Thomas Chandler Haliburton
Haliburton, Thomas Chandler, Ex-colonial Judge, Author, And Politician, Was Born At Windsor, In Nova Scotia, In 1796. His Father, The Hon. Mr. Justice- Haliburton, Of Nova Scotia, Was Descended From An Ancient Scottish Family. Haliburton Received His Education At King's College In Nova Scotia, Afterwards Practiced As A Barrister, And ...
Thomas Gray
Gray, Thomas, An English Poet, Was B. In London Dec. 26, 1716. His Father, Philip Gray, A Money-scrivener, Was Of A Disposition So Violent, That His Wife Was Obliged To Separate From Him; And It Was Mainly Through Her Exertions That Her Son Was Placed At Eton, And Afterwards At ...
Thomas Guthrie
Guthrie, Thomas, D.d., An Eminent Pulpit Orator, Philanthropist, And Social Reformer, Was B. In 1803, At Brechin, Forfarshire, Where His Father Was A Merchant And Banker. He Went Through The Curriculum Of Study Prescribed By The Church Of Scot Land To Candidates For The Ministry At The University Of Edinburgh, ...
Thomas Henry Huxley
Huxley, Thomas Henry, Naturalist And Comparative Anatomist, B. At Ealing, Middlesex, In 1825, Was Educated At The School In That Town, And Afterwards Studied Medicine In The Medical School Of Charing Cross Hospital. In 1846 He Entered The Medical Service Of The Royal Navy, And Did Duty At Haslar, Under ...
Thomas Heywood
Heywood, Thomas, An English Dramatist Of The 16th And 17th.centuries. In The Preface To The English Traveler, Written In 1633, He Describes Himself As Having Had "an Entire Hand Or At Least A Main-finger In Two Hundred And Twenty Plays." Of This Number, Which Probably Afterwards Was Much Exceeded, For ...
Thomas Hood
Hood, Thomas, Was B. In London In 1798, And After Leaving School Was Placed In The Counting-house Of A Russian Merchant, But His Health Failing, Lie Was Sent To Dundee. At The Age Of 17, Lie Returned To London, And Engaged Himself To Learn The Art Of Engrav Ing With ...
Thomas Wentworth Iiigginson
Iiigginson, Thomas Wentworth, B. Mass., 1823; A Descendant Of Francis Flig Ginson, Graduated At Harvard College In 1841. And At The Divinity School In Cambridge In 1847; After Which He Became The Minister Of The " First Religious Society" In Newbury Port. His Antislavery Principles Offended A Part Of His ...
Tiansteen
Tiansteen, Coals-ruin. A Norwegian Astronomer, Was B. At Christiania. Sept. 26, 1784. At First Intended For The Legat Profession, He Subsequently Devoted Himself Entirely To The Study Of Mathematical Science. In "_814 He Was Appointed To The Chair Of Mathematics In The University Of Christiania, And There, In 1819, Published ...
Tii0masine Kristine Gyllembourg Ehrensvard
Gyllembourg-ehrensvard, Tii0masine Kristine, Baroness, 1773-1856, The Most Eminent Female Writer Of Denmark. Her Great Beauty Early Attracted Notice, And Before She Was Seventeen She Married The Political Writer Peter Andreas Heiberg. To Him She Bore A Son, Afterwards Illustrious As A Poet And Critic, Johan Ludvig Berg. In 1800 Her ...
Tiie Great Gregory I
Gregory I., Tiie Great, A Father And Saint Of The Roman Catholic Church, Was Born In Rome About The Middle Of The 6th C. Of An Illustrious Roman Family. Ilis Father, Gordianus, Was A Senator, And One Of The Earlier Pontiffs; Felix Iii. Had Belonged To The Same Family. At ...
Tiiomas Hobbes
Hobbes, Tiiomas, Was B. At Malmesbury, On April 5, 1588, And Was The Son Of A Clergyman Of That Town. At The Age Of 14 Be Went To Oxford, .and Was Put Through The Usual Course Of Aristotelian Logic And Physics. His Instructions In The Syllogism He Afterwards Held In ...
Tile Hand
Hand, Tile. The Genus Homo, Or Man, Takes Rank In The Classification Of Mam Mals As A Distinct Order, Bimana, In Consequence Of Man Being The Only Animal Pos Sessing Two Hands. At First Sight, It Might Be Considered That Four-handed Animals—the Monkeys, Apes, And Their Allies, Which Are Placed ...
Torn Hontheix
Hontheix, 'torn Nictrobas Vox. Was B. At Treves In 1701. He Was Educated In The Jesuit School Of His Native City, Studied Canon Law At Louvain Under The Celebrated Van Espen, And Afterwards Taught It For 10 Years At Treves, Of Which See Lie Became Coadjutor In 1748, With The ...
Tromas Hughes
Hughes, Tromas, English Author And Politician; Second Son Of John Hughes, Esq., Of Doningion Priory, Newbury, Berkshire, Was B. At Uffington, •erks, Itl L8t.3. Educated At Rugby Under The Celebrated Dr. Arnold; Entered Oriel College, Oxford, In 1841, And Took His Degree Of B.a. In 1845; Was Called To The ...
