Henry
Henry It., King Of Castile (henry I. Died A Boy In 1217), Was The Natural Son Of Alfonso Xi., And Was Born In January 1333. His Brother, Don Pedro, On Succeeding To The Throne, Showed Him Con Siderable Kindness; He Called Him And His Mother To Court, And Made Him ...
Henry
Henry I Ing Of England, Surnamed Beauclere, Or The Scholar, Was The Fourth And Youngest Son Of William The Conqueror, By His Queen Matilda Of Flanders, And Was Born In 1003 At Selby In York Shire, Being The Only One Of The Sons Of The Conqueror Who Was An Englishman ...
Henry V
Henry V., Surnamed Of Monmouth, From The Place Of His Birth, Was The Eldest Eon Of King Henry Iv., By His First Wife, Mary Do Bohan, And Was Born In The Year 1338. Ile Was Educated At Queen's College, Oxford, Under Tho Superintendence Of His Half-uncle, The Groat Cardinal Henry ...
Henry Vi
Henry Vi., Surnamed Of Windsor, Was Born There On The 6th Of December 1421, Being The Only Issue Of Henry V. By His Queen The Princess Catherine Of France. He Was Consequently Not Quite Nine Months Old When The Death Of His Father Left Him King Of England. Ilia Reign ...
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
* Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, Was Born At Port Land, Maine, United States Of North America, On The 27th Of February 1807, The Son Of The Hon. Stephen Longfellow Of That Place. In His Fifteenth Year He Entered Bowdoin College, Brunswick, At Which College He Graduated With High Honours In 1825. ...
Henry_2
Henry Ill., King Of Castile, Was Born At Burgos In 1379, And Succeeded His Father John Lin October 1390. '1'lle Struggles Of The Various Pretenders To The Regency Occasioned Many Disorders, But At The Age Of Thirteen Henry Put An End To Them By Assuming The Govern Taut Himself ; ...
Hepilestion
Hepile'stion, A Grammarian Of Alexandria, Lived About The Middle Of The 2nd Century Of The Christiau Era. Ile Is Said To Have Instructed The Emperor Verus, (julius Capitolinus, C. 2.) Ile Wrote A Treatise On Greek Metres, Which Was Printed For The First Time At Florence In 1520: But The ...
Herbert Benjamin Edwardes
*edwardes, Herbert Benjamin, Major In The East India Company's Service, Was Born In January 1820, At Frodesley In Shrop Shire. His Father, The Rev. B. Edwardes, Was Rector Of Frodesley. He Completed His Education At King's College, London. His Uncle, Sir Henry Edwardes, Of Ryton Grove, Shrewsbury, Having Procured Him ...
Hernan Corte3
Corte:3, Hernan, Was Born In 1485 At Medellin, A Village Of Ilstreinadura, In Spain. Ile Was Sent To Atody Law At Salamanca ; But Being Of A Turbulent And Dissipated Dlepositiou, His Father Wished Hint To Go To Hal, As A Military Adventurer Trader The Great Captain (gonzalo). Not Erneceedieg ...
Hernandez De Cordova Gonzalo
Gonza'lo, Hernandez De Co'rdova, Surnamed The Great Captain, Was Born Of Noble And Wealthy Parents At Montilla, Near That City, In 1453. Having Early Lost His Father, He Was Brought Up By A Knight Called Diego Ciircamo, Who Inspired Him With That Grandeur Of Soul And Love Of Glory By ...
Hernias
Hernias, A Christian Writer Of The First Century; Who Is Said By Eusebius (' Hint. Ecel.,' Iii. C. 3) And Jerome (' De Illustr. Vizi"; C. 10) To Have Been The Same Individual Whom St. Paul Salutes In His Epistle To The Romano (xvi. 14). He Was The Author Of ...
Herodes
Hero'des, Tibe'rlus Cla'udius Atticus, A Native Of Marathon, In Attica, End Of An Illustrious Family, Which Numbered Among Its Members Several Officers Aud Magistrates Of The Latter Period Of The Athenian Commonwealth, Was Born Under The Reign Of Trojan. He Inherited From His Father Atticus A Very Large Property. Atticus, ...
Herodianus
Herodia'nus, A Greek Author, Who Wrote A History, In Eight Books, Of The Roman Emperors Who Reigned Successively In His Life Time, Beginning With The Death Of Marcus Aurelius, A.d. 150, End Ending With The Accession Of The Younger Gordianus, In 238. This History Comprehends A Period Of Little More ...
