Members Directory - B

Members, who now number more than 1,000 persons, are elected by their colleagues in recognition of scholarship, for support of cultural institutions, for manifest interest in bibliographical matters, or for distinction as community or national leaders in humanistic affairs.


		Election Date	Residence
Babb, James Tinkham, Jr.	1899 - 1968	October, 1946	New Haven, CT
Babbidge, Homer Daniels, Jr.	1925 - 1984	April, 1979	Hartford, CT
Bacon, Peter Child	1804 - 1886	October, 1860	Worcester, MA
Bacon, Mardges E.		October, 2011	Cambridge, MA
Bail, Hamilton Vaughan	d. 1997	April, 1939	North Hartland, VT
Bailey, John	1786 - 1835	October, 1816	Canton, MA
Bailyn, Bernard		October, 1960	Belmont, MA
Bain, Donald Knight		October, 1998	Denver, CO
Baird, Jessie		October, 2011	Mashpee, MA
Baird, Spencer Fullerton	1823 - 1887	April, 1880	Washington, DC
Baker, Jean Harvey		October, 1989	Baltimore, MD
Baker, Nicholson		October, 2000	South Berwick, ME
Baker, Robert Francis		October, 1991	San Diego, CA
Bakken, Earl Elmer		April, 1984	Waikoloa, HI
Balch, Thomas Willing	1866 - 1927	April, 1911	Philadelphia, PA
Baldwin, Christopher Columbus	1800 - 1835	October, 1827	Worcester, MA
Baldwin, John Denison	1809 - 1883	October, 1869	Worcester, MA
Baldwin, Loammi	1780 - 1838	June, 1814	Cambridge, MA
Baldwin, Simeon Eben	1840 - 1927	October, 1893	New Haven, CT
Ball, Elisabeth	1897 - 1982	October, 1962	Muncie, IN
Ballinger, John Emerson	1941 - 2010	October, 2006	Williamsburg, VA
Ballivan, Manuel Vincente	1848 - 1921	April, 1910	La Paz, Bolivia
Bancroft, Aaron	1755 - 1839	1812	Worcester, MA
Bancroft, George	1800 - 1891	October, 1838	Boston, MA
Bancroft, Hubert Howe	1832 - 1918	April, 1875	San Francisco, CA
Bancroft, John Chandler	1789 - 1821	October, 1816	Worcester, MA
Bandelier, Adolph Francis	1840 - 1914	April, 1881	Highland, IL
Bangs, Edward	ca. 1755 - 1818	1812	Worcester, MA
Bangs, Edward Dillingham	1790 - 1838	January, 1819	Worcester, MA
Banks, Charles Edward	1854 - 1931	April, 1927	Martha's Vineyard , MA
Banks, William Nathaniel		October, 1978	Temple, NH
Banner, James Morrill, Jr.		April, 1981	Washington, DC
Barbour, Thomas	1884 - 1946	October, 1935	Boston, MA
Bardwell, Horatio	1788 - 1866	April, 1862	Oxford, MA
Barger, J. P. *		October, 1989	Winchester, MA
Barlee, Frederick Palgrave	1827 - 1884	October, 1878	Belize, British Honduras
Barlow, Charles Beach		April, 1985	New Milford, CT
Barlow, William Pusey, Jr.		April, 1985	Oakland, CA
Barnhill, Georgia Brady		October, 1990	Oakham, MA
Baron, Robert Charles		April, 1989	Denver, CO
Barrett, Clifton Waller	1901 - 1991	April, 1953	New York, NY
Barry, William	1805 - 1885	April, 1859	Chicago, IL
Bartlett, Bailey	1750 - 1830	January, 1819	Haverhill, MA
Bartlett, John Russell	1805 - 1886	April, 1856	Providence, RI
Bartlett, Josiah	1759 - 1820	October, 1813	Charlestown, MA
Bartlett, Levi	1763 - 1828	July, 1815	Concord, NH
Barton, Benjamin Smith	1766 - 1815	June, 1814	Philadelphia, PA
Barton, Edmund Mills	1838 - 1918	October, 1878	Worcester, MA
Barton, George Sumner	1881 - 1964	October, 1925	Worcester, MA
