Birch, Rev. Thomas (divine and contributor to the General Dictionary; 1705-66). 6 (1736): 156 [2nd 156]; 39 (1769): 503.
Birch, Samuel (dramatist and Lord Mayor of London; 1757-1841). 66-ii (1796): 598.
Birkhead, Mathew (song writer). 1 (1731): 432.
Bishop, Rev. Samuel (poet and headmaster of Merchant Taylors’ School; 1731-95). 65-ii (1795): 1036 (2); 66-i (1796): 66, 512; 66-ii (1796): 1037; 67-i (1797): 64; 67-ii (1797): 872 (3); 69-ii (1799): 789-790.
Black, Rev. John (poet; 1753-1813). 55-i (1785): 55 (2), 389, 474-475; 55-ii (1785): 644, 989 (2); 56-i (1786): 252 (2); 56-ii (1786): 601, 793, 1025 [?].
Blackbourne, Peter (son of an English merchant in Lisbon; b. ca. 1748). 32 (1762): 546.
Blackburne, Rev. Francis (theologian; 1705-87). 60-i (1790): 449 (2).
Blacklock, Thomas (Scottish poet and minister; 1721-91). 19 (1749): 514-515.
Blackmore, Sir Richard (poet and physician; 1654-1729). 2 (1732): 854.
Blackstone, Sir William (judge and author of Commentaries on the Laws of England; 1723-80). 51 (1781): 335-336.
Blair, Rev. Hugh (Scottish minister and professor of rhetoric; 1718-1800). 69-ii (1799): 653.
Blair, Robert (poet and minister in the Church of Scotland; 1699-1746). 13 (1743): 323.
Blythe, F. 5 (1735): 254-255 [2nd 254-255], 256 [2nd 256], 674, 674-675; 6 (1736): 48, 103.
Boerhaven, Rev. Joseph (clergyman). 48 (1778): 536.
Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas (French poet; 1636-1711). 17 (1747): 493.
Bold, Michael. 16 (1746): 549.
Bold, William. 66-ii (1796): [ii].
Bondel [or Bondely], Baron de (counselor of the Prussian court of justice). 28 (1758): 36.
Bonneval, Louis de. 16 (1746): 548.
Booker, Rev. Luke (divine and poet; 1762-1835). 59-ii (1789): 1131; 62-ii (1792): 847-848; 70-i (1800): 72; 80-i (1800): 299.