Henrietta Maria
Henrietta Maria (1609-1669), Queen Of Charles I. Of England, Daughter Of Henry Iv. Of France, Was Born On Nov. 25, 1609. The First Serious Overtures For Her Hand Were Made In The Spring Of 1624, On Behalf Of Charles, Prince Of Wales. Her Brother, Louis Xiii., Consented To The Marriage ...
Henrik Hertz
Hertz, Henrik (?1797-187o), Danish Poet, Was Born Of Jewish Parents In Copenhagen On Aug. 25, 1797 Or 1798. In 1826 27 Two Plays Of His Were Produced, Mr. Burchardt And His Family And Love And Policy; In 1828 Followed The Comedy Of Flytteda Gen. Amor's Strokes Of Genius, A Comedy ...
Henry Bouverie William Brand
Hampden, Henry Bouverie William Brand, 1st Viscount' (1812-1892), Speaker Of The House'an Earlier Viscountcy Was Bestowed In 1776 On Robert Hampden Trevor, 4th Baron Trevor (1706-1783), A Great-grandson Of The Daughter Of John Hampden, The Patriot; It Became Extinct In 1824 By The Death Of The 3rd Viscount. Of Commons, ...
Henry Fitz Henry
Henry Fitz Henry (1155-1183), Second Son Of Henry Ii., King Of England, By Eleanor Of Aquitaine, Became Heir To The Throne On The Death Of His Brother William (1156), And At The Age Of Five Was Married To Marguerite, The Infant Daughter Of Louis Vii. In 1170 He Was Crowned ...
Henry Hallam
Hallam, Henry English Historian, Was The Only Son Of John Hallam, Canon Of Windsor And Dean Of Bristol, And Was Born On July 9, 1777. He Was Educated At Eton And Christ Church, Oxford, Where He Graduated In 1799. Called To The Bar, He Practised For Some Years On The ...
Henry Hammond
Hammond, Henry (i605-1660), English Divine, Was Born At Chertsey In Surrey On Aug. 18, 1605. He Was Educated At Eton And At Magdalen College, Oxford, And Took Orders In 1629. The Earl Of Leicester Presented Him To The Living Of Penshurst In Kent In 1633. In 1643 He Was Made ...
Henry Hardinge Hardinge
Hardinge, Henry Hardinge, Viscount (1785 1856), British Field Marshal And Governor-general Of India, Was Born At Wrotham, Kent, On March 3o, 1785. He Entered The Army In 1799 As An Ensign In The Queen's Rangers, A Corps Then Stationed In Upper Canada. He Served Right Through The Penin Sular Campaigns, ...
Henry Hawley
Hawley, Henry (c. 1679-1759), British Lieutenant General, Entered The Army, It Is Said, In 1694. Under Cumberland's Orders He Led The Cavalry In The Campaign Of Culloden, And At That Battle His Dragoons Gained An Evil Name By Their Ruthless Butchery Of The Fugitive Rebels. He Died At Portsmouth In ...
Henry Henry Benedict Maria
Henry (henry Benedict Maria Clement Stuart) (i 7 2 5 1807), Usually Known As Cardinal York, The Last Prince Of The Royal House Of Stuart, Younger Son Of James Stuart, Was Born In The Palazzo Muti At Rome On March 6, 17 2 5. He Was Created Duke Of York ...
Henry Hicks
Hicks, Henry , Welsh Physician And Geologist, Was Born On May 26, 1837 At St. David's, In Pembrokeshire, Where His Father, Thomas Hicks, Was A Surgeon. He Studied Medi Cine At Guy's Hospital, London, And Practised In His Native Place Until 1871; When He Removed To Hendon, Where He Died ...
Henry I
Henry I. (1207?-1217), King Of Castile, Son Of Alphonso Viii. Of Castile And Eleanor Of Aquitaine, Daughter Of Henry Ii. Viii. Of Castile And Eleanor Of Aquitaine, Daughter Of Henry Ii. Of England, Born C. 1207. He Was Killed By The Fall Of A Tile. ...
Henry Ii Of Trastamara
Henry Ii. Of Trastamara King (1369) Of Castile, Eldest Son Of Alphonso Xi. And His Mistress, Leonora De Guzman. His Father Endowed Him With Great Lord Ships In Northern Spain, And Made Him Count Of Trastamara. After The Accession Of Alphonso's Legitimate Son, Peter The Cruel, Henry Fled (1356) To ...