Barton, Ira Moore	1796 - 1867	May, 1841	Worcester, MA
Barton, William	1754 - 1817	June, 1814	Philadelphia, PA
Barton, William Sumner	1824 - 1899	April, 1854	Worcester, MA
Basbanes, Nicholas Andrew		October, 1995	North Grafton, MA
Basch, Françoise Y.		April, 1996	Paris, France
Basker, James Glynn		April, 2001	New York, NY
Baskin, Leonard	1922 - 2000	October, 1989	Leeds, MA
Baskin, Lisa Unger		October, 1989	Leeds, MA
Bassett, John Earl		April, 2001	Worcester, MA
Bassett, John Spencer	1867 - 1928	April, 1911	Northampton, MA
Bassettt, Lynne Zacek		April, 2010	Palmer, MA
Bassler, Harvey	1883 - 1950	October, 1932	New York, NY
Bates, Albert Carlos	1865 - 1954	October, 1910	Hartford, CT
Battin, Patricia Meyer *		October, 1982	Washington, DC
Bauer, Frederick Edward, Jr.	1922 - 2008	April, 1972	Laconia, NH
Bauer, Ralph		April, 2008	College Park, MD
Baughman, Susan S.		October, 1995	Largo, FL
Baxter, James Phinney	1831 - 1921	April, 1887	Portland, ME
Baxter, James Phinney, III	1893 - 1975	April, 1933	Cambridge, MA
Bay, Mia E.		October, 2010	New Brunswick, NJ
Bayard, James Asheton	1767 - 1815	July, 1815	Wilmington, DE
Bayard, Thomas Francis	1828 - 1898	April, 1897	Wilimington, DE
Baylis, William	1776 - 1865	June, 1814	Bridgewater, MA
Baym, Nina		April, 1992	Urbana, IL
Beales, Ross Worn, Jr.		April, 1982	Worcester, MA
Beals, Philip Charles	1919 - 2008	October, 1966	Southborough, MA
Beals, Whitney A.		April, 2010	Southborough, MA
Beard, James Franklin, Jr.	1919 - 1989	October, 1962	Worcester, MA
Beare, Steven Douglas		October, 2007	Wilmington, DE
Bechtel, Kenneth Karl *	1904 - 1978	April, 1972	Kentfield, CA
Beck, Theodric Romeyn	1791 - 1855	January, 1815	New York, NY
Becker, Carl Lotus	1873 - 1945	October, 1932	Ithaca, NY
Beddoe, John	1826 - 1911	April, 1887	Bristol, England
Bedini, Silvio A.	1917 - 2007	October, 1972	Washington, DC
Beeman, Richard Roy		April, 2005	Philadelphia, PA
Beer, William	1849 - 1927	April, 1908	New Orleans, LA
Belanger, Terry		October, 1994	Charlottesville, VA
Belknap, Henry Wyckoff	1860 - 1946	October, 1922	Salem, MA
Bell, Alexander Graham	1847 - 1922	April, 1899	Washington, DC
Bell, Charles Henry	1823 - 1893	October, 1868	Exeter, NH
Bell, J.L.		April, 2011	Newton, MA
Bell, James Brugler		April, 1980	Tucson, AZ
Bell, John James	1827 - 1893	April, 1879	Exeter, NH
Bell, Walter Douglas	1921 - 1993	October, 1974	Groton, MA
Bell, Whitfield Jenks, Jr.	1914 - 2009	April, 1961	Carlisle, PA
Bellion, Wendy Ann		April, 2011	Newark, DE
Bellows, John	1831 - 1902	October, 1892	Gloucester, England
Bemis, Frank Brewer	1861 - 1935	April, 1925	Beverly Farms, MA
Bemis, Samuel Flagg	1891 - 1973	October, 1932	Washington, DC
Bender, Thomas		April, 2006	New York, NY
Benedict, George Grenville	1826 - 1907	April, 1899	Montpelier, VT
Benedict, Joseph Targonski	d. 1995	April, 1977	West Boylston, MA
Benes, Peter		October, 2006	Concord, MA
Benitez, Justo	1833 - 1900	April, 1884	Mexico City, Mexico
Benjamin, Michael Damien		October, 1999	Philadelphia, PA
Benjamin, Richard Dyke		October, 1984	New York, NY
