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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 …
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 …
