Jeanne Marie Bouvier De
Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvier De La Mothe 7 I 7 ), French Quietist Writer, Was Born Of Good Family At Montargis On April 13, 1648. She Attended Various Convent Schools, And In 1664 Married A Rich Invalid Of The Name Of Guyon, Many Years Her Senior. Twelve Years Later He ...
Jens Andersen Hansen
Hansen, Jens Andersen (1806-18 7 7 ), Danish Poli Tician, Was Born On Jan. 7, 1806, At Odense. He Was A Master Shoemaker, But Later Became The Editor Of The Weekly Democratic Paper Almuevennen (1842), And Of The Morgenposten (1856-64). In 1849 He Became The Leader Of The Liberal Peasants ...
Joel Chandler Harris
Harris, Joel Chandler American Author, Was Born In The Vicinity Of Eatonton, Putnam County (ga.), Dec. 9, 1848. As Apprentice On A Weekly Plantation Paper Near His Home, He Obtained The Real Basis For His Later Work. Later He Continued His Newspaper Work At Macon, New Orleans, Forsyth (ga.) And ...
Johan Gyllenstjerna
Gyllenstjerna, Johan, Count (1635-168o), Swedish Statesman, Began His Political Career At The Diet Which As Sembled On The Death Of Charles X. (166o) . An Aristocrat By Birth And Inclination, He Was Nevertheless A True Patriot And Demanded The Greatest Sacrifices From His Own Order In The National Interests. He ...
Johan Ludvig Heiberg
Heiberg, Johan Ludvig (1791-186o), Danish Poet And Critic, Son Of The Political Writer Peter Andreas Heiberg (1758 1 841), And Of The Novelist, Afterwards The Baroness Gyllembourg Ehrensvard (q.v.), Was Born At Copenhagen On Dec. 14, 1791. In 1800 His Father Was Exiled And Settled In Paris, Where He Was ...
Johan Van Heemskerk
Heemskerk, Johan Van Dutch Poet, Born At The Hague On Feb. 27, 1597. He Was Educated At Bayonne, And At The University Of Leyden In 1617. In 1621 He Went Abroad. He Settled In 1640 In Amsterdam Where He Died On Feb. 27, 1656. For The Last 12 Years Of ...
Johann Adam I Hiller
Hiller, Johann Adam (i , German Musical Composer, Was Born Near Gorlitz, In Silesia, On Dec. 25, 1728. He Studied Law At Leipzig, But Adopted Music As A Profession. In 1789 He Became Cantor Of The Thomasschule, And Died At Leipzig, Where Practically The Whole Of His Life Was Spent, ...
Johann Adolph Hasse
Hasse, Johann Adolph (1699-1783), German Musi Cal Composer, Was Born At Bergedorf Near Hamburg, On March 25, 1699. After Singing In A Travelling Operatic Company And At The Court Theatre Of Brunswick, He Made His Debut As A Composer At That Theatre With The Opera Antigonus. Afterwards He Went To ...
Johann Christian Gunther
Gunther, Johann Christian Ger Man Poet, Was Born At Striegau, Lower Silesia, On April 8, He Studied Medicine At Wittenberg; But He Was Idle And Dissipated And Came To A Complete Rupture With His Family. In 1717 He Went To Leipzig, Where He Was Befriended By J. B. Mencke 2 ...
Johann Christoph Frie Drich
Guts-muths, Johann Christoph Frie Drich (1759-1839), German Teacher And The Principal Founder Of The German School System Of Gymnastics, Was Born At Qued Linburg On Aug. 9, And Died On May 31, 1839. It Was Chiefly Through His Books On The Subject That Gymnastics Came To Occupy Such An Important ...
Johann Friedrich Herbart
Herbart, Johann Friedrich (17 , Ger Man Philosopher And Educationist, Was Born At Oldenburg On May 4, 1776. After Studying Under Fichte At Jena He Tutored In Switzer Land Where He Met Pestalozzi. He Lectured At Gottingen In 1805, Whence He Removed In 1809 To Occupy The Chair Formerly Held ...
Johann Friedrich Ludwig Hausmann
Hausmann, Johann Friedrich Ludwig (1782-1859), German Mineralogist, Was Born At Hanover On Feb. 22, 1782. He Was Educated At Gottingen, And In 1811 Returned There As Professor, Holding His Chair For Over 4o Years. Hausmann Wrote On Gypsum, Pyrites, Felspar, Tachylite, Cordierite And On Some Eruptive Rocks, And He Devoted ...
