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Church, Richard William

(Encyclopedia)Church, Richard William, 1815–90, English Anglican clergyman. He was educated at Oxford, where he became a follower of John Henry Newman. As dean of St. Paul's (1871–90) he did much to disseminate...

Henry, Patrick

(Encyclopedia)Henry, Patrick, 1736–99, political leader in the American Revolution, b. Hanover co., Va. Largely self-educated, he became a prominent trial lawyer. Henry bitterly denounced (1765) the Stamp Act and...

Henry, O.

(Encyclopedia)Henry, O.: see O. Henry.

Garnet, Henry

(Encyclopedia)Garnet, Henry: see Garnett, Henry. ...

Henry, Fort

(Encyclopedia)Henry, Fort, Tenn.: see Fort Henry. ...

Ford, Henry

(Encyclopedia)Ford, Henry, 1863–1947, American industrialist, pioneer automobile manufacturer, b. Dearborn, Mich. Henry Ford's son, Edsel Bryant Ford, 1893–1943, b. Detroit, shared in the control of the vast ...

Addington, Henry

(Encyclopedia)Addington, Henry: see Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount. ...

Howard, Henry

(Encyclopedia)Howard, Henry: see Surrey, Henry Howard, earl of. ...

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