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Henry VII's Chapel. Tomb of Henry VII and his queen in the famous Tudor 



Gothic chapel in Westminster Abbey. Round the walls hang the banners of 



the Knights of the Bath, with which it has been associated since 1725 



Henry Frederick (1594-1612). 18, 1850, he studied music at 

 Prince of Wales. The eldest son of Leipzig. In 1877 he came to Eng- 

 James I, he was born at Stirling, land, where he appeared as a bari- 

 Feb. 19, 1594. In 1604 negotiations tone, and from 1881-84 conducted 

 were begun for his betrothal to the symphony concerts at Boston, 

 infanta Anne of Spain, but they U.S.A. "Returning to England, 



fell through, he devoted himself to singing, 



conducting ; in 

 addition he 

 founded the 

 London Sym- 

 phony Con- 

 certs, which he 

 conducted 

 from 1884-95. 

 In 1881 he 

 married Miss 

 Lillian June 



Sent to Oxford teaching, 

 in 1612, the 

 prince seemed 

 to have loved 

 sport better 

 than study, but 

 took much in- 

 terest in naval 

 and military 

 affairs. C r e - 

 ated prince of 



Wales in 1610, hedied Nov. 6, 1612. 

 Henryson, ROBERT (c. 1430- 



1506). Scottish poet. He was a 



and 



Henry Frederick, 

 Prince of Wales 



Sir George Henschel, Bailey (1860- 

 Singer and composer 1901), an 

 Downey American so- 



schoolmaster at Dunfermline, and prano. He became a British subject, 

 perhaps also a notary. Among his and was knighted in 1914. His 

 poems are Robene and Makyne, compositions include the opera 

 the first pastoral in the Scottish Nubia and many songs. See his 

 language, the Testament of Cres- Musings and Memories of a Musi- 

 seid, a sequel to Chaucer's Troilus cian, 1919. 



and Criseyde, a metrical version of Henslow, JOHN STEVENS (1796- 

 Aesop's Fables, and The Bludy 1861). British botanist. The son 

 Oak, an allegory. As a poet, of a solicitor, he was born at 

 Henryson shows considerable fancy Rochester, Feb. 6, 1796. Educated 

 and some humour. at Rochester, Camberwell, and S. 



Henschel, SIR GEORGE ISIDORE John's College, Cambridge, he was 

 (b. 1850). Singer, composer, and ordained. In 1822 he became pro- 

 conductor. Born in Breslau, Feb. fessor of mineralogy at Cambridge, 



Herbert H. Benson, 

 British prelate 



and in 1827 professor of botany. 

 He did a great deal to popularise 

 the study of botany and died May 16, 

 I H(j] . His works include A Diction- 

 ary of Botanical Terms, 1857. 



One of his sons, George (b. 1835), 

 was, from 1866-80, lecturer on 

 botany at S. Bartholomew's Hos- 

 pital medical school. 



Henslowe, PHILIP (d. 1616). 

 English theatrical manager. He 

 was a burgess of Southwark, held 

 offices at Court, and was in partner- 

 ship with Edward Alleyn(?.v.), who 

 married his stepdaughter. His 

 Diary (edited, with supplemen- 

 tary papers, by W. W. Greg, 

 1904-8) is a storehouse of facts 

 relating to the inner history of the 

 Elizabethan stage. 



Hens on, HERBERT HENSLEY 

 (b. 1863). British prelate. Born in 

 London, Nov. 8, 1863, he was a non- 

 collegiate stu- 

 dent atOxford. 

 Having taken 

 a first-class de- 

 gree, he - was 

 elected to a 

 fellowship at 

 All Souls' Col- 

 lege. He was 

 ordained and 

 became head of 

 Oxford House, 

 Bethnal Green, Ku " el1 



where he worked until made vicar 

 of Barking, and incumbent of S. 

 Mary's Hospital, Ilford. In 1900 

 he was chosen canon residentiary 

 of Westminster, and rector of S. 

 Margaret's. There heremained until 

 1912. Appointed dean of Durham, 

 he took an active interest in the uni- 

 versity there. In 1917 he was con- 

 secrated bishop of Hereford, and in 

 1920 was translated to Durham. 



Henson was the leading exponent 

 of broad church ideas, including a 

 liberal theology and a close co- 

 operation with Nonconformists. 

 His incisive style and his wide 

 reading made him a formidable 

 controversialist. 



Henty, GEORGE ALFRED (1832- 

 1902). British war correspondent 

 . BornatTrump- 

 ington, near 

 Cambridge, 

 Dec. 8., 1832, he 

 was educated at 

 West rains ter 

 and Caius Col- 

 lege,Cam bridge. 

 He served in the 

 purveyor's de- 

 partment of the 

 British army in 

 the Crimean 

 War. In ]866 

 he became correspondent for The 

 Standard, and saw much fighting. 

 These experiences he turned to 

 good account in his long series of 



George A. Henty, 

 British writer 



Elliott A Fry 