Benjamin, William Evarts	1859 - 1940	October, 1927	New York, NY
Bennett, Bruce Shaw		October, 1989	Worcester, MA
Benson, Egbert	1746 - 1833	December, 1813	New York, NY
Benson, Lee *		October, 1975	Swarthmore, PA
Bentinck-Smith, William	1914 - 1993	April, 1976	Groton, MA
Bentley, William	1759 - 1819	February, 1813	Salem, MA
Benton, Thomas Hart	1782 - 1858	October, 1855	St. Louis, MO
Bercovitch, Sacvan		April, 1976	Cambridge, MA
Berendt, Carl Hermann	1817 - 1878	October, 1876	Merida, Yucatan
Bergenroth, Gustav Adolph	1813 - 1869	October, 1867	London, England
Berkeley, Francis Lewis, Jr.	1911 - 2003	April, 1962	Charlottesville, VA
Berkey, Dennis D.		April, 2010	Worcester, MA
Berkin, Carol		October, 2004	New York, NY
Berkley, William R.		October, 1999	Greenwich, CT
Berlin, Ira		April, 2000	Washington, DC
Berry, Ann C.		April, 2011	Plymouth, MA
Berry, Sarah Brandegee		October, 1991	Boylston, MA
Betham, William	1779 - 1853	May, 1838	Dublin, Ireland
Beveridge, Albert Jeremiah	1862 - 1927	October, 1921	Indianapolis, IN
Biddle, James	1929 - 2005	April, 1968	Andalusia, PA
Bidwell, John		April, 1987	Princeton, NJ
Bieber, Ralph Paul	1894 - 1981	October, 1946	St. Louis, MO
Bigelow, Abijah *	1775 - 1860	October, 1813	Leominster, MA
Bigelow, Andrew	1795 - 1877	August, 1820	Eastport, ME
Bigelow, George Tyler	1810 - 1878	April, 1856	Watertown, MA
Bigelow, John Prescott	1797 - 1872	May, 1843	Boston, MA
Bigelow, Timothy	1767 - 1821	1812	Medford, MA
Biglow, Abraham	1762 - 1832	October, 1813	Cambridge, MA
Biglow, William	1773 - 1844	December, 1813	Boston, MA
Bigsby, Robert	1806 - 1873	October, 1851	Asby-De-La-Zouch, England
Billias, George Athan		October, 1964	Worcester, MA
Billings, John Shaw	1839 - 1913	October, 1899	New York, NY
Billington, James Hadley		April, 1988	Washington, DC
Billington, Ray Allen	1903 - 1981	October, 1965	San Marino, CA
Bingham, Hiram	1875 - 1956	October, 1909	New Haven, CT
Bingham, Hiram Anthony	1935 - 2008	April, 1999	Greenwich, CT
Bishop, Bailey		October, 1995	Cambridge, MA
Bishop, Sande Price		October, 2002	Worcester, MA
Bixby, William Keeney	1857 - 1931	October, 1906	St. Louis, MO
Blackburn, Gideon	1772 - 1838	July, 1815	Nashville, TN
Blackhawk, Ned		October, 2011	Hamden, CT
Blackmun, Harry Andrew	1908 - 1999	October, 1987	Washington, DC
Blake, Francis	1774 - 1817	1812	Worcester, MA
Blake, Francis	1850 - 1913	April, 1900	Weston, MA
Blake, George Smith	1802 - 1871	October, 1859	Annapolis, MD
Blake, John Lauris	1788 - 1857	January, 1815	New London, CT
Blakeslee, George Hubbard	1871 - 1954	October, 1908	Worcester, MA
Blakey, Michael Louis		October, 2001	Williamsburg, VA
Blanck, Jacob	1906 - 1974	April, 1958	Brookline, MA
Blandring, William	1773 - 1857	May, 1838	Philadelphia, PA
Blassingame, John Wesley	1940 - 2000	April, 1982	New Haven, CT
Blight, David William		October, 1997	New Haven, CT
Bliss, Eugene Frederick	1836 - 1918	October, 1892	Cincinnati, OH
Bliss, Porter Cornelius	1838 - 1885	April, 1861	New Haven, CT
Blitzer, Charles	1927 - 1999	October, 1985	Washington, DC
Block, John Robinson		April, 1996	Pittsburgh, PA
