- Gouda, town, Holland.
- Goudimel, Claude, French musical composer.
- Gough, Viscount, British general.
- Gough, Richard, English antiquary.
- Goujet, Claude Pierre, French abbé and writer.
- Goujon, Jean, French sculptor.
- Gould, Augustus Addison, American conchologist.
- Gour, mediæval town, India (Gaur, q.v.).
- Gourd, plant.
- Gourgard, Gaspard, Baron, French general.
- Gout, disease.
- Gouvion Saint Cyr, Laurent, Marquis de, French marshal.
- Government.
- Gower, John, English poet.
- Goya, town, Argentine Republic.
- Goyanna, town, Brazil.
- Goya y Lucientes, Francisco, Spanish painter and caricaturist.
- Goyaz, province and town, Brazil.
- Goyen, Jan Josephszoon van, Dutch painter.
- Gozlan, Léon, French novelist and dramatist.
- Gozo, island, Mediterranean Sea (See Malta).
- Gozzi, Carlo, Count, Italian dramatist.
- Gozzi, Gasparo, Count, Italian critic.
- Gozzoli, Benozzo, Italian painter.
- Graal, The Holy, in mediæval legend (Grail, q.v.).
- Grabe, Johann Ernst, Anglican divine.
- Grabow, town, Prussia.
- Gracchus, Roman family.
- Graces, in Greek mythology.
- Grackle, bird.
- Gracian, Baltazar, Spanish writer.
- Gradisca, town, Austria.
- Graduation, of mathematical instruments.
- Græcia, Magna, part of ancient Italy.
- Grævius, Johann Georg, German scholar.
- Gräfe, Albrecht von, German oculist.
- Gräfe, Heinrich, German educationist.
- Gräfe, Karl Ferdinand von, German surgeon.
- Gräfrath, town, Prussia.
- Gragnano, town, Italy.
- Graham, Sir James G. R., British statesman.
- Graham, Thomas, Scottish chemist.
- Grahame, James, Scottish poet.
- Graham's Town, Cape Colony, Africa.
- Grail, The Holy, in mediæval legend.
- Grains of Paradise.
- Gram, leguminous plant.
- Grammar.
- Grammont, town, Belgium.
- Gramont, Philibert, Count de, French courtier.
- Grampus, cetacean mammal.
- Gran, town, Hungary.
- Granada, province, Spain.
- Granada, town, Spain.
- Granada, town, Nicaragua, Central America.
- Granada, Luis de, Spanish preacher.
- Granadilla, plant and fruit.
- Gran Chaco, district, South America.
- Grand' Combe, town, France.
- Grand Haven, town, Michigan, U.S.A.
- Grandimontanes, religious order.
- Grand Rapids, town, Michigan, U.S.A.
- Grandson, town, Switzerland (Granson, q.v.).
- Grandville, French caricaturist (Gérard, Jean I. I., q.v.).
- Granet, François Marius, French painter.
- Granite, rock.
- Granmichele, town, Sicily.
- Granson, town, Switzerland.
- Grant, Anne, Scottish authoress.
- Grant, Sir Francis, English painter.
- Grant, Sir James Hope, British general.
- Grantham, town, England.
- Granvella, Spanish cardinal.
- Granville, town, France.
- Granville, Earl, British statesman.
- Grape (Vine, q.v.).
- Graphite, mineral (Carbon, q.v., and also see Furnace).
- Graphotype, process of engraving.
- Graslitz, town, Bohemia.
- Grasse, town, France.
- Grasses.
- Grasshopper, insect.
- Gratianus, Augustus, Roman emperor.
- Gratianus, Franciscus, Italian canonist.
- Gratius Faliscus, Roman poet.
- Grattan, Henry, Irish statesman and orator.
- Gratz, town, Austria.
- Graubünden, canton, Switzerland (Grisons, q.v.).
- Graudenz, town, Prussia.
- Graun, Carl Heinrich, German composer.
- Gravelines, town, France.
- Gravesend, town, England.
- Gravina, town, Italy.
- Gravina, Giovanni Vincenzo, Italian critic and jurisconsult.
- Gravitation.
- Gravity, Specific, comparative density (See Hydrodynamics).
- Gray, town, France.
- Gray, David, Scottish poet.
- Gray, John Edward, English naturalist.
- Gray, Thomas, English poet.
- Grayling, fish.
- Grazalema, town, Spain.
- Grazzini, Antonfrancesco, Italian writer.
- Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom of.
- Greaves, John, English mathematician and antiquary.
- Grebe, bird.
- Greco, El.
- Greece.
- Greek Church.
- Greek Empire (See Greece).
- Greek Fire.
- Greeley, Horace, American writer and politician.
- Green Bay, town, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
- Greene, Maurice, English musical composer.
- Greene, Nathanael, American general.
- Greene, Robert, English dramatist and pastoral poet.
- Greenfinch, bird.
- Greenheart, timber tree.
- Greenland, Arctic country.
- Greenleaf, Simon, American jurist.
- Greenock, town, Scotland.
- Greenough, Horatio, American sculptor.
- Greenshank, bird.
- Greenwich, town, England.
- Grégoire, Henri, French bishop and Revolutionist.
- Gregorian Chant (Plainsong, q.v.).
- Gregoras, Nicephorus (See Byzantine Historians).
- Gregory, I., St, pope.
- Gregory II., St, pope.
- Gregory III., St, pope.
- Gregory IV., pope.
- Gregory V., pope.
- Gregory VI., pope.
- Gregory VII., St, pope.
- Gregory VIII., pope.
- Gregory IX., pope.
- Gregory X., pope.
- Gregory XI., pope.
