Richard Burdon Haldane
Haldane, Richard Burdon, Ist Vlscovnt, (1856-1928), British Statesman And Philosopher, Born July 3o, 1856, Third Son Of Robert Haldane Of Cloanden, Perthshire, A Writer To The Signet. He Was Educated At Edinburgh Academy And The Universities Of Edinburgh And Gottingen, Where He Studied Phil Osophy Under Lotze. He Took First-class ...
Richard Debaufre Guyon
Guyon, Richard Debaufre British Soldier, General In The Hungarian Revolutionary Army And Turkish Pasha, Was Born At Walcot, Near Bath, In 1803. After Receiving A Military Education In England And In Austria He Entered The Hun Garian Hussars In 1823. At The Outbreak Of The Hungarian War In 1848, He ...
Richard Hakluyt
Hakluyt, Richard (c. 1553-1616), British Geog Rapher, Was Born In Or Near London About 1553. The Hakluyts Were Of Welsh Extraction, Not Dutch As Has Been Supposed. They Appear To Have Settled In Herefordshire As Early As The 13th Cen Tury. The Family Seat Was Eaton, 2 M. S.e. Of ...
Richard Heber
Heber, Richard (17 833 ), English Book-collector, The Half-brother Of Reginald Heber, Was Born In London On Jan. 5, 1773. He Attended Continental Book-sales, Purchasing Some Times Single Volumes, Sometimes Whole Libraries. He Did Not Con Fine Himself To The Purchase Of A Single Copy Of A Work. "no Gentle ...
Rio De Janeiro Cherbourg
Cherbourg, Rio De Janeiro. ...
Robert Hall
Hall, Robert English Baptist Divine, Was Born On May 2, 1764, At Arnesby Near Leicester, Where His Father, Robert Hall (1728-1791), Was Pastor Of A Baptist Congregation. Ending His Studies At Aberdeen University He Became Classical Tutor At The Bristol Academy, Where He Spent Four Years. In 1790 He Became ...
Robert Hallam
Hallam, Robert (d. 1417), Bishop Of Salisbury And English Representative At The Council Of Constance, Was Educated At Oxford, And Was Chancellor Of The University From 1403 To 1405. In The Latter Year The Pope Nominated Him To Be Arch Bishop Of York, But The King Objected. However, In 1407 ...
Robert Hamerling
Hamerling, Robert (183o-1889), Austrian Poet, Was Born At Kirchenberg-am-walde, Lower Austria, On March 24, 183o, Of Humble Parentage. In The Revolutionary Year Of 1848 He Joined The Student's Legion And In 1849 Shared In The Defence Of Vienna Against The Imperialist Troops Of Prince Windischgratz. From 18s5 To 1866 He ...
Robert Hamilton
Hamilton, Robert (1743-1829), Scottish Economist And Mathematician, Born At Pilrig, Edinburgh, On June Ti, Was Rector Of Perth Academy (1769-1779), Professor Of Natural Philosophy (1779-1817), And Of Mathematics (1817-1829), At Aberdeen. Hamilton's Most Important Work Is The Essay On The National Debt (1813) , Attacking The Sinking Fund. ...
Robert Henri
Henri, Robert (1865-1929), American Painter, Was Born In Cincinnati, 0., In 1865. In 1886 He Entered The Pennsylvania Academy Of Fine Arts, Philadelphia. Proceeding To Paris In 1888, He Studied At Julien's And The Ecole Des Beaux Arts And Visited Spain And Italy. Returning To The United States He Be ...
Robert Henryson
Henryson, Robert (fi. 1470-1500), Scottish Poet, Was Born Probably About 1425. It Has Been Surmised That He Was Con Nected With The Family Of Henderson Of Fordell, But Of This There Is No Evidence. He Is Described, On The Title-page Of The 15 7o Edition Of His Fables, As "scholemaister ...
Robert Herrick
Herrick, Robert (1591-1674), English Poet, Was Born At Cheapside, London, And Baptized On Aug. 24, 1591. He Be Longed To An Old Leicestershire Family Which Had Settled In Lon Don. He Was The Seventh Child Of Nicholas Herrick, Goldsmith, Of The City Of London, Who Died In 1592, Under Suspicion ...
