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II iirLMiisiiii, Henry Lee, banker; born in New York 

 November 18, 1834; entered Harvard, 1851, but did 

 o VSS m P co " rse - Employe" in counting-house of 

 S.^AJE. Austin, Boston: then went to Vienna; studied 



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ization of a symphony orchestra in Boston 



Hlpginson. Thomas Wcntworth. American writer; 

 born , n Cambridge Mass., in 1823; at first a Unitarian 

 minister, entered keenly into the movement against 

 -s a very and was severely wounded during the*CivU 

 War. Among his works are "Malbone: an Ohiport 

 Romance,' and "Oldport Days," "Harvard Mernori 

 Biographies, "Brief Biographies of European States 

 me j n * <-*>nimon-sense About Women," and "Wome 



bo^ks ' f * MaD ' S Life '" and many othe 



Hildreth, Richard, born in 1807; American hi 

 torian; author of a '^kistory of the United States, 

 Japan as It Was." "The White Slave," a novel; w 

 for some time consul at Trieste. Died, 1865 

 N J 11 Jur? a iO d i J?yne * di P lo mat; born in'Plainfield 

 Pa., 1874; A. M. (LL. D., Colgate, University of Penn 

 sylyama, Union); student in Universities of Berlin an 

 Pans. President of Bucknell University, 1879-88 

 president of University of Rochester, 1888-96; resignec 

 spent nearly three years in study of public law of Europe 

 professor of European displomacy in School of Comoar 

 atiye Jurisprudence and Diplomacy, Washington 

 Assistant secretary of state of United States, 1898-1903 

 envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary o 



lands, 1905-07; ambassador to Germany since *! 908 

 A. U A hor b_^L f f ,? f .Was hjn ton } r K," "Life of William 

 Elements of Rhetoric," " Science o 

 lements of Psychology," "Social Influ 

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to Prince Charles (Charles II.). He received a pension 

 at the Restoration, but his chief works were censured 

 by parliament; these were "The Leviathan" and "De 



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* rm. f-"^" 1 ? IJU ' "* -rayuuoiogy, Social Influ 

 f e of Christianity" "Principles and Fallacies o 

 Socialism, Genetic Philosophy," "International Jus 

 tice " "A Primer of Finance," "The Conception and 

 Realization of Neutrality," "The Life and Work o 

 Hugo Grotius 'The Contemporary Development o 

 Diplomacy, "A History of Diplomacy in the Inter- 

 national Development of Europe." Also numerous 

 political pamphlets in English and German, and printed 

 Add rcsscs . 



Hill, James J., railway official; born near Guelph 

 Ont^ September 16, 1838; Scotch-Irish descent; edu- 

 cated in Rockwood Academy; left his father's farm for 

 business mem. Minnesota; was in steamboat offices in 

 St. Paul 1856-65; agent of Northwestern Packet Com- 

 pany, 1865; later established general fuel and trans?- 

 tetion business on his own account; head of Hill, Griggs 

 & Company, same line, 1869-75; established, 1870, 

 Red River Transportation Company, which was first to 

 open communication between St. Paul and Winnipeg- 

 organized, 1875, the Northwestern Fuel Company and 

 three years later sold out his interest, in the meantime 

 havl ng organized a syndicate which secured control of 

 the St. Paul & Pacific Railroad, from Dutch owners of 

 the securities; reorganized system as St. Paul, Minne- 

 apolis & Manitoba Railway Company, and was its 

 general manager 1879-82; vice-president, 1882-83; 

 president since 1883; it became part of Great Northern 

 system, 1890; interested himself in building the Great 

 Northern Railway extending from Lake Superior to 

 Puget Sound, with northern and southern branches 

 and a direct steamship connection with China and 

 Japan, 1883-93; president of entire Great Northern 

 system, 1893 Gave $500000 toward establishing 

 Roman Catholic Theological Seminary at St. Paul 

 Minnesota. 



Hoar, George Frisbie, statesman; born in Concord 

 Mass., August 29, 1826; graduated from Harvard Col- 

 lege in 1846 and afterwards from the Dane Law School 

 Harvard. He practiced law at Worcester, was elected 

 to the State Legislature in 1852, to the State Senate in 

 1857; was member of Congress 1869-77, and United 

 States Senator from 1877 until his death. He has left 



llohson, Ki< hmond Pearson, congressman; born 

 n %f "c^f ' x Ala ", Au ust 17, 1870; graduated from 

 United States Naval Academy, 1889 also student at 

 fioole National. Superieur des Mines and Icole d'Appli- 

 cation du Ge-me Maritime, Paris. Served on flagship 

 New York in blockade duty, in bombardment of Man- 

 ZaS ' I H ^P^.'tion against San Juan de Puerto Rico; 

 commanded collier " Mernmac " and sunk her in Santiago 

 ISUK pnsoner m Spanish fortress, June 3d to July 6, 

 US; inspector of Spanish wrecks; in charge of opera- 

 uont * v * m j. success with Teresa; on duty in far 

 00; directed reconstruction at Hong-Kong 

 of three Spanish gunboats Isla de Cuba, Isla de Luzon 

 Don Juan de Austria; in charge of construct!,,,; 

 department Cavite P. I.; special representative Navy 

 Department, Pan-American Exposition, 1901, Charles- 

 ton Exposition, 1901-02 ; superintending naval'construc- 

 Vono Crescent Shipyard, Elizabeth, N. J., May-June 

 02; res lg ned from United States Navy, February 6,' 

 rf? fr ? f nd onl ected to Congress from the sixth Alabama 

 district 1907 Author: "A Study of the Situation and 

 Outlook ,n Europe" "The Disappearing Gun Afloat," 