- Gregory XII., pope.
- Gregory XIII., pope.
- Gregory XIV., pope.
- Gregory XV., pope.
- Gregory XVI., pope.
- Gregory, St, the Illuminator, founder of the Armenian church.
- Gregory, St, of Nazianzus.
- Gregory, St, of Nyssa.
- Gregory, St, Thaumaturgus.
- Gregory, St, of Tours, Frankish historian.
- Gregory, Scottish family of scientists and mathematicians.
- Gregory, Olinthus, English mathematician.
- Greifenberg, town, Prussia.
- Greifenhagen, town, Prussia.
- Greifswald, town, Prussia.
- Greiz, town, Germany.
- Grenada, island, West Indies.
- Grenoble, town, France.
- Grenville, George, English statesman.
- Grenville, Lord, English statesman.
- Gresham, Sir Thomas, London merchant.
- Gresset, Jean Baptiste, French poet.
- Grétry, André Ernest Modeste, French musical composer.
- Greuze, Jean Baptiste, French painter.
- Greville, Charles Cavendish Fulke, English writer.
- Grew, Nehemiah, English botanist and physiologist.
- Grey, Second Earl, English statesman.
- Grey, Lady Jane.
- Greyhound (Dog, q.v., and See Coursing).
- Greytown, town, Nicaragua, Central America.
- Griboyedoff, Alexander Sergueevich, Russian dramatist.
- Griesbach, Johann Jakob, German Biblical critic.
- Griffin, legendary animal.
- Griffin, Gerald, Irish novelist and dramatist.
- Grillparzer, Franz, German dramatist.
- Grimaldi, Giovanni Francesco, Italian architect and painter.
- Grimm, Friedrich Melchior, Baron von, French writer.
- Grimm, Jacob Ludwig Carl, German philologist.
- Grimm, Wilhelm Carl, German philologist.
- Grimma, town, Saxony.
- Grimsby, Great, town, England.
- Grindal, Edmund, archbishop of Canterbury.
- Grindstone.
- Gringoire, Pierre, mediæval poet.
- Gros, Antoine Jean, Baron, French painter.
- Grosbeak, bird.
- Grose, Francis, English antiquary.
- Grossenhain, town, Saxony.
- Grosseteste, Robert, bishop of Lincoln.
- Grosseto, town, Italy.
- Grossi, Tommaso, Italian poet and novelist.
- Grosswardein, town, Hungary.
- Grote, George, English historian.
- Grotefend, Georg Friedrich, German philologist.
- Grotius, Hugo, Dutch scholar and jurist.
- Groton, town, Connecticut, U.S.A.
- Grottaglie, town, Italy.
- Ground Nut.
- Groundsel, plant.
- Grouse, bird.
- Grove, Sacred.
- Gruber, Johann Gottfried, German scholar.
- Grün, Anastasius, Austrian poet.
- Grün, Hans Baldung, German painter.
- Grünberg, town, Prussia.
- Grundtvig, Nikolai Frederik Severin, Danish poet and statesman.
- Grunewald, Mathias, German painter.
- Gruter, Jan, Dutch scholar and critic.
- Gruyère, district, Switzerland.
- Grynæus, Johann Jakob, German theologian.
- Grynæus, Simon, German theologian.
- Gryphius, Andreas, German poet and dramatist.
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- Guacharo, bird.
- Guaco, plant.
- Guadalajara, province & town, Spain.
- Guadalajara, town, Mexico.
- Guadeloupe, island, West Indies.
- Guadix, town, Spain.
- Guaduas, town, Colombia, South America.
- Guaiacum, tree.
- Gualdo Tadino, town, Italy.
- Gualeguay, town, Argentine Republic.
- Gualeguaychu, town, Argentine Republic.
- Guamanga (Huamanga, q.v.).
- Guan, bird.
- Guanaco, ungulate mammal.
- Guanajuato, town, Mexico.
- Guancabelica (Huancavelica, q.v.), town, Peru.
- Guano.
- Guarana, plant and fruit.
- Guarantee, or Guaranty, in English law.
- Guaratingueta, town, Brazil.
- Guardi, Francesco, Venetian painter.
- Guardian, in law (See Infant).
- Guariento, Italian painter.
- Guarini, Giovanni Battista, Italian dramatist.
- Guarino, or Guarinus, of Verona, Italian scholar.
- Guarino, or Guarinus, of Favora, Italian scholar.
- Guastalla, town, Italy.
- Guatemala, republic & town, Central America.
- Guava, fruit.
- Guayaquil, town, Ecuador, South America.
- Guayra, La, town, Venezuela, South America.
- Gubbio, town, Italy.
- Guben, town, Prussia.
- Gudgeon, fish.
- Guelderland, Gelderland, or Guelders, ancient duchy, Germany.
- Guelder Rose, shrub.
- Guelders, or Geldern, town, Rhenish Prussia.
- Guelfs and Ghibellines, Italian party.
- Guelph, town, Ontario, Canada.
- Guercino, Barbieri (See Barbieri), Italian painter.
- Guéret, town, France.
- Guericke, Otto von, German scientist.
- Guérin, Georges Maurice de, French poet.
- Guérin, Jean Baptiste Paulin, French painter.
- Guérin, Pierre Narcisse, French painter.
- Guernsey, Channel Islands, England.
- Guerrazzi, Francesco Domenico, Italian writer and politician.
- Guerrero, or Tixtla, town, Mexico.
- Guesclin, Bertrand du (Du Guesclin, q.v.), constable of France.
- Guevara, Antonio de, Spanish moralist.
- Guglielmi, Pietro, Italian musician.