Henry Ii
Henry Ii. (973-1024), Surnamed The "saint," Roman Emperor, Son Of Henry Ii., The Quarrelsome, Duke Of Bavaria, And Gisela, Daughter Of Conrad, King Of Burgundy, Or Arles (d. 993), And Great-grandson Of The German King Henry I., Was Born On May 6, 973, And Was Educated At Hildesheim And At ...
Henry Iii
Henry Iii. (1017-1056), Surnamed The "black," Roman Emperor, Only Son Of The Emperor Conrad Ii., And Gisela, Widow Of Ernest I., Duke Of Swabia, Was Born On Oct. 28, 1017, Desig Nated As His Father's Successor In 1026, And Crowned German King At Aix-la-chapelle On April 14, 1028. In 102 ...
Henry Iii_2
Henry Iii. (1379-1406), King (1390) Of Castile, "el Doliente" (the Sufferer), Was The Son Of John I., Of Castile And Leon, And Beatrice, Daughter Of Ferdinand Of Portugal. Though Delicate And A Minor, He Succeeded, By The Generous Support Of The Cities, In Regaining (1393) His Crown Lands From The ...
Henry Iii_3
Henry Iii. (1207-1272), King Of England, Was The Eldest Son Of King John By Isabella Of Angouleme. Born On Oct. 1, The Prince Was But Nine Years Old At The Time Of His Father's Death. The Greater Part Of Eastern England Being In The Hands Of The French Pretender, Louis, ...
Henry Iii_4
Henry Iii. King Of France, Third Son Of Henry Ii. And Catherine De' Medici, Was Born At Fontainebleau On Sept. 19, 1 5 51. As Duke Of Anjou, He Won, Under The Direction Of Tavannes, The Battles Of Jarnac And Moncontour Over Conde And Coligny In 1569, And He Assisted ...
Henry Ii_2
Henry Ii. (1 King Of England, Son Of Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count Of Anjou, By Matilda, Daughter Of Henry I., Was Born At Le Mans On March 25, 1133. He Was Brought To England During His Mother's Conflict With Stephen (1142), And Was Placed Under The Charge Of A Tutor At ...
Henry Ii_3
Henry Ii. (1 , King Of France, The Second Son Of Francis I. And Claude, Succeeded To The Throne In 1547. When Only Seven Years Old He Was Sent By His Father, With His Brother The Dauphin Francis, As A Hostage To Spain In 1526, Whence They Returned After The ...
Henry Ii_4
Henry Ii. Titular King Of Navarre, Was The Eldest Son Of Jean D'albret (d. 1516) By His Wife Catherine De Foix, Sister And Heiress Of Francis Phoebus, King Of Navarre, And Was Born At Sanquesa In April 1503. When Catherine Died In Exile In 1517 Henry Succeeded Her In Her ...
Henry Ii_5
Henry Ii. (1489-1568), Duke Of Brunswick-wolfenbuttel, Son Of Duke Henry I., Was Born On Nov. 10, 1489. He Began To Reign In 1514, But His Brother William Objected To The Indivisibility Of The Duchy Which Had Been Decreed By The Elder Henry, And It Was Only In 1535, After An ...
Henry Iv
Henry Iv. (ioso—iio6), Roman Emperor, Son Of The Em Peror Henry Iii. And Agnes, Daughter Of William V., Duke Of Guienne, Was Born On Nov. I1, Io5o, Chosen German King At Tribur In 1053, And Crowned At Aix-la-chapelle On July 17, In 1 O5 5 He Was Appointed Duke Of ...
Henry Iv_2
Henry Iv. King Of Castile, "the Impotent," Was The Son Of John Ii. Of Castile And Leon And Of Mary, Daughter Of Ferdinand I. Of Aragon And Sicily. Born At Valladolid On Jan. 6, 1425, He Was Weak And Vacillating In Character, And His Reign Was Marked By Incidents Of ...
Henry Iv_3
Henry Iv. (1367-1413), King Of England, Son Of John Of Gaunt, By Blanche, Daughter Of Henry, Duke Of Lancaster, Was Born On April 3, 1367, At Bolingbroke In Lincolnshire. As Early As 1377 He Is Styled Earl Of Derby, And In 1380 He Married Mary De Bohun (d. 1394) One ...