Robert Herrick_2
Herrick, Robert (1868-1938), American Author, Was Born At Cambridge (mass.), April 26, 1868. He Was Educated At The Cambridge Latin School And At Harvard University, Where He Graduated In 18go. He Became Instructor In Rhetoric At The Massa Chusetts Institute Of Technology In 189o; In 1893 He Accepted A Similar ...
Robert Smythe Hichens
Hichens, Robert Smythe (1864— ), English Novelist, Was Born At Speldhurst, Kent, On Nov. 14, 1864. He Was Educated At Tunbridge Wells And Clifton College, And Then Be Came A Student At The Royal College Of Music, London. He Was, However, Diverted To Journalism And Later To Fiction. He First ...
Robert Stephen Hawker
Hawker, Robert Stephen English Antiquary And Poet, Was Born At Stoke Damerel, Devonshire. He Became Vicar Of Morwenstow, A Village On The North Cornish Coast, In 1834. He Had An Eccentric And Powerful Personality And Was The Original Of Mortimer Collins's Canon Tremaine In Sweet And Twenty. He Died In ...
Robert Young Hayne
Hayne, Robert Young American Political Leader, Born In St. Paul's Parish, Colleton District, S.c., On Nov. 1 O, 1791. He Studied Law In The Office Of Langdon Cheves (1776-1857) In Charleston, S.c., And In Nov. 1812 Was Admitted To The Bar There, Soon Obtaining A Large Practice. For A Short ...
Roland Hayes
Hayes, Roland (1889— ), American Negro Tenor Was Born In Georgia ; Soon After His Mother, An Ex-slave, Moved With Her Two Sons To Chattanooga, Tenn. When 16 Years Old Hayes Was Moulder In A Stove Factory, And Singing In A Church Choir "jus' 'cause He Liked To." He Chanced ...
Rowland Hill Hill
Hill, Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount British General, Was The Second Son Of (sir) John Hill, Of Hawk Stone, Shropshire, And Nephew Of The Rev. Rowland Hill 1833), Was Born At Prees Hall Near Hawkstone On Aug. Ii, 1772. He Entered The Army In 1790, And Had Already Seen Much Active ...
Rowland Hill
Hill, Rowland (1744-1833), English Preacher, Sixth Son Of Sir Rowland Hill, Bart. (d. 1783), Was Born At Hawkstone, Shropshire, On Aug. 23, 1744. He Was Educated At Shrewsbury, Eton And St. John's College, Cambridge. Having Inherited Con Siderable Property, He Built For His Own Use Surrey Chapel, In The Blackfriars ...
Rudolf Havenstein
Havenstein, Rudolf (1857-1923), German Financier, Was Born At Meswitz On March B O, 1857, The Son Of An Official In The Prussian Judicial Department. He Studied At Heidelberg And Berlin And Entered The Judicial Service, Transferring In 1890 To The Ministry Of Finance. He Became President Of The Prussian State ...
Rudolf Haym
Haym, Rudolf (1821-1901), German Publicist And Philosopher, Was Born At Griinberg, Silesia, On Oct. 5, 1821, And Died At St. Anton (arlberg) On Aug. 27, 19o1. He Studied Philosophy And Theology At Halle And Berlin, And Was A Member Of The National Assembly At Frankfort In 1848. From 1851 He ...
Rudolf Heinze
Heinze, Rudolf (1865-1928), German Politician, Son Of Max Heinze, The Philosopher And The Editor Of Uberweg's Grundriss Der Geschiclite Der Philosophie, Was Born At Oldenburg On July 22, 1865. He Served In The Saxon Department Of Justice. He Sat In The Reichstag (1907-11) With The National Liberals. For Two Years ...
Rudolf Hilferding
Hilferding, Rudolf (1877— ), German States Man, Was Born On Aug. R0, 1877, At Vienna. He Took His Degree In Medicine In Vienna University. In 1907 He Joined The Staff Of Vorwarts In Berlin As Political Director, And Became One Of The Most Important Publicists Of The Social-democratic Party. He ...
Rutherford Birchard Hayes
Hayes, Rutherford Birchard President Of The United States, 1877-1881, Was Born In Delaware, 0., On Oct. 4, 1822. His Ancestry Was English And Scotch, His People Having First Settled In America In New Eng Land. He Attended An Academy At Norwalk, 0., And Later Went To A School In Middletown, ...
