In collaboration with the Rev. P. G. Medd, M.A., he published, in 1865, a Latin version of the Book of Common Prayer.
BRISBANE, Bishop of. (See Hale.)
BRISTOW, Henry William, F.R.S., F.G.S., only son of Major-Gen. Henry Bristow, born in 1817, was educated at Twickenham and at King's College, London, where in 1840–41 he obtained certificates of honour of the second and third years in the department of civil engineering and science applied to the arts and manufactures. He was appointed Assistant Geologist on the Ordnance Geological Survey in 1842; elected a Fellow of the Geological Society in 1843; promoted to the rank of Geologist on the Geological Survey of Great Britain, under the department of Woods, &c.; transferred to the department of Science and Art in 1847; elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1862, and an Honorary Fellow of King's College, London, in 1863; appointed Examiner in Geology and Mineralogy under the Council of Military Education, Oct., 1865; promoted to the rank of District Surveyor on the Geological Survey of England and Wales, April, 1867; presented with the diploma of the Imperial Geological Institute of Vienna, 1870; and promoted to the rank of Senior Director (Director for England and Wales), on the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom in Oct., 1872. He is the author of a "Glossary of Mineralogy," 1861; and of the articles on Mineralogy in Brande's "Dictionary of Science, Literature, and Art," 4th edition, 1867; Descriptive Catalogue of the Minerals in the Museum of King's College, London; of a portion of a Descriptive Catalogue of the Rock Specimens in the Museum of Practical Geology, London; of articles on Minerals and Rocks in "Ure's Dictionary of Arts. Manufactures, and Mines," 3rd edition; of "Memoirs on the Geology of the Isle of Wight;" of "A Memoir on the Geology of parts of Hants and Berks," comprised in Map 12 of the Geological Survey; of a paper on the Lower Lias of Glamorganshire, 1867; and joint-author (with Mr. W. Whitaker) of a paper on the Chesil Bank of Dorset, 1869; of various maps, sections, and of other publications of the Geological Survey. In Feb., 1880, Mr. Bristow was presented by the King of Italy with the diploma and insignia of Officer of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus. Mr. Bristow also edited and revised the translation of Figuier's "World before the Deluge," 6th edition, 1869; and is the translator and editor of L. Simonin's "La Vie Souterraine" ("Underground Life") adapted to the present state of British mining, 1869. In conjunction with Mr. R. Etheridge, he published "British Sedimentary and Fossiliferous Strata," 1872; and he has also compiled a "Table of British Strata," showing their order of superposition and relative thickness.
BROCK, Thos., A.R.A., sculptor, was born in 1847, at Worcester, where his father was a decorator. He was educated first at the Government School of Design in that city, then came to London and studied at the Royal Academy, where he obtained both silver and gold Medals. He became a pupil and afterwards an assistant of the late J. H. Foley, the sculptor. After Mr. Foley's death he completed the numerous works left unfinished by him, the chief of these being the O'Connell Monument in Dublin. Among Mr. Brock's ideal works may be mentioned "Salmacis," "Hercules Strangling Antæus," statuettes of Paris and Œnone, and a large equestrian group, "A Moment of Peril," purchased for the nation by the Royal Academy. Among portrait statues may be named Richard Baxter, Robert Raikes, and Sir Rowland Hill. Mr. Brock is now engaged