Johann Georg Hamann
Hamann, Johann Georg German Writer On Philosophy And Theology, Was Born At Konigsberg, Prussia On Aug. 27, 1730, Of Poor Parents. During His Restless Life He Experienced Poverty And Profound Mental Struggles. In 1767 He Was Made Translator In The .konigsberg Office, And Ten Years Later Became A Storekeeper In ...
Johann Gottfried Jakob Hermann
Hermann, Johann Gottfried Jakob 1848), German Classical Scholar And Philologist, Was Born At Leipzig On Nov. 28, 1772. He Studied At Leipzig University, And Spent His Life There As Lecturer And Professor, Dying On Dec. 31, 1848. As Leader Of The School That Held Linguistic Studies To Be The Sole ...
Johann Gottfried Von Herder
Herder, Johann Gottfried Von German Poet And Philosopher, Was Born At Mohrungen, East Prussia, On Aug. Of Poor Parents. The Hardships Of His Early Years Drove Him To Introspection And To Communion With Nature, And Thus Favoured A More Than Proportionate Development Of The Sentimental And Poetic Side Of His ...
Johann Gottlieb Heineccius
Heineccius, Johann Gottlieb 741), German Jurist, Was Born On Sept. 11, 1681, At Eisenberg, Alten Burg, And Died At Halle, Where He Was Professor Of Law, On Aug. 31, 1741. Heineccius Endeavoured To Treat Law As A Rational Sci Ence, And Not Merely As An Empirical Art Whose Rules Had ...
Johann Gutenberg
Gutenberg, Johann (c. 1398-1468), German Printer, Is Supposed To Have Been Born C. At Mainz Of Well-to Do Parents, His Father Being Friele Zum Gensfleisch And His Mother Elsgen Wyrich (or, From Her Birthplace, Zu Gutenberg, The Name He Adopted) . The Family Appears To Have Been Expelled From Mainz ...
Johann Heinrich Heidegger
Heidegger, Johann Heinrich Swiss Theologian, Was Born At Barentschweil, In The Canton Of Zurich, Switzerland, On July I, 1633. After Studying In Germany He Settled In 1665 In Zurich, Where He Was Successively Professor Of Moral Philosophy And Of Theology. He Died There On Jan. 18, 1698. Heidebger Was The ...
Johann Jakob Herzog
Herzog, Johann Jakob German Protestant Theologian, Was Born At Basle On Sept. 12, 1805. He Died On Sept. 3o, 1882, At Erlangen, Where He Had Been Professor Of Church History From 1854 To 1877. He Prepared The Realency Klopadie F Iir Protestantische Theologie And Kirche 22 Vols.), Of Which He ...
Johann Jakob Wilhelm Heinse
Heinse, Johann Jakob Wilhelm German Author, Was Born Near Ilmenau In Thuringia On Feb. 16, As A Law-student At Erfurt He Became Acquainted With Wieland And Through Him With "father" Gleim, Who In 1772 Procured Him The Post Of Tutor In A Family At Quedlinburg. In He Went To Dusseldorf, ...
Johannes Carsten Hauch
Hauch, Johannes Carsten Danish Poet, Was Born Of Danish Parents At Frederikshald, Norway, On May 12, 1790. In 1803 He Returned With His Father To Denmark And Served As A Volunteer Against The English In 1807 Before He Entered The University Of Copenhagen. He Became The Friend And Associate Of ...
Johannes Franz Hartmann
Hartmann, Johannes Franz (1865-1936), Ger Man Astronomer, Was Born At Erfurt On Jan. Ii, 1865. From 1886 91 He Studied Mathematics In Tubingen, Berlin And Leipzig. In 1891 He Was Appointed Assistant In Leipzig Observatory. In 1909 He Became Professor Of Astronomy And Director Of The Observatory In Gottingen, And ...
Johannes Georg Hagen
Hagen, Johannes Georg German Astronomer, Was Born At Bregenz On March 6, 1847. He Was Educated At Feldkirch, Ditton Hall, Munster And Bonn ; And Be Came Director Of Georgetown Observatory, Washington, D.c. He Left There In 1906. From Then On He Was Director Of The Observa Tory Of The ...
Johannes Hubertus Leonhardus De
Haas, Johannes Hubertus Leonhardus De (1832-1908), Dutch Animal Painter, Was Born At Hedel In North Brabant On March 25, 1832. He Was A Pupil Of Van Oos At Haarlem, And Settled In Brussels In 1857. His Pictures Of Cattle Grazing In Flat Pastureland Under Soft, Dull Skies Are In The ...