- Guiana, Guyana, or Guayana, territory, South America.
- Guibert of Nogent, French theologian.
- Guibert, or Wibert, of Ravenna (Clement III.), antipope.
- Guicciardini, Francesco, Italian historian and statesman.
- Guidi, Carlo Alessandro, Italian poet.
- Guidiccioni, Giovanni, Italian poet.
- Guido of Arezzo, Italian musician.
- Guido Reni (Reni, q.v.), Italian painter.
- Guido of Siena, Italian painter.
- Guienne, Old French province.
- Guignes, Joseph de, French Orientalist.
- Guild, Guilds.
- Guildford, town, England.
- Guillemot, bird.
- Guillotine, Revolutionist & for decapitation.
- Guimarães, town, Portugal.
- Guinea, region, West Coast of Africa.
- Guinea Fowl, bird.
- Guinea-Pig (Cavy, q.v.), rodent mammal.
- Guingamp, town, France.
- Guipuzcoa, province, Spain.
- Guisborough, or Gisborough, town, England.
- Guiscard, Robert (Robert Guiscard, q.v.), duke of Apulia, crusader.
- Guise, town, France.
- Guise, House of, French noble family.
- Guitar, musical instrument.
- Guizot, François Pierre Guillaume, French historian and statesman.
- Gujarat, or Guzerat (q.v.), district, India.
- Gujranwala, district & town, India.
- Gujrat, or Goojrat, district & town, India.
- Gulf Stream, Atlantic current (See Atlantic).
- Gull, bird.
- Gum.
- Gumbinnen, town, Prussia.
- Gumbo, or Okra, plant.
- Gumri, or Alexandropol, town, Russian Armenia.
- Gum-Trees (Eucalyptus, q.v.).
- Gun-Cotton.
- Gundulitsch, or Gundulic, Ivan, Dalmatian poet.
- Gundwana (Gondwana, q.v.).
- Gunmaking.
- Gunnery.
- Gunny, cloth.
- Gunpowder.
- Gunpowder Plot (1605), England (See Fawkes).
- Güns, town, Hungary.
- Gunter, Edmund, English mathematician.
- Günther, Johann Christian, German poet.
- Guntoor, town, India.
- Gurdaspur, district, India.
- Gurgaon, district, India.
- Gurnall, William, English divine.
- Gurnard, fish.
- Gurwall (Garwhal, q.v.).
- Gustavus I., Vasa, king of Sweden.
- Gustavus II., Adolphus, of Sweden.
- Gustavus III., of Sweden.
- Gustavus IV., of Sweden.
- Gustavus Adolphus Union, German Protestant society.
- Güstrow, town, Germany.
- Gutenberg, John, early printer.
- Guthrie, Thomas, Scottish divine and philanthropist.
- Guts-Muths, Johann Christoph Friedrich, German teacher.
- Gutta Percha.
- Gutzkow, Karl, German novelist and dramatist.
- Gützlaff, Karl Friedrich August, German missionary to China.
- Guy, Thomas, founder of Guy’s Hospital, London.
- Guy of Warwick, old English romance.
- Guyon, Madame, French mystic.
- Guyton de Morveau, Louis Bernard, Baron, French chemist.
- Guzerat, or Gujarat, district, India.
- Guzmics, Isidor, Hungarian theologian.
- Gwalior, state & town, India.
- Gwilt, Joseph, English architect.
- Gwyniad, fish.
- Gyarmat, towns, Hungary.
- Gyarmatha, town, Hungary.
- Gyergyo-Szent-Miklos, town, Hungary.
- Gyges, Lydian king.
- Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd, Baroness, Danish writer.
- Gymnasium.
- Gymnastics.
- Gymnotus, genus of fishes (See Eel and Electricity).
- Gynæcology, branch of medicine.
- Gyoma, town, Hungary.
- Gyöngyös, town, Hungary.
- Gyöngyösi, István, Hungarian poet.
- Gypsum, mineral.
- Gyroscope, or Gyrostat, scientific instrument.
- Gythium, ancient town, Greece.
- Gyula, town, Hungary.
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- H, the eighth letter of the alphabet.
- Haarlem, town, Holland.
- Habakkuk, Old Testament prophet.
- Habeas Corpus, in English law.
- Habington, William, English poet.
- Hachette, Jean Nicolas Pierre, French mathematician.
- Hachette, Louis Christophe François, French publisher.
- Hackberry, tree.
- Haco, or Hakon, king of Norway.
- Haco V., king of Norway.
- Hadad, Syrian god.
- Haddington, or East Lothian, county, Scotland.
- Haddock, fish.
- Hadersleben, town, Prussia.
- Hades, in Christian escatology (q.v.) and Greek mythology (See Pluto).
- Hadji Khalfa (Hajji Khalfa, q.v.), Arabic writer.
- Hadramaut, district, Arabia (q.v.).
- Hadrian, Roman emperor.
- Hadrian, Wall of.
- Hadrumetum, or Adrumetum, ancient town, Tunis.
- Hæmorrhoids, or Piles, disease.
- Hafiz, Persian poet.
- Hagedorn, Friedrich von, German poet.
- Hagen, town, Prussia.
- Hagen, Friedrich Heinrich von der, German writer.
- Hagenau, town, Alsace, Germany.
- Hagenbach, Karl Rudolf, German church historian.
- Hagerstown, town, Maryland, U.S.A.
- Hag-Fish, Glutenous Hag, or Borez.
- Haggai, Old Testament prophet.
- Hague, The, town, Holland.
- Hahn, August, German theologian.
- Hahn, Johann Georg von, Austrian traveller.
