Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 24

Author: Hamersly, Lewis Randolph, 1847-1910; Leonard, John William, 1849-; Mohr, William Frederick, 1870-; Knox, Herman Warren, 1881-; Holmes, Frank R
Publication date: 1904
Publisher: New York : L.R. Hamersly Co.
Number of Pages: 751


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BRUCE, Wallace:


Author and lecturer; born, Hillsdale, Columbia County, N. Y., Nov. 10, 1844; graduated, Yale, 1867; delivered lectures


on literary subjects, particularly on Shakespeare, Scott, Burns, Irving and Bryant, 1889-93, United States Consul at Edinburgh, Scotland; prominent speaker at Chautauqua meetings; president Flor- ida Chautauqua (De Funiak Springs) since 1893; numerous publications, "Land of Burns," 1878; "Yosemite" 1879; "The Hudson," 1881; "From the Hudson to the Yosemite," 1884; "Old Homestead Poems," 1887; "In Clover and Heather," 1889; "Here's a Hand," 1893; "Hudson by Day- light," 1894; "The Hudson Panorama," 1894; "Wayside Poems," 1894. Address, 267 Stuyvesant Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.


BRUNDAGE, Albert Harrison:


Physician, lecturer, toxicologist; born Candor, N. Y., March 3, 1862; son of Amos H. Brundage, M. D., and Sarah


Mervina (Dimmick) Brundage; grandson of Parmenas Brundage; educated in the public schools of Candor and Cohoes, N. Y., and Newark, N. J .; graduated (M. D.) at New York University Medical College, 1885; took post-graduate course, New York University Medical College, 1891-92, and Long Island College Hos- pital, 1890-91; graduated (Ph. G.) Brook- lyn College of Pharmacy, 1892; Phar. D. from Brooklyn College of Pharmacy, 1897; received A. M. from University of Nashville, 1898; married Sarah Alice Holt, daughter of Rev. Kilburn Holt, of Amherst, Mass., Sept. 26, 1888. Is presi- dent of the Board of Pharmacy of the State of New York and board examiner in toxi- cology and posology; professor of toxi- cology and physiology in the Rhode Is- land College of Pharmacy and Allied Sci- ences; public lecturer in toxicology for the Board of Education of the City of New York; toxicologist to the Bushwick Hospital, etc .; professor of toxicology, phy- siology and hygiene in the Brooklyn Col- lege of Pharmacy, 1903; some time teach- er in Southern universities. On train in Johnstown disaster, moving to New York from the South; lost all his property, packed in several trunks, on ill-fated "'Day Express," and barely escaped with his life; an official commissioner repre- senting Brooklyn at the Tennessee Cen- tennial Exposition, Nashville, Tenn., 1897; formerly member and examiner in toxi- cology of the Board of Pharmacy of the City of New York; founder of the Brook- lyn Medical Society and formerly president of the same; one of the founders and for- merly president of the Brooklyn College of Pharmacy; ex-president of the Kings County Pharmaceutical Society; honor- arily elected life member New York State Pharmaceutical Association; was formerly vice-president of the same; member of the American Medical Association, the American Pharmaceutical Association; the American Microscopical Society; the American Anthropological Association; the American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science; the New York State Medical Association; the Kings County Medical Society; the Brooklyn Medical Society; the Brooklyn Pathologi- cal Society; the Associated Physicians of Long Island; Physicians' Mutual Aid As- sociation, etc. Author of "A Manual of Toxicology" (third edition), 1903, being a concise presentation of the principal facts relating to poisons,, with detailed direc- tions for the treatment of poisoning, etc .; also author of "Practical Points in Phy- siology," 1903; also of various contribu- tions on pharmaceutical and medical sub- jects in pharmaceutical and other jour- nals, such as "The Dangers of Self- Medication," "The Stability of Mercurous Chloride in Tablet Form," "The Physi- cian and His Mission," "The Secret of Success," "What a College of Pharmacy Does for a Drug Clerk," "Disaster and Destruction in the Drug," etc. Residence, 1073 -Bushwick. A.ve., Brooklyn, New York City.