Samuel Carter Hall
Hall, Samuel Carter (180o-1889), English Journal Ist, Was Born At Waterford, The Son Of An Army Officer. In He Founded And Edited The Art Journal In Which He Exposed The Trade Ill Bogus "old Masters." His Wife, Anna Maria Fielding (1800-81), Became Well Known As Mrs. S. C. Hall, For ...
Samuel Christian Friedrich Hahnemann
Hahnemann, Samuel Christian Friedrich (1755-1843), German Physician And Founder Of "homoeopathy," Was Born At Meissen, Saxony, On April Io, 1755. He Studied Medi Cine At Leipzig And Vienna And Settled In Leipzig In 1789. In The Following Year, While Translating W. Cullen's Materia Medica Into German, He Was Struck By ...
Samuel Hartlib
Hartlib, Samuel (c. 1599—c. 167o), English Writer On Education And Agriculturist, Was Born Towards The Close Of The I6th Century At Elbing In Prussia, His Father Being A Refugee Mer Chant From Poland. His Mother Was The Daughter Of A Rich English Merchant Of Danzig. About 1628 Hartlib Went To ...
Samuel Hearne
Hearne, Samuel (1745-1792), English Explorer, Was Born In London. In 1756 He Entered The Navy, And Was Some Time With Lord Hood; At The End Of The Seven Years' War (1763) He Took Service With The Hudson's Bay Company. In 1768 He Examined Portions Of The Hudson Bay Coasts With ...
Samuel Heinicke
Heinicke, Samuel (1727-179o), The Originator In Ger Many Of Systematic Education For The Deaf And Dumb, Was Born On April I O, 1727, At Nautschutz, Germany, And Died At Leipzig On April 30, 1790. In 1768, When Living In Hamburg, He Success Fully Taught A Deaf And Dumb Boy To ...
Sciousness And No Distinct
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Sense Of Hearing
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Shepherd Of Hermas
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Sidney Herbert Herbert Of
Herbert Of Lea, Sidney Herbert, Ist Baron (181 O—i 861) , English Statesman, Was The Younger Son Of The 11 Th Earl Of Pembroke. Educated At Harrow And Oriel, Oxford, He Made A Reputation At The Oxford Union As A Speaker, And Entered The House Of Commons As Conservative Member ...
Sir Arthur Helps
Helps, Sir Arthur (1813-1875), English Writer And Clerk Of The Privy Council, Son Of A London Merchant, Was Edu Cated At Eton And At Trinity College, Cambridge. In 186o He Was Appointed Clerk Of The Privy Council, On The Recommendation Of Lord Granville. His Appointment As Clerk Of The Council ...
Sir Charles Augustus Hartley
Hartley, Sir Charles Augustus English Engineer, Was Born In 1825 At Heworth, Durham. From 1856 To 1872 He Was Engineer-in-chief For The Works Carried Out By The European Commission Of The Danube For Improving The Navi Gation At The Mouths Of That River, And From 1872 Onwards He Was Consulting ...
Sir Charles Halle
Halle, Sir Charles (originally Karl Halle) (1819– 1895), English Pianist And Conductor, German By Nationality, Was Born At Hagen, Westphalia, On April 11, 1819. He Studied Under Rink At Darmstadt In 1835, And In 1836 Went To Paris, Where For Twelve Years He Mixed With Cherubini, Chopin, Liszt, Alfred De ...
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams
Hanbury Williams, Sir Charles English Diplomatist And Author, Was A Son Of Major John Han Bury (afterwards Hanbury Williams) (1664-1734), Of Pontypool, Monmouthshire, And A Scion Of An Ancient Worcestershire Family. He Was Educated At Eton, Where He Made Friends With Henry Fielding, The Novelist. He Was Elected M.p. For ...
Sir Charles Harington Harington
Harington, Sir Charles Harington (1872 ), British Soldier, Was Born At Chichester On May 31, 1872, And Commissioned In The King's (liverpool) Regiment In 1892. After Service In The South African War, He Held A Series Of Staff Appointments, And On The Outbreak Of The World War Went To France ...
Sir Charles Henry Hawtrey
Hawtrey, Sir Charles Henry Actor, Was Born At Eton, Where His Father Was Master Of The Lower School, And Educated At Rugby And Oxford. He Took To The Stage In 1881, And In 1883 Adapted Von Moser's Bibliothekar As The Private Secretary, Which Had An Enormous Success. He Then Appeared ...