Herodotus
Hero'dotus, A Native Of Halicarnassus, A Dorian City In Caria, And Once A Member Of The Confederation Called The Hexapolis, Or Six Cities, Was Born About B.c. If The Pa4sages In His Own History (i. 130; Iii. 15) Were Written By Himself, He Was Probably Alive In N.c. 408, The ...
Herons M
Herons. M. Temminck Thus Defines The Herons Properly So Called :—bill Much Longer Than The Head, As Large As It Is High, Or Larger, At The Base ; Upper Mandible Nearly Straight ; A Great Portion Of The Tibia Naked. Food, Fish Principally. It Will Only Be Necessary To Give ...
Hieron Ii
Hieron Ii., Eon Of Hierocles, A Wealthy Citizen Of Syracuse, And A Descendant Of Gelon, Distinguished Himself In Early Youth By His Brilliant Qualities ; And He Served With Distinction Under Pyrrhus In His Sicilian Campaigns. After Pyrrhus Had Suddenly Abandoned Sicily, The Syracusans Found Themselves Threatened On One Side ...
Hillel
Hillel, One Of The Most Celebrated Of The Jewish Rabbis, Was Descended On His Mother's Side From King David ; But His Father Belonged To The Tribe Of Benjamin. His Birth Is Placed By Bartolocci ('biblioth. Rabinic.; Vol P. 784) In A.m. 3648 (n.o. 112), Which Agrees With The Account ...
Hincmar
Hincmar Was Born In France In 806. Ho Was Of A Noble Family, And Nearly Related To Bernard, Count Of Toulouse. At A Very Early Age He Was Placed Under The Care Of Hilduin, Abbot Of St. Denis, In Which Monastery He Soon Acquired A High Reputation For Learning And ...
Hippo
Hippo, A Greek Philosopher, Who Is Called By Some A Native Of Samoa And A Follower Of Pythagoras, And By Others A Native Of Rhegium, In Southern Italy. With Regard To His Age, Some Writers Have Made Him A Contemporary Of Thales, Or Have Placed Him Even Before The Age ...
Hippocrates
Hippo'crates Was Born At Cos, B.c. 460. His Family Followed The Pursuit Of Medicine For Near Three Hundred Years, And Produced Seven Physicians, Who Attained Considerable Celebrity, And Who Are Supposed To Have Written The Numerous Treatises Which Are Commonly Attributed To Hippocrates Alone. Before Their Time The Knowledge Of ...
Hippolyte Fortoul
Fortoul, Hippolyte, Late Minister Of Public Instruction In France, Was Born In 1811. Lie Commenced Active Life As A Literary Man By Contributions To The ' National," L'artiete,' And Other Periodicals. In The Earlier Part Of His Career He Professed Repub Licanism And St,. Simonianism, And Was Befriended By B4ranger ...
Hippolytus
Hippolytus, A Bishop, Saint And Martyr, Of The First Quarter Of The Third Century, Who, From Circumstances To Be Presently Mentioned, Has Recently Excited Great Interest Amongst Scholars And Theologians. It Was The Apparently Unquestioned Belief Among The Older Christian Writers That An Eminent Ecclesiastical Author, Hippolytus, Had Resided As ...
History Of Music
Music, History Of. The Origin Of Music Is Involved In An Obscurity Which No Ingenuity, No Labour, Has Hitherto Been Able To Dispel ; Analogy And Conjecture, Therefore, Have Supplied The Want Of Facts, In The Absence Of Any Assistance Except What Doubtful Histories And The Fables Of Mythologists Have ...
History Of The Telescope
Telescope, History Of The. It Has Been The Fate Of Almost Every Instrument By Which Science Has Been Extended, Or The Well-being Of Man Promoted, That The Precise Epoch Of Its Invention, And Even The Name Of The Individual To Whom The World Is Indebted For It, Are Alike Unknown. ...
Hoare
Hoare, Slit Richard Colt, Baur., The Historian Of Wiltshire, And An Eminent Biographer And Antiquary, Was Born On The 9th Of December 1758. His Father, The First Baronet, Was Married To Anne, Second Daughter Of Henry Hoare, Esq., And Of Susanna, Daughter And Heiress Of Stephen Colt, Esq. In A ...
