Category: Notes Era
Gerard Manley Hopkins Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-89). British poet. He be-came a Roman Catholic at Oxford in 1866 and was ordained as a Jesuit priest in 1877. Although he …
Sir Anthony Hopkins Sir Anthony Hopkins, (1937- ). British film and stage actor. Born in South Wales, Hopkins trained at RADA and made his stage debut in 1960. His …
Bob Hope Bob Hope, stage name of Leslie Townes Hope (1903- ). US film comedian. Born in Britain, he was taken to the US as a child of three. …
John Edgar Hoover John Edgar HooverEdgar (1895-1972). US lawyer and administrator, who directed the FBI from 1924 until his death. After taking his master’s degree in law (1917), Hoover …
Homer Homer (before 700 BC). The traditional author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, the earliest works of Greek literature. The Iliad tells of the Trojan War while the …
Gustav Hoist Gustav Hoist, (1874-1934). British composer of Swedish descent. Educated at the Royal College of Music, he later taught there and at St Paul’s Girls’ School and Morley …
Hans Holbein the Younger Hans Holbein the Younger (c. 1497-1543). German painter and designer. After studying in the studio of his father, Hans Holbein the Elder, he moved to …
Katsushika Hokusai Katsushika Hokusai, (1760-1849). Japanese painter and engraver. He was taught by Shunsho, a print designer, and is famous for his coloured woodcuts, used extensively in book illustrations. …