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BRUNNER, Arnold William:


Architect; born in New York City, Sept. 25, 1857; graduate special course of ar- chitecture in Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1879; entered office of George B. Post. After extended travels in Europe he commenced practice in architecture with Thomas Tryon, under the firm name of Brunner & Tryon, in 1885, Mr. Tryon withdrawing from the firm in 1889. Was architect for the Cleveland Post Office, Custom House and Court House; Mount Sinai Hospital buildings, New York, and other public and many private buildings in New York City; designed pavilions in Wm. H. Seward Park, Thomas Jefferson Park, public baths, etc. He was appoint- ed by Governor Nash, of Ohio, one of the three supervising architects to report on the group plans of the public buildings and grounds for the City of Cleveland; appointed member of board of education of New York in 1902; president of the Ar- chitectural League, 1902; president of the American Institute of Architects. He is a member of the New York Chapter of Architects, Architectural League, Century Club, Sculptors' Society, Manhattan Club, Players Club, Cosmos Club, Washington; Union Club, Cleveland. Author of "In- terior Decorations," and of "Cottages"; contributor to Russell Sturgis' Dictionary of Architecture. Residence, 1748 Broad- way; office, 33 Union Square West, New York.


BRUSH, George Jarvis:


Mineralogist: born in Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 15, 1831; in 1835 removed with par- ents to Danbury, Conn., returning in 1841; educated at schools in these cities and Western Connecticut, but though fond of science, entered business in New York, 1846. Severe illness in 1848 decided him to become a farmer, and went to New Haven for six months' course in agricul- ture; remained two years more, studying chemistry and mineralogy. In Oct., 1850, became assistant to Professor Benjamin Silliman, Jr., at university in Louisville, Ky .; 1851, traveled in Europe with Profes- sor Silliman, Sr .; received degree of Ph.B. from Yale in 1852; LL.D., Harvard, 1886; assistant in chemistry. 1852-53, at Uni- versity of Virginia, where, with J. L. Smith, made important examinations of American minerals, publishing results in vols XV. and XVI., American Journal of Science; 1853-55, studied at Munich and Freiberg; 1855. professor of metallurgy, Yale Scientific School; 1864, professor min- eralogy at same; 1855-56, studied at Royal School of Mines, London; visited mines and smelting works in Europe; secretary (always treasurer) of Sheffield (Yale) Sci- entific School. 1862-98; also director of governing board. In 1868 he was elected to National Academy of Science; in 1880 was president of American Association for the Advancement of science; also member of other societies at home and abroad; married Harriet Silliman Trumbull. He


is a contributor to American Journal of Science, and has published "Manual of Determinations in Mineralogy," 1875. Ad- dress, 17 Trumbull St., New Haven, Conn.


BRUSIE, Charles Frederick:


Educator; principal of the Mount Pleas- ant Military Academy, at Ossining-on- Hudson; born in Peoria, Ill., June 22, 1864; son of William and Elizabeth (Shaw) Brusie; 1891, married Maud Sterling, at Gambier, O .; educated in public schools and Dunlop Academy; A. B., Williams College, 1887; A. M., Williams, 1893, for work on text-books. From 1888 till 1890 he was principal of the Princeville Acad- emy, Princeville, Ill .; 1890-92, instructor in German at Kenyon Academy, Gambier, O .; 1892-94, McIlvaine professor of English at Kenyon College, Gambier, O .; 1894, principal Mount Pleasant Academy, Os- sinning, N. Y. Member of National Arts Club, New York City; Phi Beta Kappa Society, American Philological Associa- tion, American Historical Association, Modern Language Association of America; director of Ossining National Bank, Os- sining Printing and Publishing Company. Editor of "Geschichten aus der Tonne," Ginn & Co .; "Das Madschen von Treppi und Marion," Henry Holt & Co. Address, Ossining-on-Hudson, N. Y.