- Hahnemann, Samuel Christian Friedrich, founder of homœopathy.
- Haidarabad, or Hyderabad (q.v.), district & territory, India.
- Haidinger, Wilhelm von, Austrian mineralogist.
- Hail (See Meteorology).
- Hailes, Sir David Dalrymple, Lord, Scottish judge and historian.
- Hainan, island, China.
- Hainau, town, Prussia.
- Hainault, province, Belgium.
- Hainburg, or Haimburg, town, Austria.
- Hainichen, town, Saxony.
- Hair.
- Hairbell, or Harebell (q.v.), plant.
- Hair-Tail, fish.
- Haiti, or Hayti (q.v.), island, West Indies.
- Hajdúk, or Hayduke, district, Hungary.
- Hajipur, or Hajeepoor, town, India.
- Hajji Khalfa, Arabic writer.
- Hake, fish.
- Hakim, Fatimite caliph.
- Hakluyt, Richard, English geographer.
- Hakodadi, or Hakodate, town, Japan.
- Hal, town, Belgium.
- Hala, or Halla, town, India.
- Halas, town, Hungary.
- Halberstadt, town, Prussia.
- Halbert, or Halbard, weapon.
- Haldane, James Alexander, Scottish evangelist.
- Haldane, Robert, Scottish evangelist.
- Hale, Sir Matthew, English lord chief-justice.
- Hales, Stephen, English physiologist and inventor.
- Halévy, Jacques François Fromental, French musician.
- Haliburton, Thomas Chandler (Sam Slick), Nova-Scotian satirist.
- Halibut, or Holibut (q.v.), fish.
- Halicarnassus, ancient town, Asia Minor.
- Halifax, town, England.
- Halifax, town, Nova Scotia.
- Halifax, Earl of (Charles Montagu), English statesman and poet.
- Halifax, Marquis of (George Savile), English statesman and writer.
- Hall, town, Austria.
- Hall, town, Würtemberg.
- Hall, Basil, English traveller and writer.
- Hall, Charles Francis, American Arctic explorer.
- Hall, or Halle, Edward, English lawyer and chronicler.
- Hall, James, American judge and writer.
- Hall, Joseph, bishop of Exeter and Norwich.
- Hall, Marshall, English physician.
- Hall, Robert, English pulpit orator.
- Halla, or Hala (q.v.), town, India.
- Hallam, Henry, English historian.
- Halle, town, Prussia.
- Halleck, Fitzgreene, American poet.
- Halleck, Henry Wager, American general.
- Haller, Albrecht von, Swiss anatomist and physiologist.
- Halley, Edmund, English astronomer.
- Halloweven, or Hallowe’en, vigil of All Saints day.
- Halluin, town, France.
- Halmstad, town, Sweden.
- Halo, luminous ring.
- Hals, Frans, Dutch painters.
- Halstead, town, England.
- Halyburton, Thomas, Scottish divine.
- Ham, of Scripture.
- Ham, town, France.
- Hamadan, town, Persia.
- Hamah, town, Syria.
- Hamann, Johann Georg, German philosopher and theologian.
- Hamasah, or Hamasa, collection of Arabic poems.
- Hambato, or Ambato (q.v.), town, Ecuador.
- Hamburg, state, Germany.
- Hamburg, free city, Germany.
- Hameln, town, Hanover, Germany.
- Hami, town, Central Asia.
- Hamilcar Barca, Carthaginian general.
- Hamilton, town, Scotland.
- Hamilton, town, Ontario, Canada.
- Hamilton, town, New York, U.S.A.
- Hamilton, town, Ohio, U.S.A.
- Hamilton, town, Victoria.
- Hamilton, Alexander, American jurist and statesman.
- Hamilton, Anthony or Antoine, French courtier and writer.
- Hamilton, Elizabeth, Scottish authoress.
- Hamilton, James, teacher of languages.
- Hamilton, Patrick, Scottish Reformer and martyr.
- Hamilton, Robert, Scottish political economist.
- Hamilton, Thomas, Scottish novelist and critic.
- Hamilton, Sir William, Scottish metaphysician.
- Hamilton, Sir William, antiquary and art collector.
- Hamilton, William, Scottish poet.
- Hamilton, Sir William Rowan, mathematician.
- Hamirpur, district and town, India.
- Hamlet, or Amleth, prince of Denmark.
- Hamm, town, Prussia.
- Hammarsköld, Lorenzo, Swedish author.
- Hamme, town, Belgium.
- Hammer.
- Hammerfest, town, Norway.
- Hammerhead Shark, fish (see Shark).
- Hammer-Purgstall, Joseph von, Austrian Orientalist.
- Hammersmith, suburb of London.
- Hammond, Henry, English Royalist divine.
- Hamon, Jean Louis, French painter.
- Hampden, John, English Parliamentarian.
- Hampden, Renn Dickson, bishop of Hereford.
- Hampshire, Hants, or Southampton, county, England.
- Hampstead, suburb of London.
- Hampton, town, England.
- Hamster, rodent mammal.
- Hanau, town, Prussia.
- Hancock, John, American statesman.
- Handel, George Frederick, German musical composer.
- Hand Tools.
- Hang-Chow-Foo, or Hang-Chow, town, China.
- Hanka, Wenceslaus, Bohemian philologist.
- Hankow, town, China.
- Hanley, town, England.
- Hannay, James, Scottish critic and novelist.
- Hannibal, Carthaginian general.
- Hannibal, town, Missouri, U.S.A.
- Hanno, king of Carthage.
- Hanno, Carthaginian general.
- Hanover, province & town, Germany.
- Hansard, Luke, English printer.
- Hanseatic League, or Hansa, Germany.
