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HORSERADISH (Ger. Meerrettig ; Fr. raifort = ravine forte, crap de Bretagne ; Swed. Pepper-rot ; Russ. chren)

HORSETAIL (Equisetum)

JOHN HORSLEY (c. 1685 – 1732)

JOHN CALLCOTT HORSLEY (1817-1903)

SAMUEL HORSLEY (1733-1806)

WILLIAM HORSLEY (1774–1858)

EDWARD HORSMAN (1807–1876)

FENTON JOHN ANTHONY HORT (1828–1892)

QUINTUS HORTENSIUS

QUINTUS HORTENSIUS (114—50 B.C.)

HORTICULTURE (Lat. hortus, a garden)

CHRISTIANA HORTON (c. 1696–c. 1756)

ROBERT FORMAN HORTON (18J5– )

SAMUEL DANA HORTON (1844–1895)

HORUS (Egyptian Hor)

HOSE (a word common to many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch, hoes, stocking, Ger. Hose, breeches, tights; the ultimate origin is unknown)

HOSHEA (Heb. for " deliverance ")

STANISLAUS HOSIUS (1504–1579)

JOHN HOSKINS (d. 1664)

HARRIET GOODHUE HOSMER (183o-19o8)

HOSPICE (Lat. hospitium, entertainment, hospitality, inn, hospes, host)

HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

HOSPITIUM (Gr. evia, IrpoEevia)

HOSTAGE (through Fr. ostage, modern otage, from Late Lat. obsidaticum, the state of being an obses or hostage; Med. Lat. ostaticum, ostagium)

SIR WILLIAM HOSTE (178o-1828)

HOTCHKISS AUTOMATIC MACHINE GUN

SIR JOHN HOTHAM (d. 1645)

1ST BARON WILLIAM HOTHAM HOTHAM (1736-1813)

HEINRICH GUSTAV HOTHO (1802-1873)

FRANCOIS HOTMAN (1524-1590)

JOHANN HEINRICH HOTTINGER (162o–1667)

JACOBUS HOUBRAKEN (1698–178o)

HOUDENC (or HOUDAN), RAOUL DE

COMTESSE DE ELISABETH FRANCOISE SOPHIE DE LA LIVE DE BELLEGARDE HOUDETOT (1730—1813)

JEAN ANTOINE HOUDON (1740—1828)

1ST BARON RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES HOUGHTON (1809—1885)

CANONICAL HOURS

HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

ROYAL HOUSEHOLD

LAURENCE HOUSMAN (1867– )

ARSINE HOUSSAYE (1815-1896)

HOUSTON, SAM, or SAMUEL (1793-1863)

FREIHERR VON CHRISTOPH ERNST HOUWALD (1778–1845)

THOMAS HOVENDEN (184o–1895)

WILLIAM WALSHAM HOW (1823–1897)

HOWARD (FAMILY)

WILLIAM HOWARD HOWARD OF EFFINGHAM

CATHERINE HOWARD (d. 1542)

JOHN HOWARD (1726-1790)

LORD WILLIAM HOWARD (1563–1640)

OLIVER OTIS HOWARD (1830-19o9)

SIR ROBERT HOWARD (1626–1698)

EIJAS HOWE (1819 — 1867)

JOHN HOWE (1630-17o6)

JOSEPH HOWE (1804–1873)

JULIA WARD HOWE (1819–1910)

EARL RICHARD HOWE HOWE (1726-1799)

SAMUEL GRIDLEY HOWE (1801-1876)

5TH VISCOUNT WILLIAM HOWE HOWE (1729-1814)

JAMES HOWELL (c. 1594-1666)

WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS (1837– )

HOWITT WILLIAM (1792-1899)

HOWITZER (derived, through an earlier form howitz, and the Ger. Haubitz, from the Bohemian houfnice = catapult, from which come also, through the Ital. obiza or obice, the French forms obus = shell and obusier = howitzer)