BRYANT, Joseph D., M.D .:


Physician; educated at Norwich, N. Y., Academy and Bellevue Hospital Medical College; interne in Bellevue Hospital, 1869 to 1871; sanitary inspector New York City Health Department, 1873-79; com- missioner New York Board of Health, 1887 to 1893; surgeon Seventy-first Regi- ment, S. N. Y., 1873-82; surgeon general on the staffs of Governors Cleveland, Hill and Flower; professor of anatomy at Bellevue Medical College, 1877 to 1897; professor of surgery at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College since 1897; visiting physician to Charity Hos- pital, 1881-82. visiting surgeon to Belle- vue Hospital since 1882; St. Vincent's, since 1887; consulting surgeon of the New York Insane Asylum. Author of numerous articles on surgery, and of "Bryant's Op- erative Surgery," two volumes, fourth edition. Was former president of the New York Academy of Medicine and of the State Medical Association; also mem- ber of the American Medical Association, the International Surgical Association, etc. Medical advisor and personal friend of Grover Cleveland and family. Address, 32 West 48th St., New York.


BRYCE, Lloyd:


Author; born at Flushing, Long Island, Sept. 20,. 1851; son of Major J. Smith Bryce, of Georgetown, District of Colum- bia; first attended Jesuit College at Georgetown, but after the war became pupil of the late Professor Anthon, in New York. In 1867 he traveled in Europe;


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entered Christ Church College, Oxford, in 1869, and graduated there with a B. A. and later with an M. A. degree. On his return to New York he engaged in the study of law at the law School of Colum- bia College, where he graduated, though did not follow the profession. Early en- tered political life as a member of the Democratic party; appointed paymaster- general of New York; in 1886 elected a member of Fiftieth Congress. While en- gaged in public duties, has occupied his leisure in essay and novel writing; wrote papers on a number of interesting sub- jects for the leading magazines. and pub- lished several novels, including "Para- dise," "The Romance of an Alter Ego," and "A Dream of Conquest." In May, 1889, by will of his friend. Allen T. Rice, editor and proprietor of the North Amer- ican Review, was bequeathed the control- ling interest in the Review; purchased the remaining interest from the heirs and as- sumed the control of the magazine, which he conducted until 1896. Member of Cen- tury, Knickerbocker, Metropolitan, Union, Tuxedo, Meadow Brook and Authors Clubs. Address, 12 N. Washington Square, New York.


BUCHANAN, Joseph Ray:


Editor; born in Hannibal, Mo., Dec. 6, 1851; learned the printing trade in Louisi- ana, Mo., and published a daily newspaper in that town in 1876; went to Denver in 1878 and engaged in publishing business as editor and manager. Married Lucy A. Clise, Dec. 16. 1879. Became interested in the labor and reform movements; estab- lished The Labor Enquirer in 1882; went to Chicago in 1887 and started The Chi- cago Labor Enquirer. Removed to New York in 1888, accepting a position on the editorial staff of the American Press As- sociation, where he has remained since; active in organization of the People's par- ty in 1892, in Omaha. Member of the Na- tional Committee for New Jersey in 1892, 1896 and 1900; was twice nominated for Congress, Sixth New Jersey district, but was defeated. Author of "The Story of a Labor Agitator." Residence, 88 Watch- ung Ave., Montclair, N. J .; office, 45 Park Place, New York.


BUCHANAN, William Insco:


Diplomat; born near Covington, Miami County, O., Sept. 10, 1853; educated in common schools; 1874-75, engrossing clerk in


Indiana House of Representatives. He went to Piqua, O., in 1876; to Sioux City, Ia., in 1882, where he was connected in the organization and management of the first four "Corn Palaces," Sioux City. Democratic member of Iowa to World's Columbian Commission, 1890; chief De- partment of Agriculture, Live Stock and Forestry, World's Columbian Exposition; 1894-1900, envoy extraordinary and minis- ter plenipotentiary to Argentine Republic; 1899. designated by Chilean and Argentine governments deciding member of joint


commission to fix boundary between the two countries north of latitude 23; 1899- 1901, director-general Pan-American Ex- position, Buffalo; 1901-02, United States delegate to second International confer- ence of the American States held at Mex- ico. Residence, Sioux City, Ia., address, Buffalo, N. Y.


