Hiddenite
Hiddenite, A Green Transparent Variety Of Spodumene (q.v.), Used As A Gem-stone. It Was Discovered By William Earl Hidden (1853-1918) At Stonypoint (now Called Hiddenite), Alex Ander Co., North Carolina. ...
Hide
Hide. This Word Can Most Accurately Be Rendered By The Phrase "family Land"; Originally It Denoted The Amount Of Land Necessary For The Support Of A Free Peasant Family. The Actual Amount Of Land Covered By This Term Is Still And Is Long Likely To Be A Matter Under Discussion. ...
Hides
Hides. This Term Is Generally Used To Describe The Pelts Taken From Cows, Steers, And Bulls Of The Bovine Species And Also The Pelts From Horses. The Pelts Of Other Animals Are Commonly Called Skins, Viz., Sheepskins, Goatskins, Calfskins, Etc. Hides Are Almost Entirely A By-product Of The Meat Industry, ...
Hiempsal
Hiempsal, The Name Of The Two Kings Of Numidia. For Hiempsal I. See Jugurtha. Hiempsal Ii. Was The Son Of Gauda, The Half-brother Of Jugurtha. In 81 He Was Driven From His Throne By The Numidians Themselves, Or By Hiarbas, Ruler Of Part Of The Kingdom, Supported By Cn. Domitius ...
Hierapolis
Hierapolis. 1. (arabic Manbij Or Mumbij) An Ancient Syrian Town Occupying One Of The Finest Sites In Northern Syria, In A Fertile District About 16 M. South-west Of The Confluence Of The Sajur And Euphrates. There Is Abundant Water Supply From Large Springs. The Place First Appears In Greek As ...
Hierarchy
Hierarchy, Priestly Government, A Term Commonly Used In Ecclesiastical Language To Denote The Graded Organization Of Angels Or Of The Clergy. The Word Iepapxia, Which Does Not Occur In Any Classical Greek Writer, Owes Its Present Extensive Currency To The Celebrated Writings Of The Pseudo-dionysius Areopagiticus. Of These The Most ...
Hieratic
Hieratic, Priestly Or Sacred (gr. Teparuan, Tepos, Sacred), A Term Applied To A Simplified Cursive Form Of Hieroglyphic In An Cient Egyptian Writing. The Name Was First Given By Champollion (see Egyptian Language). ...
Hiero I
Hiero I., The Brother Of Gelo, And Tyrant Of Syracuse From 478 To 467 B.c. During His Reign He Greatly Increased The Power Of Syracuse. He Removed The Inhabitants Of Naxos And Catana To Leontini, Peopled Catana (which He Renamed Aetna) With Dorians, Concluded An Alliance With Acragas (agrigentum), And ...
Hiero Ii
Hiero Ii., Tyrant Of Syracuse From 27o To 216 B.c., Was The Illegitimate Son Of A Syracusan Noble, Hierocles, Who Claimed Descent From Gelo. On The Departure Of Pyrrhus From Sicily (275) The Syracusan Army And Citizens Appointed Him Commander Of The Troops. He Materially Strengthened His Position By Marrying ...
Hierocles Of Alexandria
Hierocles Of Alexandria (fl. C. A.d. 430), A Neo Platonist, Was A Pupil Of Plutarch At Athens, And Taught For Some Years In His Native City. Banished From Alexandria, He Went To Constantinople, Where His Religious Opinions Led To His Imprison Ment. His Commentary On The Carmina Aurea Of Pythagoras, ...
Hieroglyphs
Hieroglyphs, Sacred Carvings, The Picture Characters Of Ancient Egyptian Writing, And Of Analogous Scripts Found In Crete, Asia Minor And Syria (hittite), The Sinai Peninsula, Etc. The Ancient Egyptian System Seems To Have Originated, Developed And Finally Expired Strictly Within The Limits Of The Nile Valley, Its Only Ascertained Offshoot ...
Hieronymites
Hieronymites, A Common Name For Certain Congrega Tions Of Hermits Living According To The Rule Of St. Augustine With Supplementary Regulations Taken From St. Jerome's Writings. The Most Important Of These Were The Spanish Hieronymites, Established Near Toledo In 13 74. They Possessed Some Of The Most Famous Monasteries In ...
Hieronymus Of Cardia
Hieronymus Of Cardia, Greek General And Histo Rian, Contemporary Of Alexander The Great. After The Death Of The King He Joined Eumenes. He Was Taken Prisoner By Antigonus, Who Pardoned Him And Appointed Him Superintendent Of The As Phalt Beds In The Dead Sea. Demetrius Poliorketes Made Him Polemarch Of ...
