Search

Search results

Displaying 371 - 380

Moseley, Henry Gwyn Jeffreys

(Encyclopedia) Moseley, Henry Gwyn JeffreysMoseley, Henry Gwyn Jeffreysmōzˈlē [key], 1887–1915, English physicist, grad. Trinity College, Oxford, 1910. He began his research under Ernest Rutherford…

Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr., 1902–85, American public official and diplomat, U.S. senator from Massachusetts (1937–44, 1947–53), b. Nahant, Mass.; grandson of Henry Cabot Lodge. He was a…

Newbolt, Sir Henry John

(Encyclopedia) Newbolt, Sir Henry John, 1862–1938, English poet and historian. He is best remembered for his vigorous and imperialistic poems of the sea, collections of which include Admirals All (…

Newman, Saint John Henry

(Encyclopedia) Newman, SaintJohn Henry, 1801–90, English churchman, theologian, and writer, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, one of the founders of the Oxford movement, b. London. Newman was…

Myers, Frederic William Henry

(Encyclopedia) Myers, Frederic William HenryMyers, Frederic William Henrymīˈərz [key], 1843–1901, English essayist and poet. His works include the poem St. Paul (1867) and Essays, Classical and…

O'Neill, Paul Henry

(Encyclopedia) O'Neill, Paul Henry, 1935–2020, American business executive and government official, b. St. Louis, Mo., grad. Fresno State College (B.A.) and Indiana Univ. (M.P.A.). A Republican, O'…

Nuttall, George Henry Falkiner

(Encyclopedia) Nuttall, George Henry FalkinerNuttall, George Henry Falkinernŭtˈôl [key], 1862–1937, American-British bacteriologist, b. San Francisco, M.D. Univ. of California, 1884, Ph.D. Univ. of…

Paulson, Henry Merritt, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Paulson, Henry Merritt, Jr., 1946–, U.S. investment banker and government official, b. Palm Beach, Fla., grad. Harvard (M.B.A., 1970). After working as an assistant to the comptroller…

Lawrence, Sir Henry Montgomery

(Encyclopedia) Lawrence, Sir Henry Montgomery, 1806–57, British general and administrator in India; brother of John Laird Mair Lawrence. Commissioned (1822) in the Bengal artillery, he fought in…

Layard, Sir Austen Henry

(Encyclopedia) Layard, Sir Austen HenryLayard, Sir Austen Henrylāˈərd [key], 1817–94, English archaeologist and diplomat. Between 1842 and 1851 he explored and excavated in Mesopotamia, especially at…