Blockson, Charles LeRoy		October, 1995	Philadelphia, PA
Bloomfield, Joseph	1753 - 1823	June, 1814	New York, NY
Blumenthal, Joseph	1897 - 1990	October, 1984	West Cornwall, CT
Blythe, James	1765 - 1842	July, 1815	Transylvania, KY
Boas, Franz	1858 - 1942	April, 1908	New York, NY
Bogert, John Griffith	1771 - 1828	June, 1814	New York, NY
Bok, Joan Toland		October, 1980	Westboro, MA
Boles, James Durelle, Jr.		April, 1996	Atlanta, GA
Bolick, Charles S.		October, 2011	Framingham, MA
Bolivar, Simon	1783 - 1830	October, 1829	Colombia, Colombia
Bolton, Charles Knowles	1867 - 1950	October, 1918	Boston, MA
Bolton, Herbert Eugene	1880 - 1953	October, 1913	Berkeley, CA
Bolton, Theodore	1889 - 1973	April, 1950	New York, NY
Bonaparte, Charles L.J.Laurent	1803 - 1857	May, 1845	Paris, France
Bond, Henry	1790 - 1859	April, 1858	Philadelphia, PA
Bond, William	1755 - 1844	June, 1814	Dorchester, MA
Bond, William Henry	1915 - 2005	April, 1965	Concord, MA
Boni, Albert	1892 - 1981	April, 1971	New York, NY
Boni, William Frederick *	1910 - 1995	April, 1983	Chester, VT
Bonomi, Patricia Updegraff		April, 2002	Irvington, NY
Boone, Gray Davis		April, 1983	Tuscaloosa, AL
Boorstin, Daniel Joseph	1914 - 2004	October, 1969	Washington, DC
Bosse, David C.		October, 2009	Amherst, MA
Booth, George Francis	1870 - 1955	October, 1926	Worcester, MA
Booth, George Francis, II		October, 1991	Petersham, MA
Booth, Robert Wells	1915 - 2003	October, 1978	Worcester, MA
Borgatti, Jean Marie		April, 1991	Shrewsbury, MA
Bortman, Mark	1896 - 1967	October, 1951	Boston, MA
Bosworth, Joseph	1789 - 1876	July, 1825	Little Horwood/ Bucks, England
Botein, Sheila		October, 2009	Atherton, CA
Botein, Stephen	1941 - 1986	1985	East Lansing, MI
Botta, Carl Giuseppe Guglielmo	1766 - 1837	December, 1821	Paris, France
Boudinot, Elias	1740 - 1821	June, 1814	Burlington, NJ
Boudinot, Elisha	1742 - 1819	October, 1814	Newark, NJ
Bourinot, John George	1837 - 1902	April, 1893	Ottawa, Canada
Bourne, Edward Gaylord	1860 - 1908	April, 1903	New Haven, CT
Boutell, Lewis Henry	1826 - 1899	April, 1895	Evanston, IL
Bowditch, Charles Pickering	1842 - 1921	April, 1891	Tamworth, NH
Bowdoin, James	1794 - 1833	October, 1822	Boston, MA
Bowen, Clarence Winthrop	1852 - 1935	April, 1904	New York, NY
Bowen, Jabez	1739 - 1815	June, 1814	Providence, RI
Bowen, Pardon	1757 - 1826	October, 1813	Providence, RI
Bowen, Richard LeBaron	1878 - 1969	April, 1946	Rehoboth, MA
Bowen, William	1747 - 1832	October, 1815	Providence, RI
Bowers, Fredson Thayer	1905 - 1991	October, 1968	Charlottesville, VA
Bowers, Q. David		April, 2003	Wolfeboro Falls, NH
Bowles, Francis Tiffany	1858 - 1927	April, 1923	Boston, MA
Bowring, John	1792 - 1872	May, 1834	London, England
Boyd, Julian Parks	1903 - 1980	April, 1936	Philadelphia, PA
Boyer, Paul Samuel	1935 - 2012	October, 1984	Madison, WI
Boylston, Ward Nicholas	1749 - 1828	October, 1819	Princeton, MA
Bozenhard, Cushing Charles		October, 2002	Shrewsbury, MA
Bozman, John Leeds	1757 - 1823	June, 1814	Baltimore, MD
Brackenridge, Henry Marie	1786 - 1871	April, 1818	Washington, DC