Sir Christopher Hatton
Hatton, Sir Christopher (1540-1591), Lord Chan Cellor Of England And Favourite Of Queen Elizabeth, Was A Son Of William Hatton (d. 1546) Of Holdenby, Northants, And Was Educated At St. Mary Hall, Oxford. A Handsome And Accomplished Man And A Good Dancer, He Attracted The Notice Of Queen Elizabeth, Became ...
Sir Edmund Walker Head
Head, Sir Edmund Walker, 8th Bart. (1805 1868), English Colonial Governor And Writer On Art, Born At Ray Leigh, Essex, Was Educated At Winchester School And Oriel Col Lege, Oxford, And Became Fellow Of Merton College. He Had A Dis Tinguished Career In The Home And Colonial Service, And Was ...
Sir Edward Bruce Hamley
Hamley, Sir Edward Bruce (18a4-1893 ), British General And Military Writer, Youngest Son Of Vice-admiral William Hamley, Was Born On April 27, 1824, At Bodmin, Cornwall, And Entered The Royal Artillery In 1843. He Served In The Crimean War, And In 1859 Became Professor Of Military History At The New ...
Sir Francis Hincks
Hincks, Sir Francis (1807-1885), Canadian States Man, Was Born At Cork, Ireland, And Migrated To Canada, Where He Settled In Business At Toronto. After Ten Years Of Political Life He Became Premier Of Canada (1851-54), And Co-operated With Lord Elgin In Negotiating The Reciprocity Treaty Of 1854 With The United ...
Sir Francis Seymour Haden
Haden, Sir Francis Seymour (1818-191o), Eng Lish Surgeon And Etcher, Was Born In London On Sept. 16, 1818, The Son Of Dr. Charles Haden, And Was Himself A Surgeon By Pro Fession. Aided By Sir W. R. Drake, He Founded The Royal Society Of Painter-etchers And Engravers In 188o, And ...
Sir Frederick Haldimand
Haldimand, Sir Frederick (17 1 British General And Administrator, Was Born At Yverdun, Neuchatel, Switzerland, On Aug. Ii, 1718, Of Huguenot Descent. He Entered The British Service In 1754 And Later Was Naturalized As A British Citizen. In 1778 He Succeeded Sir Guy Carleton (after Wards Lord Dorchester) As Governor-general ...
Sir Frederick William Herschel
Herschel, Sir Frederick William (1738 182 2 ), Generally Known As Sir William Herschel, English Astrono Mer, Was Born At Hanover On Nov. 15, 1738. His Father Was A Musician In The Hanoverian Guard, And In 1757 Herschel Was Sent To England To Earn His Living As A Musician. ...
Sir George Harvey
Harvey, Sir George (1806-1876), Scottish Painter, Son Of A Watchmaker, Was Born At St. Ninians, Near Stirling, And Died At Edinburgh On Jan. 22, 1876. He Became A Fellow Of The Royal Scottish Academy In 1829, And :ts President In 1864. Harvey Painted Some Pictures On Subjects Drawn From Religious ...
Sir George Hayter
Hayter, Sir George (1792-1871), English Painter, Was Born In London, And In His Early Youth Went To Sea. He Afterwards Studied In The Royal Academy, Became A Miniature Painter, And Was Appointed In 1816 Miniaturist To The Princess Charlotte. He Passed Some Years In Italy, More Especially In Rome, Between ...
Sir George Henschel
Henschel, Sir George (isidor Georg) English Musician (naturalized 189o), Of German Family, Was Born At Breslau, And Educated As A Pianist, Making His First Public Ap Pearance In Berlin In 1862. He Subsequently, However, Took Up Singing, Having Developed A Fine Baritone Voice. In 1877 He Began A Successful Career ...
Sir Gilbert Heathcote
Heathcote, Sir Gilbert (c. Lord Mayor Of London, Was Educated At Christ's College, Cambridge, Afterwards Becoming A Merchant In London. He Was One Of The Promoters Of The New East India Company And Emerged Victor Ious From A Contest Between Himself And The Old East India Corn Pany In 1693 ...