JOHN SAUL HOWSON (1816-1885)

HOY (Norse Haey, " high island ")

HOYLE, EDMUND, or EDMOND (1672-1769)

HRABANUS MAURUS MAGNENTIUS (c. 776-856)

HROSVITHA (frequently ROSWITHA, and properly HROTSUIT)

HSUAN TSANG (HIOUEN THSANG, HIWEN T'SANG, YUAN TSANG, YUAN-CHWANG)

HUARTE DE SAN JUAN, or HUARTE Y NAVARRO, JUAN (c. 1530-1592)

FRANCOIS HUBER (1750-1831)

JOHANN NEPOMUK HUBER (1830-1879)

LUDWIG FERDINAND HUBER (1764–1804)

HUBERT (HUCBERTUS, HUGBERTUS), ST (d. 727)

EMIL HUBNER (1834-1901)

COUNT JOSEPH ALEXANDER HUBNER (1811-1892)

HUCBALD (HUOBALDUS, HUBALDUS)

HUCKNALL TORKARD

HUDSON BAY (less often, but more correctly, HUDSON'S BAY)

GEORGE HUDSON (180o-1871)

JOHN HUDSON (1662–1719)

HUEHUETANANGO (i.e. in the local Indian dialect, " City of the Ancients ")

HUELVA (the ancient Onuba, Onoba, or Onuba Aestuaria)

HUESCA (anc. Osca)

PIERRE DANIEL HUET (1630-1721)

CHRISTOPH WILHELM HUFELAND (1762-1836)

GOTTLIEB HUFELAND (1760-1817)

JOHANN LEONHARD HUG (1765-1846)

SIR WILLIAM HUGGINS (1824-1910)

HUGH CAPET (c. 938-996)

HUGH DE PUISET (c. 1125-1195)

HUGH OF ST CHER (c. 1200-1263)

HUGH OF ST VICTOR (c. 1078-1141)

DAVID EDWARD HUGHES (1831-1900)

HUGH PRICE HUGHES (1847-19o2)

JOHN HUGHES (1677-1720)

JOHN HUGHES (1797-1864)

SIR EDWARD HUGHES (c. 1720-1794)

THOMAS HUGHES (1822-1896)

HUGLI, or HOOGHLY

GUSTAV VON HUGO (1764–1844)

VICTOR MARIE HUGO (1802-1885)

CLOVIS HUGUES (1851-1907)

HUICHOL (pronounced Veetchol—a corruption of the native name V ishalika orITirarika, doctors or healers)

HUITZILOPOCHTLI

JOHN WHITAKER HULKE (183o-1895)

HULL (in O.Eng. hulu, from helan, to cover, cf. Ger. Hiille, covering)

HULL (officially KINGSTON-UPON-HULL)

ISAAC HULL (1775-1843)

JOHN PYKE HULLAH (1812-1884)

WILLIAM HULME (1631-1691)

JOHN HULSE (1708-1790)

ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY

HUMANISM (from Lat. humanus, human, connected with holm)

HUMAYUN (15o8-1556)

KING OF ITALY RANIERI CARLO EMANUELE GIOVANNI MARIA FERDINANDO EUGENIO HUMBERT (1844-1900)

BARON FRIEDRICH HEINRICH ALEXANDER HUMBOLDT

KARL WILHELM VON HUMBOLDT (1767-1835)

ALEXANDER HUME (c. 1557-1609)

DAVID HUME (1711-1776)

JOSEPH HUME (1777-1855)

JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL (1778-1837)

HUMMOCK (of uncertain derivation; cf. hump or hillock)

HUMOUR (Latin humor)

HUMPBACK WHALE (Megaptera longimana or M. books)

ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK (1854- )

HUMPHREY (or HUMFREY), LAWRENCE (1527?-1590)

ANDREW ATKINSON HUMPHREYS (1810-1883)

OZIAS HUMPHRY (1742-1810)

