Category: Biography
Edward the Black Prince Edward the Black Prince nickname of Prince Edward (1330-76), Prince of Wales, whose nickname probably derived from his black armour. He commanded the right wing …
Georges Bizet Georges Bizet (1838-75), French composer. He studied music at the Paris Conservatoire from the age of ten and won a number of prizes, including the Prix de …
Otto von Bismarck Otto von Bismarck (1815-98), German statesman, nick-named the ‘Iron Chancellor’. A member of an ancient Prussian family, he served as a diplomat (1849-62) in Frankfurt, Russia, …
Benazir Bhutto Benazir Bhutto (1953), Pakistani stateswoman. The daughter of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, president (1971-73) and subsequently prime minister (1973-77) of Pakistan, Benazir was educated at Harvard and Oxford. …
Aneurin Bevan Aneurin Bevan (1897-1960), Welsh Labour politician. The son of a miner, Bevan worked in the pits from the age of 13. A prominent trade unionist at 19, …
Sir John Betjeman Sir John Betjeman (1906-84), English poet. His popular volumes of poetry include A -Few Late Chrysanthemums (1954) and a verse autobiography, Summoned by Bells (1960). He also …
Sir Henry Bessemer Sir Henry Bessemer (1813-98), British metallurgist and engineer. His most famous invention was the Bessemer process for making steel (1856), in which air is forced through …
Leonard Bernstein Leonard Bernstein (1918-90), US conductor, composer, and pianist. He became assistant conductor of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra in 1943 and had his first success later that …
