Aberdeen, mariner_). _b._ Aberdeen 1830; apprenticed in foundry of Messrs. Blaikie Brothers of Aberdeen brass-finishers; sculptor at Aberdeen about 1858 to death; very successful in bust-portraiture and medallions; his best known statues are those of Duke of Richmond at Huntly and Queen Victoria at Aberdeen. _d._ Aberdeen 30 May 1867. BRODIE, SIR BENJAMIN COLLINS, 1 Baronet (_3 son of Rev. Peter Bellinger Brodie 1742–1804, R. of Winterslow, Wilts._) _b._ Winterslow 9 June 1783; studied at St. George’s hospital London 1803–5, assistant surgeon 1808 and surgeon 1822 to Jany. 1840; teacher of anatomy in Windmill st. school 1805–12 and lecturer on surgery 1808–29; F.R.S. 15 Feb. 1810, Copley medallist 1811 and pres. 1858–61; professor of comparative anatomy and physiology at College of Surgeons 1819–23 and pres. 1844; surgeon to George iv, 11 Aug. 1828; serjeant surgeon to Wm. iv, 5 Sep. 1832; presented his pathological museum to St. George’s hospital 1829; created baronet 30 Aug. 1834; author of _Pathological and surgical observations on diseases of the joints_ 1818, _3 ed._ 1834; _Lectures on the diseases of the urinary organs_ 1832, _4 ed._ 1849 and many other books. _d._ Broome park, Surrey 21 Oct. 1862. _Autobiography of the late Sir B. C. Brodie_ 1865; _Proc. of royal society xii_, 42–56 (1863); _Pettigrew’s Medical portrait gallery ii_, (1840), _portrait_; _Taylor’s National portrait gallery i_, 41 (1846), _portrait_. BRODIE, SIR BENJAMIN COLLINS, 2 Baronet (_eld. son of the preceding_). _b._ Sackville st. Piccadilly, London 5 Feb. 1817; ed. at Harrow and Ball. coll. Ox., B.A. 1838, hon. D.C.L. 1872; studied chemistry at Giessen 1845; propounded doctrine of polarity of chemical elements 1847; sec. of Chemical Soc. of London 1850–4, pres. 1859–61; F.R.S. 7 June 1849, Royal medallist 1850; lecturer at Royal Institution 1851; Aldrichian prof. of chemistry at Ox. 1855–66 when professorship was suppressed, and Waynflete prof. of chemistry 1865–72; discovered graphitic acid. _d._ Torquay 24 Nov.