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GEORGE HIGINBOTHAM (1827-1893)

ST HILARION (c. 290--371)

HILARIUS (HILARY), ST (c. 403-449)

HILARIUS (fl. 1125)

HILARIUS, or HILARUS (HILARY)

GILDEBERT HYDALBERT HILDEBERT

LAY OF HILDEBRAND (Deis Hildebrandslied)

EDUARD HILDEBRANDT (1818-1868)

THEODOR HILDEBRANDT (1804-1874)

ST HILDEGARD (1098-1179)

RICHARD HILDRETH (1807—1865)

ADOLF BERNHARD CHRISTOPH HILGENFELD (1823—1907)

HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)

HILL TIPPERA, or TRIPURA

AARON HILL (1685-175o)

AMBROSE POWELL HILL

DANIEL HARVEY HILL (1821-1889)

DAVID BENNETT HILL (1843–1910)

GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN HILL (1835-1903)

JOHN HILL (c. 1716-1775)

MATTHEW DAVENPORT HILL (1792-1872)

OCTAVIA HILL (1838– )

ROWLAND HILL (1744–1833)

SIR ROWLAND HILL (1795-1879)

GEORGE STILLMAN HILLARD (1808-1879)

KARL HILLEBRAND (1829–1884)

FERDINAND HILLER (181i-1885)

JOHANN ADAM HILLER (1728–1804)

LAWRENCE HILLIARD (d. 1640)

NICHOLAS HILLIARD (c. 1537–1619)

JOHN HILTON (1804–1878)

WILLIAM HILTON (1786-1839)

HIMERIUS (c. A.D. 315-386)

HIMLY (LOUIS), AUGUSTE (1823–1906)

FREDERICK HENRY HIMMEL (1765-1814)

EDWARD HINCKS (1792-1866)

SIR FRANCIS HINCKS (1807-1885)

HINCMAR (c. 805-882)

GUSTAV EDUARD VON HINDERSIN (1804-1872)

HINDOSTANI (properly Hindustani, of or belonging to Hindostan')

HINDOSTANT LITERATURE

HINDU CHRONOLOGY

HINDUR, or NALAGARH

HINGE (in Mid. Eng. henge or heeng, from hengen, to hang)

HERMANN FRIEDRICH WILHELM HINRICHS (1794–1861)

PAUL HINSCHIUS (1835–1898)

HINTERLAND (German for " the land behind ")

JAMES HINTON (1822–1875)

HIPPALECTRYORNITHES

HIPPARCHUS (fl. 146-126 B.c.)

HIPPASUS OF METAPONTUM

THEODOR GOTTLIEB VON HIPPEL (1741-1796)

HIPPIAS OF ELIS

HIPPOCRENE (the " fountain of the horse," ii 'lrrov tcpitvrl)

HIPPODROME (Gr. irrbSpo,uos, from irros, horse, and Spoµos, racecourse)

THE CANONS OF HIPPOLYTUS

HIPPOPOTAMUS (" river-horse," Gr. lames, horse and aoraµbs, river)

HIPPURIC ACID (Gr. iazros, horse, ovpov, urine)

HIRING (from O. Eng. hyrian, a word common to many Teutonic languages cf. Ger. heuern, Dutch huren, &c.)

HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

HIRPINI (from an Oscan or Sabine stem hirpo-, "wolf ")

BARON HIRSCH AUF GEREUTH MAURICE DE HIRSCH

SAMSON RAPHAEL HIRSCH (r8o8-1888)

AULUS HIRTIUS (c. 90-43 B.C.)

HISPELLUM (mod. Spello, q.v.)

HISTIAEUS (d. 494 B.c.)

HISTOLOGY (Gr. Ler6c, web, tissue, properly the web-beam of the loom, from iQravai, to make to stand)

HISTOLOGY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF GREEK

HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY DOWN TO THE ROMAN

HISTORY AND LITERATURE OF THE

HISTORY FROM 1579 TO MODERN

HISTORY OF ANATOMY

HISTORY OF BANKING HOUSES

HISTORY OF BRIDGE

HISTORY OF ENGLISH

HISTORY OF FORENSIC

HISTORY OF GEOGRAPHICAL

HISTORY OF MISSION

HISTORY OF THE BRITISH

GINES PEREZ DE HITA (1544?-16o5?)