Henry Iv_4
Henry Iv. King Of France, The Son Of Antoine De Bourbon, Duke Of Vendome, Head Of The Younger Branch Of The Bourbons, Descendant Of Robert Of Clermont, Sixth Son Of St. Louis, And Of Jeanne D'albret, Queen Of Navarre, Was Born At Pau (basses Pyrenees) On Dec. He Was Educated ...
Henry I_2
Henry I. I 3 5 ), King Of England, Nicknamed Beau Clerk, The Fourth And Youngest Son Of William I. By His Queen Matilda Of Flanders, Was Born In Io68 On English Soil. Of His Life Before Io86, When He Was Solemnly Knighted By His Father At Westminster, We Know ...
Henry I_3
Henry I. (ioo8-1o6o), King Of France, Son Of King Robert And His Queen, Constance Of Aquitaine, And Grandson Of Hugh Capet, Succeeded His Father In Io31, Although In 1027 He Had Already Been Anointed King At Reims And Associated In The Govern Ment With His Father. His Mother Formed A ...
Henry I_4
Henry I. (876?--936), Surnamed The "fowler," German King, Son Of Otto The Illustrious, Duke Of Saxony, Shared In Early Life In Various Campaigns For The Defence Of Saxony. He Married Hat Burg, A Daughter Of Irwin, Count Of Merseburg, But As She Had Taken The Veil On The Death Of ...
Henry I_5
Henry I. (c. 12i0-1274), Surnamed Le Gros, King Of Na Varre And Count Of Champagne, Was The Youngest Son Of Theo Bald I. King Of Navarre By Margaret Of Foix, And Succeeded His Eldest Brother Theobald Iii. As King Of Navarre And Count Of Champagne In December 1270. His Proclamation ...
Henry I_6
Henry I. (1512-158o), King Of Portugal, Third Son Of Eman Uel The Fortunate, Was Born In Lisbon On Jan. 31, 1512. In 1532 He Was Made Archbishop Of Braga. In 1542 He Received The Cardi Nal's Hat, And In 1578 When He Was Called To Succeed His Grand Nephew Sebastian ...
Henry Kimball Hadley
Hadley, Henry Kimball American Composer, Was Born In Somerville (mass.), On Dec. 20, 1871. He Studied In Boston And Vienna. In 1904 He Went To Germany, Where He Was Kapellmeister At The Mainz Opera House For Two Seasons, And In 1909 Produced His Opera Sa Fie. Hadley Toured Europe In ...
Henry Lee Higginson
Higginson, Henry Lee (1834-1919) , American Banker, Was Born In New York City On Nov. 18, 1834. He Entered The Banking House Of S. And E. Austin, Of Boston, But Later Went To Vienna For A Year, Where He Studied Music. In The Civil War He Served As A Volunteer ...
Henry Melvill Gwatkin
Gwatkin, Henry Melvill English Theological Scholar, Was Born At Barrow-on-soar, Leicestershire, On July 3o, 1844, And Was Educated At Shrewsbury And St. John's College, Cambridge. In 1868 He Became A Fellow Of St. John's, And In 1874 Theological Lecturer. He Succeeded Creighton As Dixie Professor Of Ecclesiastical History At Cambridge ...
Henry Of Almain
Henry Of Almain (1 23 5—i 2 7 I) , So Called From His Father's German Connections, Was The Son Of Richard, Earl Of Corn Wall And King Of The Romans. As A Nephew Of Both Henry Iii. And Simon De Montfort He Wavered Between The Two At The Begin ...
Henry Of Blois
Henry Of Blois, Bishop Of Winchester (i I 0i-1 170, Was The Son Of Stephen, Count Of Blois, By Adela, Daughter Of William I., And Brother Of King Stephen. Educated At Cluny, He Was Brought To England By Henry I. And Made Abbot Of Glaston Bury. In I129 He Was ...
Henry Of Ghent Henricus
Henry Of Ghent (henricus De Gandavo) (d. Scholastic Philosopher, Known As "doctor Solemnis," Was Born In Ghent, Where He Studied Before Going To Cologne. In 1267 He Was A Canon Of Toureai And In 1276 Archdeacon Of Bruges. By 1277 He Was A Master Of Theology At Paris, Where He ...
