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make literature her profession, and is a
regular contributor to the "Revue des
Deux Mondes."
Blanch, John. J. B.; A Clothier; A Gentleman in Gloucestershire. An Eng- lish dramatist of the early part of the last century.
Blanchard, Edward Leman, 1820- 84(). E.L.B.; Old Boy. An English litterateur; son of William Blanchard; for many years on the staff of the Lon- don "Daily Telegraph."
Blanchard, Rev. Joshua Pollard, 1782-1868. J. P. B. An eminent Amer- ican philanthropist; for more than 60 years a chief supporter and advocate of the cause of peace ; d. in Boston.
Bland, J. Harcourt. J Harcourt B. An English writer; a comedian.
Bland, Sir James Bland Burges. Sergeant Bradsliaw, Esq. An English lawyer and poet. See "Lamb, Sir J. B. B."
Bland, Rev. Robert, B.A., 1779- 1825. B. An English clergyman; cu- rate of Kemlworth, 1816-25. He pos- sessed high classical and literary attain- ments, and was greatly accomplished in music. D. at Leamington, near War- wick.
Bland, Thomas, 1740-1818. A Friend to Accuracy. An English Friend, or Qua- ker; b. in London; for 44 years con- nected, first as an assistant, and after- wards as an active partner in the commercial establishment, for some years under the firm of "Gurneys and Bland" D. at Norwich,
Blane, William Newnham. An Enghsh Gentleman, An English traveller.
Blaihwayt, Mrs. Raymond. Aunt Maggie.
Blauvelt, . Sir Anthony Ava- lanche. An American poet.
Blayney, Benjamin, D.D., 1728-1801. A Member of the University. An English clergyman, of Worcester Coll., Oxford, afterwards of Hertford Coll.; Regius Prof, of Hebrew, Oxford, 1787-1801. D. at Polshot, Wilts.
Blaze, Francois Henri Joseph, 1784-1857. CastiL Blaze. A French com- poser and writer on music ; b. at Cavail- lon (Vaucluse). Under the Empire he was successively a painter, an employe", chief of bureau at the prefecture of Vau- cluse, an inspector of libraries, and a wholesale wine-merchant. He played upon several instruments, and had com- posed many romances, and published fugitive pieces under a feigned name. In 1819 he removed to Paris, and devoted
himself to musical journalism and liter-
ature. D. in Pans.
Blaze de Bury, Ange Henri, 1813-. Henri Blaze; Hans Werner; F. de Lan- gcnevais. A French litterateur, contribu- tor of poetry and musical criticisms to the "Revue des Deux Mondes" from 1864.
Blaze de Bury, Mme Marie Pauline Rose (Stewart). Arthur Dudley; Mau- rice Ftassan A French literary lady of an old Scottish family; wife of Ange Henri ; a contributor to the " Revue des Deux Mondes/' the "Revue de Paris," and the " North American Review."
BlecMey, Henry. A Manchester Manufacturer.
Bleloch, Archibald. Lale-Elbe. A contemporary Scottish philosopher.
Blessington, Charles John Gardi- ner, Earl of, 1782-1829. A Representa- tive Peer. An Irish nobleman ; married, in 1817, Marguerite (Power Farmer) r Countess of Blessington. * He d. in Pans.
Blessington, J, P. A Pnvate Sol- dier An American adventurer.
Blessington, Marguerite (Power Farmer) Gardiner, Countess of, 1789- 1849. Idler. An Irish novelist and miscellaneous writer ; daughter of Mr. Edmund Power, of Curragheen, Co. Waterford; when only 15 she married M. St. Leger Farmer, Esq, of Poplar Hall, Co. Kildare, and 14 years after, the Earl of Blessington; for many years was a contributor to literature; d. at Pans.
Bleuman, Jonathan. A Student of the Temple. An English writer, of Christ Church, Oxford, 1706
Blewitt, John Octavian, 1810-84. Brother Peregrine. An English htte'ra- teur; b. in London; edited for 29 years the "newspaper side" of the "Garden- ers' Chronicle," and contributed numer- ous articles to " Eraser's Magazine " and "St. Paul's Magazine"; Secretary of the Royal Literary Fund, 1839-84 ; d. at Elgin Crescent.
Bleyer, Julius. Caesar. An Ameri- can journalist, of Milwaukee, Wis.
Blind, Mathilde. Claude Lale. An English poet.
Blinn, Mrs. Henry G. Aunt Yew- rownche An American writer
Bliss, E. M. E. M. B. An Ameri- can writer.
Bliss, Florence. Coustn Florrie, An American writer.
Bliss, George Newman, LL.B., 1837-. Ulysses. An American lawyer and journalist; b. at Tiverton, ILL;