GEORGE HITCHCOCK (1850-- )

ROSWELL DWIGHT HITCHCOCK (1817–1887)

JACQUES IGNACE HITTORFF (1792-1867)

FERDINAND HITZIG (1807-1875)

HKAMTI LONG (called Kantigyi by the Burmese, and Bor Hkampti by the peoples on the Assam side)

HOACTZIN, or HOATZIN

BENJAMIN HOADLY (1676-1761)

SAMUEL HOAR (1778-1856)

BART SIR RICHARD COLT HOARE

AUGUSTUS CHARLES HOBART PASHA

GARRET AUGUSTUS HOBART (1844–1899)

JOHN HENRY HOBART (1775-1830)

MEYNDERT HOBBEMA (c. 1638-1709)

THOMAS HOBBES (1588–1679)

ARTHUR HOEHOUSE HOBHOUSE

SIR THOMAS HOBY (1530–1566)

LAZARE HOCHE (1768-1797)

BARON FERDINAND CHRISTIAN VON HOCHSTETTER (1829—1884)

HOCKEY (possibly derived from the " hooked " stick with which it is played; cf. O. Fr. hoquet, shepherd's crook)

HODDEN (a word of unknown origin)

HODEDA (Hodeida, Hadeda)

CHARLES HODGE (1797-1878)

THOMAS HODGKIN (1831- )

EATON HODGKINSON (1759-1861)

BRIAN HOUGHTON HODGSON (1800-1894)

HODOGRAPH (Gr. &56s, a way, and ypagav, to write)

WILLIAM STEPHEN RAIKES HODSON (1821-1858)

HUMPHREY HODY (1659-1707)

HOE (through Fr. houe from O.H.G. houwd, mod. Ger. Haue; the root is seen in " hew," to cut, cleave; the word must be distinguished from " hoe," promontory, tongue of land, seen in place names, e.g. Morthoe, Luton Hoo, the Hoe at Plymouth, &c. ; this is t

RICHARD MARCH HOE (1812-1886)

JORIS HOEFNAGEL (1545-1601)

ANDREAS HOFER (1767-181o)

HARALD HOFFDING (1843– )

AUGUST HEINRICH HOFFMANN (1798–1874)

ERNST THEODOR WILHELM HOFFMANN (1776-1822)

JOHANN JOSEPH HOFFMANN (1805-1878)

AUGUST WILHELM VON HOFMANN (1818-1892)

JOHANN CHRISTIAN KONRAD VON HOFMANN (1810—1877)

MELCHIOR HOFMANN (c. 1498—1543-4)

WILHELM FRIEDRICH BENEDICT HOFMEISTER (1824-1877)

JAN HENDRIK HOFMEYR (1845-1909)

PETRUS HOFSTEDE DE GROOT (1802–1886)

WILLIAM HOGARTH (1697–1764)

JAMES HOGG (1770-1835)

THOMAS JEFFERSON HOGG (1792–1862)

HOHENFRIEDBERG, or HOHENFRIEDEBERG

HOHENSTEIN (Hohenstein-Ernstthal)

HOKUSAI (r 76o–1849)

BARON PAUL HEINRICH DIETRICH HOLBACH

BARON LUDVIG HOLBERG HOLBERG (1684-1754)

THOMAS HOLCROFT (1745-1809)

HUBERT ASHTON HOLDEN (1822-1896)

BART SIR ISAAC HOLDEN

JOHANN CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH HOLDERLIN (1770-1843)

EARL OF HOLDERNESSE

SAMUEL HOLDHEIM (18o6-186o)

HOLINSHED (or HOLLINGSIIEAD), RAPHAEL (d. c. 158o)

FRANK HOLL (1845–1888)