Henry Of Huntingdon
Henry Of Huntingdon, English Chronicler Of The 12th Century, Was Born, Apparently, Between The Years 1080 And 1090. At An Early Age Henry Entered The Household Of Bishop Robert Bloet, Who Appointed Him In Iiio Archdeacon Of Hert Ford And Huntingdon. Henry Was On Familiar Terms With His Patron; And ...
Henry Of Lausanne
Henry Of Lausanne (variously Known As Of Bruys, Of Cluny, Of Toulouse, And As The Deacon), French Heresiarch Of The First Half Of The 12th Century. Practically Nothing Is Known Of His Origin Or Early Life, But If St. Bernard's Reproach (ep. 241) Be True, Henry Was An Apostate Monk. ...
Henry Of Portugal
Henry Of Portugal, Surnamed The "navigator" Duke Of Viseu, Governor Of The Algarve, Was Born At Oporto On March 4, He Was The Third Surviving Son Of John (joao) I., The Founder Of The Aviz Dynasty, Under Whom Portugal, Victorious Against Castile And Against The Moors Of Morocco, Began To ...
Henry Raspe
Henry Raspe (1202 German King And Landgrave Of Thuringia, Was The Second Surviving Son Of Hermann I., Land Grave Of Thuringia, And Sophia, Daughter Of Otto I., Duke Of Bavaria. When His Brother The Landgrave Louis Iv. Died In Italy In 1227, Henry Seized The Government Of Thuringia And Expelled ...
Henry V
Henry V. (1081-1125), Roman Emperor, Son Of The Em Peror Henry Iv., Was Born On Jan. 8, 1081, And After The Deposi Tion Of His Elder Brother, The German King Conrad (d. Iioi), Was Chosen As His Successor In 1098. In Spite Of His Oath To Take No Part In ...
Henry Vi
Henry Vi. (1165-1197), Roman Emperor, Son Of The Em Peror Frederick I. And Beatrix, Daughter Of Renaud Iii., Count Of Upper Burgundy, Was Educated Under Conrad Of Querfurt, Afterwards Bishop Of Hildesheim And Wiirzburg. Chosen German King At Bamberg In June 1169, He Was Crowned At Aix-la-chapelle On Aug. 15, ...
Henry Vii
Henry Vii. (c. 1269-1313), Roman Emperor, Son Of Henry Iii., Count Of Luxemburg, Passed His Early Days Under French In Fluences. In 1288 He Succeeded His Father, And Four Years Later Married Margaret (d. 1311 ), Daughter Of John I., Duke Of Brabant. After The Death Of The German King, ...
Henry Viii
Henry Viii. 0491-1547), King Of England And Ireland, The Third Child And Second Son Of Henry Vii. And Elizabeth Of York, Was Born At Greenwich On June 28, 1491. He Was The First English Monarch To Be Educated Under The Influence Of The Renaissance, And His Tutors Included The Poet ...
Henry Vii_2
Henry Vii. (1457-1509), King Of England, Great-great Grandson Of John Of Gaunt And Catherine Swynford, Whose Issue Born Before Their Marriage Had Been Legitimated By Parliament, Was The First Tudor (q.v.) King. He Was The Son Of Edmund, Earl Of Richmond, And Margaret Beaufort, Only Daughter Of John, Duke Of ...
Henry Vii_3
Henry Vii, German King, Son Of The Emperor Frederick Ii. And His First Wife Constance, Daughter Of Alphonso Ii., King Of Aragon, Was Crowned King Of Sicily In 1212 And Made Duke Of Swabia In 1216. Pope Innocent Iii. Had Favoured His Coronation As King Of Sicily In The Hope ...
Henry Vi_2
Henry Vi. King Of England, Son Of Henry V. And Catherine Of Valois, Was Born At Windsor On Dec. 6, 1421. He Became King Of England On Sept. 1, 1422, And A Few Weeks Later, On The Death Of His Grandfather Charles Vi., Was Proclaimed King Of France Also. Henry ...
Henry V_2
Henry V. (13 8 7-142 2) , King Of England, Son Of Henry Iv. By Mary De Bohun, Was Born At Monmouth, In Aug. 1387. On His Father's Exile In 1398 Richard Ii. Took The Boy Into His Own Charge, And Treated Him Kindly. Next Year The Lancastrian Revo Lution ...
Henry Wager Halleck
Halleck, Henry Wager American General And Jurist, Was Born At Westernville, Oneida County, N.y., In 1815. Upon Graduating From West Point Military Academy In 1839 He Was Appointed To The Engineers, And In 1845 He Was Sent By The Government To Visit The Principal Military Establishments Of Europe. After His ...
