Category: Notes Era
David Hume David Hume, (1711-76). Scottish philosopher. Having studied law and commerce, he went to France at 23 to write his Treatise of Human Nature (1739), an unusually witty …
Victor Hugo Victor Hugo, (1802-85). French Romantic poet, novelist, and dramatist, the son of a Napoleonic general. His earliest publications were poems but he made his name with the …
Ted Hughes Ted Hughes, (1930— ). British poet and writer. Hughes was born in Yorkshire and educated at Ox-ford University. There he met the poet Sylvia Plath, whom he …
Henry Hudson Henry Hudson, (d. 1611). English explorer and navigator. On his first two voyages, in 1607 and 1608, Hudson reached Spitzbergen and Novaya Zemlya. In 1609 he attempted …
John Howard John Howard, (1726-90). British prison reformer. On his way to Lisbon in 1755 he was captured by the French and imprisoned. This experience led him to campaign …
Harry Houdini Harry Houdini, original name Erich Weiss (1874-1926). US illusionist and escapologist, born in Budapest. He won an international reputation for his daring escapes from handcuffs, straitjackets, locked …
Vladimir Horowitz Vladimir Horowitz, (1904-89). Russian pianist. A student at Kiev Conservatory, he performed acclaimed recitals in Leningrad (1924), followed by extensive tours of Europe and the US. In …
Horace Horace, full name Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65-08 BO. Roman poet. Although an exclave, his father gave him an upper-class education. Having served in Brutus’s army, Horace was deprived …