BUCK, Albert Henry:


Physician; born in New York City, Oct. 20, 1842; is a graduate of Yale (1864) and of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York (1867); clinical professor of diseases of the ear, College of Physicians and Surgeons. Columbia University, since 1887; consulting aural surgeon, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, twenty years, and Presbyterian Hospital ten years. Edited "Ziemssen's Cyclopedia of Medicine" (English translation, 18 volumes, 1875), "Hygiene and Public Health," 1879; "Ref- erence Hand-book of Medical Sciences," 1887 and 1901; has written "Diseases of the Ear," 1898 and 1901; "Vest-pocket Medical Dictionary." Residence, 105 East 19th St .; office, 48 West 40th St., New York.


BUCK, Dudley:


Composer, organist; born in Hartford, Conn., March 10, 1839; studied at Trinity College, and later at Leipsic Conservatory of Music, under Hauptman, Richeter, Rietz, Moschelles and Plaidy; associated also with A. Sullivan; then studied under Schneider at Dresden; 1861-62, at Paris; for years organist of Music Hall, Boston. In 1875 he became assistant director of Garden Concerts, New York, on invitation of Theodore Thomas; 1876, composed can- tata sung at opening of Centennial Ex- hibition at Philadelphia, executed by 800 voices and 150 instruments, conducted by Theodore Thomas; was organist of Church of Holy Trinity, Brooklyn, and director of Apollo Club for twenty-five years. He re- tired from all but theoretical work and composition in 1902; published large num- ber of compositions for organ, including prize "Te Deum," "Legend of Don Mun- io," 1874; "Marmion," 1880; "The Golden Legend," for Cincinnati May Festival, winning $1,000 prize; composed music to Edmund C. Stedman's poems; wrote "Dic- tionary of Musical Terms," and "Influence of the Organ in History," 1882. Address, 183 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, N. Y.


BUCK, Gertrude, Ph.D .:


Educator; born in Kalamazoo, Mich., July 14, 1871; graduated from University of Michigan in 1894; following year was fellow in English at University of Chica- go; 1896-97, assistant in English at her Alma Mater and later instructor of same in High School at Indianapolis; 1897, be- came instructor in the English depart- ment at Vassar College, and since 1901 has been associate professor. Author of several works on rhetoric and English


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grammar, among them being "A Course in Argumentative Writing," 1899; "A Study in the Psychology of Rhetoric," 1899; "Elementary English Grammar," 1904. Address, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.


BUCKEY, Mervyn C .:


Captain in Artillery Corps, U. S. Army; born in Buckeyestown, Frederick County, Md., April 11, 1873; appointed to U. S. Military Academy from District of Colum- bia, June, 1893; graduated therefrom and appointed additional second lieutenant Fifth Artillery, June 11, 1897; March 8 ;. 1898, second lieutenant; transferred to Fifth Artillery, April 22, 1898. Promoted first lieutenant, Third Artillery, March 18, 1899; captain Artillery Corps, Aug. 22, 1901; attended public schools, Washington, D. C .; graduated from Washington High School. Served as private and corporal in Engineer Corps, District of Columbia; National Guard, 1892-93. Services, at Fort Slocum, N. Y., Sept., 1897, to March, 1898; Fort Hancock, March to .April; at Tam- pa, Fla., and Santiago, Cuba, to July, 1898; expedition to Porto Rico, engage- ment at Guanica, Porto Rico, July 25, 1898; Yanco, Porto Rico, July 29, 1898; Philippine insurrection, battle Imus, Jan. 7, 1900; engagements at San Laguna Pro- vince, P. 1., Jan. 21, 1900; ordered to in- spect mountain batteries of England, France and Holland, Aug., 1899; sent to Philippines in charge of twelve dynamite guns, 1899; on special duty with dynamite guns, Eighth Army Corps, Manila, to Jan. 6, 1900; adjutant Third Artillery Bat- talion, Manila, March to June, 1900; gar- rison duty at Fort Wadsworth, N. Y., 1901. Address, Fort Wadsworth, N. Y.