Henry
Henry (c. 1ii4–i216), Emperor Of Romania, Or Constan Tinople, Was A Younger Son Of Baldwin, Count Of Flanders And Hainaut (d. 1195) . Having Joined The Fourth Crusade About 1201, He Distinguished Himself At The Siege Of Constantinople In 1204 And Elsewhere, And Soon Became Prominent Among The Princes Of ...
Henry_2
Henry (1108?-1139), Surnamed The "proud," Duke Of Saxony And Bavaria, Second Son Of Henry The Black, Duke Of Bavaria, And Wulfhild, Daughter Of Magnus Billung, Duke Of Saxony, Was A Member Of The Welf Family. His Father And Mother Both Died In 1126, And As His Elder Brother Conrad Had ...
Henry_3
Henry (1 1 195 ), Surnamed The "lion," Duke Of Saxony And Bavaria, Only Son Of Henry The Proud, Duke Of Saxony And Bavaria, And Gertrude, Daughter Of The Emperor Lothair The Saxon, Was Born At Ravensburg, And Was A Member Of The Family 9f Welf. In May 1142 Henry ...
Henzada
Henzada, A Town And District Of Lower Burma, Formerly In The Pegu, But Now In The Irrawaddy Division. Area, 2,872 Sq.m. Pop. (1931) 613, 280. The District Lies To The West Of The Ir Rawaddy And Stretches To The Crest Of The Arakan Yomas Which Forms The Boundary Between Henzada ...
Hepatica
Hepatica (hepatica Americana), A North American Plant Of The Buttercup Family (ranunculaceae), Called Also Liverleaf, Liverwort And Squirrel-cup, Native In Woods From Nova Scotia To Manitoba And South To Florida And Missouri. It Is A Low, Almost Stemless Perennial, About 3 In. High, Often Growing In Tufts, With Thick, Evergreen, ...
Hepatoscopy
Hepatoscopy, One Of The Oldest And Most Widespread Methods Of Divining The Future, Both Among Primitive People And Among Several Of The Civilizations Of Antiquity, Was By The Reading Of Omens In The Signs Noted On The Liver Of The Animal Offered As A Sacrifice To Some Deity. In Ancient ...
Hephaestion
Hephaestion, A Macedonian General, Celebrated As The Friend Of Alexander The Great, Who Called Hephaestion His Patro Clus. In The Later Campaigns In Bactria And India, He Superintended The Founding Of Cities And Colonies, And Built The Fleet Intended To Sail Down The Indus. He Was Rewarded With A Golden ...
Hephaestion_2
Hephaestion, A Grammarian Of Alexandria Who Flour Ished In The Age Of The Antonines. His Manual Of Greek Metres ('e'yxe.plbcop Irepi Js Rpwp), Which He Abridged From His Larger Work, Is The Only Complete Treatise On The Subject That Has Been Preserved. The Concluding Chapter (iiepi. Irocrlµaros) Discusses The Various ...
Hephaestus
Hephaestus (gr. Hephaistos), In Greek Mythology, The God Of Fire. As The Distribution Of His Shrines Testifies, He Was Origi Nally A Deity Of That Anatolian Population Known To The Greeks As Carians. The Home Of His Worship Seems To Have Been The Lycian Olympus, Where A Quantity Of Natural ...
Heppenheim
Heppenheim, A Town Of Germany, In The Land Of Hesse, On The Bergstrasse, Between Darmstadt And Heidelberg, 2 1 M. N. Of The Latter By Rail. Pop. (1925) 7,693. The Ruins Of The Castle Of Starkenburg, Built By The Abbot, Ulrich Von Lorsch, About Io64 And Destroyed During The Seven ...
Heptarchy
Heptarchy, A Word Which Is Frequently Used To Desig Nate The Period Of English History Between The Coming Of The Anglo-saxons In 449 And The Supremacy Established By Egbert Of Wessex Early In The Ninth Century. It Is Derived From Gr. Eirra, Seven, And Apx I Rule, And Was First ...
Heptastyle
Heptastyle, An Architectural Term Applied To A Build Ing Or Colonnade With Seven Columns In Front. ...
