HERRICK, MYRON T., an American public official, born at Huntington, O., in 1855. He studied at Oberlin College and the Ohio Wesleyan University. After studying law he was admitted to the bar and practiced at Cleveland from 1878 to 1886. He took an active interest in politics and was a member of State and National committees. In 1903 he was elected Governor of Ohio. MYRON T. HERRICK From 1912 to 1914 he was ambassador to France. He rendered valuable service at the outbreak of the war and after his retirement as ambassador was largely engaged in war work in the United States and Europe. He had many financial interests.
HERRICK, ROBERT, an English lyric poet; born in London, England, Aug. 20, 1591; studied at Cambridge University; studied law at Trinity Hall; accepted the living of Dean Prior, Devonshire, in 1629, but was rejected in 1647 for adherence to the Royalist side, being restored, however, in 1662. He wrote "Hesperides" (1648). A number of his shorter songs, e. g., "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may"; "Cherry Ripe," etc., have been set to music. He died in Dean Prior, Devonshire, England, in October, 1674.
HERRICK, ROBERT, an American novelist and poet, born in Cambridge, Mass., in 1868; was graduated at Harvard in 1890; and in 1895 became Assistant Professor of Rhetoric at the University of Chicago. Among his first books are: "The Web of Life"; "The Man Who Wins"; "Love's Dilemmas"; etc. His later works include "Together" (1908); "The Healer" (1911); "Clark's Field" (1914); "The Conscript Mother" (1916).
HERRICK, MRS. SOPHIE McILVAINE (BLEDSOE), an American editor and microscopist, daughter of Albert T. Bledsoe; born in Gambler, O., March 26, 1837. She became editor of the "Southern Review" in 1875, and afterward joined the editorial staff of "Scribner's Monthly." She wrote "Wonders of Plant Life under the Microscope" (1833); "The Earth in Past Ages"; etc.
HERRIG, HANS, a German Poet, dramatist, and editor; born in Brunswick, Dec. 10, 1845. He abandoned law for literature and journalism, joining the staff of the "Deutsches Tageblatt" when it started. His plays were numerous and successful, notably "Alexander the Great"; "Jerusalem"; "Nero"; and others serious in subject. His greatest success was with the "church play" arranged and written for the Luther Jubilee of 1833, and widely performed. His poetry includes both the light and serious, "The Fat King" among the former and "The Swine" among the latter. He died in Weimar, May 4, 1892.
HERRIN, a city of Illinois in Williamson co., on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, the Illinois Central, and the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern railroads. It is the center of an important coal mining region and has industries which include machine shops, a foundry, and a powder plant. Pop. (1910) 6,861; (1920) 10,986.
HERRING, a well-known fish, Clupea harengus. The head is one-fifth its total length; there are small teeth in both jaws; the suboperculum is rounded; the ventral fins begin under the middle of the dorsal; the anal has 16 rays. Upper parts blue or green, lower ones silvery-white. Length 10 or 12 inches. Food, the eggs of fishes, small crabs, and worms. The herring is of immense economic value. The S. limit of the species seems about 45° N. lat.
HERRNHUT (hern'höt), a town in the kingdom of Saxony, 18 miles S. E. of Bautzen; celebrated as a chief seat of the Moravians (q. v.) or Herrnhuters who settled here in 1722.