Bracket, Adino Nye	1777 - 1847	July, 1825	Lancaster, NH
Bradbury, Robert Carl		April, 2003	Worcester, MA
Brademas, John		April, 1978	New York, NY
Bradley, Samuel Ayer	1774 - 1844	January, 1819	Freyburg, ME
Brainard, Morgan Bulkeley	1879 - 1957	April, 1942	Hartford, CT
Brainard, Newton Case	1880 - 1964	October, 1955	Hartford, CT
Brandis, Christian August	1790 - 1867	May, 1839	Bonne, Switzerland
Brasch, Frederick Edward	1875 - 1967	April, 1934	Washington, DC
Braude, Ann Deborah		April, 1997	Cambridge, MA
Bray, Oliver	1776 - 1823	December, 1813	Portland, ME
Brazer, John	1789 - 1846	January, 1819	Cambridge, MA
Breen, Timothy Hall		October, 1994	Evanston, IL
Brekus, Catherine Anne		April, 2003	Kenilworth, IL
Brekus, Gordon Lewis	1930 - 2011	October, 2000	Palm Beach, FL
Bremer, Francis J.		April, 2004	Lancaster, PA
Brevoort, James Carson	1818 - 1887	October, 1868	Brooklyn, NY
Brew, John Otis	1906 - 1988	October, 1965	Cambridge, MA
Brewster, David	1781 - 1868	October, 1816	Edinburgh, Scotland
Bridenburgh, Carl	1903 - 1992	October, 1945	Williamsburg, VA
Bridgham, Samuel Willard	1774 - 1840	October, 1813	Providence, RI
Briel, Karl Lombard		April, 1977	Millbury, MA
Brigham, Clarence Saunders	1877 - 1963	October, 1905	Providence, RI
Brigham, David Rodney		April, 2002	Allentown, PA
Brigham, Elijah	1751 - 1816	October, 1813	Westboro, MA
Brinley, George	1817 - 1875	October, 1846	Hartford, CT
Brinley, George Putnam	1842 - 1892	April, 1880	Hartford, CT
Brinton, Daniel Garrison	1837 - 1899	October, 1870	Philadelphia, PA
Bristol, Roger Pattrell	1903 - 1974	October, 1957	Charlottseville, VA
Britton, Allen Perdue	1914 - 2003	April, 1986	Hampshire, IL
Brock, Robert Alonzo	1839 - 1914	October, 1877	Richmond, VA
Broderick, John Caruthers *		October, 1975	Potomac, MD
Brodhead, Richard Halleck		April, 2000	Durham, NC
Bronson, Enos	1774 - 1823	July, 1815	Philadelphia, PA
Brooke, John Ludlow		October, 1995	Columbus, OH
Brookhiser, Richard Stark		October, 2001	New York, NY
Brooking, Ruth Bradlee		October, 1999	Chadds Ford, PA
Brooks, James F.		October, 2008	Santa Fe, NM
Brooks, James Willson	1833 - 1912	October, 1900	Petersham, MA
Brooks, John Edward, S.J.	1923 - 2012	October, 1979	Worcester, MA
Brooks, Joanna M.		October, 2011	San Diego, CA
Brooks, Lisa T.		October, 2012	Amherst, MA
Brown, Christopher L.		April, 2008	New York, NY
Brown, Ethan Allen	1766 - 1852	April, 1818	Cincinnati, OH
Brown, Francis	1784 - 1820	October, 1813	North Yarmouth, MA
Brown, Irene Quenzler		April, 2004	Storrs, CT
Brown, James	1766 - 1835	October, 1814	New Orleans, LA
Brown, John Carter	1797 - 1874	October, 1855	Providence, RI
Brown, John Nicholas	1861 - 1900	October, 1888	Providence, RI
Brown, John Nicholas	1900 - 1979	October, 1947	Newport, RI
Brown, Joshua Emmett		October, 2006	New York, NY
Brown, Mary Elizabeth	1913 - 2012	April, 1986	Spencer, MA
Brown, Matthew	1776 - 1853	July, 1815	Washington, PA
Brown, Matthew P.		April, 2009	Iowa City, IA
Brown, Moses	1738 - 1836	July, 1815	Providence, RI
Brown, Nicholas	1769 - 1841	October, 1813	Providence, RI
