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Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh

(Encyclopedia) Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh, known as Rooney Lee, 1837–91, Confederate cavalry general in the American Civil War, b. Arlington House, near Alexandria, Va.; son of Robert E. Lee. He…

Landseer, Sir Edwin Henry

(Encyclopedia) Landseer, Sir Edwin HenryLandseer, Sir Edwin Henrylănˈsēr [key], 1802–73, English animal painter. The best known of all animal painters, he is especially remembered for his sentimental…

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…

Kames, Henry Home, Lord

(Encyclopedia) Kames, Henry Home, LordKames, Henry Home, Lordhy&oomacr;m [key], 1696–1782, Scottish judge and philosopher. A man of broad interests and a wide-ranging intellect, his works…

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…

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…

Henry I, German king

(Encyclopedia) Henry I or Henry the Fowler, 876?–936, German king (919–36), first of the Saxon line and father of Otto I, the first of the Holy Roman emperors. Henry succeeded his father as duke of…

Hall, Stuart Henry McPhail

(Encyclopedia) Hall, Stuart, 1932–2014, Jamaican-born British sociologist and cultural theorist, b. Kingston, Jamaica. Hall attended Jamaica College…