Hierro Or Ferro
Hierro Or Ferro, An Island Forming Part Of The Span Ish Archipelago Of The Canary Islands (q.v.). Pop. (1920) 8,344; Area 107 Sq.m. Hierro Is The Smallest Island Of The Group. Its Length Is About 18 M., Its Greatest Breadth About 15 M., And Its Circumference 5o M. It Lies ...
High Place
High Place, Is The Literal Translation Of The Heb. Bamah. This Rendering Is Etymologically Correct, As Appears From The Poetical Use Of The Plural But In Prose Bamah Is Always A Place Of Worship. It Has Been Surmised That It Was So Called Because The Places Of Worship Were Originally ...
High Point
High Point, A City Of Guilford County, North Carolina, U.s.a., In The Piedmont Region, At An Altitude Of 94oft., 99m. W. By N. Of Raleigh. It Is On Federal Highways 7o And 311, And Is Served By The Southern Railway System, And High Point, Randleman, Asheboro And Southern, The High ...
High Seas
High Seas, The Open Seas Or Those Parts Of The Sea Not Under The Dominion Of Any State. Claims Have At Times Been Made To Exclusive Dominion Over Large Areas Of The Sea As Well As Over Wide Margins, Such As Mom., 6om., Range Of Vision, Etc., From Land. The ...
High Speed Steel
High Speed Steel, A Tungsten-chromium Tool Steel Of Great Importance In Machining Various Grades Of Iron And Steel, Was Developed Almost Simultaneously By American And European Metallurgists. It Is The Outcome Of Significant Research By F. W. Taylor And Maunsel White. By The Taylor-white Method A Heat Treatment Was Developed ...
Higham Ferrers
Higham Ferrers, A Market Town And Municipal Borough Of Northamptonshire, England, On The Nene, 63 M. N.n.w. From London, On Branches Of The L.m.s. Railway. Pop. (1931) 2,928. Higham (hecham, Heccam, Hegham Ferers) Was A Large Village Before The Domesday Survey. It Was Then Held By William Peverel Of The ...
Highgate
Highgate, A Northern District Of London, England, Partly In The Borough Of St. Pancras, But Extending Into Middlesex. It Lies High (max. 426 Ft.). The Great North Road Passes Through Highgate, Which Is Supposed To Have Received Its Name From The Toll-gate Erected By The Bishop Of London When The ...
Highland Park
Highland Park, A Residential City Of Lake County, Ill., U.s.a., 23m. N. Of Chicago, On Lake Michigan. It Is Served By The Chicago And North Western And The Chicago, North Shore And Milwaukee Railways. The Population Was 6,167 In 1920, And Was 12,203 In 1930, Federal Census. ...
Highland Park_2
Highland Park, A City Of Wayne County, Michigan, Adjoining Detroit. The Population Was In 1920 (27% Foreign-born White) And Was In 1930 By The Federal Census. It Is A Residential And Industrial Suburb, With Automobile Factories Employing 43,00o Men. Its Total Factory Output In 1925 Was Valued At $390,249,842; And ...
Highness
Highness, Literally The Quality Of Being Lofty Or High, A Term Used, As Are So Many Abstractions, As A Title Of Dignity And Honour, To Signify Exalted Rank Or Station. These Abstractions Arose In Great Profusion In The Roman Empire, Both Of The East And West, And "highness" Is To ...
Highway
Highway. This Word, Which In England Is Used To Indi Cate Any Road Of Size And Importance, Has Been Specifically Applied To A Network Of National Roads In The United States With Which This Article Is Concerned. For The Law Of Highways See Law Of Highway, The. As European Peoples ...
Hilarius Or Hilarus
Hilarius Or Hilarus (d. 468), Bishop Of Rome From 461 To 468, Is Known To Have Acted As Legate Of Leo The Great At The "robber" Synod Of Ephesus In 449. There He So Vigorously Opposed The Condemnation Of Flavian Of Constantinople That He Was Thrown Into Prison, Whence He ...
Hilarius
Hilarius (}i. 1125), A Latin Poet Who Is Supposed To Have Been English. He Was A Pupil Of Abelard To Whom He Addressed A Copy Of Verses With Its Refrain In The Vulgar Tongue, "tort Avers Vos Li Mestre." Later Hilarius Made His Way To Angers. His Works Consist Chiefly ...
