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Knight of the Order of the Iron Crown of Austria. Author of: "Bullarium Trajectense", 2 vols. (The Hague, 1891-1896); "De voorrang der christelijke naasten liefde" (Utrecht, 1899); " Levensschets van Dr. H. J. A. M. Schaepman" (Haarlem, 1903); "Diarium van Arend van Buehell" (Amsterdam, 1907); "Regesten van oorkonden betreffende het Sticht Utrecht", 2 vols. (Utrecht, 1908); "ArehivaKa in Italie belangrijk voor de geschiedenis van Neder- land", 2 vols. (The Hague, 1908-1909); "Der nieder- landsiche Anspruch auf die deutsohe Nationalstiftung Santa Maria dell' Anima in Rom" (Rome, 1909); "Guide aux archives du Vatican" (Rome, 1910); contributor to: "De Katholiek"; "Archief voor de geschiedenis van het aartsbisdom Utrecht"; "Bij- dragen voor de geschiedenis van het bisdom van Haarlem"; publications of the "Society historique et archfelogiquede Limbourg" ; "Bijdragen voor vader- landsche geschiedenis en oudheidkunde " ; "Neder- landsch Archivblad"; "Het Museum"; "Van onzen Tijd"; "Romische Quartalschrift"; "Revue d'histoire eccMsiastique " ; " Nederlandsohe kathoUeke Stem- men"; "Annuarium der R. K. Studenten in Neder- land".

ARTICLES; Alva, Feenando Alvarez de Toledo, Dtjke of; Bois-le-Duc; Breda.

Brookfleld, Reverend Paul, o.s.b.. Downside Abbey, Bath, England.

ARTICLES: Celbstine Order; Malling Abbey; Meaux; William of Vercelli.

Brosnahan, Reverend Timothy, s.j., b. at Alexandria, Virginia, 8 January, 1856; d. at George- town, Washington, D. C, 4 June, 1915. Education: private and parochial schools; Gonzaga College, Washington; Jesuit scholastioates, Frederick and Woodstock, Maryland. Entered the Society of Jesus 1872; teacher of Latin, Greek, and English at Boston College (1879-1883) and at Georgetown University, Washington (1883-1884); ordained 1887; professor at Boston College 1888-1889; professor of logic and ontology, Woodstock College, 1890-1892; professor of philosophy, Boston CoUege, 1892-1894; president of Boston College 1894-1898; professor of psychology (1898-1899) and of ethics (1899-1909), Woodstock College; professor of ethics, Loyola College, Baltimore, 1909-1915. Author of: (pamphlets) "President Eliot and Jesuit Colleges"; "The Baccalaureate in Harvard College and Boston College"; contributor to: "Dona- hoe's Magazine"; "The Messenger"; "American Catholic Quarterly Review". ARTICLES: Altruism; Casuistry; Mazzella, Camillo.

Brown, Charles Francis Wbmyss, mechanical engineer, b. in London, 31 May, 1876, fourth son of Andrew Brown of Lochton, Perthshire, Scotland, Grandson of Major James Wemyss of Carriston, Fifeshire, and brother of Monsignor William F. Brown, vicar-general of the diocese of Southwark. Education: The College, Brighton; Glasgow Tech- nical College; studied engineering at Dundee and Glasgow (Fairfield Company). Chief assistant to a firm of civil engineers (5 years); Lieutenant Royal Engineers (Vol.) Submarine Miners 1895-1900; partner in the firm of HilUer and Company, Engineers and Shipbuilders, Romsey; on the staff of "The Catholic Encyclopedia", New York, 1908-1912; engaged in engineering work, Newport News, Virginia, 1912- . Author of: papers on Pneumatic Brakes; "The Essentials of SUde- Valve Equilibrium"; "Notes on the Residual Products in Nitrate of Soda Manu- facture", in Journal of the United Engineering Societies of Great Britain and Ireland (1902-1906).

ARTICLES: Gandolphy, Peter; Gervase, George, Mar- tyr; Goldwell, Thomas; Gother, John; Gradwell, Robert; Harrison, James, Martyr; Hermeb George; Hodgson, Syd- ney, Martyr; Horner, Nicholas, Martyr; Humphreys, Laurence; Hurst, Richard, Martyr; Hutton, Peter; John Buckley, Venebable; John Rochebteb, Blessed; John the


Almsgiver, Saint; Jones, Edward, Venerable; Piacenza, University of; SAmab and Leyte; Thomas Abel, Blessed; Unions of Prayer.