Tue Period Of Incubation
Incubation, Tue Period Of, Or The Duration Of The Time In Which Birds Sit On Their Eggs Before The Young Are Hatched, Varies In Different Species, But Is Nearly Constant In Each. In The Humming-birds, The Smallest Animals Of This Class, It Is Only 12 Days; In Canaries, It Is ...
Tue Republic Of Hanbitrg
Han'bitrg, Tue Republic Of, Is The Largest Of The Free Cities Of Germany, And Is Situated In Lat. 53° 32' N., And Long. 9° 58' E., On The N. Bank Of The Elbe, At Its Junction With The Small Streams Of The Alster And The Bille, About 75 In From ...
Uarmonists
Uarmonists, A Sect Founded At Wfirtemberg By George And Frederick Rapp About 1787. The Points Of Belief Of The Sect, As Finally Elaborated, Are These: Adam Was Created A Dual Being, Having Within His Own Person Both The Sexual Elements, And The Creator Is Of The Same Dual Nature; If ...
Ulysses Grant
Grant, Ulysses Suarsox, Eighteenth President Of The United States, Was B. At Point Pleasant, Clermont Co., Ohio, April 27, 1822; Graduated At The Military Academy Of West Point In 1843, And Served Under Gen. Taylor In The War With Mexico, 1846, Up To The Capture Of Monterey. His Regiment Was ...
Victor Hugo
Hugo, Victor Marie,-vicomte, One Of The Most Distinguished French Writers Of The Present Day, Was B. Feb. 26, 1802, At Besarcon, Where His Father Was Then Commandant Of The Garrison. His Mother Was A Native Of La Vendee. And From Her He Imbibed Romantic Royalist Sentiments, Although His Father Was ...
Virgil
Virgil. • The Hexameter Has Been Frequently Employed In Modern Poetry, Especially In German And English. The Facility With Which The First Of These Languages Forms Compounds Is Favorable To Its Use; And Klopstock, Goethe, And Voss Have Produced Admirable Speci Mens Of This Kind Of Verse. It Has Been ...
West Hartlepool
Hartlepool, West, A Modern Market Town And Seaport In The Co. Of Durham, Situ Ated 1 In. To The Westward Of The Ancient Borough Of Hartlepool, And Within The Town Ship Of Stranton. It Has Sprung Into Existence Within Recent Years, Having Been Founded By Ralph Ward Jackson, Esq., An ...
William Harvey
Harvey, 'william, The Discoverer Of The Circulation Of The Blood, Was B. At Folk Stone, In Kent, On April 1, 1578. His Father Was A Yeoman; And Five Of His Brothers Were Merchants Of Weight And Substance, Magni Et Copiosi, In The City Of London, While The Sixth Sat As ...
William Hogarth
Hogarth, William, A Celebrated Painter And Engraver, Born In London In The Year 1697, Served His Apprenticeship To A Silversmith In Cranbourne Street, Named Ellis Gamble, And Next Studied For Some Time Under Sir James Thornhill, The Historical Painter, But Not With Any Marked Success. About 1720 He Set Up ...
William Holman Hunt
Hunt, William Holman, A Celebrated English Painter Of The Present Day, Was B. In London In 1827, And Exhibited His First Picture, Entitled "hark!" In 1846. During The Next Few Years, His Reputation Steadily Advanced; But While The Young Artist Was Win Ning Fame, He Was At The Same Time ...
William Huggins
Huggins, William, Ll.d, B. London, 1824; An Astronomer. In 1855 He Built An Observatory At His Residence, In Which He Mounted A Telescope Of 8 In Aperture. And Made Some Careful Drawings Of Mars, Jupiter, And Saturn. His Attention Was First Engaged In Observations On Double Stars, But Afterwards He ...
William Hunter
Hunter, William, M.d., The Elder Brother Of John Hunter, Was B. At Long Calder Wood, In The Parish Of Kilbride, Lanarkshire, In 1718, And Died In London In 1783. After Studying For Five Sessions In The University Of Glasgow, With A View To Entering The Church, He Determined To Devote ...
William Huskisson
Huskisson, William, An Eminent English Statesman, Was B. At Birch Moreton, In Worcestershire, Mar. 11, 1770, And In 1783 Was Sent To Paris To Study Medicine. He Took Part In The Storming Of The Bastile, And As A Member Of The Club Of 1789, Attracted Attention By A Number Of ...
Winfield Scott Hancock
Hancock, Winfield Scott, B. Penn., 1824; Graduated At West Point In 1844, And Was For Two Years On The W. Frontier In Service. He Was Also In The Mexican War, And Received The Brevet Of First Lieut. For His Behavior In The Actions At Contreras And Chur Ubusco. After That ...
Writ Of Rastas Cortits
Rastas Cortits, Writ Of, A Writ Directed By Courts Of Law Or Equity To Produce The Body Of A Person Illegally Detained, And To State The Reasons Of Such Detention, So That The Court May Judge Of Their Sufficiency. This Writ Is One Of The Chief Guards Of English Liberty, ...