Hilary Term
Hilary Term, In England, The First Term Of Legal Admin Istration Held By The High Courts Of Justice. It Begins On Jan. Ii, And Follows The Custom Of Being Named According To The Festival Of The Saint Nearest The Date Of The Commencement Of The Term. It Is Also One ...
Hildburghausen
Hildburghausen, A Town Of Germany, In The Land Of Thuringia, Situated On The River Werra, 19 M. S.e. Of Meinin Gen, On The Railway Eisenach-coburg. Pop. (1925) 6,515. Hild Burghausen (in Records Hilpershusia And Villa Hilperti) Belonged In The 13th Century To The Counts Of Henneberg, From Whom It Passed ...
Hildebert Of Lavardin
Hildebert Of Lavardin (c. Arch Bishop Of Tours, Was Born At Lavardin, Near Vendome. He Was Probably A Pupil Of Berengarius Of Tours, And Became Master Of The School At Le Mans; In 1o91 He Was Made Archdeacon And In 1096 Bishop Of Le Mans. While He Was Absent In ...
Hilden
Hilden, A Town In The Prussian Rhine Province On The Itter, 9 M. S.e. Of Dusseldorf By Rail. Pop. (1933) 20,348. Its Manu Factures Include Silks, Calico-printing, Tanning, Machinery And Brick-making. ...
Hildesheim
Hildesheim, A Town And Episcopal See In The Prussian Province Of Hanover, At The North Foot Of The Harz Mountains, On The Right Bank Of The Innerste, 18 M. S.e. Of Hanover By Railway, And On The Main Line From Berlin, Via Magdeburg To Cologne. Pop. (1933) 62,50o. Hildesheim Owes ...
Hill
Hill, A Natural Elevation Of The Earth's Surface. The Word Was Formerly Applied To Mountains Of Any Height But Is Now Usually Confined To Fairly Low Elevations. ...
Hillah
Hillah, A Town In `iraq, About 6o M. South Of Baghdad, In 32° 28' N. And 44° 48' E. It Lies On The Hillah Branch Of The Eu Phrates, I I M. Below The Fork At Hindieh. The Population Is Estimated At 30,000, Mostly Shiah Arabs, But Includes A Number ...
Hillel Ii
Hillel Ii., One Of The Patriarchs Belonging To The Family Of Hillel I., Lived In Tiberias About The Middle Of The 4th Century, And Introduced The Arrangement Of The Calendar Through Which The Jews Of The Diaspora Became Independent Of Palestine In The Uniform Fixation Of The New Moons And ...
Hillel
Hillel (c. 7o B.c.c. A.d. I0), Jewish Rabbi, Was Of Baby Lonian Origin And Descended From The Family Of David. When About 40, He Went To Study In The Schools Of Shemaiah And Abtalion At Jerusalem. There He Became Numbered Among The Leaders Of The Pharisaic Scribes, And Tradition Assigns ...
Hillsboro
Hillsboro, A City Of Illinois, U.s.a., 5om. N.e. Of Saint Louis ; The County Seat Of Montgomery County. It Is Served By The Chicago And Eastern Illinois, The Big Four And The Illinois Trac Tion (electric) Railways. The Population In 192o Was It Was 4,435. Farming, Dairying And Coal-mining Are ...
Hillsboro_2
Hillsboro, A Village Of South-western Ohio, U.s.a., 48m. E. By N. Of Cincinnati; The County Seat Of Highland County. It Is On Federal Highway 5o, And Is Served By The Baltimore And Ohio And The Norfolk And Western Railways. The Population In 1920 Was 4,356; In 1930, 4,040. It Has ...
Hillsboro_3
Hillsboro, A City Of Texas, U.s.a., S5m. S. By E. Of Fort Worth; The County Seat Of Hill County. It Is On Federal Highway 81, And Is Served By The Missouri-kansas-texas, The St. Louis Southwestern And The Trinity And Brazos Valley Railways. The Population Was 6,952 In 192o (15% Negroes), ...
Hillsdale
Hillsdale, A City Of Southern Michigan, U.s.a., 90 M. W.s.w. Of Detroit ; County Seat Of Hillsdale County. It Is Served By The New York Central Railway. The Population Was 5,476 In 1920; 1930 It Was 5,896. It Is The Trading Centre And Shipping Point For A Rich Farming Region; ...