CHARLES HOLLAND (1733–1769)

COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF HOLLAND

1ST BARON HENRY FOX HOLLAND (1705–1774)

1ST EARL OF HENRY RICH HOLLAND (1S9o-,649)

3RD HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX HOLLAND

JOSIAH GILBERT HOLLAND (1819-1881)

PHILEMON HOLLAND (1552-1637)

HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)

BART SIR HENRY HOLLAND

BARON DENZIL HOLLES HOLLES (1599-1680)

THOMAS HOLLOWAY (1800-1883)

HOLLY (Ilex Aquifolium)

JAMES HOLMAN (1786–1857)

OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES (18o9-1894)

HOLOCAUST (Gr. b'orcavcrov, or okbeavrov, wholly burnt)

HOLOCENE (from Gr. iiXos, whole, uacvos, recent)

HOLOSYMMETRIC CLASS (Holohedral (ass, whole)

SIR CHARLES HOLROYD (1861– )

FRIEDRICH VON HOLSTEIN (1837–1909)

KARL CHRISTIAN JOHANN HOLSTEN (1825–1897)

LUCAS HOLSTENIUS

SIR JOHN HOLT (1642–1710)

KARL EDUARD VON HOLTEI (1798-188o)

LUDWIG HEINRICH CHRISTOPH HOLTY (1748-1776)

JOACHIM WILHELM FRANZ PHILIPP VON HOLTZENDORFF (1829—1889)

HEINRICH JULIUS HOLTZMANN (1832— )

EMIL HOLUB (1847—1902)

THE HOLY ALLIANCE

HOLY ISLAND, or LINDISFARNE

HOLY WEEK (i8 o,ucls µcry&An, &ryia or Twv ayiwv, ii7Porbaryias, alrpaKTos, also i)µEpac RraOn,uaTwv, i77.tfpac o-Tavpiavcµau hebdomas [or septimana] major, sancta, authentica [i.e. canonizata, du Cange], ultima, poenosa, luctuosa, nigra, inoificiosa, mut

HOLYHEAD (Caergybi, the fort of Cybi, the saint mentioned by Matthew Arnold as meeting St Seiriol of Penm6n, Anglesey)

GEORGE JACOB HOLYOAKE (1817-2906)

HOLYWELL (Tre'ffynnon, well-town)

HOLZTROMPETE (Wooden Trumpet)

HOMAGE (from homo, through the Low Lat. hominaticum, which occurs in a document of 1035)

DANIEL DUNGLAS HOME (1833-1886)

WINSLOW HOMER (1836-191o)

HOMESTEAD AND EXEMPTION LAWS

KARL GUSTAV HOMEYER (1795-1874)

HOMICIDE (Lat. homicidium)

HOMILETICS (Gr. oµi)Vrr oc6s, from O uXe1v, to assemble together)

HOMOEOPATHY (from the Greek 6p:nos, like, and 7raOos, feeling)

HOMONYM (Gr. oµwvolaos, having the same name, from densely populated plain running north and south from the oµos, same, alike, and 6voµa, name)

MELCHIOR HONDECOETER

HONE (in O. Eng. han, cognate with Swed. hen ; the root appears in Skt. gdna, co to sharpen)

NATHANIEL HONE (1718-1784)

WILLIAM HONE (1780-1842)

HONEY (Chin. me ; Sansk. madhu, mead, honey; cf. A.S. medo, medu, mead; Gr. p Xt, in which 0 or b is changed into X; Lat. mel ; Fr. miel ; A.S. hung ; Ger. Honig)

HONEYSUCKLE (Mid. Eng., honysocle, i.e. any plant from which honey may be sucked,—cf. A.-S. huni-suge, privet; Ger. Geissblalt; Fr. chevrefeuille)

FLAVIUS HONORIUS (384-423)

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

HONOURABLE (Fr. honorable, from Lat. honorabilis, worthy of honour)

JOHANN NIKOLAUS VON HONTHEIM (1701-1790)

GERARD VAN HONTHORST (159o-1656)