- Hansen, Peter Andreas, Danish astronomer.
- Hansteen, Christopher, Norwegian astronomer and physicist.
- Hanusch, Ignaz Johann, Bohemian philosopher.
- Hanway, Jonas, English traveller and philanthropist.
- Haparanda, town, Sweden.
- Hapsburg, or Habsburg, German family and Austrian dynasty.
- Hapur, or Hapoor, town, India.
- Haran, or Charrax, district, Mesopotamia.
- Harar, Herer, Hurrur, Harrar-Gay, or Ararge, town, North-East Africa.
- Harbours and Docks.
- Harburg, town, Hanover, Germany.
- Hardenberg, Friedrich von (Novalis), German poet and philosopher.
- Hardenberg, Karl August, Prussian statesman.
- Harderwijk, town, Holland.
- Hardicanute, Harthacnut, or Hardiknut, Danish king of England.
- Harding, James Duffield, English painter.
- Harding, or Hardyng (q.v.), John.
- Hardinge, Viscount, English general.
- Hardoi, district, India.
- Hardouin, Jean, French scholar.
- Hardt, Hermann von der, German Orientalist.
- Hardwar, or Hurdwar, town, India.
- Hardy, Alexandre, French dramatist.
- Hardyng, or Harding, John, early English chronicler.
- Hare, rodent mammal.
- Hare, Julius Charles, English theological writer.
- Harebell, or Hairbell, plant.
- Harem, or Seraglio.
- Harfleur, town, France.
- Hargreaves, James, inventor of spinning jenny (See Cotton).
- Hariana, or Hurreeanah, district, India.
- Häring, Wilhelm, German novelist.
- Harington, Sir John, English writer.
- Hariri, Arabic writer.
- Harlequin, of the pantomime (q.v.).
- Harley, Robert, first earl of Oxford (q.v.).
- Harlingen, or Haalingen, town, Holland.
- Harmodius, Athenian popular hero.
- Harmonia, in Greek legend.
- Harmonica, musical instrument.
- Harmonic Analysis, in physics.
- Harmonium, musical instrument.
- Harmony, Musical (See Acoustics and Music).
- Haro, town, Spain.
- Harold I., Fairhair, king of Norway.
- Harold II., Greyfell, of Norway.
- Harold III., Hardrada, of Norway.
- Harold IV., Gilchrist, of Norway.
- Harold I., king of England.
- Harold II., of England.
- Haroun al Raschid, caliph of Baghdad.
- Harp, musical instrument.
- Harper’s Ferry, town, Virginia, U.S.A.
- Harpies, or Harpylæ, in Greek mythology.
- Harpocrates, Greek deity.
- Harpy, bird.
- Harrier, dog (q.v.).
- Harrier, or Hen-Harrier, bird.
- Harrington, James, English political writer.
- Harrington, or Harington (q.v.), John, English writer.
- Harriot, Thomas, English mathematician.
- Harris, James, English grammarian.
- Harris, John, English writer.
- Harris, John, English divine and writer.
- Harris, Sir William Snow, English electrician.
- Harrisburg, town, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
- Harrison, John, English mechanician.
- Harrison, William Henry, president of the United States.
- Harrogate, town, England.
- Harrow-on-the-Hill, town, England.
- Harry, Blind, Scottish minstrel.
- Harte-Beest, antelope.
- Hartford, town, Connecticut, U.S.A.
- Hartig, Georg Ludwig, German writer on forestry.
- Hartlepool, town, England.
- Hartley, David, English philosopher.
- Hartlib, Samuel, educationist and agriculturist.
- Hartmann, Moritz, German poet and novelist.
- Hartmann von Aue, German poet.
- Hartshorn, Spirits of.
- Harun er Rashid, or Haroun al Raschid (q.v.), caliph of Baghdad.
- Haruspices, Roman soothsayers.
- Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- Harvest-Bug, arachnid.
- Harvey, Gabriel, English writer.
- Harvey, Sir George, Scottish painter.
- Harvey, William, discoverer of circulation of the blood.
- Harwich, town, England.
- Harz Mountains, or Harzgebirge, Germany.
- Harzburg, or Neustadt-Harzburg, town, Prussia.
- Hasan and Husein, heroes of a Moslem passion play.
- Hasbeya, or Hasbeiya, town, Syria.
- Hasdrubal, Carthaginian generals.
- Haslingden, town, England.
- Haspe, town, Prussia.
- Hassan, district, India.
- Hassan b. Sabbah, founder of the Assassins (q.v.).
- Hasse, Johann Adolph, musical composer.
- Hasselquist, Frederick, Swedish naturalist.
- Hasselt, town, Belgium.
- Hassenpflug, Hans Daniel Ludwig Friedrich, German politician.
- Hastinapur, town, India.
- Hastings, town, England.
- Hastings, Warren, governor-general of India.
- Hastings, First Marquis of, governor-general of India.
- Hat, Hats.
- Hatfield, or Bishop’s Hatfield, town, England.
- Hathras, or Hatras, town, India.
- Hattingen, town, Prussia.
- Hatto I., bishop of Mainz
- Hatvan, town, Hungary.
- Hatzfeld, town, Hungary.
- Hauch, Johannes Carsten, Danish poet.
- Hauff, Wilhelm, German novelist.
- Haug, Johann Christoph Friedrich, German epigrammatist.
- Haug, Martin, German Orientalist.
- Hauge, Hans Nielsen, founder of a Norwegian sect.
- Haupt, Moritz, Germman musical composer.
- Hauptmann, Moritz, German musical composer.
- Hauran, or Bashan (q.v.), district, Syria.
