Category: Notes Era
Heinrich Himmler Heinrich Himmler (1900-45). German Nazi leader, chief of the Gestapo. A former poultry farmer; he was appointed leader of the SS, Hitler’s personal body-guard, in 1929. From …
Edmund Hillary Edmund Hillary (1919- ). New Zealand mountaineer and explorer. In 1953 he joined Colonel John Hunt’s expedition to Mount Everest and on 29 May, with the Sherpa …
Thor Heyerdahl Thor Heyerdahl (1914- ). Norwegian anthropologist and ethnologist. In 1947 he sailed from Peru to Polynesia on the balsawood raft Kon-Tiki, proving that the Pre-Incans could have …
Hermann Hesse Hermann Hesse (1877-1962). German novelist. He was at first destined for the priesthood but was unhappy at his seminary and ran away. After some years working as …
Herodotus Herodotus (c. 484-c. 425 BC). Greek historian, often called the ‘father of history’. He spent his early life in Halicarnassus but was banished from that city for political …
Herod the Great Herod the Great (73-04 BC). King of Judaea under the Romans from 37. Although he had the temple at Jerusalem r& built, many Jews resented his …
Hereward the Wake Hereward the Wake (fl. 1070). English chieftain and hero. A Lincolnshire landowner, he led the Anglo-Saxon rebellion against William the Conqueror (1070-71). Although William captured Hereward’s …
Katharine Hepburn Katharine Hepburn (1907— ). US actress. A graduate of Bryn Mawr college, she made her stage debut in 1928 and her first film in 1932. She costarred …