Brownson, Heney Francis, lawyer, b. at Canton, Massachusetts, 7 August, 1835; d. at Detroit, Mich- igan, 19 December, 1913, son of Orestes A. Brownson. Education: Holy Cross CoUege, Worcester, Massachu- setts; University of Munich. Admitted to the Bar 1856; officer of the regular army, attaining the rank of major, 1861-1871; engaged in the practice of law 1871-1913. Originated Catholic Congress of Balti- more, 1889. Author of: "Life of O. A. Brownson"; "Faith and Science"; "Equahty and Democracy"; "ReUgiou of A. C. Masonry"; translated: Roberto, "Love of Mary"; Balmes, "Fundamental Philoso- phy"; Tarducci, "Columbus"; Tarducci, "The Cabots"; contributor to: "Brownson's Review".

ARTICLES: Brownson, Orestes Augustus; Brownson, Sabah M.

Bruch6si, Most Reverend Paul, s.t.d., j.c.l.. Archbishop of Montreal, Canada, b. at Montreal, 29 October, 1855, son of Paul Bruch&i and Caroline Aubry. Education: schools of Grey Nuns and Christian Brothers; College de Montreal; seminaries of Issy, France, and St. Sulpioe, Paris; Roman Col- lege; Roman Seminary (St. ApoUinaris) . Ordained 1878 by Cardinal Monaco La Valetta; successively secretary to Archbishop Favre of Montreal, professor of dogma, Laval University, Quebec (4 years), parish priest, professor at Laval University, Montreal, 1878- 1887; called to the Archbishop's Palace 1887; canon 1891; active in connection with institutions for the young; vice-rector of Laval, Montreal, president of the Catholic Board of School Commissioners of Montreal, ecclesiastical superior of the Sisters of St. Ann, archdeacon for the parochial affairs of the archdiocese, preacher, 1891-1897; Archbishop of Montreal 1897- ; honorary canon of Chartres and Clermont. On the Commission representing Canada, Chicago World's Fair, 1893; notary or judge in three canonizations; completed the Home for Incurables and St. James Cathedral; estabUshed St. John's Union for poor and infirm priests; founded 9 homes or asylums; increased size and efficiency of seminary; erected 32 new schools in charge of religious orders, 23 parishes, 9 missions; has introduced into the arch- diocese the Little Daughters of St. Joseph, the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, the Sisters of the Holy Family, the Sisters of Hope, and the Daughters of Mary; instituted religious observance of Labor Day; has inaugurated successful crusades against intemperance and certain theatres; directed the Eucharistic Congress, Montreal, 1910. Member of: the Academy of Arcades; the Royal Society of Canada. Author of: "New Year Greetings" (under the pseudonym Louis des Lys); "Catacombs"; "Conferences on Charity"; "Monsabr6"; "Louis Veuillot"; etc.; contributor to the "Semaine Reli- gieuse".

ARTICLE: Bourget, Ignace.

Brucker, Reverend Joseph, s.j., b. at Wintzen- heim, Colmar, Alsace, 7 May, 1845. Entered the Society of Jesus 1860; ordained 1870; taught phil- osophy, Jesuit College, Amiens, 1871-1872; associate editor of "Etudes reUgieuses", Lyons, 1873-1880; professor of ecclesiastical history, St. Beuno's College, St. Asaph, Wales, 1880-1881; professor of Scripture, Jesuit scholasticate, Jersey, 1881-1887; associate editor of the new "Etudes", Paris, 1887-1897; editor-in-chief 1897-1900; once more associate editor, 1900- . Author of: "Questions factuelles d'lSeri- ture-Sainte" (Paris, 1895); "Questions d'Eoriture- Sainte: L'Eghse et la critique biblique (ancien Testa- ment)" (Paris, 1908); collaborator in " Dictionnaire de th^ologie cathohque"; contributor to: "La Contro- verse" (Lyons); "Revue des questions historiques"