John Grier Hibben
Hibben, John Grier (1861-1933), American Educator, Was Born At Peoria (ill.) , On April I G, 1861. He Graduated At Princeton University In 1882 ; Was A Student At Princeton Theo Logical Seminary From 1883 To 1886; And Later Studied At Berlin. In 1887 He Was Ordained A Minister In ...
John Gurwood
Gurwood, John British Soldier, Entered The Army In 1808. He Served Through The Peninsular War, Distin Guishing Himself At Ciudad Rodrigo (1812), And As Brigade-major Of Lambert's Brigade Of The 6th Infantry Division In All The Im Portant Actions Of 1813-14. He Then Served Under The Prince Of Orange In ...
John Hales Or Hayles
Hales Or Hayles, John (d. 1571), English Writer And Politician, Was A Son Of Thomas Hales Of Hales Place, Halden, Kent. He Wrote His Highway To Nobility About And Was The Founder Of A Free School At Coventry For Which He Wrote Introductiones Ad Grammaticam. Hales, Who Was M.p. For ...
John Hales
Hales, John (1584-1656), English Scholar, Frequently Referred To As "the Ever Memorable," Was Born At Bath On April 19, 1584, Educated At Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Elected A Fellow Of Merton In 1605, And In 1612 Appointed Public Lecturer On Greek. In 1618 He Went To Holland, As Chaplain To ...
John Hamilton
Hamilton, John (c. 1511-1571), Scottish Prelate And Politician, Natural Son Of James Hamilton, 1st Earl Of Arran, Be Came A Monk And Abbot Of Paisley. After Studying In Paris He Returned To Scotland, Where, Under His Half-brother, The Regent Arran, He Was Made Keeper Of The Privy Seal , Bishop ...
John Hampden
Hampden, John (c. 1595-1643), English Statesman, The Eldest Son Of William Hampden, Of Great Hampden In Buck Inghamshire, Where The Family Is Said To Have Been Established Before The Conquest, And Of Elizabeth, Second Daughter Of Sir Henry Cromwell, And Aunt Of Oliver, The Future Protector, Was Educated At The ...
John Hampden_2
Hampden, John (c. 1656-1696), The Second Son Of Richard Hampden (1631-1695), Returned To England Of Ter Resid Ing For About Two Years In France, And Joined Himself To Lord William Russell And Algernon Sidney And The Party Opposed To The Arbitrary Government Of Charles Ii. With Russell And Sidney He ...
John Hancock
Hancock, John (1737-1793), American Revolutionary Statesman, Was Born In That Part Of Braintree, Mass., Now Known As Quincy, On Jan. 23, 1737. After Graduating At. Harvard In He Entered The Mercantile House Of His Uncle, Thomas Hancock Of Boston, Who Had Adopted Him, And On Whose Death, In 1764, He ...
John Hanson
Hanson, John American Patriot, Was Born In Charles County, Md., On Apr. 3, 1715, And Educated In Eng Land. He Became A Political Leader Of Note In Maryland, Serving In The House Of Delegates, 1 7 5 7-81, Upon Many Important Com Mittees During The Revolutionary War, And As A ...
John Hardyng Or Harding
Hardyng Or Harding, John 78-1465), Chronicler, Was Born In The North, And As A Boy Entered The Service Of Sir Henry Percy (hotspur), With Whom He Was Present At The Battle Of Shrewsbury 0403). He Then Passed Into The Service Of Sir Robert Umfraville, Under Whom He Was Constable Of ...
John Harris
Harris, John (c. 1666-1719), English Writer. He Is Best Known As The Editor Of The Lexicon Technicum, Or Dictionary Of The Arts And Sciences (1704), Which Ranks As The Earliest Of The Long Line Of English Encyclopaedias, And As The Compiler Of The Collection Of Voyages And Travels Which Passes ...
John Harrison
Harrison, John (1693-1776), English Horologist, Was The Son Of A Carpenter, And Was Born At Foulby, Near Pontefract. In 1715 He Made A Clock With Wooden Wheels, Which Is In The Patent Museum At South Kensington, And In 1726 He Devised His Ingenious "gridiron Pendulum," Which Maintains Its Length Un ...
John Hawkesworth
Hawkesworth, John (c. English Mis Cellaneous Writer, Succeeded Samuel Johnson In 1744 As Compiler Of The Parliamentary Debates For The Gentleman's Magazine, And From 1746 To 1749 Contributed Poems Signed Greville, Or H. Gre Ville, To That Journal. In Company With Johnson And Others He Started A Periodical Called The ...
