Modern English biography, volume 1 (of 4), A-H by Frederic Boase
1857. _d._ Camden park, Tunbridge Wells 27 Oct. 1854.
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_Biographical sketch by J. H. Balfour_ 1855; _Medical Circular
iii_, 129 (1853), _portrait_.
BIRD, JAMES. Ed. at King’s college Aberdeen 1810, M.A. 1814;
apprenticed to his maternal uncle Dr. Scott of Elgin 1812–15;
studied at Guy’s and St. Thomas’s hospitals; M.R.C.S. Sep. 1816;
assistant surgeon H.E.I. Co’s. Bombay service 2 Aug. 1818;
residency surgeon at Sattara 1826–32; superintending surgeon of
Belgaum division of the army 1840–43 and of Presidency division
1843–44; physician general to Bombay medical board 1844 to 1 Dec.
1847 when he retired. _d._ Fern acre lodge, Gerrards Cross, Bucks.
10 July 1864 aged 67.
BIRD, JAMES. Solicitor in London; coroner for West Middlesex 9 July
1862 to death. _d._ Phœnix lodge, Brook Green, Hammersmith 7 Jany.
1868.
BIRD, JAMES. _b._ Cardiff Feb. 1802; ed. at St. Bartholomew’s
hospital; L.S.A. 1821, M.R.C.S. 1825; surgeon at Cardiff 1825–32;
surgeon in London 1832 to 1856; joint sec. with Henry Ancell to
the British medical association; author of _Private devotions for
girls_ 1874. _d._ 80 Seymour st. Portman sq. London 4 June 1874.
_Medical Circular i_, 263 (1852).
BIRD, REV. JOHN. _b._ Betchworth, Surrey 14 Sep. 1783; ed. at
Stonyhurst college; ordained priest 10 Dec. 1808; professed of the
4 vows 2 Feb. 1819; rector of St. Aloysius’ college 26 June 1832
to 18 May 1839 and 15 Sep. 1841; missioner at Pontefract 1842–48;
superior of St. George’s Residence, Worcester Nov. 1850 to death.
_d._ 8 June 1853.
BIRD, LOUIS SAUNDERS. Ensign Bengal Infantry 26 Nov. 1808; col. 23
Bengal N.I. 17 April 1856–1869; L.G. 22 Feb. 1870. _d._ Clevedon,
Somerset 17 April 1874 aged 81.
BIRD, ROBERT MERTTINS. _b._ 1788; Bengal civil servant; assistant to
registrar of Court of Sadr Diwàni Adàlat at Calcutta 9 Nov. 1808;
comr. of revenue and circuit for the Gorakhpur division 1829;
member of board of revenue at Allahabad 1832; revised settlement
of land revenue of North western provinces 1833–41, the most
complete settlement that had yet been made in India; retired to
England 1842; active member of committee of the Church Missionary
Society. _d._ Torquay 22 Aug. 1853. _Dict. of nat. biog. v_, 78
(1886).
BIRD, ROBERT NICHOLAS. Ensign 20 Foot 30 Aug. 1859; lieut. 2 Dec.
1862 to death; murdered by Japanese at Kamahura about 17 miles
from Yokohama 21 Nov. 1864. _R. Lindau’s Erzählungen und Novellen
i_, 15–54 (1871); _F. O. Adams’s History of Japan i_, 485–98
(1874), _ii_, 1–5 (1875).
BIRD, WILLIAM WILBERFORCE (_eld. son of Wm. Wilberforce Bird of the
Spring, Kenilworth, M.P. for Coventry_). _b._ 1784; ed. at Warwick
and Geneva; writer in H.E.I. Co.’s civil service at Calcutta 11
July 1803; third ordinary member of council of India 21 March
1838; senior member of board of customs salt and opium and of the
marine board 17 Sep. 1838; deputy governor of Bengal 4 times;
pres. of the council 1840–44; governor general of India 15 June
1844 to 23 July 1844; very instrumental in abolition of suttee and
suppression of slavery; retired to England 1844. _d._ 22 Sussex
sq. Hyde Park, London 1 June 1857.
BIRDWOOD, CHRISTOPHER. _b._ 1806; ensign 3 Bombay N.I. 3 May 1825;
commissariat officer of Malwa field force 1839–41; colonel Bombay
staff corps 9 Nov. 1868; general 1 Oct. 1877. _d._ Pucklechurch
near Bristol 4 July 1882 in 76 year. _Graphic xxvi_, 221 (1882),
_portrait_.
BIRKETT, REV. GEORGE WILLIAM. Educ. at St. John’s coll. Cam.,
scholar, B.A. 1823, M.A. 1827; V. of St. Florence near Tenby 1829
to death; author of _The trial of creation and other poems_ 1848.
_d._ Tenby 26 Nov. 1877 aged 78.