- Hauser, Kaspar, mysterious German youth.
- Haüy, René Just, French mineralogist.
- Havana, Havannah, or Habana, town, Cuba, West Indies.
- Havelberg, town, Prussia.
- Havelock, Sir Henry, British general.
- Havercamp, Sigebert, Dutch scholar and numismatist.
- Haverfordwest, town, Wales.
- Haverhill, town, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- Havre, Le, town, France.
- Hawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands), North Pacific.
- Hawarden, town, Wales.
- Hawes, Stephen, English poet.
- Hawes, William, English musician.
- Hawfinch, bird.
- Hawick, town, Scotland.
- Hawk, bird.
- Hawke, Lord, English admiral.
- Hawkesworth, John, English writer.
- Hawkins, Sir John, English navigator.
- Hawkins, Sir John, English writer on music.
- Hawkwood, Sir John, English adventurer.
- Hawthorn, plant.
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel, American writer.
- Haxthausen, Baron von, German political writer.
- Haydn, Joseph, Austrian musical composer.
- Haydon, Benjamin Robert, English painter and critic.
- Hay-Fever, or Summer Catarrh, disease.
- Hayley, William, English poet and critic.
- Hayne, Robert Young, American statesman.
- Hayter, Sir George, English painter.
- Hayti, island, West Indies.
- Hayward, Sir John, early English historian.
- Hazara, or Huzara, district, India.
- Hazaras, tribe, Afghanistan (q.v.).
- Hazard, game played with dice.
- Hazaribagh, district & town, India.
- Hazebrouck, town, France.
- Hazel, tree.
- Hazel-Hen, or Grouse (q.v.), bird.
- Hazleton, town, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
- Hazlitt, William, English critic.
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- Head, Sir Edmund Walker, English art critic.
- Head, Sir Francis Bond, English traveller and author.
- Head, Sir George, English writer.
- Hearne, Samuel, English Arctic explorer.
- Hearne, Thomas, English antiquary.
- Heart, Diseases of the.
- Heat.
- Heath, plant.
- Heathcoat, John, inventor of lace-making machines.
- Heating, Apparatus for.
- Heaven, in eschatology (q.v.).
- Hebbel, Friedrich, German poet and dramatist.
- Hebe, of Greek mythology.
- Heber, Reginald, bishop of Calcutta.
- Heberden, William, English physician.
- Hébert, Jacques René, French Revolutionist.
- Hebrew Language and Literature.
- Hebrews, Epistle to the.
- Hebrides, or Western Isles, islands, Scotland.
- Hebron, of Scripture.
- Hecatæus of Miletus, Greek geographer.
- Hecatæus of Abdera, Greek historian and philosopher.
- Hecate, Greek goddess.
- Heckmondwyke, town, England.
- Hecla, volcano, Iceland (q.v.).
- Hector, Trojan hero.
- Hecuba, wife of Priam of Troy.
- Heda, Willem Claasz, Dutch painter.
- Hedgehog, insectivorous mammal.
- Hedge-Sparrow, bird (See Sparrow).
- Heem, Cornelius, David, and Johannes, Dutch painters.
- Heemskerk, Johan van, Dutch poet.
- Heemskerk, Martin Jacobsz, Dutch painter.
- Heeren, Arnold Hermann Ludwig, German historian.
- Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, German philosopher.
- Heiberg, Johan Ludvig, Danish poet.
- Heide, town, Prussia.
- Heidegger, John Henry, Swiss theologian.
- Heidelberg, town, Germany.
- Heideloff, Karl Alexander von, German architect.
- Heilbronn, town, Würtemberg, Germany.
- Heiligenstadt, town, Prussia.
- Heilsberg, town, Prussia.
- Heilsbronn, or Kloster-Heilsbronn, town, Bavaria.
- Heim, François Joseph, French painter.
- Heine, Heinrich, German poet and journalist.
- Heineccius, Johann Gottlieb, German jurist.
- Heinecken, Christian Heinrich, precocious German child.
- Heinse, Johann Jacob Wilhelm, German romancist.
- Heinsius, or Heins, Daniel, Dutch scholar.
- Heinsius, Nikolaes, Dutch scholar.
- Heinsius, Nikolaes, Dutch romancist.
- Heir-at-Law (See Inheritance).
- Helder, township, Holland.
- Helena, or Helen, of Greek legend.
- Helena, St, mother of Constantine the Great.
- Helensburgh, town, Scotland.
- Hêliand, or Heiland, old Saxon poem.
- Helicon, mountain, Greece.
- Heligoland, island, North Sea.
- Heliodorus, Greek romance-writer.
- Heliogabalus, Roman emperor.
- Heliography, signalling by mirrors.
- Heliopolis, ancient towns in Syria (Baalbec, q.v.) & Egypt (q.v.).
- Heliotrope, plant.
- Heliotrope, or Bloodstone, mineral.
- Hell, in eschatology (q.v.).
- Hellanicus, Greek logographer and historian.
- Hellebore, plant.
- Hellenists, Greek-speaking people.
- Hellespont, strait, Turkey.
- Hellin, town, Spain.
- Helmers, Jan Frederik, Dutch poet.
- Helmet, or Helm, headpiece.
- Helmond, town, Holland.
- Helmont, Jean Baptiste van, mystic and alchemist.
- Helmstädt, or Helmstedt, town, Germany.
- Héloise, Abelard (q.v.)’s wife.
- Helots, Spartan bondmen.
- Helps, Sir Arthur, English writer.
- Helsingborg, town, Sweden.
- Helsingfors, town, Finland, Russia.
- Helst, Bartholomæus van der, Dutch painter.