John Hay
Hay, John (1838-1905 ), American Statesman And Author, Was Born At Salem, Ind., On Oct. 8, 1838. He Graduated At Brown University In 1858, Studied Law In The Office Of Abraham Lincoln, Was Admitted To The Bar In Springfield, Ill., In 1861, And Soon Afterwards Was Selected By President Lincoln ...
John Hays Hammond
Hammond, John Hays American Min Ing Engineer, Was Born In San Francisco (calif.), On March 31, 1855. He Studied At The Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University Until 1876, And Afterwards Took A Course At The Royal School Of Mines, Freiburg, Saxony. In 188o He Was Engaged In The U.s. Geological ...
John Heathcoat
Heathcoat, John (1783-1861), English Inventor, Was Born At Duffield Near Derby On Aug. 7, 1783, And Was Appren Ticed To A Framesmith. In 1808 He Constructed An Extremely Com Plicated Machine, Capable Of Producing An Exact Imitation Of Real Pillow-lace. A Mill At Loughborough For The Exploitation Of The New ...
John Henderson
Henderson, John English Actor, Of Scot Tish Descent, Was Born In London. He Made His First Appearance On The Stage At Bath On Oct. 6, 1772 As Hamlet. His Success In This And Other Shakespearian Parts Led To His Being Called The "bath Roscius." He Appeared At The Haymarket, London, ...
John Henley
Henley, John , English Clergyman, Com Monly Known As "orator Henley," Was Born On Aug. 3, 1692, At Melton Mowbray, Where His Father Was Vicar. He Graduated From St. John's College, Oxford, And, After Holding Various Cures, Was Presented In 1723 To The Rectory Of Chelmondiston, Suffolk; But Residence Being ...
John Hill
Hill, John (c. Called From His Swedish Honours, "sir" John Hill, English Author, Edited The British Maga Zine (1746-50), And For Two Years (1751-53) Wrote A Daily Letter, "the Inspector," For The London Advertiser And Literary Gazette. He Also Produced Novels, Plays And Scientific Works. He Was Involved In Many ...
John Hilton
Hilton, John (1804-1878), British Surgeon, Was Born At Castle Hedingham, In Essex, In 1804. He Entered Guy's Hospital In 1824, And Was Connected With The Hospital All His Life. In 1867 He Was President Of The Royal College Of Surgeons. As Arris And Gale Professor (1859-62) He Delivered A Course ...
John Lawrence Le Breton
Hammond, John Lawrence Le Breton ), British Author And Journalist, Was Educated At Bradford Grammar School And St. John's College, Oxford. He Was Editor Of The Speaker From 1899 To 1906, When He Joined The Staff Of The Tribune As Leaderwriter. In 1907 He Was Appointed Secretary To The Civil ...
John Liptrot Hatton
Hatton, John Liptrot (1809-1886), English Musi Cal Composer, Was Born At Liverpool On Oct. 12, 1809. He Was Virtually A Self-taught Musician, And Found His Way To London As A Member Of Macready's Company At Drury Lane In 1832. Ten Years After This He Was Appointed Conductor At The Same ...
John Marshall Harlan
Harlan, John Marshall American Jurist, Was Born In Boyle County (ky.), On June I, 1833. He Graduated From Centre College, Danville (ky.), In 1850, And At The Law Department Of Transylvania University, Lexington, In 1853. He Was County Judge Of Franklin County In 1858-59, Was An Unsuccessful Candidate For Congress ...
John Maxwell Herries
Herries, John Maxwell, 4th Lord (c. Scottish Politician, Was The Second Son Of Robert Maxwell, 4th Lord Maxwell (d. 1546). In He Married Agnes (d. Daughter Of William Herries, 3rd Lord Herries (d. , And In 1567 He Obtained The Title Of Lord Herries. Maxwell Had Become Prominent Among The ...
John Parker Hale
Hale, John Parker (1806-1873), American States Man, Was Born At Rochester, N.h., On March 31, 1806. He Graduated At Bowdoin College In 1827 And Was Admitted To The New Hampshire Bar In 183o. In 1843-45 He Was A Democratic Member Of The National House Of Representatives. In Jan. He Refused ...
John Scott Haldane
Haldane, John Scott English Scien Tist, Was Born In Edinburgh In 186o, And Educated At Edinburgh Academy And At The Universities Of Edinburgh And Jena. From 1885 He Was Engaged On Scientific Investigation And Teaching, And Was Honorary Professor And Director Of The Mining Research Labora Tory Of Birmingham University, ...