Hera
Hera, In Greek Mythology, The Sister And Wife Of Zeus And Queen Of The Olympian Gods ; She Was Identified By The Romans With Juno. The Derivation Of The Name Is Obscure And It Seems Likely That She Is A Pre-hellenic Deity. Various Ancient And Modern Theorists Identify Her With ...
Heraclea
Heraclea Was Also The Name Of One Of The Sporades, Between Naxos And Ios, Which Is Still Called Raklia, And Bears Traces Of A Greek Township With Temples To Tyche And Zeus Lophites. ...
Heracleia
Heracleia (gr.`hparcxela) Or, In The Latin Form, Her Aclea, The Name Of A Large Number Of Ancient Cities Founded By The Greeks. ...
Heracleon
Heracleon, A Gnostic Who Flourished C. A.d. 125, Prob Ably In The South Of Italy. He Appears To Have Regarded The Divine Nature As A Vast Abyss In Whose Pleroma Were Aeons Of Different Orders,—emanations From The Source Of Being. Midway Between The Supreme God And The Material World Was ...
Heracleonas
Heracleonas, East Roman Emperor (feb.–sept. 641), Was The Son Of Heraclius (q.v.) And Martina. At The End Of Heraclius' Reign He Obtained Through His Mother's Influence The Title Of Augustus (638), And After His Father's Death Was Pro Claimed Joint Emperor With His Half-brother Constantine Iii. The Premature Death Of ...
Heraclidae
Heraclidae, The General Name For The Numerous Descendants Of Heracles (hercules) ; The Name Is Especially Used In Antiquity For Hyllus And His Descendants, The Leaders Of The Dorian Invasion Of The Peloponnese. The Dorian Invasion And The Collapse Of The Heroic Civilization Is Represented In Greek Tradi Tion As ...
Heraclitus
Heraclitus (c. B.c.), Greek Philosopher, Was Born At Ephesus Of Distinguished Parentage. Of His Early Life We Know Nothing Except Perhaps That He Declined The Nominal Position Of Basileus. (see Archon.) From His Lonely Life, From The Extreme Profundity Of His Philosophy And From His Contempt For Mankind He Was ...
Heraclius
Heraclius (`ilpaicxe Os) (c. 575-642), East Roman Emperor, Was Born In Cappadocia. His Father Held High Military Command Under The Emperor Maurice, And As Governor Of Africa Maintained His Independence Against The Usurper Phocas (q.v.) . When Invited To Head A Rebellion Against The Latter, He Sent His Son With ...
Herald
Herald; For The Mediaeval And Modern Functions Of A Herald, See Heraldry. Greek Heralds, So-called.—the Word "herald" Is Commonly Used To Translate Gr. Kipv, Which Has Various Meanings. (i) In Homer, A Kflpv Is Mostly A Trusted Attendant Or Retainer Of A Chieftain, One Might Almost Say A Gentleman Of ...
Heraldry
Heraldry. Although The Word Heraldry Properly Belongs To All The Business Of The Herald (q.v.), It Has Long Attached Itself To That Which In Earlier Times Was Known As Armory, The Science Of Armorial Bearings. History Of Armorial Bearings.—in All Ages And In All Quar Ters Of The World Distinguishing ...
Herat
Herat, City And Province, Afghanistan. The City Lies In 34° 20' 3o" N., And 62° I I' O" E., 2,50o Ft. Above Sea-level. Esti Mated Pop. About Io,000. It Has Quite Lost Its Ancient Commercial Importance. From It Lines Of Communication Radiate To Russian, British, Persian And Afghan Territory. The ...
Herault
Herault, A Department In The South Of France, Formed From Lower Languedoc. Pop. (1931) 514,819. Area, 2,402 Sq.m. It Is Bounded North-east By Gard, North-west By Aveyron And Tarn, And South By Aude And The Golfe Du Lion. The Southern Prolongation Of The Cevennes Mts., Composed Of Archaean And Palaeozoic ...
Herb
Herb, In Botany, The Name Given To Those Plants Whose Stem Or Stalk Dies Entirely Or Down To The Root Each Year, And Does Not Become, As In Shrubs Or Trees, Woody Or Permanent; Such Plants Are Also Called "herbaceous." The Term "herb" Is Also Used Of Those Herbaceous Plants, ...
