John bourchier lord bergners biography of william
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Index
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The following are among the abbreviations used: adv., advowson; agric, agriculture; Alex., Alexander; Alf., Alfred; And., Andrew; Ant., Anthony; abp., archbishop; archit., architecture; Bart., Bartholomew; Benj., Benjamin; bp., bishop; Brit., British; bro., brother; cast., castle; cath., cathedral; Cath., Catherine; cent., century; chant., chantry; chap., chapel; char., charity; Chas., Charles; Chris., Christopher; ch., church; coll., college; cttee., committee; ctss., countess; ct., court; cust., customary; Dan., Daniel; dau., daughter; d., died; dom., domestic; dchss., duchess; Edm., Edmund; Edw., Edward; Eliz., Elizabeth; fam., family; f., father; fl., flourished; Fred., Frederick; Geof., Geoffrey; Geo., George; Gilb., Gilbert; grds., grandson; Hen., Henry; Herb., Herbert; hosp., hospital; ho., house; Humph., Humphrey; hund., hundred; inc., inclosure; ind., industry; Jas., James; Jos.,
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Ba, Mariama – (1929 – 1981)
Senegalese writer
Mariama Ba was born in Dakar, the daughter of a politician. She was raised bygd her grandparents and attended school in Rufisque. She trained and worked as a school teacher but was forced to resign due to ill-health (1959) and became a school inspector. After her divorce from her husband she became actively involved in various women’s groups such as the Soeur Optimistes Internationales. Ba was famous for her first novel, written when aged fifty entitled Une si longue lettre (So Long a Letter) (1979), for which she received the French Noma award (1980). Her second novel Un Chant ecarlate (Scarlet Song) (1981) was published shortly after her death.
Baader, Ottilie – (1847 – 1925)
German socialist and feminist
Baader was born into a poor background and was trained to work as a seamstress. She influenced by the work of the German socialist August Bebel entitled Women beneath Socialism (1879), and later became one of the leading
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List of authors by name: B
The following is a List of authors by name whose last names begin with B:
Abbreviations: ch = children's; d = drama, screenwriting; f = fiction; nf = non-fiction; p = poetry, song lyrics
A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O – P – Q – R – S – T – U – V – W – X – Y – Z
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Ba–BB
[edit]- Amadou Hampâté Bâ (1900/1901–1991, Mali/Ivory Coast, nf)
- Ba Jin (巴金, 1904–2005, China, f/nf), pseudonym of Li Yaotang
- Mariama Bâ (1929–1981, Senegal/France, f/nf)
- A. C. Baantjer (1923–2010, Netherlands, f)
- Gerzel Baazov (1904–1938, Russian E/USSR, p/d)
- Bolu Babalola (born 1991, England, f/d)
- Rotimi Babatunde (living, Nigeria, p/f/d)
- Charl