John
John, 1st Marquess Of Hamilton (c. 1542-1604), Third Son Of James Hamilton, 2nd Earl Of Arran (q.v.) And Duke Of Chatel Lerault, Was Given The Abbey Of Arbroath In 1551. In Politics He Was Largely Under The Influence Of His Unscrupulous Younger Brother Claud, Afterwards Baron Paisley (see Hamilton) . ...
Join Heywood
Heywood, Join (b. 1497), English Dramatist, Known To His Contemporaries As "merry John Heywood," Was Probably The Son Of William Heywood, Who Was Coroner Of Coventry In 15o5 O6. In 1519 John Heywood Was In Receipt Of A Quarterly Payment In The King's Music Book As "player Of The Virginals," ...
Jonas Hallgrimsson
Hallgrimsson, Jonas (1807-1844), The Chief Lyrical Poet Of Iceland, Was Born In 1807 At Steinsstabir In Eyjaf In The North Of That Island, And Educated At The Famous School Of Bessastabr And At. The University Of Copenhagen. He Went To Iceland On A Geological Mission (1837-42) From The Dan Ish ...
Jonas Hanway
Hanway, Jonas English Traveller And Philan Thropist, Was Born At Portsmouth On Aug. 12, 1712. In 1743 He Became A Partner With Dingley, A Merchant In St. Petersburg. He Travelled Across Russia To Persia Where He Suffered Many Hardships And Difficulties. Hanway Returned In 175o To London, Where He Died ...
Jonathan Scott Hartley
Hartley, Jonathan Scott Ameri Can Sculptor, Was Born At Albany, N.y., On Sept. 23, 1845. He Was A Pupil Of E. D. Palmer, New York, And Of The Schools Of The Royal Academy, London; He Later Studied For A Year In Berlin And For A Year In Paris. He Devoted ...
Jose Hernandez
Hernandez, Jose (1834-1886), Argentine Poet, Was Born Near Buenos Aires, On Nov. 1o, 1834, Of Distinguished Line Age. His Youth Was Spent On The Pampas, But After The Overthrow Of Rosas In 1852, He Took An Active Interest In The National Re Habilitation And Held Numerous Posts In The Provincial ...
Jose Maria De Heredia
Heredia, Jose Maria De (1842-1905), French Poet, The Modern Master Of The French Sonnet, Was Born At Fortuna Cafeyere, Near Santiago De Cuba, Being In Blood Part Spanish Creole And Part French. At The Age Of Eight He Came From The West Indies To France, And Received His Classical Education ...
Jose Maria Heredia Y
Heredia Y Campuzano, Jose Maria (1803 1839), Cuban Poet, Was Born At Santiago De Cuba On Dec. 31, 1803, Studied At The University Of Havana, And Was Called To The Bar In 1823. In 1823 He Was Arrested On A Charge Of Conspiracy Against The Spanish Government, And Was Sentenced ...
Joseph Aloysius Hansom
Hansom, Joseph Aloysius English Architect And Inventor, Was Born In York On Oct. 26, 1803, And Died In London On June 29, 1882. He Went From His Father's Joinery Shop To Be Articled To An Architect In York. In 1831 His Designs For The Birmingham Town Hall Were Accepted And ...
Joseph Gwilt
Gwilt, Joseph (1784-1863), English Architect And Writer On Architecture, Was Born At Southwark On Jan. 11, 1784, And Died At Henley-on-thames On Sept. 14, 1863. His Most Valuable Work Is His Encyclopaedia Of Architecture (1842) . He Also Wrote On Philology And Music. His Principal Buildings Were Markree Castle, Near ...
Joseph Hall
Hall, Joseph English Bishop And Satirist, Was Born At Bristow Park, Near Ashby De La Zouch, Leicestershire, On July 1, 1574. He Was Sent (1589) To Emmanuel College, Cam Bridge, Where He Wrote His Virgidemiarum Satires Written After Latin Models. The Claim He Put Forward In The Prologue To Be ...
Joseph Hammer Purgstall
Hammer-purgstall, Joseph, Freiherr Von (1774-1856), Austrian Orientalist, Was Born At Graz On June 9, 1774. Entering The Diplomatic Service In 1796, He Held A Series Of Appointments In The Near East. He Retired From The Service In 1835, And Died At Vienna On Nov. 23, 1856. For 5o Years Hammer-purgstall ...
Joseph Henry
Henry, Joseph (1i97-1878), American Physicist And Scientific Administrator, Was Born In Albany, N.y., On Dec. 17, Of Scottish Ancestry. Henry Attended A Country District School To The Age Of 13; Showing Little Interest In Study, He Was Apprenticed To A Watchmaker. A Popular Book On Natural History Picked Up In ...