- Helston, town, England.
- Helvetii (See Switzerland).
- Helvétius, Claude Adrien, French philosopher.
- Helvidius Priscus, Roman senator.
- Helvoetsluys, town, Holland.
- Helyot, Pierre, French monastic historian.
- Hemans, Felicia Dorothea, English poetess.
- Hemel-Hempstead, town, England.
- Hemerobaptists, ancient Jewish sect.
- Hemingford, or Hemmingford, Walter, English chronicler.
- Hemiptera, order of insects.
- Hemling (Memling, q.v.).
- Hemlock, plant.
- Hemp.
- Hems, Homs, or Hums, town, Syria.
- Hemsterhuis, François, Dutch philosopher.
- Hemsterhuis, Tiberius, Dutch philologist.
- Hénault, Charles Jean François, French historian.
- Henbane, plant.
- Henderson, Alexander, Scottish ecclesiastic.
- Henderson, Ebenezer, Scottish missionary and writer.
- Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm, German theologian.
- Henke, Heinrich Philipp Konrad, German theologian.
- Henley, John (Orator Henley), English writer.
- Henley-on-Thames, town, England.
- Henna, plant.
- Hennebont, town, France.
- Hennequin, Philippe Auguste, French painter.
- Hennersdorf, or Seifhennersdorf, town, Saxony.
- Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I. of England.
- Henry I., king of England.
- Henry II., of England.
- Henry III., of England.
- Henry IV., of England.
- Henry V., of England.
- Henry VI., of England.
- Henry VII., of England.
- Henry VIII., of England.
- Henry I., German king.
- Henry II., emperor.
- Henry III., emperor.
- Henry IV., emperor.
- Henry V., emperor.
- Henry VI., emperor.
- Henry VII., emperor.
- Henry I., king of France.
- Henry II., of France.
- Henry III., of France.
- Henry IV., of France (III. of Navarre).
- Henry I., king of Portugal.
- Henry I., king of Castile.
- Henry II., of Castile.
- Henry III., of Castile.
- Henry IV., of Castile.
- Henry I., king of Navarre.
- Henry II., king of Navarre.
- Henry III., of Navarre (Henry IV. of France, q.v.).
- Henry, Prince, the Navigator, of Portugal.
- Henry, the Lion, duke of Saxony and Bavaria.
- Henry, the Deacon, monk of Cluny.
- Henry of Ghent, scholastic writer.
- Henry of Huntingdon, English chronicler.
- Henry, Joseph, American physicist.
- Henry, Matthew, English Biblical commentator.
- Henry, Patrick, American statesman.
- Henry, Robert, Scottish historian.
- Henry, William, English chemist.
- Henryson, Robert, early Scottish poet.
- Henslowe, Philip, English dramatist.
- Henzada, district, British Burmah.
- Hepatica, garden perennial (See Liverwort),
- Hephæstion, friend of Alexander the Great.
- Hephæstion, grammarian of Alexandria.
- Hephæstus, Greek god (the Latin Vulcan).
- Hera, Greek goddess (the Latin Juno).
- Heraclea, or Heracleia, ancient towns.
- Heracleon, Italian gnostic.
- Heracles, or Hercules (q.v.), of Greek legend.
- Heraclides Ponticus, Greek miscellaneeous writer.
- Heraclitus of Ephesus, Greek metaphysician.
- Heraclius, emperor of the East.
- Heraldry.
- Herat, town, Afghanistan.
- Hérault, department, France.
- Herbarium, or Hortus Siccus.
- Herbart, Johann Friedrich, German philosopher.
- Herbelot, Barthélemy d’, French Orientalist.
- Herbert, George, English religious poet.
- Herbert, Henry William, English novelist and writer on sports.
- Herbert, Sir Thomas, English traveller and writer.
- Herbert, Lord, of Cherbury, English philosopher.
- Herculaneum, ancient town, Italy.
- Hercules, of Greek mythology.
- Herder, Johann Gottfried von, German writer.
- Hereford, county & town, England.
- Herencia, town, Spain.
- Hereroland, or Damaraland, district, South-West Africa.
- Heresy.
- Herford, town, Prussia.
- Heriot, obligation attaching to copyhold (q.v.) tenure.
- Heriot, George, founder of Heriot’s Hospital, Edinburgh.
- Herisau, town, Switzerland.
- Heristal, or Herstal (q.v.), town, Belgium.
- Heritable Jurisdictions, in Scots law.
- Herlen, Fritz, German painter.
- Hermann, German hero (See Germany).
- Hermann, German chronicler.
- Hermann, Friedrich Benedict Wilhelm von, German political economist.
- Hermann, Johann Gottfried Jakob, German philologist.
- Hermann, Karl Friedrich, German scholar.
- Hermannstadt, town, Hungary.
- Hermas, Pastor or Shepherd of, early Christian work (See Apostolic Fathers).
- Hermeneutics, Biblical.
- Hermes, Greek god (the Roman Mercury).
- Hermes, Georg, German Catholic theologian.
- Hermes Trismegistus, of Egyptian mythology.
- Hermesianax, Greek poet.
- Hermogenes, of Tarsus, Greek rhetorician.
- Hermon, mountain, Syria.
- Hermosillo, town, Mexico.
- Hermsdorf, town, Prussia.
- Hermupolis (See Syra).
- Hernia, disease.
- Hernösand, town, Sweden.
- Hero and Leander, of Greek legend.
- Herod, the Great, king of the Jews.
- Herod Antipas, tetrarch of Galilee.
- Herod Philip, tetrarch of Galilee.
- Herodians, Jewish sect.
- Herodianus, Greek historian.