Brown, Richard David		April, 1981	Storrs, CT
Brown, Richard Hastings		October, 2007	New York, NY
Brown, Richard Holbrook		October, 1995	Chicago, IL
Brown, Thomas	1778 - 1820	October, 1816	Edinburgh, Scotland
Brown, Vincent		April, 2009	Cambridge, MA
Brown, Wesley Alan		October, 2002	Denver, CO
Brückner, Martin Christot		April, 2007	Philadelphia, PA
Bruhn, Thomas P.		October, 2012	Storrs, CT
Brunton, Alexander	1772 - 1854	December, 1821	Edinburgh, Scotland
Brust, James Steven		April, 2006	San Pedro, CA
Bryan, Charles Faulkner, Jr.		April, 2001	Richmond, VA
Bryan, John Stewart	1871 - 1944	October, 1925	Richmond, VA
Bryant, Douglas Wallace	1913 - 1994	October, 1965	Lexington, MA
Bryce, James	1838 - 1922	April, 1882	Oxford, England
Brynmer, Douglas	1823 - 1902	October, 1898	Ottawa, Canada
Buck, Paul Herman	1899 - 1978	April, 1955	Cambridge, MA
Buck, Solon Justus	1884 - 1962	October, 1916	Minneapolis, MN
Buckland, Lawrence Fogler		October, 1995	Stark, NH
Buel, Richard Van Wyck, Jr.		October, 2000	Essex, CT
Buell, Lawrence Ingalls		October, 1992	Lincoln, MA
Buhler, Kathryn Clark	1901 - 1986	October, 1966	Brookline, MA
Buice, William Thomas, III		April, 2005	New York, NY
Bullen, Henry Lewis	1857 - 1938	October, 1924	Jersey City, NJ
Bullock, Alexander Hamilton	1816 - 1882	April, 1855	Worcester, MA
Bullock, Alexander Hamilton	1874 - 1962	October, 1937	Worcester, MA
Bullock, Augustus George	1847 - 1926	April, 1888	Worcester, MA
Bullock, Augustus George	1909 - 1997	October, 1952	Worcester, MA
Bullock, Chandler	1872 - 1962	October, 1921	Worcester, MA
Bullock, John Richard	1923 - 1998	April, 1984	Shrewsbury, MA
Bullock, Steven Conrad		October, 1996	Worcester, MA
Bunch, Lonnie G., III		October, 2001	Chicago, IL
Bunker, Gary L.		October, 2003	Orem, UT
Burkett, Nancy Hall		April, 1989	Atlanta, GA
Burkett, Randall Keith		October, 1998	Atlanta, GA
Burkhardt, Frederick Henry	1912 - 2007	April, 1971	Bennington, VT
Burleigh, William Robert		October, 1990	Union, KY
Burnet, Jacob	1770 - 1853	July, 1815	Cincinnati, OH
Burns, Kenneth Lauren		October, 1992	Walpole, NH
Burns, Sarah Lea		April, 2004	Bloomington, IN
Burnside, Samuel McGregor	1783 - 1850	1812	Worcester, MA
Burr, George Lincoln	1857 - 1938	April, 1908	Ithaca, NY
Burr, Jonathan	1757 - 1842	June, 1814	Sandwich, MA
Burrill, James	1772 - 1820	July, 1815	Providence, RI
Burstein, Andrew		October, 2001	Batron Rouge, LA
Burstein, Michael David		October, 2006	Bernardston, MA
Burton, Clarence Monroe	1853 - 1932	October, 1907	Detroit, MI
Buschman, Karl Edward	1805 - 1880	October, 1870	Berlin, Germany
Bush, Barbara		April, 1999	Houston, TX
Bushman, Claudia Lauper		October, 1995	New York, NY
Bushman, Richard Lyman		October, 1981	Pasadena, CA
Butler, Alta Mae		April, 2009	Boylston, MA
Butler, James Davie	1815 - 1905	April, 1854	Cincinnati, OH
Butler, Johnnella E.		April, 2005	Atlanta, GA
Butler, Jon		October, 1999	New Haven, CT
Butterfield, Lyman Henry	1872 - 1982	April, 1951	Princeton, NJ
Butterfield, Roger Place	1907 - 1981	April, 1960	New York, NY

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