Hilversum
Hilversum, A Town In The Province Of North Holland, 18 M. By Rail S.e. Of Amsterdam. Pop. (1926) 47,510. It Is Situated In The Middle Of The Gooi, A Stretch Of Hilly Country Extending From The Zuider Zee To About 5 M. South Of Hilversum, And Composed Of Pine Woods ...
Himalaya
Himalaya, That Portion Of The Mountain Region Between India And Tibet Enclosed Within The Arms Of The Indus And The Brahmaputra, Having, Therefore, A Length Of 1,50o M., And A Width From Ioo To 15o Miles. North-west Of The Indus The Region Of Mountain Ranges Which Stretches To A Junction ...
Himera
Himera, An Ancient City On The North Coast Of Sicily, On A Hill Above The West Bank Of The Himeras Septentrionalis, South Of The Present Railway Station Of Buonforello 6 M. East Of Termini Imerese. It Was Founded In 648 B.c. By Chalcidian Inhabitants Of Zancle And Syracusan Exiles. Early ...
Himerius
Himerius (c. A.d. 315-386), Greek Sophist And Rhetorician, Was Born At Prusa In Bithynia. He Completed His Education At Athens, Whence He Was Summoned To Antioch In 362 By The Em Peror Julian To Act As His Private Secretary. After The Death Of Julian In The Following Year Himerius Returned ...
Hinckley
Hinckley, A Market Town Of Leicestershire, England,141 M. S.w. From Leicester By Rail, And Near The Ashby-de-la-zouch Canal. Pop. Of Urban District (1931) 16,030. The Church Of St. Mary Is A Decorated And Perpendicular Structure. The Ditch Of A Castle Erected By Hugh De Grentismenil In The Time Of William ...
Hincmar
Hincmar (c. 805-882), Archbishop Of Reims, Was Born Of Noble Parents And Received His Education At St. Denis Under The Direction Of Abbot Hilduin Who Brought Him In 822 To The Court Of The Emperor Louis The Pious. When Hilduin Was Disgraced In 830 For Supporting Lothair, Hincmar Accompanied Him ...
Hind
Hind, The Female Of The Red-deer, Usually Taken As Being Three Years Old And Over, The Male Being Known As A "hart." It Is Sometimes Applied To The Female Of Other Deer. In Scotland The "hind" Is A Farm Servant, With A Cottage On The Farm, And Duties And Responsibilities ...
Hindenburg Zabrze
Hindenburg (zabrze), A Town Of Germany, In The Extreme South-east Of Prussian Silesia, On The Railway Between Gleiwitz And Konigshiitte. Pop. 130,448. Like Other Towns In This Region, It Is An Important Manufacturing Centre, Having Coal-mines, Iron, Wire, Glass, Chemical Works, Breweries. Etc. ...
Hjalmar Hammarskjold
Hammarskjold, Hjalmar ), Swedish Statesman, Was Born At Tuna On Feb. 4, 1862. He Studied At Uppsala, Where In 1891 He Was Appointed Professor Of Civil Law. He Became Minister Of Justice In The Van Otter Cabinet, Holding This Post From 1901-02, When He Was Appointed President Of The Gota ...
Horatio Emmons Hale
Hale, Horatio Emmons American Ethnologist, Was Born In Newport, N.h., On May 3, 1817. He Was The Son Of David Hale, A Lawyer, And Of Sarah Josepha Hale (179o-1879), A Popular Poet, Who Is Supposed To Have Been The First To Suggest The National Observance Of Thanksgiving Day. The Son ...
Hugh Halkett
Halkett, Hugh, Freiherr Von (i 783-1863 ), British Soldier And General Of Infantry In The Hanoverian Service, Was The Second Son Of Major-general F. G. Halkett, And Served In India From 1 798 To I 8o 1, In Cathcart's Expeditions To Hanover, Rugen And Copenhagen, In The Peninsula In 1808-1809, ...
Hugh Reginald Haweis
Haweis, Hugh Reginald English Preacher And Writer, Was Born At Egham, Surrey, On April 3, 1838. On Leaving Trinity College, Cambridge, He Travelled In Italy And Served Under Garibaldi In 186o. On His Return To England He Was Ordained And Held Various Preferments. A Lively And Very Fashionable Preacher, He ...
Hugo Freiherr Von Habermann
Habermann, Hugo Freiherr Von German Painter, Was Born At Dillingen On June 15, 1849. He Studied At The Munich Academy Under Piloty, The Leading Repre Sentative Of The Realist School In Germany, From 1871 To 1878, And Afterwards Visited Italy, Paris And Brussels. Since 1905 He Has Been A Professor ...