Joseph Hergesheimer
Hergesheimer, Joseph ), American Author, Was Born At Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.s.a., Feb. 15, 188o, And Was Educated At A Quaker School There And At The Pennsylvania Academy Of Fine Arts. As A Writer Of Fiction He Is Distinguished By The Warmth And Colour Of His Descriptive Pas Sages And By ...
Joseph Herman Hertz
Hertz, Joseph Herman (18 7 2— ), Chief Rabbi Of The United Hebrew Congregations Of The British Empire, Was Born In Rebrin, Czechoslovakia, On Sept. 25, 1872. Emigrating To America As A Child, He Was Educated At New York City College, Columbia University, Where He Took The Degree Of Ph.d., ...
Joseph Othenin Bernard De
Haussonville, Joseph Othenin Bernard De Cleron, Comte D' (1809-1884), French Politician And Historian, Was Born In Paris On May 27, 1809, The Son Of Charles Louis Bernard De Cleron, Comte D'haussonville (177o-1846), Chamberlain At The Court Of Napoleon. After Holding Various Diplomatic Posts, He Was Elected To The Chamber Of ...
Joseph Von Hergenrother
Hergenrother, Joseph Von Ger Man Catholic Theologian, Was Born At Wiirzburg, Bavaria, On Sept. 15, 1824. He Studied At Wurzburg, At Rome, And At Munich Where He Became Instructor In Theology. In 1852 He Was Recalled To Wurzburg As Professor Of Ecclesiastical Law And History. He Was One Of The ...
Judah Ben Samuel Halevi
Halevi, Judah Ben Samuel (c. 1140), The Greatest Hebrew Poet Of The Middle Ages, Was Born In Toledo C. 1085, And Died In Palestine After 1140. He Wrote A Philosophical Dialogue In Five Books, Called The Cuzari, Which Has Been Trans Lated Into English By Hirschfeld. This Book Is Based ...
Judah Ben Solomon Harizi
Harizi, Judah Ben Solomon (13th Cent.), A Spanish Hebrew Poet And Traveller. He Translated From The Arabic To Hebrew Some Of The Works Of Maimonides (q.v.) And Also Of The Arab Poet Hariri. His Own Most Considerable Work Was The Tahkemoni, Composed Between 1218 And 1220. ...
Julien Pierre Eugene Havet
Havet, Julien (pierre Eugene) (1853-1893), French Historian, Was Born At Vitry-sur-seine, The Second Son Of Ernest Havet. His Valedictory Thesis At The Ecole Des Chartes, Serie Chronologique Des Gardiens Et Seigneurs Des Iles Normandes (1876), Was A Definitive Work And But Slightly Affected By Later Research. In 1878 He Followed ...
Julius Charles Hare
Hare, Julius Charles English Theo Logical Writer, Was Born At Valdagno, Near Vicenza, Italy, On Sept. 13, 1795. He Was Educated At Charterhouse And Trinity College, Cambridge, Where He Became Fellow In 1818. He Was Ordained In 1826, And In 1832 Succeeded His Uncle In The Rich Family Living Of ...
Julius Hammer
Hammer, Julius (1810-1862), German Poet, Was Born On June 7, 1810, At Dresden, And Died At Pillnitz On Aug. 23, 1862. Hammer's Schau' Um Dich, And Schau' In Dich (1851), Which Made His Name, Has Passed Through More Than 3o Editions. It Was Followed By Zu Alien Guten Stunden (1854), ...
Julius Hann
Hann, Julius (1839-1921), Austrian Meteorologist And Climatologist, Was Born Near Linz, Upper Austria, On March 23, 1839. In 1865 He Became Editor Of The Zeitschri F T Der Oester Reichischen Gesellscha F T Fur Meteorologie, And From 1877 Was Occupied In The Central Meteorological Institute At Vienna. In 1873 He ...
Julius Jacob Haynau
Haynau, Julius Jacob (1786-1853), Austrian Gen Eral, Was The Natural Son Of The Landgrave—afterwards Elector— Of Hesse-cassel, William Ix. He Entered The Austrian Army As An Infantry Officer In 18o1, Saw Much Service In The Napoleonic Wars, And Between 1815 And 1847 Rose To The Rank Of Field Mar Shal ...
Karl August Von Hardenberg
Hardenberg, Karl August Von, Prince (i 7so-1822), Prussian Statesman, Was Born At Essenroda, Han Over, On May 31, 175o. He Studied At Leipzig And Gottingen, And Entered The Hanoverian Civil Service In 177o. Finding The Promo Tion Slow, He Spent Some Time In Travel, Visiting The South German Courts And ...
