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 Consult also: Fifty Years of Freethought, by George E. Mac Donald. New York: The Truth Seeker Co., 1929, 2 vols.
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+'''Bharavi, Kirâtârjunîya'''. No Engl, transl. as far as known.
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+'''Bigandet, Paul-Ambroise'''. Titular Bishop of Ramatha. French missionary, b. at Malans (Doubs), August 13, 1813; d. at Rangoon, March 19, 1894. After some years of outstanding scholastic studies in the seminaries of Ornans and Besançon, he was ordained in 1837 at the seminary of foreign missions in Paris, and sent to Siam. He devoted himself especially to the education of the youth and energetically organized the construction of schools in Malacca and Penang. The Apostolic Vicar of Malaysia chose him as his {{Page aside|634}}Coadjutor, 1846, a position which Bigandet refused to accept until ten years later. Then, as one of the most outstanding religious leaders whose domain included Burma as well, he acquired great renown for his spirit of tolerance and understanding, his thorough knowledge of the people and their language, and for other administrative qualities which enabled him to be on excellent terms both with the natives and the British. After a journey to Rome, he returned to his post as Apostolic Vicar of Burma. His interest in the education of the people made the British Government offer him the presidency of the Council for Public Education, but Bigandet accepted only the Vice-Presidency which he held until his death. He won the universal approbation and respect of the people for his many years of truly Christian living.
+Mgr. Bigandet’s chief work is entitled The Life or Legend of Gaudama, the Buddha of the Burmese, Rangoon, 1858; 2nd enl. ed., Rangoon, 1866 ; 3rd. ed., London, 1880; 4th ed., London, 1914.
+Col. Olcott, when at Rangoon in 1885, paid his respects to this remarkable man whom he speaks of as the “beloved and respected Bishop Bigandet, author of The Legend of Gaudama, one of the most authoritative books on Southern Buddhism. His sweet manner and noble character had earned for him the confidence and homage of all educated Burmese as well as of all Christians. We had a most agreeable talk together about Buddhism and its literature . . . He was a tall, spare man of graceful carriage, with white, small hands and small feet . . .” (Old Diary Leaves, HI, 209-10).
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+'''Blech, Charles'''. *Contribution à l’Histoire de la Société Théosophique en France. Paris: Éditions Adyar, 1933, 215 pp.
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+'''Bochart, Samuel'''. French scholar, b. at Rouen, May 30, 1599; d. in 1667. For many years pastor of a Protestant church at Caen. Invited, 1652, to Stockholm by Christina of Sweden, to study the Arabian MSS. in her possession. He was highly versed in most Oriental languages and published in 1646 his *Geographia sacra, composed of two works: Phaleg and *Chanaan, which treat on the dispersion of nations and the alleged Phoenician origin of most languages. A later ed. is of 1692.
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+'''Bogle, George'''. Scottish diplomat, b. Nov. 26, 1746; d. at Calcutta, April 3, 1781. Educated at Haddington, Glasgow and the Univ, of Edinburgh. After a few years in his eldest brother’s countinghouse, obtained, 1769, an appointment in the service of the East India Company. Having won by his abilities and character the {{Page aside|535}}special approval of Warren Hastings, then Governor of Bengal, was selected in 1772 to act as envoy to the Tashi-Lama of Tibet, with a view of opening up commercial and friendly intercourse between that country and India. Bogle and his companions were the first Englishmen to cross the Tsanpu in its upper range. The mission was entirely successful, and Bogle formed a strong personal friendship with the Tashi-Lama, with whom he continued to correspond in later years. After his return to India, 1775, and a period of unemployment, was appointed, 1779, collector of Rangpur, where he established a fair which was frequented for years by Bhutan merchants. His death prevented him from carrying out a second mission to Tibet which had been planned for him by Hastings. The MS. of Bogie’s Journal concerning his trip to Lhassa, after many vicissitudes, was finally acquired by the British Museum {Add. MS. 19283). Sir Clements Roberts Markham, using Bogie’s journals and data supplied by his family in Scotland, compiled a work entitled Narratives of the Mission of George Bogle to Tibet and of the Journey of Thomas Manning to Lhasa, London, 1876.
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