PIETER DE HOOCH (1629-?1678)

BARON ARTHUR WILLIAM ACLAND HOOD HOOD OF AVALON (1824-1901)

JOHN BELL HOOD (1831–1879)

VISCOUNT SAMUEL HOOD HOOD (1724–1816)

SIR SAMUEL HOOD (1762-1814)

THOMAS HOOD (1799-1845)

TOM HOOD (1835–1874)

PIETER CORNELISSEN HOOFT (1581-1647)

SAMUEL DIRKSZ VAN HOOGSTRATEN

JAMES CLARKE HOOK (1819-1907)

THEODORE EDWARD HOOK (1788-1841)

WALTER FARQUHAR HOOK (1798-1875)

HOOKAH (the English spelling of the Persian and Hindustani huqqu, an adaptation of the Arabic huqqah, a vase or casket, and by transference a pipe for smoking, probably derived from the Arabic huqq, a hollow place)

ROBERT HOOKE (1635–1703)

JOSEPH HOOKER (1814–1879)

RICHARD HOOKER (1553-1600)

SIR JOSEPH DALTON HOOKER (1817— English botanist and traveller, second son of the famous botanist Sir W.J.Hooker, was born on the 3oth of June 1817, at Halesworth, Suffolk. He was educated at Glasgow University, and almost immediately after taking his M.

SIR WILLIAM JACKSON HOOKER (1785–1865)

THOMAS HOOKER (1586–1647)

JOHN HOOLE (2727-1803)

JOHN HOOPER (d. 1555)

HOOPOE (Fr. Huppe, Lat. Upupa, Gr. Eao>!i—all names bestowed apparently from its cry)

HOP (Ger. Hopfen, Fr. houblon)

THOMAS HOPE (c. 1770-1831)

HANS VON HOPFEN (1835—1904)

COUNT VON ANDERS JOHAN HOPKEN (1712—1789)

EDWARD WASHBURN HOPKINS (1857— )

ESEK HOPKINS (1718-18oz)

MARK HOPKINS (1802—1887)

SAMUEL HOPKINS (1721–1803)

WILLIAM HOPKINS (1793–1866)

FRANCIS HOPKINSON (1737–1791)

JOHN HOPKINSON (1849-1898)

JOHN HOPPNER (1758—1810)

BARON RALPH HOPTON HOPTON (1598-1652)

MOUNT HOR (nirt)

HORACE [QuINTus HORATIUS FLACCUS] (65-8 B.C.)

HORATIUS COCLES

HOREHOUND (0. Eng. harhune, Ger. Andorn, Fr. marrube)

HORIZON (Gr. 6pfTwv, dividing)

HORIZONTAL PRESSURES ON VERTICAL JOINTS

BARON VON JOSEPH HORMAYR (1782-1848)

HORMIZD, or HORMIZDAS

HORMUZ (Hurmuz, Ormuz, Ormus)

HORN (Lat. cornu; corresponding terms being Fr. cor, trompe; Ger. Horn; Ital. corno)

HORN (a common Teutonic word, cognate with Lat. cornu; cf. Gr. Kipas)

COUNT ARVID BERNHARD HORN (1664-1742)

COUNT PHILIP DE MONTMORENCY HORN

HORNBEAM (Carpinus betulus)

SIR GEOFFREY THOMAS PHIPPS HORNBY (1825-1895)

GEORGE HORNE (1730-1792)

HORNE, RICHARD HENRY, or HENGIST (1803–1884)

THOMAS HARTWELL HORNE (178o-1862)

FREDERICK HORNEMANN (fl. 1796–1800)

FRANCIS HORNER (1778–1817)

LEONARD HORNER (1785-1864)

MORITZ HORNES (1815-1868)

HORNFELS (a German word meaning hornstone)

LETTERS OF HORNING

ISAIAH HOROWITZ (c. 1555-c. 1630)

JEREMIAH HORROCKS (1619-1641)

JOHN HORROCKS (1768–1804)

HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

HORSE LATITUDES