304 APPENDIX. 



HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL (1809-1894) [46], an Ameri- 

 can physician and author, son of Rev. Abiel Holmes (1763-1837). 



HOMER, a Greek poet, lived about B. C. 900. 



HOOD, THOMAS (1798-1845), an English poet, son of a book- 

 seller and an orphan at 12. 



HOOKER, SIR WILLIAM JACKSON (1785-1865), an English 

 botanist, son of Joseph Hooker. 



HOUSTON, SAM (1793-1863) [A], an American soldier, young- 

 est of a family of nine. 



HOWARD, CHARLES, Lord Effingham (1536-1624) [60?], an 

 English admiral, son of William Howard (1476? ) [33?], lord high 

 admiral, who was son of Thomas Howard (1443 ), the second duke 

 of Norfolk. N. B. William had an elder brother, Thomas, born 



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HOWARD, JOHN (1726-1790), an English philanthropist, son 

 of John Howard, and an orphan at 17. 



HOWE, ELIAS (1819-1867), inventor of the sewing machine, 

 son of a farmer and miller. 



HUBER, VICTOR AIME (1800-1869) [36], a German politico- 

 economical writer, son of Ludwig Ferdinand Huber (1764-1804) [37], 

 an editor who was son of Michael Huber (1727-1804), a German 

 scholar. 



HUC, EVARISTE REGIS (1813-1860), a French missionary and 

 traveler. 



HUGHES, JOHN (1797-1864), an Irish-American archbishop, the 

 youngest of three sons of a farmer. 



HUGO, VICTOR (1802-1885) [29], a French poet and novelist, 

 youngest son of Gen. Joseph L. S. Hugo (1773-1828). 



HUMBOLDT, FRIEDRICH HEINRICH ALEXANDER VON 

 (1769-1859) [49], the most eminent of German naturalists, youngest 

 son of Major Alexander Georg Humboldt (1720-1779). 



HUMBOLDT, KARL WILHELM VON (1767-1835) [47], a 

 German scholar, brother of the preceding. 