Hugo Haase
Haase, Hugo (1863-1919), German Socialist Leader, Was Born On Sept. 29, 1863, At Allenstein In East Prussia. At The Outbreak Of The World War He Was Parliamentary Leader Of The Social Democratic Party In The Reichstag. As Early As 1915 He Demanded The Cessation Of The War, And In 1916 ...
Hugo Hildebrand Hildebrandssen
Hildebrandssen, Hugo Hildebrand (1838 1925). Swedish Meteorologist, Was Professor Of Meteorology And Director Of The Meteorological Institute At Upsala From 1878 To 1906. He Was An Associate Member Of The Comite Permanent International Meteorologique From 1882 To 1885, Ordinary Mem Ber From 1891 And General Secretary From 190o To 1907. ...
I Heel
Heel, (i) That Part Of The Foot In Man Which Is Situated Below And Behind The Ankle By Analogy, The Calcaneal Part Of The Tarsus In Other Vertebrates. The Heel Proper In Digitigrades And Ungulates Is Raised Off The Ground And Is Commonly Known As The "knee" Or "hock," While ...
Iamasa Hamasah
Iamasa (hamasah), The Name Of A Famous Arabian An Thology Compiled Habib Ibn Aus At-ta'i, Surnamed Abu Tam Mam. (see Abu Tammam.) The Collection Is So Called From The Title Of Its First Book, Containing Poems Descriptive Of Constancy And Valour In Battle, Patient Endurance Of Calamity, Steadfast Ness In ...
Ian Hay
Hay, Ian, Pen Name Of John Hay Beith (1876 ), British Novelist, Was Born At Rusholme, Near Manchester, On April 17, 1876, And Educated At Fettes College, Edinburgh, And St. John's College, Cambridge. At The Outbreak Of The World War He Joined The Argyll And Sutherland Highlanders, Loth Service Batt., ...
Ida Hahn Hahn
Hahn-hahn, Ida, Countess Von (1805-188o), German Author, Was Born At Tressow, Mecklenburg-schwerin, On June 22, 18o5, Daughter Of Count Karl Friedrich Von Hahn She Married In 1826 Her Wealthy Cousin Count Adolf Von Hahn Hahn. The Marriage Was Unhappy, And In 1829 She Procured A Divorce. The Countess Travelled, Produced ...
Inbreeding And Outbreeding
Inbreeding And Outbreeding In Numerous Animal And Plant Species Prolonged Inbreeding May Lead To The Production Of Defective And Sterile Individuals. When Members Of Two Inbred Lines Are Mated, There Is Usually A Considerable Gain In Vigour. But More Careful Work Has Shown That Inbreeding Is Not Always Harmful. Many ...
Inheritance Intestacy Succession
Inheritance; Intestacy; Succession, Etc. An Heir Apparent Is He Whose Right Of Inheritance Is Indefeasible, Provided He Outlives The Ancestor, E.g., An Eldest Or Only Son. Heir General, Or Heir At Law, He Who After The Death Of His Ances Tor Has, By Law, The Right To The Inheritance. Heir ...
Instruments
Instruments.) The First Mechanical Harmonic Analyzer Was Proposed By Lord Kelvin, Who Made Use Of An Integrator Invented By His Brother, J. Thomson. The Integrator Consists Of A Disc D, A Sphere S, And A Cylinder C, As Shown In Fig. 4. The Sphere Rolls Along A Diameter Of The ...
Isaac Hollister Hall
Hall, Isaac Hollister (1837-1896), American Ori Entalist, Was Born In Norwalk, Connecticut, On December 12, 1837. He Graduated At Hamilton College In 1859, Was A Tutor There In 1859-1863, Graduated At The Columbia Law School In 1865, Practised Law In New York City Until 1875 And In 1877 Taught In ...
Isaac Thomas Hecker
Hecker, Isaac Thomas American Roman Catholic Priest, The Founder Of The "paulist Fathers," Was Born In New York City, Of German Immigrant Parents, On Dec. 18, 1819. When Barely 12 Years Of Age, He Had To Go To Work, But He Studied At Every Opportunity. Isaac Was Deeply Religious, And ...