Karl August Von Hase
Hase, Karl August Von (1800-1890), German Protestant Theologian And Church Historian, Was Born At Steinbach, Saxony On Aug. 25, I800. He Studied At Leipzig And Erlangen, And Was Professor Of Theology At Jena From 1829 To 1883. He Died At Jena On Jan. 3, 189o. Hase's Aim Was To Reconcile ...
Karl Ferdinand Gutzkow
Gutzkow, Karl Ferdinand Ger Man Novelist And Dramatist, Was Born On March 17, 1811 At Berlin. In 1832 He Published Anonymously At Hamburg His Brie F E Eines Narren An Eine Narrin, And In 1833 Appeared At Stuttgart Maha Guru, Geschichte Eines Gottes, A Fantastic And Satirical Romance. In 1835 ...
Karl Friedrich August Gutzlaff
Gutzlaff, Karl Friedrich August (1803 1851), German Missionary To China, Was Born At Pyritz In Pomerania On July 8, 1803. After Serving As A Missionary In Java And Siam, He Went To China, And There Translated The Bible Into Chinese, Published A Chinese Monthly Magazine, And Wrote In Chinese Various ...
Karl Friedrich Hermann
Hermann, Karl Friedrich (1804-1855), Ger Man Classical Scholar And Antiquary, Was Born On Aug. 4, 1804, At Frankfort-on-main, And Died At Gottingen On Dec. 31, Having Been Professor At Marburg And Gottingen, Where He Suc Ceeded Muller. He Was Chiefly Distinguished For His Works On Greek Antiquities And Ancient Philosophy. ...
Karl Haider
Haider, Karl ), German Landscape Painter, Was Born In 1846. He Studied At Munich Under Anschiitz And Was A Contemporary And Friend Of Leibe, Who Painted His Portrait In A Picture Called "the Art Critics" In 1868. Although He Lived And Worked In The Midst Of Genre Painters, Haider Turned ...
Karl Helfferich
Helfferich, Karl (1872-1924), German Financier And Politician, Was Born In Neustadt-an-der-haardt On July 22, 1872. In 1901 He Became A Professor Of Political Science In Berlin, And In 1906 Went To Constantinople As Manager Of The Anatolian Railway. He Returned To Berlin In 1908 To Take Up The Chairman Ship ...
Karl Hillebrand
Hillebrand, Karl German Author, Born At Giessen On Sept. 17, 1829, Was A Student At Heidelberg When He Was Caught In The Revolutionary Movement In Baden And Had To Leave Germany. He Was For Some Months Secretary To Heine In Paris, And Finally Settled In Florence, Where He Died On ...
Karl Josef Von Hefele
Hefele, Karl Josef Von German Catholic Theologian, Was Born At Unterkochen, Wurttemberg, On March 15, 1809, And Was Educated At Tubingen, Where, After Minor Appointments Elsewhere, In 184o He Became Professor Of Church History And Patristics. From 1842 To 1845 He Sat In The National Assembly Of Wurttemberg, And In ...
Karl Robert Eduard Von
Hartmann, Karl Robert Eduard Von 0842-1906), German Philosopher, Was Born In Berlin On Feb. 23, 1842. He Was Educated For The Army, But Turned To Philosophy, And In 1867 The University Of Rostock Conferred On Him The Degree Of D. Phil. He Subsequently Returned To Berlin, And Died At Grosslichterfelde ...
Karl Rudolf Hagenbach
Hagenbach, Karl Rudolf German Church Historian, Was Born On March 4, 18o1 At Basel, Where His Father Was A Practising Physician, And Died There On June 7, 1874. In 1824 He Became Professor Extraordinarius At Basel, And In 1829 Professor Ordinaries Of Theology. He Supported "mediation Theology" (v Ermittelungstheologie) , ...
Kaspar Hauser
Hauser, Kaspar (c. 1812-1833), A German Youth Whose Origin Is Surrounded With Mystery. The First Record Of Him Is In May 1828, When He Appeared In Nuremberg, Dressed As A Peasant, And With A Helpless And Bewildered Air That Attracted Attention. In His Possession Was Found A Letter Purporting To ...
Klaus Harms
Harms, Klaus (1778-1855), German Divine, Was Born At Fahrstedt, Holstein, On May 25, 1778. He Became A Fervent Evangelical Preacher, First At Lunden (18o6), And Then At Kiel 0816). His Best Book Was Pastoraltlieologie 3 Vols.; New Ed. 1891-93, 2 Vols.). He Died On Feb. 1, See His Autobiography, Harms' ...
