Babington, Rev. Joseph (1768-1826): b. Rothley Temple, Leicestersh., 2 Jan., 1796; d. Batn, 15 Dec, 1826; bur. Broughton Gifford, Wilts. B.A. Camb., 1791; M.A., 1794; L.M. Oxford, 1795. Physician at Ludlow. Afterwards clergyman at Broughton Gifford. Father of Prof. G. C. Babington. 'Plants found near Ludlow,' in Plymley's 'Agriculture of Shropshire,' pp. 183-207; E.B. 450, 740, 887.
Backhouse, James (1794-1869): b. 8 July, 1794; d. York, 20 Jan., 1869. Nurseryman. Botanised in Teesdale, &c., 180365. Missionary Friend in Norway and the Southern Hemisphere. Correspondent of J. E. Smith and W. J. Hooker. Pritz. 11; Joum. Bot. 1869, 51; Journ. Hort. xli. 1869, 32; Gard. Chron. 1869, 136; R. S. C. i. 147; vi. 573; vii. 65. Backhousia Hook.
Backhouse, James (1825-90): b. York, 22 Oct., 1825; d. York, 31 Aug., 1890. F.L.S., 1885. Son of preceding, with whom he botanised in Teesdale, &c., 1843-65, and visited Norway (1851), Ireland (1854), and Scotland (1859, &c.). Found Trichomanes in N. Wales, and Viola arenaria in Teesdale (1862). 'Monograph of Brit. Hieracia,' 1856. Contrib. to Phyt. (1855-8) and Bot. Gazette (1851). Pritz. 11; Journ. Bot. 1890, 353 w. portr.; K. S. C. i. 147.
Backhouse, William (1779?-1844): b. 1779?; d. Darlington, 9 June, 1844. Banker. E. Bot. 1984,2529, 2922, &c. Contrib. list of pi. to Longstaffe's Hist. Darlington, pp. 374, xciv. Had a herbarium.
Bacon, Vincent (d. 1739): d. 6 April, 1739. Surgeon and apothecary. Of London, afterw. of Grantham. F.R.S. Member of Martyn's Bot. Soc, 1721. Phil, Trans., No. 432; Martyn's Virgil, xliii.; Gent. Mag. 1739, 216.
Badham, Rev. Charles David (1806-57): b. London, 1806; d. Oxon, 14 July, 1857. M.D. F.R.C.P. 'Esculent Funguses,' 1847. Pritz. 11; Jacks. 244; Fraser's Mag. lvi. 152; Dict. Nat. Biog. ii. 387.
Baikie, William Balfour (1825-64): b. Kirkwall, Orkney, 27 Aug., 1825; d. Sierra Leone, 30 Nov. or 12 Dec, 1864. M.D. Edin. K.N. Surgeon to Niger Expedition, 1854, 1857-9? 'Historia Naturalis Orcadensis,' 1848. Niger plants at Kew. Jacks. 217; R. S. C. i. 154; vii. 68; Journ. Bot. 1865, 71; Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 8*; Gent. Mag., March, 1865; Dict. Nat. Biog. ii. 406. Monument in Kirkwall Cathedral. Stephanophystcm Baihiei Hook.
Baily, Miss [see Kane, Lady].
Bain, John (fl. 1854). Of Trin. Coll. Bot. Gard., Dublin. Discovered Hordeum sylvaticum in Ireland. Proc. Dublin Nat. Soc. i. 45.
Baines, Henry (c. 1800-c. 1880): b. Halifax, Yorks., c. 1800; d. York, c. 1880. Sub-curator, York Philosophical Soc.; Curator of garden. 'Flora of Yorkshire,' 1840. Formerly in employ of Backhouse. Pritz. 12; Jacks. 262.
Baines, John (1787-1838): b. Horbury, Yorks., 1787; d. Thornhill, Yorks., 1 May, 1838; bur. Horbury. Mathematician.