Istvan Stephen Gyongyosi
Gyongyosi, Istvan [stephen] (162o-1704), Hun Garian Poet, Was Born Of Poor But Noble Parents In The County Of Gomor, Hungary. His Abilities Early Attracted The Notice Of Count Ferencz Wesselenyi, Who In 164o Appointed Him To A Post Of Confidence In Fiilek Castle. Here He Remained Until 1653, When He ...
Izidor Guzmics
Guzmics, Izidor (i786-1839), Hungarian Theologian, Was Born On April 7, 1786, At Vamos-csalad. He Became A Bene Dictine, And After Studying At Pesth, In 1816 Settled At The Mon Astery At Pannonhegy, Where He Devoted Himself To Dogmatic Theology And Literature, And Contributed Largely To Hungarian Periodicals. In 1832 He ...
Jacob Handl
Handl, Jacob, Also Handl Or Hahnel (c. 1550 1591), German Composer, Was Born In Carniola About 155o. The Nickname Of Gallus, By Which He Was Generally Known, Was A Play On His Surname Hahnel, "little Cock." He Is Known To Have Been In The Service Of The Bishop Of Olmutz ...
Jacques Rene Hebert
Hebert, Jacques Rene 94) , French Revo Lutionist, Called "pere Duchesne," From His Newspaper, Was Born At Alencon, On Nov. 5 7. His Family Was Ruined By A Lawsuit And Hebert Came To Paris, Where He Endured Great Hardships. In 1790 He Attracted Attention By Some Pamphlets, And Became Prom ...
Jakob Christoph Heer
Heer, Jakob Christoph (1859-1925), A Prolific Swiss Novelist, Was Born At Toss (canton Zurich) On July 17, 1859, And Died On Aug. 20, 1925. After Some Experience As A Teacher And Editor, He Devoted Himself To Writing Romantic Novels, Chiefly Dealing With Swiss Life And Marked By A Certain Old-fashioned ...
James A Herne
Herne, James A. (originally Aherne) (184o-19o1), American Actor And Playwright, Was Born In Troy (n.y.) , And After Theatrical Experiences In Various Companies Produced His Own First Play, Hearts Of Oak, In 1878, And His Great Success, Shore Acres, In 1882. His Humour And Pathos Found Their Proper Setiing In ...
James Barry Munnik Hertzog
Hertzog, James Barry Munnik ), South African Politician, Was Born At Wellington, Cape Colony, April 3, 1866. Educated At Victoria College, Stellenbosch And Am Sterdam University, He Became A Judge In The Orange Free State In 1895, And Served Through The South African War Of 1899-02. He Voted Against Peace ...
James Douglas
James Douglas (1658-1712), 4th Duke Of Hamilton And Duke Of Brandon (cr. 171i), Eldest Son Of The Preceding And Of Duchess Anne, Succeeded His Mother, Who Resigned The Dukedom To Him In 1698. On Nov. 15, 1712 He Fought The Duel With Charles, Lord Mohun, Narrated In Thackeray's Esmond, In ...
James Guthrie Harbord
Harbord, James Guthrie ), American Soldier, Was Born At Bloomington, Ill., March 21, 1866. He Grad Uated From The Kansas State Agricultural College, Manhattan, Kan., Taking The Degree Of B.s. In 1886. He Joined The 4th Infantry In 1889 And Was Commissioned In The Cavalry In 1891. Serving In The ...
James Hadley
Hadley, James (1821-1872), American Scholar, Was Born March 3o, 1821, In Fairfield (n.y.) . He Graduated From Yale In 1842, Studied In The Theological Department Of Yale, And In 1844-45 Was A Tutor In Middlebury College. Then At Yale He Was Tutor, Assistant Professor, And Professor Of Greek, From 1851 ...
James Hall
Hall, James (1793-1868), American Judge And Man Of Letters, Was Born Aug. 19, 1793. Perhaps The Most Zealous Worker For Adequate Treatment Of The Early West In Literature, Hall Was Nevertheless Not A Native Of This Section. He Was Born In Philadel Phia, Studied Law In The East And Took ...
James Hall_2
Hall, James (1811-1898), American Geologist And Palae Ontologist, Was Born At Hingham, Mass., On Sept. 12, 181 I . Ex Treme Poverty Was The Lot Of His Family, And He Acquired Through His Own Efforts His Early Education, Which Was, However, Sufficiently Complete To Prepare Him For Admission To ...
James Halyburton
Halyburton, James (1518-1589), Scottish Reformer, Was One Of The Lords Of The Congregation In 1557, And Commanded The Contingents Sent By Forfar And Fife Against The Queen Regent In 1559. He Took Part In The Defence Of Edinburgh, And In The Battles Of Langside (1568) And Restalrig (1571), Where He ...
