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HUME, DAVID (1711-1776) [(7i+x)-=-2], a Scottish historian, 

 youngest child of David Hume and an orphan in infancy. His ma- 

 ternal grandfather was David Falconer (1640 — ). 



HUME, JOSEPH (1777-1855), a British statesman, younger son 

 of a shipmaster. He was an orphan at 9. 



HUNT, JAMES HENRY LEIGH (1784-1859), an English poet 

 and author. His father was a Philadelphia lawyer prior to the Revo- 

 lutionary war. He was youngest of a large family. 



HUNT, THOMAS STERRY (1826-1892), an American chemist, 

 geologist and mineralogist. 



HUNTER, JOHN (1728-1793) [65], a British surgeon and 

 physiologist, ranked as the "greatest surgical operator" of his time, 

 and "among the greatest of modern natural philosophers." He was 

 the youngest son of John Hunter (1663 — ). 



HUNTER, WILLIAM (1718-1783) [55], an eminent physician 

 and anatomist, elder brother of the preceding. 



HUSS, JOHN (1373- 141 5), a Bohemian religious reformer. He 

 was an orphan at an early age. 



HUTTEN, ULRICH VON (1488-1523), a German scholar and 

 reformer. 



HUXLEY, THOMAS HENRY (1825-1895) [A], an English 

 naturalist, seventh and youngest surviving child of George Huxley, 

 who was second son of Thomas Huxley, who was married in 1773. 



HUYGENS, CHRISTIAN (1629-1695) [33], a Dutch astronomer 

 and natural philosopher, second son of Constantine Huygens (1596- 

 1687), a poet and diplomatist who was son of Christian Huygens, 

 secretary of the state council. 



HYPATIA (370-415), a Greek Neo-Platonic philosopher, daugh- 

 ter of Theon, a distinguished mathematician and astronomer. 

 IRVING, EDWARD (1792-1834), a Scottish preacher. 



IRVING, WASHINGTON (1783-1859) [52], an American au- 

 thor, son of William Irving ( 1731 — ) [55+x], who was son of Magnus 

 Irving, who was of legal age in 1697. 