Klaus Harms_2
Harms, Klaus (1778-1855), German Divine, Was Born At Fahrstedt, Holstein, On May 25, 1778. He Became A Fervent Evangelical Preacher, First At Lunden (18o6), And Then At Kiel (1816) . His Best Book Was Pastoraltlieologie 3 Vols.; New Ed. 1891-93, 2 Vols.). He Died On Feb. I, See His Autobiography, ...
Knut Hamsun
Hamsun, Knut (1859— . ), Norwegian Author, Was Born On Aug. 4, 18j9, At Lom In The Gudbrandsdal Valley, The Son Of Poor Parents. He Started To Write At The Age Of 19 When He Was A Shoemaker's Apprentice At Bodo In North Norway, And For The Next Ten Years ...
Lafcadio Hearn
Hearn, Lafcadio (1850-1904), Author Of Books About Japan, Was Born On June 27, 1850 In Leucadia (pronounced Lef Cadia, Whence His Name, Which Was One Adopted By Himself), One Of The Greek Ionian Islands. He Was The Son Of Surgeon-major Charles Hearn, Of King's County, Ireland, Who, During The English ...
Language
Language The Hausa Language Is, Perhaps, The Most Important Of The Many Languages Of West Africa—certainly The Most Important In Northern Nigeria. It Is Spoken As Their Mother Tongue By Over 31 Million People In The 14 Hausa States (enclosed Between The Niger, The Benue And The Southern Edge Of ...
Language_2
Language.) It Is Also Noteworthy That The Punctuation Often Exhibits A Later I Or E Where The Septuagint Preserves An A Which Comparative Philology Proves To Be Original. Yet Caution Is Neces Sary; For The Alphabet Into Which A Word Is Being Transcribed May Not Possess Any Means Of Representing ...
Laurence Hastings
Laurence Hastings (1318?-1348), Son Of John, 3rd Baron, Was Created Earl Of Pembroke In 1339. (see Pembroke.) ...
Lawrence Hilliard
Hilliard, Lawrence (d. 1640), English Miniature Painter, The Son Of Nicholas Hilliard. The Date Of His Birth Is Not Known, But He Died In 1640. He Adopted His Father's Profession And Worked Out The Unexpired Time Of His Licence After Nicholas Hilliard Died. It Was From Lawrence Hilliard That Charles ...
Lay Of Hildebrand
Hildebrand, Lay Of (das Hildebrandslied), A Unique Example Of Old German Alliterative Poetry, Written About The Year Boo On The First And Last Pages Of A Theological Manuscript By Two Monks Of The Monastery Of Fulda. The Fragments Only Extend To 68 Lines, And Are Clearly A Transcript Of An ...
Le Havre
Havre, Le, The Second Seaport Of France And Capital Of An Arrondissement In The Department Of Seine-inf Erieure, On The Estuary Of The Seine, 143 M. W.n.w. Of Paris And 55 M. W. Of Rouen. Pop. (1931) 165,076. Until 1516 Havre Was Only A Fish Ing Village Possessing A Chapel ...
Lethal And Semilethal Genes
Lethal And Semilethal Genes. Deficiencies The Various Phenotypes Of A Given Organism Generally Differ Slightly In Viability, For A Gene, Although Its Main Effect May Be Local, Always Affects The Organism As A Whole. Of Course The Via Bility Depends On The Environment. Thus Hairless (recessive) Mice Are Clearly More ...
Lewis Vernon Harcourt Harcourt
Harcourt, Lewis Vernon Harcourt, 1st Viscount (1863-1922), British Politician, Was Born In London On Feb. 1, 1863, The Elder Son Of Sir William Harcourt (q.v.). He Was Educated At Eton And Afterwards Travelled, Becoming Well Known For His Interest In Art. In 1899 He Married The Only Daugh Ter Of ...
Limited Hadfields
Hadfields, Limited Originated In Hadfields' Steel Foundry Company, Founded By The Late Mr. Robert Hadfield In 1872. This Private Concern Was Registered In 1888 As Hadfields' Steel Foundry Company, Ltd. In 1913 Its Title Was Changed To Hadfields', Ltd., And The Share Capital Was Raised To £2,500,000 In March 192o. ...
Limited Harland And Wolff
Harland And Wolff, Limited. This Ship Building And Engineering Firm Was Established In 1858, When The Shipbuilding Works Of Robert Hickson And Co. On Queen's Island, Belfast, Were Acquired By E. J. Harland (afterwards Sir Edward J. Harland, Bart.), Who Had Been Messrs. Hickson's Manager, And In 1861 G. W. ...