Herbarium Or Hortus Siccus
Herbarium Or Hortus Siccus, A Collection Of Plants So Dried And Preserved As To Illustrate As Far As Possible Their Characters. Since The Same Plant, Owing To Peculiarities Of Climate, Soil And Situation, Degree Of Exposure To Light And Other Influences May Vary Greatly According To The Locality In Which ...
Herbert Family
Herbert (family). Earlier Generations Of A Pedigree Which Carries The Origin Of The Herberts To Herbert The Chamber Lain, A Domesday Tenant, Being Disregarded, Their Patriarch May Be Taken To Be One Jenkin Ap Adam (temp. Edward Iii.), Who Had A Small Monmouthshire Estate At Llanvapley And The Office Of ...
Herbert Hensley Henson
Henson, Herbert Hensley ), English Divine, Was Born In London On Nov. 8, 1863. As An Unattached Student At Oxford He Graduated In 1884 And Was Elected A Fellow Of All Souls College. He Was Ordained In 1887, And After Being Head Of Oxford House At Bethnal Green For A ...
Herberton
Herberton, A Small Mining Town Of Cardwell County, Queensland, Australia, 55 M. S.w. Of Cairns. Tin Was Discovered In The Locality In 1879, And Has Been Worked Together With Some Copper, Bismuth, Silver And Gold. ...
Herculaneum
Herculaneum, An Ancient City Of Italy, Situated About Two-thirds Of A Mile From The Portici Station Of The Railway From Naples To Pompeii. The Small Part Of The City, Which Was Investi Gated At The Spot Called Gli Scavi Nuovi (the New Excavations) Was Discovered In The I9th Century. But ...
Hercules
Hercules, The Latinized Form Of The Greek Heracles, The Most Famous Greek Hero. His Name (gr. `hparcxijs, Probably "glorious Gift Of Hera," Cf. Diocles) Shows That He Cannot Be Originally A God, Since No Greek God Ever Has A Name Compounded Of That Of Another Deity. Probably A Real Man, ...
Hercules_2
Hercules, In Astronomy, A Constellation Of The Northern Hemisphere. Represented By A Man Kneeling, This Constellation Was First Known As "the Man On His Knees," And Was Afterwards Designated Cetheus, Theseus And Hercules By The Ancient Greeks. Hercules Contains A Famous Globular Star-cluster (messier 13) Which Is The Finest Example ...
Herd
Herd, A Number Of Animals Of One Kind Driven Or Fed To Gether, Usually Applied To Cattle But Used Also Of Whales, Por Poises, Etc., And Of Birds, As Swans, Cranes And Curlews. A "herd Book" Is A Book Containing The Pedigree And Other Information Of Any Breed Of Cattle ...
Here
Here, A Bantu Tribe Inhabiting The Tanganyika Plateau, Com Bining Agriculture With Animal Husbandry. Sheep, Goats And Fowls Are Kept In Addition To Cattle, The Care Of Which Is Almost Exclusively Man's Province, While Women Are Responsible For Agri Cultural Economics, Raising Millet, Yams, Maize And A Variety Of Leguminous ...
Hereditament
Hereditament, In Law, Every Kind Of Property That Can Be Inherited. Hereditaments Are Divided Into Corporeal And In Corporeal ; Corporeal Hereditaments Are "such As Affect The Senses, And May Be Seen And Handled By The Body; Incorporeal Are Not The Subject Of Sensation, Can Neither Be Seen Nor Handled, ...
Heredity In Man
Heredity In Man There Is Now No Doubt That The Laws Of Heredity Are The Same In Man And In Other Animals, But Their Application Is Very Different. In The Case Of Domestic Animals A New Type Is Often Bred From Extensively. There Is Thus A Fair Probability That Two ...
Heredity In Plants
Heredity In Plants Flower Colour.—flower Colour Has Been More Extensively Studied Than Any Other Character. Thus In Primula Sinensis, In Which More Genes Are Known Than In Any Other Flower (28 In All), 11 Affect Flower Colour, While 3 Others Determine The Size Of The "eye" Or Central Coloured Patch, ...
Heredity In Some Animals
Heredity In Some Animals Mammals.—the Character Which Has Been Most Extensively Studied Is Colour. This Is Inherited On Very Similar Lines In The Dog, Cat, Rabbit, Guinea-pig, Rat And Mouse. The Horse Somewhat Resembles These, But The Cow, Pig And Sheep Diverge Considerably. Albinism Is Always Recessive, Though Dominant Genes ...
