Tag: Biography
Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix, full name James Marshall Hendrix (1942-70). Black US rock guitarist. A self-taught musician, he was influenced by the blues singers B. B. King and Muddy …
Ernest Hemingway Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961). US novelist. He became a reporter on leaving school and served with the Red Cross in World War I. The book with which he …
Robert Helpmann Robert Helpmann (1909-86). Australian ballet dancer, choreographer, and actor. He was the principal male dancer of the Sadler’s Wells Ballet (1933-50) and the choreographer of Miracle in …
Werner Karl Heisenberg Werner Karl Heisenberg (1901-76). German physicist. In 1927. he invented a mathematical system, called matrix mechanics, to explain the structure of the hydrogen atom in terms …
Heinrich Heine Heinrich Heine (1797-1856). German Jewish poet. The poems in his Book of Songs (1827), some of which were set to music by Schumann, made his reputation. From …
Martin Heidegger Martin Heidegger (1889-1976). German philosopher, a pioneer of existentialist thought. The son of a sexton, he originally intended to become a Roman Catholic priest. In the 1920s …
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831). German philosopher. He was professor of philosophy at the universities of Heidelberg (1817-18) and Berlin (1818-31). His famous doctrine of …
Sir Edward Heath Sir Edward Heath, (1916- ). British Conservative politician; prime minister (1970-74). He served as Lord Privy Seal (1960-63) and president of the Board of Trade (1963-64) …