Sir Henry Havelock
Havelock, Sir Henry (1795-1857), British Soldier, One Of The Heroes Of The Indian Mutiny, The Second Of Four Brothers (all Of Whom Entered The Army), Was Born At Ford Hall, Bishop-wearmouth, Sunderland, On April 5, 1795, The Son Of A Wealthy Shipbuilder. Educated At Charterhouse School, He Entered The Middle ...
Sir Henry Rider Haggard
Haggard, Sir Henry Rider English Novelist, Was Born At Bradenham Hall, Norfolk. At The Time Of The First Annexation Of The Transvaal (1877), He Was On The Staff Of The Special Commissioner, Sir Theophilus Shepstone, And Then Be Came A Master Of The High Court There. After The Cession Of ...
Sir Herbert Hamilton Harty
Harty, Sir Herbert Hamilton (188o— ), Irish Conductor And Composer, Was Born At Hillsborough, Co. Down, Ireland, On Dec. 4, 1880. He Was An Organist In Belfast And In Dublin Before He Came To London In 1900. As An Accompanist He Was Soon In Great Demand And His Compositions Also ...
Sir Hubert Von Herkomer
Herkomer, Sir Hubert Von British Painter, Was Born At Waal, In Bavaria On May 26, 1849, And Eight Years Later Was Brought To England By His Father, A Wood Carver Of Great Ability. He Lived For Some Time At Southampton And In The School Of Art There Began His Art ...
Sir Ian Standish Monteith
Hamilton, Sir Ian Standish Monteith ), British Soldier, Was Born At Corfu On Jan. 16, Educated At Wellington College And In Germany, He Joined The Army In 1872. He Served With The 92nd Highlanders In The Afghan War And The Boer War Of 1881, And Was Severely Wounded On Majuba ...
Sir James Guthrie
Guthrie, Sir James Scottish Painter, And One Of The Leaders Of The Glasgow School, Was Born At Greenock. In His Early Works, Such As "the Gipsy Fires Are Burning, For Daylight Is Past And Gone" (1882), And The "funeral Service In The Highlands," He Favoured A Thick Impasto, But With ...
Sir James Hall
Hall, Sir James (1761-1832), Scottish Geologist And Physicist, Was Born At Dunglass On Jan. 17, 1761. He Made A Series Of Experiments To Demonstrate The Views Of James Hutton With Regard To Intrusive Rocks, And Was Thus The Founder Of Ex Perimental Geology. The Results Of His Experiments Were Brought ...
Sir Johann Franz Julius
Haast, Sir Johann Franz Julius Von (1824 1887), German And British Geologist, Was Born At Bonn On May 1, 1824. In 1858 He Started For New Zealand To Report On Immigra Tion Possibilities. He Assisted Hochstetter In His Preliminary Geological Survey. The Governments Of Nelson And Canterbury Then Employed Haast ...
Sir John Frederick William
Herschel, Sir John Frederick William, Bart. (1792-1871), English Astronomer, The Only Son Of Sir William Herschel, Was Born At Slough, Bucks, On March 7, 1792. He Was Educated For A Short While At Eton, Then By A Private Tutor And Then At St. John's, Cambridge, Where He Graduated As Senior ...
Sir John Hare
Hare, Sir John English Actor And Manager, Was Born In Yorkshire On May 16, 1844, And Was Educated At Giggleswick School, Yorkshire. He Made His First Appearance On The Stage At Liverpool In 1864, Coming To London In 1865, And Acting For Ten Years With The Bancrofts. He Made His ...
Sir John Harington
Harington, Sir John (156i-1612), English Writer, Elizabeth's Godson, Was Born At Kelston, Near Bath. He Studied At Eton And At Christ's College, Cambridge, And C. 1583 Was Entered At Lincoln's Inn, London. Tradition Relates That He Translated The Story Of Giocondo From Ariosto And Was Reproved By The Queen For ...
Sir John Hawkins Or
Hawkins Or Hawkyns, Sir John English Admiral, Was Born At Plymouth In 1532, And Belonged To A Family Of Devon Shipowners And Skippers. His Father, William Hawkins (d. 1553), Thrice Represented Plymouth In Parliament, And Is Described By Hakluyt As One Of The Principal Sea-captains In The West Parts Of ...
