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Cobb, Henry Nichols

(Encyclopedia) Cobb, Henry Nichols, 1926–2020, American modernist architect, b. Boston, grad. Harvard Graduate School of Design (1949). At Harvard he met I. M. Pei, with whom he established a New…

Gleason, Henry Allan

(Encyclopedia) Gleason, Henry AllanGleason, Henry Allanglēˈsən [key], 1882–1975, American botanist, plant geographer, and plant ecologist. His floristic studies of North American vegetation led to…

Havelock, Sir Henry

(Encyclopedia) Havelock, Sir HenryHavelock, Sir Henryhăvˈlŏk [key], 1795–1857, British general. Entering the army in 1815, he was sent (1823) to India, where he served in the first Burma War (1824–26…

Jouvenel, Henry de

(Encyclopedia) Jouvenel, Henry deJouvenel, Henry deäNrēˈ də zh&oomacr;vənĕlˈ [key], 1876–1935, French statesman and journalist. Although from an early age influential in politics, he refused to…

Stiegel, Henry William

(Encyclopedia) Stiegel, Henry WilliamStiegel, Henry Williamstēˈgəl [key], 1729–85, American iron and glass manufacturer, b. Germany. He emigrated to America, arriving in Philadelphia (1750). In 1758…