- Herodianus, Ælius, Roman grammarian.
- Herodotus, Greek historian.
- Hérold, Louis Joseph Ferdinand, French musician.
- Heron, or Hero, mathematician of Alexandria.
- Heron, the Younger, Byzantine scientist.
- Heron, bird.
- Herophilus, Alexandrian physician (See Anatomy).
- Herrera, Fernando de, Spanish poet.
- Herrera, Francisco, the Elder, Spanish painter.
- Herrera, Francisco, the Younger, Spanish painter.
- Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, Spanish historian.
- Herrick, Robert, English poet.
- Herring, fish.
- Herrnhut, town, Saxony, seat of the Moravian Brethren.
- Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, astronomer.
- Herschel, Sir Frederick William, astronomer.
- Herschel, Sir John F. W., astronomer.
- Hersent, Louis, French painter.
- Hersfeld, town, Prussia.
- Herstal, or Heristal, town, Belgium.
- Hertford, county & town, England.
- Hertz, Henrik, Danish poet.
- Hertzen, Alexander, Russian writer.
- Heruli, or Herulians, ancient Germanic tribe.
- Hervey, James, English religious writer.
- Hervey, Lord, English politician and writer.
- Herzegovina, province, Austria-Hungary.
- Herzogenbusch, or ’s Hertogenbosch (See Bois-le-Duc).
- Hesekiel, George Louis, German author.
- Hesiod, Greek poet.
- Hesperides, of Greek legend.
- Hess, family of German painters.
- Hesse, or Hessia, old country of Germany.
- Hesse-Cassel, or Kurhessen, state, Germany.
- Hesse-Darmstadt, grand-duchy, Germany.
- Hesse-Homburg, province, Germany.
- Hessian Fly, insect.
- Hessus, Helius Eobanus, German Humanist.
- Hestia, Greek goddess (the Roman Vesta).
- Hesychasts, sect, Greek Church.
- Hesychius, Alexandrian grammarian.
- Hettstädt, town, Prussia.
- Heuglin, Theodor von, German traveller.
- Heusch, Willem, Dutch painter.
- Hèvelius or Hövelke, Johann, German astronomer.
- Hexham, town, England.
- Heyden, Jan van der, Dutch painter.
- Heyduke, or Hajduk (q.v.), district, Hungary.
- Heylin, Peter, English writer.
- Heyne, Christian Gottlob, German critic and archæologist.
- Heywood, town, England.
- Heywood, John, English epigrammist.
- Heywood, Thomas, English dramatist.
- Hezekiah, king of Judah.
- Hibernation, of animals.
- Hickes, George, non-juring divine.
- Hickory, tree.
- Hicks, Elias, founder of a Quaker sect.
- Hierapolis, ancient towns, Syria & Phrygia, Asia Minor.
- Hierarchy.
- Hierax, or Hieracas, Greek ascetic.
- Hiero, tyrants of Syracuse.
- Hierocles, Roman proconsul.
- Hierocles, Neoplatonic writer.
- Hieroglyphics.
- Hieronymites, or Sancti Hieronymi Eremitæ, order of monks.
- Higdon or Higden, Ranulf, English chronicler.
- Highgate, suburb of London.
- High Places, of Scripture.
- Highways, Law of.
- Hilarion, St, Palestinian ascetic.
- Hilarius, Hilarus, or Hilary, bishop of Rome.
- Hilarius, or Hilary, St, bishop of Arles.
- Hilarius, St, bishop of Poitiers.
- Hilda, St, abbess of Hartlepool and Whitby, England.
- Hildburghausen, town, Germany.
- Hildebert, Hydalbert, Gildebert, or Aldebert, bishop of Tours.
- Hildebrand (Pope Gregory VII., q.v.).
- Hildebrandslied, old German poem.
- Hildebrandt, Eduard, German painter.
- Hildebrandt, Theodor, German painter.
- Hildegard, German abbess and mystic.
- Hilden, town, Prussia.
- Hildesheim, town, Hanover, Prussia.
- Hildreth, Richard, American writer.
- Hill, Aaron, English poet and dramatist.
- Hill, Matthew Davenport, English criminal law reformer.
- Hill, Rowland, English preacher.
- Hill, Sir Rowland, originator of penny postal system.
- Hill, Viscount, English general.
- Hillah, town, Asiatic Turkey.
- Hillard, George Stillman, American writer.
- Hillel, Jewish rabbi.
- Hiller, John Adam, German musical composer.
- Hill Tipperah, state, India.
- Hilton, William, English painter.
- Hilversum, town, Holland.
- Himalaya, mountains, India.
- Himera, town, Sicily.
- Himmel, Frederick Henry, German musical composer.
- Hinckley, town, England.
- Hincmar, archbishop of Rheims, theologian.
- Hindley, town, England.
- Hindol, state, India.
- Hindu Kush, mountains, Afghanistan.
- Hindur, or Nalagarh, hill state, India.
- Hindustan, or India (q.v.).
- Hindustani Language and Literature.
- Hinganghat, town, India.
- Hinojosa del Duque, town, Spain.
- Hinton, James, English surgeon and writer.
- Hiogo, or Fiogo, town, Japan.
- Hipparchus, Greek astronomer.
- Hippel, Theodor Gottlieb von, German humorist.
- Hippo, or Hippo Regius, ancient town, Numidia (See Bône).
- Hippocampus, or Sea-Horse, genus of fishes.
- Hippocrates, the so-called Father of Medicine.
- Hippolytus, ecclesiastical writer.
- Hippolytus, St, martyr.
- Hipponax of Ephesus, Greek poet.
- Hippopotamus, ungulate animal.
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