Sir John Hawkins
Hawkins, Sir John (1719-1789), English Writer On Music, Was Born On March 3o, 1719, In London, The Son Of An Architect. He Studied Law, Devoting His Leisure Hours To His Favourite Study Of Music. A Wealthy Marriage In 1753 Enabled Him To Indulge His Passion For Acquiring Rare Works Of ...
Sir John Hawkshaw
Hawkshaw, Sir John (181 1-1891), English Engineer, Was Educated At Leeds Grammar School. He Became Chief Engi Neer Of The Lancashire And Yorkshire Railway, For Which He Con Structed A Large Number Of Branch Lines. In 185o He Removed To London And Began To Practise As A Consulting Engineer, At ...
Sir John Hawkwood
Hawkwood, Sir John (d. , An English Adven Turer Who Attained Great Wealth And Renown As A Condottiere In The Italian Wars Of The 14th Century. His Name Is Variously Spelt As Haccoude, Aucud, Aguto, Etc., By Contemporaries. He Was Perhaps The Son Of A Tanner Of Hedingham Sibil In ...
Sir John Hayward
Hayward, Sir John (c. 156o-1627), English Historian, Was Born At Or Near Felixstowe, Suffolk, Where He Was Educated, And Afterwards Proceeded To Pembroke College, Cambridge. In He Published The First Part Of The Life And Raigne Of King Henrie Iv. Dedicated To Robert Devereux, Earl Of Essex. This Was Reprinted ...
Sir John Henniker Heaton
Heaton, Sir John Henniker, 1st Bart. (1848 1914), English Postal Reformer, Was Born At Rochester, In Kent, On May 18, 1848, The Son Of Lt.-col. Heaton. He Spent 20 Years In Australia, Where He Was A Well Known Newspaper Proprietor. As M.p. For Canterbury, England, From 1885 To 191o, He ...
Sir John Hepburn
Hepburn, Sir John (c. 1598-1636), Scottish Soldier In The Thirty Years' War, Was A Son Of George Hepburn Of Athel Staneford Near Haddington. In 162o And In The Following Years He Served In Bohemia, On The Lower Rhine And In The Netherlands, And In 1623 He Entered The Service Of ...
Sir Krishna Govinda Gupta
Gupta, Sir Krishna Govinda In Dian Statesman, Was A Native Of Eastern Bengal, And Was Educated At Calcutta University. He Then Came To England, Passed For The Indian Civil Service, And Was Called To The Bar. He Had A Dis Tinguished Career In The Civil Service, And In 1907 Was ...
Sir Lionel Halsey
Halsey, Sir Lionel ), G.c.v.o. (1920), K.c.i.e. (1922), G.c.m.g. (1925), British Admiral, Was Born On Feb. 26, 1872, Son Of The Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick Halsey Of Gad Desden. He Was Educated At Stubbington House, Fareham. He Entered The Navy, Joining H.m.s. Britannia In 1885, And Was One Of Those ...
Sir Matthew Hale
Hale, Sir Matthew (1609-1676), Lord Chief Justice Of England, Was Born On Nov. 1, 16o9, At Alderley, Gloucestershire. Left An Orphan When Five Years Old, He Was Placed By His Guardian Under The Care Of The Puritan Vicar Of Wotton-under-edge, With Whom He Remained Till His 16th Year, When He ...
Sir Maurice Paschal Alers
Hankey, Sir Maurice Paschal Alers, G.c.b. (1919) (1877- ), British Soldier And Politician, Was Born On April 1, 1877, And Educated At Rugby. He Joined The Navy In 1895, And Served In The Mediterranean From 1899 To 1901. He Was Then Appointed To The Naval Intelligence Department (1902 1906) And ...
Sir Richard Cyril Byrne
Haking, Sir Richard Cyril Byrne, G.b.e., K.c.b., K.c.m.g. (1862— ), British General Who Was Born On Jan. 24, 1862. He Entered The Army In 1881, And Served In Bur Mah (1885-7), In Ireland (1898-9) And In South Africa 1901). From 1901 To 1906 He Held A Post In The Staff ...
Sir Richard Davies Hanson
Hanson, Sir Richard Davies Chief Justice Of South Australia, Was Born In London On Dec. 6, 18o5. Admitted A Solicitor In 1828, He Practised For Some Time In London. In 1838 He Went With Lord Durham To Canada As Assistant-commissioner Of Inquiry Into Crown Lands And Immi Gration. In 184o, ...