Homer
Homer (in Greek, Homdros), The Supposed Author Of The Earliest Greek Heroic Poems Extant, And Of Some Hymns In Praise Of Different Gods. Opinions The Most Various Have Been Held Regarding His Birth Place, His Age, His Station, Cud The Circumstances Of His Life; So That It Seems Almost Hopeless ...
Hooker
Hooker, Otherwise Vowell, John, An English Historian, Born At Exeter About 1524. His Father, Robert Hooker, Was Mayor Of That City In 1529. John Hooker Was Bred At Oxford, But Whether In Exeter Or Corpus Christi College, Wood Was Uncertaiu. He Afterwards Tra Velled In Germany, And Studied Law At ...
Horatio Gates
Gates, Horatio, An American General Of The Revolutionary War, Was Born In England In 1728. Ile Received His Military Training In The English Army, Served In The West Indies, And Accompanied General Braddock In His Disastrous Expedition Against The French Settlements On The Ohio Iu 1755. [baannocx.] Being Wounded In ...
Hosea
Hosea, One Of The Twelve Minor Hebrew Prophets. We Possess No Particulars Respecting The Place Of His Birth, Or His History; But It Appears Probable That He Was A Native Of Samaria, Since His Prophecies Relate Principally To The Ten Tribes. We Learn From The Inscription Of The Book That ...
House Of Este
Este, House Of, One Of The Oldest Hietorical Families Of Modern Europe, And The Oldest Among Those Which Have Retained Sovereign Power To The Present Time, The House Of Savoy Perhaps Excepted. Some Chrogiolugine, Such As Piens, Lato Endeavuured To Trace Back The Genealogy Of The House Of E.t.a To ...
House Of Lords
Lords, House Of, One Of The Constituent Parts Of The Parliament Of The United Kingdom. [parliament.] The Other Is The House Of Commons. The Persons Who Sit In The House Of Lords Are The Lords Spiritual And Lords Temporal. Before The Reformation, When The Monastic Establishments Which Abounded In England ...
Hubert Van Eyck
Eyck, Hubert Van. This Celebrated Old Flemish Painter, The Elder Brother And Master Of Jchn Van Eyck, Was Born, According To Van Mender, In 1366, And Probably At Eyck (now Alden Eyck), A Small Village Near Maaseyck On The Maas. The Two Brothers Established Themselves First In Bruges And Afterwards ...
Hugh Clapperton
Clapperton, Hugh, Was Born In 1788, At Annan, In Dum Friesshire, N.b., Where His Father Was Settled As A Surgeon And Country Practitioner. After Receiving The Rudiments Of A Plain Education, With Some Instruction In Mathematics, He Went To Sea At The Age Of Thirteen, Being Bound Apprentice In A ...
Hugh Latimer
Latimer, Hugh, Bishop Of Worcester, The Son Of A Farmer In Leicestershire, Was Born About The Year 1472. He Was Educated Fif-st At A Grammar-school, Aud Afterwards At Cambridge, Where He Took A Degree, Previous To Entering Into Holy Orders. The Preaching Of Bilney Directed His Attention To Errors In ...
Hugo Grotius
Grotius, Hugo, Was Born At Delft, 10th April 1583, Of Which Town His Father, Johu Do Groot, Was Burgomaster, And Also Ourator Of The Then Newly Established University Of Leyden. From His Boyhood Grotius Manifested Au Extraordinary Ability, And He Is Said To Have Written Latin Verses When He Was ...
Hugo Vander Goes
Goes, Hugo Vander, A Celebrated Old Flemish Painter And Pupil Of John Van Eyck. He Was A Native Of Bruges According To Van Mender, But Of Antwerp According To Vasari, Who Calls Him Hugo D'anversa. He Spent Same Time In Italy, And After His Return To The Netherlands Appears To ...
Hugues Capkt
Capkt, Hugues, The Founder Of The Third, Or, As It Has Been Called From Him, The ' Capetian' Dynasty Of French Princes, Of Whom Ihtle Authentic Information Is Preserved. Ilia Own Great Fief, As Count Of Paris, Gave Him Considerable Predominance; And On The Sleoth Of The Last Of The ...
