Barton, Edmund (1849–1920)
Australian politician. He was leader of the Federation Movement from 1896 and first
prime minister of Australia 1901–03.
Educated at Sidney University, he worked as a barrister before entering the New
South Wales assembly in 1879. As prime minister and foreign minister 1901–03 he
secured passage of the 'white Australia' Immigration Restriction Act. He resigned in
1903 to become a High Court judge.
Baruch, Bernard Mannes (1870–1965)
US financier. He was a friend of the British prime minister Winston Churchill and a
self-appointed, unpaid adviser to US presidents Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D
Roosevelt, and Harry Truman. He strongly advocated international control of nuclear
energy.
Bernard Mannes Baruch
US financier
'Let us not be deceived – we are today in the midst of a cold war.'
[Speech to South Carolina Legislature 16 April 1947]
Bernard Mannes Baruch
US financier
'To me old age is always fifteen years older than I am.'
[Newsweek 29 August 1955]
Barudi, Mahmud Sami al- (1839–1904)
Egyptian nationalist activist and poet. He was a leading figure of the modern Arabic
literary renaissance. Much of his work was modelled on classical Abbasid poetry, of
which he compiled an important anthology. His own verse was published
posthumously in two volumes.
Barudi was a fervent nationalist; his participation in an unsuccessful revolt in 1882
against British rule in Egypt led to 17 years' exile in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). During
his enforced absence from Egypt, he wrote nostalgically of his homeland.