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Marie Hall, 

 British violinist 



Hall, MARIE (b. 1884). British 

 violinist. Born at Newcastle-on- 

 Tyne. April 8, 1884, she was the 

 daughter of a 

 harpist, and as 

 a child showed 

 exceptional 

 gifts as a vio- 

 linist. After 

 studying with 

 various teach- 

 ers in England 

 she went to 

 S e v c i k, at 

 Prague, under 

 whom she de 

 veloped her wonderful technique 

 Returning to England in 1903, she 

 took her place in the front rank of 

 living violinists, and made various 

 tours in almost ail parts of the 

 world. In 1911 she married Edward 

 Baring. 



Hall, ROBERT (1764-1831). Brit- 

 ish Baptist. Born at Arnesby, Lei- 

 cestershire, May 2, 1764, son of a 

 Baptist pas- 

 tor, he was 

 educated at 

 Bristol and 

 King's Col- 

 lege, A ber- 

 deen. Assist- 

 ant to Caleb 

 Williams, 

 Broadmead 

 Chapel, Bris- 

 tol, and clas- 

 sical tutor in After J.riower* 



the Bristol seminary, 1785-90. he 

 was pastor at Cambridge, 1791- 

 1806, and after periods of mental 

 failure, 1804-6, was pastor at 

 Harvey Lane, Leicester, 1807-25. 

 He died at Bristol, Feb. 21, 1831. 



A Calvinist after the type of 

 Andrew Fuller, though opposed to 

 Fuller on the subject of com- 

 munion, and an ardent supporter 

 of missions, his sermons remain 

 among the classics of the modern 

 pulpit. He was the author of 

 Christianity Consistent with a Love 

 of Freedom, 1791 ; Apology for the 

 Freedom of the Press, 1793 ; Mod- 

 ern Infidelity considered with Re- 

 spect to its Influence on Society, 

 1800 ; and The Advantage of 

 Knowledge to the Lower Classes, 

 1810. He was a conductor of The 

 Eclectic Review. See Works, ed. 

 (). Gregory, 1831-33, llth ed. 

 1853; memoir, E. P. Hood, 1881. 



Hall, SAMUEL CARTER (1800-89). 

 British author and editor. The 

 4th son of Col. Robert Hall (1753- 

 1836), of Topsham, Devon, he was 

 born at Geneva barracks, Water- 

 ford, May 9, 1800. He came to 

 London in 1822, was called to the 

 bar at the Inner Temple, was 

 gallery reporter for The New Times, 

 and established and edited The 

 Amulet Annual, 1826-37. He 



Samuel Gaiter Hall, 

 British author 



Mrs. S. C. Hall. 

 British author 



edited The 

 New Monthly 

 1830-36 

 founded and 

 edited The Art 

 Journal, 1839 

 -80; wrote 

 with his wife 

 Anna Maria.. 

 nee Fielding 

 ( 1800-81 ),Ire- 

 1 a n d, Its 

 Scenery, Character, etc., 1841-43 , 

 and was the author of Memories of 

 Great Men and Women, 1871, and 

 Retrospect of a 

 Long Life, 1883. 

 He died March 

 16. 1889. 



Mrs. S. C. 

 Hall, who died 

 Jan. 30, 1881, 

 wrote Sketches 

 of Irish Char- 

 acter, 1829; 

 Lights and 

 Shadows of 

 Irish Life, 1838, one of the stories 

 in which was dramatised as Groves 

 of Blarney; Stories of the Irish 

 Peasantry, 1857 ; and several 

 novels. Husband and wife wrote 

 or edited about 500 volumes. 



Hall, SIR WILLIAM REGINALD (b. 

 1871). British sailor. He entered 

 the navy in 1883, and became a 

 specialist in 

 gunnery. He 

 was senior staff 

 officer of the 

 Excellent in 

 1898, in which 

 year he was 

 promoted com- 

 mander. In- 

 specting cap- 

 tain of me- 

 chanical train- 

 ing establish- Bussel1 

 ments, 1906-7, he was naval assist- 

 ant to the controller of the navy, 

 1911-13. In Oct., 1914, he was ap- 

 pointed director of the intelligence 

 service of the war staff at the Ad- 

 miralty. He resigned from the Ad- 

 miralty Jan. 1919, and was elected 

 M.P. in 1919 and 1922. In 1923 

 he became principal agent of the 

 Unionist party, resigning Feb. 1924. 

 Hallam, ARTHUR HENRY (1811- 

 33). British essayist. Born in 

 London, Feb. 1, 1811, the eldest 

 son of Henry 

 Hallam, the 

 historian, he 

 was educated 

 at Eton and 

 Trinity Col- 

 lege, C a m- 

 bridge, where 

 he became 



intimate with 



Artnur Henry Hallam Tennyson. His 



From a bust by Chantrey early death at 



Sir Reginald Hall, 

 British sailor 



Vienna, Sept. 15, 1833, which 

 inspired Tennyson's elegiac poem, 

 In Memoriam, cut short a career 

 of remarkable promise. See In 

 Memoriam ; Tennyson. 



Hallam, HENRY (1777-1859). 

 British historian. The son of 

 John Hallam. dean of Bristol 

 Hallam was 

 born at Wind 

 sor, July 9, 

 1777, and edu 

 cated at Eton 

 and Christ 

 Church, Ox- 

 ford. He be- 

 came a barris- 

 ter, but pri- 

 vate means, 

 coupled with 

 an easy post 

 in the civil service, enabled him 

 to devote his life to literary work. 

 He died at Hayes, Kent, on Jan. 

 21. 1859 



A strong Whig, Hallam wrote 

 many articles for The Edinburgh 

 Review ; but he is remembered 

 chiefly by two monumental works. 

 His View of the State of Europe 

 during the Middle Ages, 1818, is in 

 the nature of a general sketch of 

 the various institutions and influ- 

 ences, and is still of considerable 

 value in spite of much light thrown 

 by recent research upon feudalism 

 and other problems. This is less 

 true of his Constitutional History 

 of England, which deals with the 

 period between 1485 and 1760. It 

 is a clear and impartial account of 

 the various constitutional changes, 

 although to some extent it has 

 been superseded by later scholar- 

 ship. It is written by one who be- 

 lieved firmly in the principles of the 

 Whigs and in the revolution of 1688 

 as the high tide of constitutional 

 liberty. He also wrote an Intro- 

 duction to the Literature of Europe 

 in the 15th, 16th, and 17th cen- 

 turies, 1838-39, and edited the 

 Remains in Prose and Verse of 

 his son, 1834. 



Hallamshire. Name given to a 

 district around Sheffield. Hallam 

 is mentioned in Domesday Book, 

 when it belonged to Earl Waltheof. 

 Nether Hallam is the centre of the 

 district, which has no exact limits. 



Halland. Lan or govt. of S.W 

 Sweden. It is bounded W. by the 

 Kattegat, N. by Goteborg and Bo- 

 hus, and S. by Malmohus. Area, 

 1,900 sq. m. Halmstad (q.v.) is the 

 capital and chief port. The ex- 

 ports include timber, granite, fish, 

 oats, and butter. Of the rivers the 

 most important are the Atran and 

 the Nissa. Pop. 148,040. 



Halle. Town of Germany, in 

 Prussian Saxony It stands on the 

 Saale, 23 m. by rly. W.N.W. of 

 Leipzig. An old town, Halle owes 



