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Boulder
Language; Encyclopedias
A large mass or block of rock found in localities often far removed from the place of its formation, and transported thither on the ice of the Glacial Age.
Bouillon
Language; Encyclopedias
District in Belgium, originally a German duchy; belonged to Godfrey, the crusader, who pledged it to raise funds for the crusade.
Boucher de Perthes
Language; Encyclopedias
French naturalist and anthropologist, born in Ardennes (1783-1868).
Boulainvilliers
Language; Encyclopedias
A French historian, author of a "History of Mahomet" (1658-1722).
Bray
Language; Encyclopedias
A Berkshire village, famous for Simon Aleyn, its vicar from 1540 to 1588, who, to retain his living, never scrupled to change his principles; he lived in the reigns of Charles II., James II., William ...
