F. P. - FRANK PODMORE

f. p. - frank podmore, m.a. (d. 1910). pembroke college, oxford. author of _studies in psychical research_; _modern spiritualism_; &c. - automatic writing. f. r. c. - frank r. cana. author of _south africa from the great trek to the union_. - basutoland (_in part_); bahr-el-ghazal (_in part_); bechuanaland (_in part_). f. r. m. - francis richard maunsell, c.m.g. lieut.-col., royal artillery. military vice-consul, sivas, trebizond, van (kurdistan), 1897-1898. military attache, british embassy, constantinople, 1901-1905. author of _central kurdistan_; &c. - baiburt; bashkala. f. w. r.* - frederick william rudler, i.s.o., f.g.s. curator and librarian of the museum of practical geology, london, 1879-1902. president of the geologists' association, 1887-1889. - aventurine; beryl. g. a. b. - george a. boulenger, f.r.s., d.sc., ph.d. in charge of the collections of reptiles and fishes, department of zoology, british museum. vice-president of the zoological society of london. - axolotl; batrachia. g. a. gr. - george abraham grierson, c.i.e., ph.d. d.litt. (dublin). member of the indian civil service, 1873-1903. in charge of linguistic survey of india, 1898-1902. gold medallist, asiatic society, 1909. vice-president of the royal asiatic society. formerly fellow of calcutta university. author of _the languages of india_; &c. - bengali; bihari. g. b. b. - gerard baldwin brown, m.a. professor of fine arts, university of edinburgh. formerly fellow of brasenose college, oxford. author of _from schola to cathedral_; _the fine arts_; &c. - basilica (_in part_). g. b. g.* - george buchanan gray, m.a., d.d., d.litt. (oxon.) professor of hebrew and old testament exegesis, mansfield college, oxford. examiner in hebrew, university of wales. author of _the divine discipline of israel_; &c. - bible: _old testament, textual criticism_, and _higher criticism_ g. e. - rev. george edmundson, m.a., f.r.hist.s. formerly fellow and tutor of brasenose college, oxford. ford's lecturer, 1909. hon. member dutch historical society, and foreign member, netherlands association of literature. - belgium: _history_. g. f. z. - g. f. zimmer, a.m.inst.c.e. author of _mechanical handling of material_. - biscuit. g. g. s. - george gregory smith, m.a. professor of english literature, queen's university, belfast. author of _the days of james iv._; _the transition period_; _specimens of middle scots_; &c. - barbour, john. g. h. c. - george herbert carpenter, b.sc. professor of zoology in the royal college of science, dublin. president of the association of economic biologists. member of the royal irish academy. author of _insects: their structure and life_; &c. - bee. g. sa. - george edward bateman saintsbury, ll.d., d.litt. see the biographical article: saintsbury, g. e. b. - balzac, h. de. g. w. t. - rev. griffithes wheeler thatcher, m.a., b.d. warden of camden college, sydney, n.s.w. formerly tutor in hebrew and old testament history at mansfield college, oxford. - avempace; averroes; avicenna; baid[=a]w[=i]; bal[=a]dhur[=i]; beh[=a] ud-d[=i]n; beh[=a] ud-din zuhair; b[=i]r[=u]n[=i]. h. br. - henry bradley, m.a., ph.d. joint-editor of the _new english dictionary_ (oxford). fellow of the british academy. author of _the story of the goths_; _the making of english_; &c. - beowulf. h. ch. - hugh chisholm, m.a. formerly scholar of corpus christi college, oxford. editor of the 11th edition of the _encyclopaedia britannica_. co-editor of the 10th edition. - balfour, a. j. h. c. r. - sir henry creswicke rawlinson, bart., k.c.b. see the biographical article: rawlinson, sir h. c. - bagdad: _city_. h. fr. - henri frantz. art critic, _gazette des beaux arts_ (paris). - barye; bastien-lepage; baudry, p. j. a. h. f. g. - hans friedrich gadow, f.r.s., ph.d. strickland curator and lecturer on zoology in the university of cambridge. author of "amphibia and reptiles" in the _cambridge natural history_. - bird. h. h. h.* - herbert hensley henson, m.a., d.d. canon of westminster abbey and rector of st margaret's, westminster. proctor in convocation since 1902. formerly fellow of all souls' college, oxford. select preacher (oxford), 1895-1896; (cambridge), 1901. author of _apostolic christianity_; _moral discipline in the christian church_; _the national church_; _christ and the nation_; &c. - bible, english: _revised version_. h. h. j. - sir harry hamilton johnston, d.sc., g.c.m.g., k.c.b. see the biographical article: johnston, sir h. h. - bantu languages. h. m. r. - hugh munro ross. formerly exhibitioner of lincoln college, oxford. editor of _the times engineering supplement_. author of _british railways_. - bell: _house bell._