James Hamilton Hamilton
Hamilton, James Hamilton, 1st Duke Of (1606 1649), Scottish Nobleman, Son Of James, 2nd Marquess Of Hamil Ton, And Of The Lady Anne Cunningham, Daughter Of The Earl Of Glencairn, Was Born On June 19, 1606. As The Descendant And Representative Of James Hamilton, Ist Earl Of Arran, Whose Mother ...
James Hamilton
Hamilton, James (1769-1831), English Educationist, And Author Of The Hamiltonian System Of Teaching Languages, Was Born In 1769. He Went In 1814 To America, Intending To Become A Farmer And Manufacturer Of Potash; But, Changing His Plan Before He Reached His "location," He Started As A Teacher In New York. ...
James Hannen Hannen
Hannen, James Hannen, Baron English Judge, Was Born At Peckham In 1821, And Educated At St. Paul's And At Heidelberg University. Called To The Bar In 1848, He Rapidly Made His Name Both In His Own Profession And In Journalism. In 1868 Hannen Was Appointed Judge Of The Court Of ...
James Hannington
Hannington, James (1847-1885), English Mission Ary, Was Born At Hurstpierpoint, Sussex, On Sept. 3, 1847, And Was Educated At St. Mary's Hall, Oxford. He Was Curate In Charge At Hurstpierpoint When His Thoughts Were Turned To Mission Work By The Murder Of Two Missionaries On The Shores Of Victoria Nyanza. ...
James Hargreaves
Hargreaves, James English Industrial Chemist, Was Born At Hoarstones, Pendle Forest. He Received His Early Instruction In Chemistry From His Father Who Was A Chemist And Druggist. Hargreaves's Ability In Devising New Chemical Processes May Be Gathered From The Fact That He Obtained More Than 200 British And Foreign Patents ...
James Harrington Or Harington
Harrington Or Harington, James English Political Philosopher, Was Born In January 1611, The Son Of Sir Sapcotes Harrington Of Rand, Lincolnshire, And Great-nephew Of The First Lord Harington Of Exton (d. 1615) . In -1629 He Entered Trinity College, Oxford, As A Gentleman Commoner. One Of His Tutors Was The ...
James Henry Hackett
Hackett, James Henry (1800-71), American Actor, Was Born In New York. In 1826 He Went On The Stage, Where He Soon Established A Reputation As A Player Of Eccentric Character Parts. As Falstaff He Was No Less Successful In England Than In America. At Various Times He Went Into Management, ...
James Henry
Henry, James (1798-1876), Irish Classical Scholar, Was Born In Dublin On Dec. 13, 1798 And Died On July 14, 1876. His Chief Publication Was The Aeneidea (1873-92), Of Which Only The Notes On The First Book Were Published During The Author's Life Time. As A Textual Critic Henry Was Exceedingly ...
James J Hill
Hill, James J. American Railway Capitalist, Was Born Near Guelph (ont.), Canada, Sept. 16, 1838, And Attended Rockwood (ont.) Academy, A Quaker Institution. In 1856 He Settled In St. Paul (minn.). He Became A Clerk In The Office Of A Firm Of River Steamboat Agents And Shippers, And Later Was ...
James Keir Hardie
Hardie, James Keir (1856-1915), British Labour Leader, Was Born On Aug. 15, 1856, At Legbrannock, Lanarkshire. His Early Life Was One Of Great Hardship ; He Was Employed In The Mines From The Age Of Ten. Originally A Liberal In Politics, He Started, With Some Friends, In 1887 The Miner, ...
James Orchard Halliwell Phillips
Halliwell-phillips, James Orchard (1820 1889), English Shakespearian Scholar, Son Of Thomas Halli Well, Was Born In London June 21, 1820 And Educated Privately And At Jesus College, Cambridge. In 1839 He Edited Sir John Man Deville's Travels; In 1842 Published An Account Of The European Mss. In The Chetham Library, ...
James Rendel Harris
Harris, James Rendel ), English Scholar, Born At Plymouth, Studied At Close College, Cambridge, Of Which He Became A Fellow. He Held Professorships At Johns Hopkins University And At Haverford College, U.s.a., From 1882 To 1892, Was Then Professor Of Palaeography (1893-1903) At Cambridge, Spent A Year At Leyden As ...