Heredity
Heredity May Be Defined As "the Resemblance Between An Organism And Its Ancestors, In So Far As This Resemblance Is Not Due To Similarity Of Environment." Thus Rickets Is Not A Hereditary Disease, Yet A Rickety Father Is More Likely To Have Rickety Children Than The Average Man ; Because ...
Hereford
Hereford, City, Municipal Borough, And County Town Of Herefordshire, England, On The River Wye, 144 M. W.n.w. Of London By Rail. Pop. (1931) 24,159. Hereford (here F Ortuna) Was Founded After The Crossing Of The Severn By The West Saxons Early In The 7th Century, As A Settlement Near The ...
Herefordshire
Herefordshire, An Inland County Of England On The South Welsh Border, Bounded North By Shropshire, East By Worces Tershire, South By Monmouthshire And Gloucestershire, West By Radnorshire And Brecknockshire. The Area Is 839.6 Sq.m. The County Is Almost Wholly Drained By The Wye And Its Tributaries, But On The North ...
Herero
Herero, A Bantu-speaking People Inhabiting The Central Parts Of South West Africa. Predominantly A Pastoral People, They Practise A Little Agriculture. They Live In Small Household Groups Which Are Scattered Irregularly Over The Tribal Territory. They Have A Double Clan System, One Set (oruzo) With Patrilineal Descent, The Other (eanda) ...
Heresy
Heresy, In Its Primary Meaning Signifies An Act Of Choice, Whether Good Or Bad (cf. Lxx. In Gen. Xlix. 5; Lev. Xxii. 18, 21; Neh. Xii. 40; I Macc. Viii. 3o) ; It Is The English Equivalent Of The Greek A Ipeacs. From This Arose Its Later Meaning Of Personal ...
Hereward
Hereward, Styled "the Wake" (an Addition Of Later Days), An Englishman Famous For His Resistance To William The Conqueror. An Account Of His Possessions Given In The Domesday Book Proves That He Was A Tenant Of Peterborough Abbey, From Which He Held Lands At Witham-on-the-hill And Barholme-with Stow In The ...
Herford
Herford, A Town In The Prussian Province Of Westphalia, Situated At The Confluence Of The Werre And Aa, On The Minden And Cologne Railway, 9 M. N.e. Of Bielefeld, And At The Junction Of The Railway To Detmold. Pop. It Owes Its Origin To A Benedictine Nunnery, Said To Have ...
Heringsdorf
Heringsdorf, A Popular Seaside Resort In The Prussian Province Of Pomerania, On The North Coast Of The Island Of Use Dom, 5 M. By Rail N.w. Of Swinemiinde. It Is Surrounded By Beech Woods. Pop. (1925) 2,022. ...
Herington
Herington, A City Of Dickinson County, Kan., U.s.a., 75m. S.w. Of Topeka, On Federal Highways 5on And 77, And Served By The Missouri Pacific And The Rock Island Railways. The Population In 193o, Federal Census, Was 4,519. The City Was Set Tled About 1885 And Incorporated In 1887. ...
Heriot
Heriot, Originally The Arms And Equipment (0. E. Geatwa) Of A Soldier Or Army (here) . The Lord Of A Fee Provided His Ten Ant With Arms And A Horse, Either As A Gift Or Loan, Which He Was To Use In The Military Service Paid By Him. On The ...
Herisau
Herisau, The Largest Town In The Swiss Canton Of Appen Zell, Built On The Glatt Torrent, And By Rail 7 M. S.w. Of St. Gall Or 132 M. N.w. Of Appenzell. Pop. (193o) 13,599. The Lower Portion Of The Tower Of The Parish Church Dates From The 11 Th Century ...
Heritable Jurisdictions
Heritable Jurisdictions, In The Law Of Scotland, Grants Of Jurisdiction Made To A Man And His Heirs. They Included Civil And Criminal Jurisdictions, And Were A Usual Accompaniment Of Feudal Tenures. The Power Which They Conferred On Great Families Was Recognized As A Source Of Danger To The State, And ...
Herkimer
Herkimer, A Village Of New York, On The Mohawk River, 15 M. S.e. Of Utica; The County Seat Of Herkimer County. It Is Served By The New York Central Railroad. The Population Was 1o,45o In 192o (22.8% Foreign-born White) And Was 10,446 In 193o By The Federal Census. It Is ...