HUNDRED DAYS (Fr. Cent Jours)

HUNGARY (Hungarian Magyarorszdg)

BARON WALTER HUNGERFORD HUNGERFORD (d. 1449)

HUNNERIC (d. 484)

WILLIAM HUNNIS (d. 1597)

1ST BARON HENRY CAREY HUNSDON (c. 1524-1596)

HUNSTANTON [commonly pronounced Hunston]

ALFRED WILLIAM HUNT (183o-1896)

HENRY HUNT (1i73-1835)

HENRY JACKSON HUNT (1819-1889)

JAMES HENRY LEIGH HUNT (1784-1859)

ROBERT HUNT (1807-1887)

THOMAS STERRY HUNT (1826-1892)

WILLIAM HENRY HUNT (1790—1864)

WILLIAM HOLMAN HUNT (1827-1910)

WILLIAM MORRIS HUNT (1824-1879)

JOHN HUNTER (1728-1793)

ROBERT MERCER TALIAFERRO HUNTER (r8o9-1887)

SIR WILLIAM WILSON HUNTER (1840-19oo)

WILLIAM HUNTER (1718–1783)

WILLIAM ALEXANDER HUNTER (1844-1898)

HUNTING (the verbal substantive from " hunt "; O. Eng. huntian, hunta; apparently connected with O. Eng. hentan, Gothic hinpan, to capture, O.H.G. hunda,booty)

HUNTING DOG (Lycaon pictus)

EARLS OF HUNTINGDON

COUNTESS OF SELINA HASTINGS HUNTINGDON (1707—1791)

HUNTINGDONSHIRE (HUNTS)

DANIEL HUNTINGTON (1816-1906)

FREDERIC DAN HUNTINGTON (1819–1904)

HUNTINGTOWER AND RUTHVENFIELD

EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF HUNTLY

BENJAMIN HUNTSMAN (1704-1776)

LASZLO HUNYADI (1433—1457)

JANOS HUNYAIDI (c. 1387-1456)

HUNZA (also known as KANJUT)

HUON OF BORDEAUX

HERMANN HUPFELD (1796-1866)

RICHARD HURD (1720-1808)

HURDLE (O. Eng. hyrdel, cognate with such Teutonic forms as Ger. Hilrde, Dutch horde, Eng. " hoarding "; in pre-Teutonic languages the word appears in Gr. Kvprla, wickerwork, e(pT77, Lat. cratis, basket, cf. " crate," " grate ")

FREDERICK YEATES HURLSTONE (1800-1869)

HURON (a French term, from huge', bristled, early used as an expression of contempt, signifying "lout ")

HURRY (or URRV), SIR JOHN (d. 165o)

JOHN FLETCHER HURST (1834-1903)

HURSTMONCEAUX (also HERSTMONCEUX)

LAW RELATING TO HUSBAND AND WIFE

HUSHI (Rumanian Husi)

WILLIAM HUSKISSON (1770-1830)

HUSS (or Hus), JOHN (c. 1373-1415)

HUSTING (O. Eng. hiesting, from Old Norwegian hzesthing)

FRANCIS HUTCHESON (1694-1746)

ANNE HUTCHINSON (c. 1600-1643)

JOHN HUTCHINSON (1615-1664)

JOHN HUTCHINSON (1674-1737)

SIR JONATHAN HUTCHINSON (1828– )

THOMAS HUTCHINSON (1711-1780)

PHILIPP VON HUTTEN (c. 1511—1546)

ULRICH VON HUTTEN (1488—1523)

LEONHARD HUTTER (1563-1616)

CHARLES HUTTON (1737-1823)

JAMES HUTTON (1726-1797)

RICHARD HOLT HUTTON (1826-1897)

THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY (1825–1895)

CHRISTIAAN HUYGENS (1629-1695)

SIR CONSTANTIJN HUYGENS (1596-1687)