BUCKLEY, James Monroe, D.D .:


Editor of The Christian Advocate; born in Rahway, N. J., Dec. 16, 1836; prepared for college at Pennington (N. J.) Semi- nary; was a member of the class of 1860 in Wesleyan University, but owing to failure in health did not graduate with the class; later pursued studies of the curriculum under private tutors. Entered Methodist ministry, and was admitted to membership at New Hampshire Con- ference in 1859; after five years in that. State, pursuing study of theology, trav- eled in Europe for one year; then became pastor in Detroit, Mich., remaining three years; 1866, became pastor in Brooklyn; 1872, was elected member of general con- ference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1880 was elected editor of The Chris- tian Advocate, and has been successively re-elected once in four years to the pres- ent time. Was president of the board of managers of the State Epileptic Village of New Jersey from its foundation until two years ago, when he resigned; member of board of managers of State Hospital for the Insane, at Morris Plains, N. J., for the last ten years; has been and is president of the board of managers of the Metho-


dist Episcopal (Seney) Hospital in Brook- lyn from its foundation. Author of "Christians and the Theatre," "Supposed Miracles," "Oats Versus Wild Oats; or, Common Sense for Young Men," "The Midnight Sun, the Czar and the Nihilist," "Faith Healing, Christian Science and Kindred Phenomena," "Travels in Three Continents," "History of Methodism in


the United States," "Extemporaneous Oratory for Professional and Amateur Speakers". contributor to The Century Magazine, North American Review, and Review of Reviews. Address, 150 Fifth Ave., New York.


BULKLEY,, L. Duncan:


Physician; was born in New York City, Jan. 12, 1845; his father was Henry D. Bulkley, a well known practitioner in New York City, and mother was Juliana Barnes, a daughter of Squire Wheeler Barnes, of Rome, N. Y. He graduated at Yale College in 1866, receiving also the degree of A. M. in 1869, which year he also graduated from the College of Phy- sicians and Surgeons, New York. After serving as house physician at the New York Hospital he went abroad and stud- ied dermatology in Vienna, Paris and London. Soon after returning he was married, on May 23, 1872, to Katherine La Rue Mellick, at Bergen Point, N. J., and has six children. A short time after his arrival he published a translation of Neumann on Diseases of the Skin, with notes; he soon started the Archives of Dermatology and edited the same for eight years. In addition to being a fre- quent contributor to medical journals, mainly in his own branch, he has pub- lished "Eczema and Its Management," 1881 (3 editions); "Manual of Diseases of the Skin," 1882 (4 editions); "Acne and Its Treatment." 1885; "Syphilis Insonti- um," 1894, and also several smaller works. He is attending physician to the New York Skin and Cancer Hospital, consult- ing physician to the New York Hospital, consulting dermatologist to the Randall's Island hospitals, to the Hospital for Rup- tured and Crippled. and to the Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital. Is a member of many city, State and national medical societies, also of the Union League, Yale and Quill Clubs. Residence, 531 Madison Ave., New York.


BULL, Charles Stedman:


Physician; born in New York City; eld- est son of Henry King and Eliza Ludlow Bull; received his early education at the French School of Professor Elie Charlier; entered academic department Columbia University; graduated A. B. in 1864; en- tered College of Physicians and Surgeons, the medical department of Columbia Uni- versity, in 1864; graduated M. D. in 1868; degree of A. M. in 1867. He served in Bellevue Hospital as house physician and surgeon; studied in Europe for two years


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in Universities of Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Heidelberg and Utrecht, and in the hos- pitals of London, devoting his attention mainly to ophthalmology, surgery and pathology. Was appointed clinical assist- ant in the New York Eye and Ear Infirm- ary in 1871, and assistant surgeon to the Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital in 1871; appointed assistant surgeon to the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary in 1873, and surgeon to the same in 1876. Director of the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary in 1880; secretary of board of directors of the Eye Infirmary; consulting surgeon to St. Mary's Hospital for Children; con- sulting ophthalmic surgeon to St. Luke's Hospital and Presbyterian Hospital. He is a member of the American Medical As- sociation, American Ophthalmological So- ciety. New York Academy of Medicine, County Medical Association, New York Ophthalmological Society, New York State Medical Association, and the Practition- ers' Society; president of the American Ophthalmological Society; president of the Practitioners' Society; also member of the Society of the Sons of the Revolution, of the Society of Colonial Wars and of the Huguenot Society of America. Editor of the American edition of J. Soelberg Wells on "Diseases of the Eye"; one of the translators of Stellwag von Carion on "Diseases of the Eye." Author of nu- merous articles on diseases of the eye. Adjunct professor of ophthalmology in the Bellevue Hospital Medical College from 1887 to 1890; professor of ophthalmology in the New York University Medical Col- lege from 1890 till 1899; professor of ophthalmology in the medical department of Cornell University since 1899. Address, 47 West 36th St., New York.


