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Fenwick, Sir John

(Encyclopedia)Fenwick, Sir John, 1645?โ€“1697, English conspirator. A persistent Jacobite plotter, he was arrested in 1696 for conspiring to murder William III. In his confession he tried to implicate leading Whigs...

Ferguson, Sir Alex

(Encyclopedia)Ferguson, Sir Alex (Sir Alexander Chapman Ferguson), 1941โ€“, Scottish soccer player and manager. He entered the full-time professional game in 1964, playing for Dunfermline Athletic; he played (1957โ...

Ferguson, Sir Samuel

(Encyclopedia)Ferguson, Sir Samuel, 1810โ€“86, Irish poet and antiquary. Ogham Inscriptions in Ireland, Wales, and Scotland (1887) is his best-known work on Irish antiquities. His major poetic works, which deal wit...

Fowler, Sir John

(Encyclopedia)Fowler, Sir John, 1817โ€“98, English engineer. With Benjamin Baker, he designed and built the Forth Bridge (1882โ€“90) in Scotland, the first major structure made of steel. He also designed much of th...

Francis, Sir Philip

(Encyclopedia)Francis, Sir Philip, 1740โ€“1818, British statesman and pamphleteer. He may have been the author known as Junius. He held several minor posts in government offices before being appointed to the counci...

Frankland, Sir Edward

(Encyclopedia)Frankland, Sir Edward, 1825โ€“99, English chemist. He studied under Bunsen and Liebig and taught at several English institutions. In working on the synthesis and isolation of compounds he evolved the ...

Irving, Sir Henry

(Encyclopedia)Irving, Sir Henry, 1838โ€“1905, English actor and theatrical manager, originally named John Henry Brodribb. He made his debut in 1856 and achieved fame in 1871 with his portrayal of Mathias in Leopold...

Hoyle, Sir Fred

(Encyclopedia)Hoyle, Sir Fred hoil [key], 1915โ€“2001, British astrophysicist and mathematician, b. Bingley, Yorkshire. During the years of World War II, Hoyle primarily worked on technical problems related to rada...

Huggins, Sir William

(Encyclopedia)Huggins, Sir William, 1824โ€“1910, English astronomer. Using a spectroscope, he began to study the chemical constitution of stars from the observatory attached to his home in Tulse Hill, London. He pr...

Howard, Sir Ebenezer

(Encyclopedia)Howard, Sir Ebenezer, 1850โ€“1928, English town planner, principal founder of the English garden-city movement. His To-morrow: a Peaceful Path to Real Reform (1898), reissued as Garden Cities of To-mo...