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buttons to the Journal of the Saxon Society 

 of Sciences, of which he had been a member 

 since 1852. In 1865 he began with De Bary, 

 Irmiscb, and Sachs the publication of a " Hand- 

 buch der physiologischen Botanik," of which 

 he wrote the first volume, entitled "Lehre 

 von der Pflanzenzelle," and " Allgemeine Mor- 

 phologie der Gewachse " (1867-'68). 



HOHENTHAL, Countess CAROLINE, born Janu- 

 ary 9, 1820; died February 27, 1877. She 

 was united in morganatic marriage to the Elec- 

 tor William II. of Hesse, who died in 1847, and 

 in 1851 married the Saxon Envoy Count Ho- 

 henthal. 



HUBNEB, OTTO, a German statistician and 

 political economist, born July 22, 1818; died 

 February 5, 1877. He was originally intended 

 for a commercial career, but in Paris and Lon- 

 don, where he spent some time, he began to 

 devote himself to the study of political econo- 

 my, and since 1842 was one of the most active 

 members of the German Free Trade party. 

 Having been appointed agent of the Austrian 

 Lloyd, he conducted the negotiations for the 

 transportation of the Anglo-Indian overland 

 mail. At the outbreak of the revolutionary 

 movements of 1848, he was elected from Aus- 

 tria into the Committee of Fifty. In 1849 he 

 was banished from Austria for his German 

 sentiments. He then went to Berlin and estab- 

 lished there the Statistische Centralarchiv, 

 which received statistical information from all 

 civilized governments. In 1862 he established 

 in Berlin the PreussiscTie ffypothekenversiche- 

 rungs- Gesellschqft, which continued to prosper 

 under his management. He was the author of 

 numerous statistical works, among them a 

 work on Banks (2 vols., 1854). The best 

 known of his works, however, is his " Stati- 

 stische Tafel aller Lander " (1851 ; 27th ed., 

 1877). 



HUNT, GEORGE WARD, a British statesman, 

 born July 30, 1825 ; died July 29, 1877. He was 

 educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, 

 graduating B. A. in 1848, and receiving the de- 

 gree of M. A. in 1851, and that of Honorary 

 D. 0. L. in 1870. He was admitted to the bar 

 in 1851, and practised in the Oxford Circuit, 

 relinquishing his practice, however, when ho 

 entered Parliament. His first attempt to reach 

 a seat in the House of Commons was made in 

 1852, in the borough of Northampton, in the 

 Conservative interest, and was unsuccessful, a 

 result which also attended his second effort in 

 1857. In December, 1857, on the death of Au- 

 gustus Stafford, he was returned for the north- 

 ern division of the county of Northampton, 

 and continued to represent that constituency 

 up to his death. lie was an exceedingly active 

 business man in Parliament, and in 1806 be- 

 came prominent in that body by introducing a 

 bill for dealing with the cattle plague, which 

 he pressed forward with indomitable energy, 

 keeping pace with the progress made by the 

 bill on the same subject introduced by the ad- 

 ministration. On the accession of the Earl of 



Derby to power, in 1866, Mr. Hunt was ap- 

 pointed Financial Secretary of the Treasury, 

 and was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 

 February to December, 1868. He was sworn 

 a member of the Privy Council when he was 

 appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer. "When 

 Mr. Disraeli formed his cabinet in 1874, Mr. 

 Hunt was appointed First Lord of the Admi- 

 ralty, which post he continued to till up to the 

 time of his death. 



HYETT, WILLIAM HEXRT, a British gentleman, 

 born in 1792 ; died March 10, 1877. He was ed- 

 ucated at Westminster and Christ Church. In 

 1832 he was elected to Parliament from Stroud, 

 but resigned after two years, and for the rest 

 of his life devoted himself to the public busi- 

 ness of his own locality. In 1844 he conduct- 

 ed a series of experiments upon the changes 

 which could be produced in growing trees by 

 watering them with various chemical solu- 

 tions, and he thus succeeded in obtaining wood 

 of increased hardness and durability, and of 

 many different colors. He also took a promi- 

 nent part in the educational and philanthro- 

 pic undertakings in his parish, by establishing 

 schools, asylums, and infirmaries. 



JACOB?, JOHANN, a German politician, born 

 May 1, 1805 ; died March 6, 1877. He studied 

 medicine in the Universities of Konigsberg, 

 Berlin, and Heidelberg, and in 1880 settled in 

 Konigsberg and began the practice of his pro- 

 fession. Up to 1840 he was prominent in 

 local politics, wrote for the radical journals, 

 and often came into conflict with the censor- 

 ship. In 1841, Jacoby published anonymous- 

 ly a pamphlet which was read throughout Ger- 

 many, lie sent a copy to the King, avowing 

 the authorship, and was promptly arrested and 

 tried for high treason. He was convicted, but 

 the sentence was set aside in a higher court. 

 Ho immediately took up his pen again, and 

 sent out a series of bold, trenchant, and effec- 

 tive pamphlets. These publications led to an- 

 other prosecution, but he was again acquitted. 

 In 1848 he began his political career, being 

 elected at the same time to the Lower House 

 of the Prussian National Assembly, and to the 

 German Parliament at Frankfort. As a mem- 

 ber of the National Assembly ho supported the 

 popular cause. He was a member of a deputa- 

 tion which called on the King at Potsdam. 

 They presented an address to the King, which 

 he received in silence and turned to leave. 

 Jacoby then stepped forward. " We are not 

 come," said he, "simply to present this ad- 

 dress, but also to render your majesty a report 

 on the state of the country. Will you listen to 

 us?" The King answering, "Ho," Jacoby 

 turned to the deputies and said in loud, bold 

 tones: "This is the misfortune of Kings : they 

 are not willing to hear the truth." The diwo- 

 lation of the National Assembly followed the 

 conflict which this incident foreshadowed. 

 Jacoby was subsequently one of the faithful 

 little band who followed Dr. Loewe to Stntt- 

 gart, and there organized the " Rumpfparla- 