Jan Davidsz Van Or
Heem, Jan Davidsz Van Or Johannes De (c. 1600c. 1683), Dutch Painter. He Was, If Not The First, Cer Tainly The Greatest Painter Of Still Life In Holland. Sometimes De Heem Painted Alone, Sometimes In Company With Men Of His School, Madonnas Or Portraits Surrounded By Festoons Of Fruit Or ...
Jan Frederik Helmers
Helmers, Jan Frederik (1767-1813), Dutch Poet, Was Born At Amsterdam On March 7, 1767. His Poems (2 Vols., 18o9io), But Especially His Great Work De Hollandsche Natie (1812), A Poem In Six Cantos Directed Against Napoleon, Created Great Enthusiasm. Helmers Died At Amsterdam On Feb. 26, 1813. ...
Jan Van Der Heyden
Heyden, Jan Van Der (1637-1712), The Dutch Painter, Was Born At Gorcum In 1637, And Died At Amsterdam On March 28, 1712. He Was An Architectural Landscape Painter. According To Houbraken He Was First Apprenticed To A Glass Painter. There Is No Evidence To Show Who Was His Master. What ...
Jane Ellen Harrison
Harrison, Jane Ellen (1850-1928), English Scholar, Was Born At Cottenham, Yorkshire, On Sept. 9, 185o, And Was Edu Cated At Cheltenham College And Newnham College, Cambridge. She Took A Place In The Moral Sciences Tripos Equivalent To The Sec Ond Place. Her Life-work Was Done In Art And Archaeology. She ...
Jane Haring
Haring, Jane ), French Actress, Whose Real Name Was Jeanne Alf Redine Tref Ouret, Was Born On Nov. 25, 1864, At Marseilles, Where Her Father Was An Actor At The Gym Nase. She Was Trained At The Local Conservatoire And Was En Gaged In 1873 For The Theatre At Algiers, ...
Jasper Heywood
Heywood, Jasper Son Of John Heywood (q.v.), Who Translated Into English Three Plays Of Seneca, The Troas (i559), The Thyestes (156o) And Hercules Furens (1561) . He Died At Naples On Jan. 9, 1598. His Translations Of Seneca Were Supplemented By Other Plays Contributed By Alexander Neville, Thomas Nuce, John ...
Jean Baptiste Van Helmont
Helmont, Jean Baptiste Van Bel Gian Chemist, Physiologist And Physician, Was Born At Brussels In 1577. (an Alternative Date For His Birth Is 1579 And For His Death 1635; See Bull. Roy. Aced. Belg., 1907.) He Was Educated At Louvain, And, After Ranging From One Science To Another, Turned To ...
Jean Hardouin
Hardouin, Jean 29), French Classical Scholar, Was Born At Quimper In Brittany. About The Age Of 16 He Was Ad Mitted Into The Order Of The Jesuits. He Eventually Became Li Brarian Of The College Louis Le Grand In Paris, And Died There On Sept. 3, 1729. He Edited Pliny's ...
Jean Jacques Henner
Henner, Jean Jacques (1829-1905), French Painter, Was Born On March 5, 1829, At Bernweiler (alsace), The Son Of A Peasant. He First Studied At Altkirch In 1841. In 1844 He Worked At Strasbourg Under Gabriel Guerin, And In 1846 He Entered The Ecole Des Beaux Arts In Paris Under M. ...
Jean Louis Hamon
Hamon, Jean Louis (1821-1874), French Painter, Was Born At Plouha On May 5, 1821. In The Year 1848 He Made His Appearance At The Salon With "le Tombeau Du Christ" (musee De Marseille). "la Comedie Humaine," Which He Exhibited In 1852 At The Salon Turned The Tide Of His Fortune, ...
Jean Marie Guyau
Guyau, Jean Marie (1854-1888), French Philosopher, Was Born On Oct. 28, 1854, At Laval And Died On March 31, 1888, At Mentone. Ill-health Required Him To Resign His Professorship At The Lycee Condorcet And To Live In The French Sudan Where He Devoted Himself To Questions Of Aesthetics, Ethics And ...
Jeanne Hachette
Hachette, Jeanne, French Heroine. Jeanne Laine, Or Fourquet, Called Jeanne Hachette, Was Born About 1454, And Is Known Solely For An Act Of Heroism Which On June 27, 1472, Saved Beauvais When It Was On The Point Of Being Taken By The Troops Of Charles The Bold, Duke Of Burgundy. ...