Sir Richard Hawkins Or
Hawkins Or Hawkyns, Sir Richard (c. English Seaman, Was The Only Son Of Admiral Sir John Hawkins (q.v.) By His First Marriage. In 1582 He Accompanied His Uncle, William Hawkins, To The West Indies. In 1585 He Was Captain Of A Galliot In Drake's Expedition To The Spanish Main, In ...
Sir Robert Abbott Hadfield
Hadfield, Sir Robert Abbott ), British Metallurgist, Was Born In Sheffield Nov. 29, 1858. Edu Cated At Sheffield Collegiate School, At An Early Age He Interested Himself In Metallurgy, Subsequently Becoming Chairman Of Had Fields, Ltd., Hecla And East Hecla Works, Sheffield, And Director Of Other Important Companies. In 1883 ...
Sir Robert Hart
Hart, Sir Robert, 1st Bart., Cr. 1893 (i83 5—i9ii), Irish-chinese Statesman, Was Born At Portadown, Co. Armagh, On Feb. 20, 1835. He Was Educated At Taunton, Dublin And Belfast, And Graduated At Queen's College, Belfast, In 1853. In The Follow Ing Year He Received An Appointment As Student-interpreter In The ...
Sir Rowland Hill
Hill, Sir Rowland English Administrator And Educationist, Author Of The Penny Postal System, A Younger Brother Of Matthew Davenport Hill, And Third Son Of T. W. Hill, Who Named Him After Rowland Hill The Preacher, Was Born On Dec. 3, At Kidderminster. At The Age Of 12 He Began To ...
Sir Thomas Duffus Hardy
Hardy, Sir Thomas Duffus English Antiquary, Belonged To A Family Famous In The Annals Of The British Navy. Born At Port Royal In Jamaica On May 22, 1804, He Crossed Over To England And In 1819 Entered The Record Office In The Tower Of London. Trained Under Henry Petrie (1768 ...
Sir Thomas Herbert
Herbert, Sir Thomas (1606-82 ), English Traveller And Author, Born At York In 1606, Became A Commoner Of Jesus College, Oxford, In 1621, But Afterwards Removed To Cambridge. In 1627 He Joined The Suite Of Sir Dodmore Cotton, Then Starting As Ambassador For Persia With Sir Robert Shirley. Sailing In ...
Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy
Hardy, Sir Thomas Masterman, Bart. (1769 1839), British Vice-admiral, Of The Portisham (dorsetshire) Fam Ily Of Hardy, Was Born On April 5, 1769, And In 1781 Began His Career As A Sailor. He Became Lieutenant In 1793, And In 1796, Being Then Attached To The "minerve" Frigate, Attracted The Atten ...
Sir William George Gran
Harcourt, Sir William George Gran Ville Venables Vernon (1827-1904), English States Man, Was The Second Son Of Canon William Vernon, Who Took The Name Of Harcourt On The Succession Of His Father Edward, Arch Bishop Of York To The Harcourt Estates In 183o. Canon Harcourt Is Separately Noticed. William Was ...
Sir William Hamilton
Hamilton, Sir William (173o-1803), British Diplo Matist And Archaeologist, Son Of Lord Archibald Hamilton, Gov Ernor Of Greenwich Hospital And Of Jamaica, Was Born In Scotland On Dec. 13, 1730, And Served In The 3rd Regiment Of Foot Guards From 1747 To 1758. He Left The Army After His Marriage ...
Sir William Hamilton_2
Hamilton, Sir William, Bart. (1788-1856), Scot Tish Metaphysician, Was Born In Glasgow On Mar. 8, 1788, The Son Of Dr. William Hamilton, Professor Of Anatomy And Botany In Glasgow University. He Was Educated At Glasgow, Edinburgh And Balliol College, Oxford, Taking His B.a. In 1811 And Becoming A Member Of ...
Sir William Henry Hadow
Hadow, Sir William Henry British Scholar And Musician, Was Born At Ebrington, Glos., Dec. 27, 18s9. He Was Educated At Malvern And Worcester College, Oxford, And After Taking His Degree Remained At Oxford As A Tutor And Fellow Of His College. In 1909 He Became Principal Of Armstrong College, Newcastle, ...