BULL, William Tillinghast, M.D .:


Born in Newport. R. I .; graduated from Harvard, 1869; visiting surgeon to Cham- bers Street Hospital, 1876 to 1888; St. Luke's Hospital, 1880 to 1883, and con- sulting surgeon since 1883; visiting sur- geon to New York Hospital since 1883; consulting surgeon to Hospital for Rup- tured and Crippled; New York State Emi- grants' Hospital; demonstrator of anat- omy, Columbia, 1879 to 1880; professor of practice of surgery at Columbia since 1889. Author of various articles in medi- cal journals, and a member of the Grolier, Racquet and New York University Clubs. Address, 35 West 35th St., New York.


BULLWINKEL, John E .:


Democratic Assemblyman, representing the Fourth Assembly district of Kings County; born in Brooklyn, Sept. 17, 1860; education received at Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute, and the Colum- bia College Law School. On account of illness he was unable to complete a course at the U. S. Military Academy, to which he was appointed by Hon. S. B. Chitten- den in 1877, as result of competitive ex- amination from among 120 boys of the


district. He was admitted to the bar in 1882, and several years connected with the office of Knox & Woodward, now Knox & Dooling: has since engaged in practice of law. He has been for several years a member of the Kings County General Committee; elected Assemblyman in 1902, and was re-elected in 1903. Ad- dress, 271 Broadway, New York.


BUNNELL, A. O .:


Editor; born in Lima, N. Y., March 10, 1836, of New England parentage; entered a printing office in Sept .. 1852; in 1860 established The Dansville Advertiser, which he has since published and edited. He has been secretary and treasurer of the New York Press Association since 1868; secretary and treasurer of the Re- publican Editorial Association of New York State since its organization in 1894; secretary and treasurer of the National Republican Editorial Association since its organization in 1900; president of the Na- tional Editorial Association, 1894-96; was grand master of the I. O. O. F. of the State of New York, 1884-85. Has never held any poltical office and never a can- didate for one, but has held responsible positions in local historical, literary and other associations and societies and busi- ness organizations. Address, Dansville, N. Y.


BURDGE, Franklin:


Lawyer (retired); born in Philadelphia, Feb. 22, 1835; educated at Brown Univer- sity (A. M.) and Albany Law School (L.L.B.). Married Ella Jackson, Sept. 10, 1891, at Manasquan, N. J. Has written the lives of John Brougham, Henry Wis- ner, John Haring. Simon Boerum, and others. He is a member of Brown Uni- versity and Theta Delta Chi Clubs; also Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Natural History, and the New York His- torical, Numismatic and Geographical So- cieties, and has been for about twenty years a trustee of St. John's Guild. Ad- dress, 325 West 57th St., New York.


BURDEN, James Abercrombie:


Iron-master: son of Henry Burden, in- ventor; born in Troy, N. Y., Jan. 6, 1833; educated under tutor at New Haven, at- tending lectures in Yale Scientific School, also at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Became practical engineer and millwright, later foreman of a department of Burden Iron Works, finally president of Burden Iron Company; some time president of Hudson River Ore and Iron Company; has made many inventions, obtaining large income from manufacture of iron shoes and snow-and-mud shoes for horses and mules; 1880 and 1888, Presidential elector. Member of the American Institute of Min- ing Engineers and several times its vice- president; also member of Civil Engineers' Society, Society of Mechanical Engineers, and many foreign scientific societies; also of Union League and other New York




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