 Ihe Yacht Defender, and the Use of Aluminum in 

 " wT 6 J p ns t ruc tion " "The Sinking of the Merrimac," 

 Why America Should Hold Naval Supremacy," "Para- 

 mount Importance of Immediate Naval Expansion," 

 America Must be Mistress of the Seas " 

 Hodges, eorge, dean, Episcopal Theology School, 

 Cambridge, Mass., since 1894; born in Rome N Y 

 1RS9 f 6 r> 18 ^ : - graduated from Hamilton, 1877 (A. M.', 

 if u *,* Univeraityof Pennsylvania, 1892; D. C. L., 

 Hobart, 1902); ordered deacon, 1881; ordained priest 

 n? ; u a ? 18tant . 1881-89; rector, 1889-94, Calvary 

 Church, Pittsburgh. Author: " The Episcopal Church " 

 ^ hr ' s tianity Between Sundays," "The Heresy of Cain,'" 

 -TV, T 6 ls ^ Prese Pt, Worl , d ' Faith and Social Service, " 

 The ( Battles of Peace," "The Path of Life," "William 

 AKh 1 M^Y 61 " 8 ^ 6 Biographical Series), "Fountains 

 Abbey, The Human Nature of the Saints," " When 

 the King Came," "The Cross and Passion." 



-H-OC l\oi)(*ri, ina.nufs.cturBr, inventor* born in New 

 lork, 1839; educated at public schools; entered print- 

 ing press factory of R. Hoe & Company, founded by 

 his grandfather Robert. Has developed the printing 

 press from the "Hoe cylinder" of the 1846 patent to the 

 present double-sextuple Hoe, and also presses of greatly 

 mproved type for printing in colors; also manufacturer 

 of circular saws and saw-bits. Has large factories in 

 and London. One of founders Metropolitan 



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valuable memoirs of his observations during his lone 

 career Died in Worcester, Mass., September 30, 1904 

 Hobbes, Thomas, philosopher; born in Malmes- 

 bury in 1588, and educated at Oxford; met Descartes 

 and Gassendi at Pans when tutor to members of the 

 Devonshire family; was afterwards mathematical tutor 



., Holmes, Oliver Wendell, jurist; born in Boston 

 ass., March 8, 1841; graduated from Harvard 1861- 

 Harvard Law School, 1866; (LL. D., 1895; Yale, 1886) 

 erved three years 20th Massachusetts volunteers 1 

 vounded in breast at Ball's Bluff, October 21 1861 hi 

 leek at Antietam, September 17, 1862, in foot at Marye's 

 HdL Fredencksburg May 3, 1863. Engaged in practfcl 

 n Boston; editor American Law Review," 1870-73; 

 member law firm of Shattuck, Holmes & Munroe, 1873- 

 2; professor of law, Harvard Law School 1882- as- 

 ociate justice, 1882-99, chief justice, 1899-1902,' Su- 

 Teme Judicial Court, Massachusetts; associate justice 

 upreme Court of United States since December 4 1902 

 ^ t i or: s T. 1 ^ 6 Com mon Law" (lectures at Lowell In- 

 titution) , "Speeches," etc. Edited: "Kent's Com- 

 mentaries" (twelfth edition). 



" olmes Oliver Wendell, born in Cambridge, Mass., 

 09; a distinguished American author and man of 

 etters. He has published one or two novels, besides 

 ssays and poems, but is best known for his three works, 

 The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table." "The Profeesor 

 i ^he Breakfast Table," and "The Poet at the Breakfast 

 These first appeared in the " Atlantic Monthly " 

 nd are full of a quaint knowledge, breadth of thought, 

 genial humor which will keep them favorites wher- 

 ver the English language isspoken. Died, October 7, 1894. 

 Hoist, Hermann Eduard yon, a German-American 

 stonan ; born in Fellin, Livonia, Russia, June 19, 1841. 

 Coming to the United States in 1866, he engaged in 

 literary work and lecturing; he returned to Europe, 

 becoming professor in the universities of Strasburg (1872) 

 and Freiburg (1874); appointed professor in the Uni- 

 versity of Chicago (1892), te came to this country again. 

 f^K^r^fi^c 11 // Constitutional and Political History 

 of the United States " "Constitutional Law of the United 

 States, Life of John Calhoun," etc. Died, 1904. 



Hood, Thomas, born in 1799; poet, son of a pub- 

 hsher: as sub-editor of the " London Magazine " in 1821, 



