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Carey, Henry

(Encyclopedia) Carey, Henry, 1687–1743, English author. After the first collection of his poems appeared in 1713, he turned to writing for the stage. Primarily a writer of farce comedy, his greatest…

Grattan, Henry

(Encyclopedia) Grattan, HenryGrattan, Henrygrătˈən [key], 1746–1820, Irish statesman. A lawyer, he entered (1775) the Irish Parliament and soon became known as a brilliant orator. Aided by Britain's…

Purcell, Henry

(Encyclopedia) Purcell, HenryPurcell, Henrypûrˈsəl [key], c.1659–1695, English composer and organist. Often considered England's finest native composer, Purcell combined a great gift for lyrical…

Kerr, Philip Henry

(Encyclopedia) Kerr, Philip Henry: see Lothian, Philip Henry Kerr, 11th marquess of.

Stanley, Edward Henry

(Encyclopedia) Stanley, Edward Henry: see Derby, Edward Henry Stanley, 15th earl of.

Asquith, Herbert Henry

(Encyclopedia) Asquith, Herbert Henry: see Oxford and Asquith, Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st earl of.

Durant, Henry Fowle

(Encyclopedia) Durant, Henry FowleDurant, Henry Fowled&oobreve;răntˈ, dy&oobreve;– [key], 1822–81, American lawyer and educator, b. Hanover, N.H., grad. Harvard, 1841. Christened Henry Welles…

Taube, Henry

(Encyclopedia) Taube, Henry, 1915–2005, American inorganic chemist, b. Saskatchewan, Canada. He earned his Ph.D. at Berkeley in 1940, taught at Cornell from 1941. became a U.S. citizen in 1942,…

Inman, Henry

(Encyclopedia) Inman, Henry, 1801–46, American portrait, genre, and landscape painter, b. Yorkville, N.Y., studied with John Wesley Jarvis. He was a founder and first vice president of the National…

(Encyclopedia) Benbridge, Henry, 1744–1812, American portrait painter and miniaturist, b. Philadelphia, studied in Italy and with Benjamin West in London. His portraits are characterized by technical…