Humphrey Ditton
Ditton, Humphrey, An Eminent Divine And Mathematician, Was Born At Salisbury May 29, 1675. Ho Was An Only Son ; And Manifesting Good Abilities For Learning, His Father Procured For Him En Excellent Private Education. It Does Not Appear That He Was Ever At Either Of The Universities, A Circumstance ...
Humphry Hody
Hody, Humphry, D.d., An Eminent Divine, Was Born On The Let Of January 1859, At Oldcombe, In Somersetahire. He Was Educated At The University Of Oxford, Took His Degree Of M.a. In 1682, And Was Elected In 1684 A Fellow Of Wadham College. In The Same Year He Published Dissertatio ...
I Herod The Great
I. Herod The Great Was The Second Son Of Antipater, By Whom He Was Appointed Governor Of Galilee At The Age Of Twenty-five. In B.c. 43 Ho Obtained From Sextus Caesar The Government Of All Ccele-syria. From This Time He Became, With Hit Brother Phasael, The Chief Sup Porter Of ...
I Ii D I
I Ii D I T C, &e. 31 Objector, Is It Possible That Achilles Can Ever Come Up With Tin Tortoise, Since It Is Unquestionable (and This Is Perfectly Correct), Tha Let Him Go As Far As He May, He Must Always Come Up To Where Tin Tortoise Was Before ...
I Legislative Authority
I. Legislative Authority Collectively.—the Authority Of Par Liament Extends Over The United Kiligdom And All Its Colonies And Foreign Possessions. There Are No Other Limits To Its Power Of Making Laws For The Whole Empire Than Those Which Are Common To It. And To All Other Sovereign Authority, The Willingness ...
Idivard Iii
I.divard Iii., King Of England, Tho Eldest Eon Of Edward Ii. And Isabella Of France, Was Born At Windsor (whence He Took His Surname) On The 13th Of November 1312. In The First Negotiations With The Court Of France After The Breaking Out Of The Quarrel About Onienne In 1324, ...
Ienry Iii
Ienry Iii., Surnamed Of Winchester, From The Place Of His Birth, Was The Eldest Son Of King John By His Queen, Isabella Of Angoulilme, And Was Born On The 1st Of October 1206. Ills Father Having Died On The 18th Of October 1210, The Boy Was, Chiefly Through The Influence ...
Iermann
]iermann, The Arminius Of The Roman Historians, Tho Son Of Sigimer, Chief Of The Cherueci, Was Born About B.c. 36 Or 17. Being Sent In Early Youth As A Hostage To Rome, Probably In Consequence Of The Victories Of Drusus, Which Land Established The Supremacy Of Rome Over The Catti, ...
Ignacy Krasicki
Krasicki, Ignacy, A Polish Poet Of The First Degree Of Eminence, Was Born At Dubiecko, On The 3rd Of February 1734, Received His First Education At Lemberg, Entered The Priesthood, And Afterwards Spent Some Years In Rome. On His Return To Poland, He Attracted Attention To His Literary Talents By ...
Ignatius
Igna'tius, One Of The Earliest Of The Apostolio Fathers, Called Also Theopuorus. Antioch Was A Great Seat And Centre Of Christianity From The Vary Earliest Times. St. Paul Resided There Many Years, And Brought The Christian Community Into Regular Church Order. Ignatius Was One Of The Earliest Successor, To St. ...
Ignatius Loyola
Loyola, Ignatius, Don Demo Lorez De Iteosasse, More Gene Rally Known Under The Name Of Loyola, Was Tho Youngest Child Of Don Bertram, Lord Of Ognez And Loyola, A Nobleman Of High Birth And Distinction In His Proviucc, And Of Marina Sacs De Baldi. Ho Was Born In The Year ...
Igneous Meteors
Meteors, Igneous On Luminous. The Following Is A Con Densed Statement Of The Present Condition Of Knowledge In The Department Of Meteorology Relating To These Objects, Which May Now Not Improperly Be Termed Meteoric Astronomy, And Which Is Con Nected In A Remarkable Manner With Cosmical Science, And Also With ...
Ii Antelopes Of The
Ii. Antelopes Of The Desert. In This Section The Animals Have A Broad Nose With The Nostrils Subvalvular, And Lined With Bristles Within. Dr. J. E. Gray Divides These Into Two Groups, The Equine Antelopes, And The Bovine Antelopes. I. Equine Antelopes. These Antelopes Have A Broad, Depressed, Spongy, Bristly ...