Sir William Rowan Hamilton
Hamilton, Sir William Rowan Scottish Mathematician, Was Born In Dublin On Aug. 4, 1805. His Great Mathematical Intelligence Was Awakened By The Reading Of Newton's Arit/imetica Universalis When He Was 12 Years Old. He Went On To The Principia, And When He Was 17 Attacked La Place's Mecanique Celeste. In ...
Sir William Snow Harris
Harris, Sir William Snow English Electrician, Was Born At Plymouth On April 1, 1 I 91. He Set Up As A Medical Practitioner In Plymouth But Gave This Up To Study Elec Tricity. In 1820 He Invented A New Method Of Arranging The Light Ning Conductors Of Ships, But The ...
Smith
Smith, 2nd Viscount (1868-1928), Was Born On Aug. 12, 1868, Son Of William Henry Smith (q.v.). He Succeeded To The Vis Countcy In 1913, On The Death Of His Mother Who Had Been Raised To The Peerage In 1891. He Was Educated At Eton And New College, Oxford, And The ...
Somatic Segregation
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Specific Heat At Low
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Spirits Of Hartshorn
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St Helena
Helena, St. (c. 327) The Wife Of The Emperor Con Stantius I. Chlorus, And Mother Of Constantine The Great. She Was A Woman Of Humble Origin, Born Probably At Drepanum, A Town On The Gulf Of Nicomedia, Which Constantine Named Helen Opolis In Her Honour. Very Little Is Known Of ...
St Hilarius Hilary
Hilarius (hilary), St. (c. , Bishop Of Arles, Was Born Probably In Northern Gaul. In Early Youth He Entered The Abbey Of Lerins, Then Presided Over By His Kinsman Honoratus (st. Honore), And Succeeded Honoratus In The Bishopric Of Arles In 429. He Held The Rank Of Metropolitan Of Vienne ...
St Hilarius
Hilarius, St. (c. 3o0-367), Bishop Of Poitiers, Was Born Of Pagan Parents At Poitiers, But Later Became A Christian, And About 353 Was Unanimously Elected Bishop Of His Native Town. Almost At Once, He Secured The Excommunication Of Saturninus, The Arian Bishop Of Arles And Of Ursacius And Valens, Two ...
St Hilda
Hilda, St., Strictly Hild (614-680), Was The Daughter Of Hereric, A Nephew Of Edwin, King Of Northumbria. She Was Converted To Christianity Before 633 By Paulinus. About 65o She Became Abbess Of Hartlepool, Where She Remained Several Years. From Hartlepool Hilda Moved To Whitby, And In 657 Founded The Famous ...
St Hildegard
Hildegard, St. (1098-1179), German Abbess And Mys Tic, Was Born Of Noble Parents At Bockelheim, Near Sponheim, And From Her Eighth Year She Was Educated At The Benedictine Cloister Of Disibodenberg By Jutta, Sister Of The Count Of Sponheim, Whom She Succeeded As Abbess In 1136. From Childhood She Ex ...
Stephen Hales
Hales, Stephen 761), English Physiologist, Chemist And Inventor, Was Born At Bekesbourne, Kent, In Sept. 1677. He Took Holy Orders At Cambridge, And In 1708 Was Pre Sented To The Perpetual Curacy Of Teddington, Middlesex, Where He Remained All His Life, Though He Subsequently Held The Rectories Of Porlock, Somerset ...
Stephen Hawes
Hawes, Stephen (fl. 1502-1521), English Poet, Was Born, If His Own Statement Of His Age May Be Trusted, About He Was Educated At Oxford, And Travelled In England, Scotland And France. He Became Groom Of The Chamber To Henry Vii. As Early As 1502. Hawes Could Repeat By Heart The ...
Stephen Heller
Heller, Stephen (1815-1888), Austrian Pianist And Composer, Was Born At Pest On May 15, 1814. He Studied At Vienna Under Czerny And Halm. For Some Years He Played As A Wunderkind, But In 1838, Settled In Paris, Where He Became Inti Mate With Liszt, Chopin, Berlioz And Their Circle, Among ...
Surgery Of Heart And
Heart And Lung, Surgery Of. Surgery Of The Heart Itself Is Of Quite Recent Origin And Has Been Mainly Devoted To Three Subjects. ...