JORIS KARL HUYSMANS (1848–1907)

JAN VAN HUYSUM (1682–1749)

HWANG HO [HoANG Ho]

HYACINTH (Gr. ualavOor)

HYACINTH, or JACINTH

HYADES (" the rainy ones ")

ALPHEUS HYATT (1838–1902)

HYDANTOIN (glycolyl urea), C3H4N202

BARON JEAN GUILLAUME HYDE DE NEUVILLE

THOMAS HYDE (1636-1703)

HYDER ALI, or HAIDAR

HAIDARABAD HYDERABAD

HYDERABAD, or HAIDARABAD

HYDRA (or SDRA, NIDRA, IDERO, &c.; anc. Hydrea)

HYDRA (watersnake)

HYDRACRYLIC ACID (ethylene lactic acid)

HYDRAULICS (Gr. iS&,p, water, and ai,Xos, a pipe)

HYDRAZINE (DIAMIDOGEN), N2H4

HYDROCHLORIC ACID

HYDRODYNAMICS (Gr. Scot)

atomic weight x-oo8 HYDROGEN [symbol H (0=16)]

HYDROGRAPHY (.Gr. 6&,p, water, and cypfidiecv, to write)

HYDROLYSIS (Gr. 6Swp, water, Anew, to loosen)

HYDROMECHANICS (Gr. ubpops avuca)

HYDROMETER (Gr. u"Swp, water, and pErpov, a measure)

HYDROPHOBIA (Gr. iibwp, water, and 4osos, fear; so called from the symptom of dread of water), or RABIES (Lat. for" madness ")

HYDROSPHERE (Gr. i55wp, water, and O4aipa, sphere)

HYDROSTATICS (Gr. iibwp, water, and the root Ora-, to cause to stand)

NH2OH HYDROXYLAMINE

HYGIENE (Fr. hygiene, from Gr. ir'taivety, to be healthy)

HYGINUS (surnamed GROMATICUS, from gruma, a surveyor's measuring-rod)

GAIUS JULIUS HYGINUS

HYGROMETER (Gr. hypos, moist, L Tpov, a measure)

HYLOZOISM (Gr. iiX7)

HYMEN, or HYMENAEUS

HYMENOPTERA (Gr. bµ$v, a membrane, and irrepov, a wing)

HYMETTUS (Ital. Monte Matto, hence the modern name Trello Vouni)

HYPAETHROS (Gr. iiiraiOpos, beneath the sky, in the open air, inrb, beneath, and aWBilp, air)

HYPALLAGE (Gr. Ur aX)tceyi, interchange or exchange)

HYPATIA ('Tiraria) (c. A.D. 370–415)

HYPERBATON (Gr. in4p1arov, a stepping over)

HYPERBOLE (from Gr. i'irep/3aX tew, to throw beyond)

HYPERBOREANS (`Tirep(3bpeot, `Taepf3bpeiot)

HYPEREIDES (c. 390-322 B.c.)

HYPERTROPHY (Gr. inrEp, over, and rpo(A, nourishment)

HYPOCAUST (Gr. inroicauQrov: &Ire, beneath, and Icaueiv, to burn)

HYPOCHONDRIASIS (synonyms— " the spleen," " the vapours ")

HYPOSULPHITE OF SODA

HYPOTHEC (Lat. hypotheca, Gr. vaoOi7Kf)

HYPOTHESIS (from Gr. inrorcOivat, to put under; cf. Lat. suppositio, from sub-ponere)

HYPOTRACHELIUM (Gr. vaorpaxi7Awv, the lower part of the neck, rphx Aos)

HYPSOMETER (Gr. lidos, height, pETpov, a measure)

HYRCANUS ('Tp,av6s)

HYSSOP (Hyssopus officinalis)

HYSTASPES (the Greek form of the Persian Vishtaspa)

HYSTERESIS (Gr. IQTEprIo-es, from vvrkp€iv, to lag behind)