Baxter William (fl. 1823-30): d. before 1836. Collector in South Australia for Clapton Nursery, 1823. Plants in Herb. Mus. Brit. R. Brown, Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. Suppl. 1830. Fl. Tasman. cxxiv. A "very indefatigable botanic voyager," Bot. Mag. 8500. Smith, Kew, 10. Baxteria R. Brown.
Beale, Rev. John (1603-83?): b. Herefordshire, 1603; d. Yeovil, Somerset, 1683? B.A. Camb. 1632; M.A., 1656;' D.D., Rector of Yeovil, 1660; F.R.S., 1663. Correspondent of Boyle and Hartlib. Communication respecting vegetation in Phil. Trans, iii.-vi. Felton, 21; Nich. Lit. Anecd. i. 447; iv. 256; Dict. Nat. Biog. iv. 1.
Beaton, Donald (1802-63): b. Urray, Ross-shire, 8 March, 1802; d. Surbiton, Surrey, Oct. 1863. Cott. Gard. xiii. 153, portr.; Journ. Hort. v. (1863), 349 and 415, portr. Beatonia Herbert.
Beattie, James (1735-1803): b. Laurencekirk, Kincardine, 25 Oct., 1735; d. Aberdeen, 18 Aug., 1803. M.A. Aberdeen, 1753; A.L.S., 1807. Prof., Aberdeen. Added Linnœea to British Flora, E. B., 433. Life by Sir W. Forbes, 1806; Smith, Lett. i. 441-3; Dict. Nat. Biog. iv. 23.
Beaufort, Mary, Duchess of [see Somerset].
Beaumont, John (d. 1731): d. Stone-Easton, Somerset, March, 1731; bur. Stone-Easton. Surgeon. F.R.S., 1685. 'Rockplants in the Lead Mines of Mendip Hills.' Sloane MS. 4037, 128-32; Eay, Lett. 262. Gent. Mag. 1731, 34; Dict. Nat. Biog. iv. 60.
Becher, Rev. John Thomas (1770-1848): b. 1770; d. Hill House, Southwell, Notts., 3 Jan., 1848. M.A. Oxon, 1795. Prebendary of Southwell, 1818. Determined Crocus nudiflorus, E. B. 491. Suggested Ordoyno's 'Fl. Nottinghamiensis.' Gent. Mag. April, 1848; Dict. Nat. Biog. iv. 75.
Becker, Lydia Ernestine (1827-90): b. Manchester, 24 Feb., 1827; d. Geneva, 18 July, 1890; bur. Cemetery of St. George, Geneva. Lectured on Botany. 'Bot. for Novices,' 1864. Jacks. 45; E. S. C. vii. 118; Journ. Bot. 1890, 320. Portrait by S. J. Dacre.
Bedford, John, Duke of [see {[sc|Russell, John}}].
Beeke, Rev, Henry (1751-1837): b. Kingsteignton, Devon, 6 Jan., 1751; d. Torquay, 9 March, 1837. B.A. Oxon, 1773; D.D., 1800; F.L.S., 1800. Dean of Bristol, 1814. Distinguished Lotus pilosus and discovered Bupleurum Odontites. Gent. Mag. n.s. vol. vii.; Smith MSS.; 'Bot. Guide,' p. 527-8; Mag. Nat. Hist. (1837), 61, 392; E. B. 1129, 1256, 1616, 2255, 2468; Dict. Nat. Biog. iv. 124.
Beeston, William (1672?-1732): d. Bentley, Suffolk, 4 Dec, 1732 M.B. Camb., 1692; M.D., 1702. Of Ipswich. "Very curious and knowing in plants," Sherard, Rich. Corr. 184; Nich. Illustr. vi. 879; Loudon, 'Arboretum,' 62.
Bell, Miss (fl. 1832). Sent list of Norfolk pl. to Watson, N. B. G. 135. Had a herbarium. Top. Bot. 537.
Bell, Elizabeth (d. 1876). Of Coldstream, Berwick. Corre-