BIRKIN, RICHARD (_eld. son of Richard Birkin of Belper, calico
weaver_). _b._ Belper 6 July 1805; lace manufacturer at New
Basford, Nottingham with Mr. Biddle 1826–47; juror on behalf of
Nottingham for lace goods in International Exhibitions 1851 and
1862; mayor of Nottingham 1850, 55, 62 and 63; used mohair as a
material for lace being the first to do so either in England or
France. _d._ Aspley hall, Radford, Nottingham 10 Oct. 1870. _J. B.
Robinson’s Derbyshire gatherings_ (1866) 70–72, _portrait_; _W.
Felkin’s History of hosiery_ (1867) 368–71.
BIRKINSHAW, JOHN CASS. _b._ Bedlington iron works Durham 1811; the
first articled pupil of Robert Stephenson at Newcastle; engineer
of London end of London and Birmingham railway 1835; engineer of
Birmingham and Derby railway 1837–42; engineer of many railways
projected but not made; engineer of Danish land company 1865;
M.I.C.E. 2 March 1847; took out a patent 1820 for wrought or
malleable iron rails instead of cast iron as used up to that time.
_d._ March 1867 in 56 year. _Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E.
xxxi_, 202–207 (1871).
BIRKS, REV. THOMAS RAWSON (_younger son of Mr. Birks of Staveley,
Derbyshire, farmer_). _b._ Staveley 28 Sep. 1810; ed. at
Chesterfield, Mill Hill and Trin. coll. Cam., scholar, fellow
1834–44, 2 wrangler and 2 Smith’s prizemen Jany. 1834; R. of
Kelshall, Herts 1844 to 1864; hon. sec. to Evangelical Alliance
1850–71; P.C. of Holy Trinity Cam. 1865–77; hon. canon of Ely
cathedral 1871 to death; professor of moral theology, casuistical
divinity and moral philosophy at Cambridge 30 April 1872 to death;
published an edition of Paley’s _Horæ Paulinæ_ with notes and a
supplementary treatise entitled _Horæ Apostolicæ_ 1850; author of
_Horæ Evangelicæ_ 1852; _The Bible and modern thought_ 1861;
_Commentary on the book of Isaiah_ 1871, _2 ed._ 1878; _First
principles of moral science_ 1873; _Modern Utilitarianism_ 1874;
_Supernatural revelation_ 1879 and many other books. _d._ 6
Salisbury villas, Cambridge 19 July 1883. _Record 27 July 1883 p._
741.
BIRLEY, HUGH. _b._ Blackburn 21 Oct. 1817; ed. at Winchester; a
partner in firm of Macintosh and Co. india-rubber manufacturers;
chairman of National educational union; M. P. for Manchester 1868
to death. _d._ Moorland, Withington, Manchester 9 Sep. 1883.
BIRMINGHAM, JOHN. _b._ 1816; lived at Millbrook near Tuam;
discovered a remarkable new star in Corona Borealis 12 May 1866;
author of _Catalogue of red stars_ in _Transactions of Royal Irish
Academy xxvi_, 249 (1879); Cunningham medallist of the Academy
1884; discovered 22 May 1881 a deep red star in Cygnus which
proved strikingly variable and became known by his name; author of
a small poetical work entitled _Anglicania or England’s mission to
the Celt_ 1863. _d._ Millbrook 7 Sep. 1884.
BIRMINGHAM, VERY REV. PATRICK. Dean of the lay college and professor
of humanity Carlow college 1851 to July 1854 when he went to
Australia; vice pres. and professor of theology at Carlow college
Sep. 1864 to July 1871 when he went again to Australia. _d._
Fitzroy sq. London 9 Sep. 1883.
BIRNIE, ALEXANDER. _b._ Morayshire 1826; a baptist minister at
Preston; walked to Falkirk 1860; a painter at the Carron works
Falkirk; wrote articles in _Falkirk Advertiser_ under signature of
Cock of the Steeple; started the _Falkirk Liberal_ a penny weekly
paper 1861 which soon collapsed; having been without food or drink
for a fortnight, he entered the workhouse Morpeth where he _d._
March 1862.
BIRRELL, DAVID. _b._ 15 Sep. 1800; entered Bengal army 1817;
commanded a brigade at battle of Sobraon 10 Feb. 1846; lieut. col.
51 N.I. 1851, of 52 N.I. 1852 and of 72 N.I. 1857 to 1858; M.G. 25
April 1858; general 23 July 1876. _d._ 28 Oct. 1878.
BIRT, WILLIAM RADCLIFF. _b._ 15 July 1804; employed by Sir John
Herschel in the reduction and arrangement of his barometric
observations; investigated subject of atmospheric waves for the
British Association; reduced and discussed electrical observations
made at Kew 1848; F.R.A.S. 14 Jany. 1859; the first pres. of the
Selenographical society 1877 or 1878 to death; author of
_Hurricane and Sailor’s guide_ 1850; _Handbook of the law of
storms_ 1854, _new ed._ 1878. _d._ Leytonstone, Essex 14 Dec.
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