APPENDIX. 301 



HAHNEMANN, SAMUEL CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH (1755- 

 1843), a German physician, founder of the homoeopathic system of 

 medicine. 



HALE, SIR MATTHEW (1609-1676), an English jurist, son of 

 a lawyer and an orphan at an early age. 



HALL, JAMES (1811 ), an American geologist and palaeon- 

 tologist. 



HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831) [A 2 ], one of the greatest of Eng- 

 lish pulpit orators. He was youngest of a family of fourteen. 



HALLER, ALBRECHT VON (1708-1777), a Swiss physiologist. 



HALLEY, EDMUND (1656-1742), an English astronomer, son 

 of Edmund Halley. 



HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804) [A?], an American 

 statesman, youngest son of James Hamilton, who was son of Alexan- 

 der Hamilton. His mother was the daughter of a physician, had mar- 

 ried a physician, and had obtained a divorce before she married James 

 Hamilton. She bore her last husband many sons, of whom only 

 Thomas and Alexander lived to maturity. She died while Alexander 

 was a child. 



HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1788-1856) [30], a Scottish 

 philosopher, son of William Hamilton (1758-1790), a surgeon who 

 was son of Thomas Hamilton, who was a professor of anatomy at 

 Glasgow in 1757 and who was a younger son. 



HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865), a British 

 philosopher, fourth child of Archibald Hamilton, a solicitor. 



HAMPDEN, JOHN (1594-1643), an English statesman, son of 

 William Hampden, a member of parliament who died during his son's 

 childhood. His mother was Elizabeth Cromwell, aunt of Oliver Crom- 

 well (1599). 



HANDEL, GEORG FRIEDRICH (1685-1759) [63], a German- 

 English composer, son of Georg Handel (1622-1697) [40], a surgeon 

 who was son of Valentin Handel (1582-1636). 



HANIBAL (B. C. 247-183) [23?], a Carthaginian general, son of 



