- Hiring, in law.
- Hirschau, or Hirsau, village, Würtemberg, Germany.
- Hirschberg, town, Prussia.
- Hirtius, Aulus, friend of Cæsar.
- Hispaniola (Hayti, q.v.), island, West Indies.
- Hissar, district and town, India.
- Hissar, state, Central Asia.
- Histology.
- History.
- Hit, town, Asiatic Turkey.
- Hitchcock, Edward, American geologist.
- Hitchin, town, England.
- Hittites, of Scripture.
- Hittorff, Jacques Ignace, French architect.
- Hitzig, Ferdinand, German Biblical critic.
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- Hoatzin, or Hoactzin, bird.
- Hoadly, Benjamin, bishop of Winchester.
- Hoare, Sir Richard Cobb, English antiquary.
- Hobart Town (now Hobart), town, Tasmania.
- Hobbema, Meyndert, Dutch painter.
- Hobbes, Thomas, English philosopher.
- Hoboken, town, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Hoche, Lazare, French general.
- Hodge, Charles, American theologian.
- Hodgkinson, Eaton, English engineer.
- Hodmezö-Vasarhely, town, Hungary.
- Hodograph, geometrical construction.
- Hody, Humphrey, English divine.
- Hof, or Regnitzhof, town, Bavaria.
- Hofer, Andreas, Tyrolese patriot.
- Hoffmann, August Heinrich, German writer.
- Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm, German romanticist.
- Hoffmann, Friedrich, German physician.
- Hoffmann, Johann Joseph, German Chinese and Japanese scholar.
- Hofmann, Johann Christian Konrad von, Lutheran theologian.
- Hogarth, William, English painter and caricaturist.
- Hogg, James, Scottish poet.
- Hohenelbe, town, Bohemia.
- Hohenlohe, Princes of.
- Hohenmauth, town, Bohemia.
- Hohenstein, town, Saxony.
- Hohenzollern, Princes of.
- Holbach, Baron d’, French philosopher.
- Holbein, Hans, the Elder, German painter.
- Holbein, Hans, the Younger, German painter.
- Holberg, Baron Ludwig, Scandinavian writer.
- Holcroft, Thomas, English dramatist and writer.
- Hölderlin, Johann Christian Friedrich, German poet.
- Holeschau, or Holesov, town, Moravia, Austria.
- Holibut, or Halibut, fish.
- Holinshed, or Hollinshed, Raphael, English chronicler.
- Holkar, Indian title.
- Holland.
- Holland, North and South, provinces, Holland.
- Holland, Sir Henry, English physician and writer.
- Holland, Philemon, English translator.
- Holland, Third Lord, English politician and writer.
- Hollar, Wenzel, German etcher.
- Holly, tree.
- Hollyhock, hardy garden plant.
- Holman, James, the Blind Traveller.
- Holstein, Schleswig-, province, Prussia (See Schleswig-Holstein).
- Holt, Sir John, English lord chief-justice.
- Hölty, Ludwig Heinrich Christoph, German poet.
- Holyhead, town, Wales.
- Holy Island, or Lindisfarne, Northumberland, England.
- Holyoke, town, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- Holy Water, in Roman Catholic ritual.
- Holy Week, in ecclesiastical calendar.
- Holywell, town, Wales.
- Holzminden, town, Germany.
- Homage, in feudal times.
- Homberg, Wilhelm, Dutch natural philosopher.
- Homburg, town, Germany.
- Home, Henry (Kames, Lord, q.v.), Scottish judge and philosopher.
- Home, John, Scottish dramatic poet.
- Homel, or Gomel, town, Russia.
- Homer, Greek poet.
- Homestead, Law relating to, in United States.
- Homeyer, Karl Gustav, German historical writer.
- Homicide, in law.
- Homily, Homiliarium, Books of Homilies.
- Homœopathy, system of medicine.
- Honda, or San Bartolommeo de Honda, town, Colombia, South America.
- Hondecoeter, Melchior d’, Dutch painter.
- Honduras, republic, Central America.
- Hone, whetstone.
- Hone, William, English satirist and antiquary.
- Honey.
- Honey-Eater, or Honey-Sucker, bird.
- Honey-Guide, bird.
- Honeysuckle, plant.
- Honfleur, town, France.
- Hong-Kong, island and town, China.
- Honiton, town, England.
- Honolulu, town, Hawaiian Islands (q.v.).
- Honorius, Flavius Augustus, emperor of the West.
- Honorius I., pope.
- Honorius II., pope & antipope.
- Honorius III., pope.
- Honorius IV., pope.
- Hontheim, Johann Nikolaus von, opponent of Ultramontanism.
- Honthorst, Gerard van, Dutch painter.
- Hooch, Pieter de, Dutch painter.
- Hoo-Chow Foo, or Ho-Chu Fu, town, China.
- Hood, Robin (Robin Hood, q.v.).
- Hood, Thomas, English humorist and poet.
- Hood, Tom, English humorist and poet.
- Hood, Viscount, English admiral.
- Hooft, Pieter Cornelissen, Dutch poet and historian.
- Hoogeveen, village, Netherlands.
- Hooghly, or Hugli, river, India.
- Hooghly, or Hugli, district & town, India.
- Hoogstraten, Samuel Dirksz van, Dutch painter.
- Hook, Theodore Edward, English novelist and dramatist.
- Hook, Walter Farquhar, dean of Westminster.
- Hooke, Robert, English man of science.
- Hooker, Joseph, American general.
- Hooker, Richard, English ecclesiastical writer.
- Hooker, Sir William Jackson, English botanist.
- Hoole, John, English translator and dramatist.
- Hooper, John, English bishop and martyr.
- Hooping-Cough, or Whooping-Cough.
- Hoopoe, bird.
- Hoorn, town, Holland.
- Hop, plant.
- Hope, Thomas, English writer and antiquary.
- Hôpital, or L’Hôpital (q.v.), chancellor of France.
- Hopkins, Ezekiel, bishop of Londonderry.
- Hopkins, Samuel, American theologian.
- Hopkinson, Francis, American satirist.
- Hoppner, John, English portrait painter.
- Hor, Mount, of Scripture.
- Horace, Latin poet.
- Horatii, three brothers, champions of Rome.
- Horde, town, Prussia.
- Horeb, Mount, Arabia (See Sinai).
- Horehound, plant.
- Horgen, town, Switzerland.
- Horitz, town, Bohemia.
- Hormayr, Joseph, Baron von, German statesman and historian.
- Hormisdas, Pope.
- Horn, Horns, of animals.
- Horn, or French Horn, musical instrument.
- Hornbeam, tree.
- Hornbill, bird.
- Horn-Book.
- Horncastle, town, England.
- Horne, George, bishop of Norwich.
- Horne, Thomas Hartwell, English Biblical writer.
- Hornellsville, town, New York, U.S.A.
- Horner, Francis, English political economist.
- Hornet, insect (See Wasp).
- Hornpipe, dance and tune.
- Horrocks, or Horrox, Jeremiah, English astronomer.
- Horse.
- Horse-Chestnut, tree.
- Horse-Mackerel, fish.
- Horsemanship (See Horse).
- Horsens, town, Denmark.
- Horse-Power, engineers’ unit of energy.
- Horse-Racing (See Horse).
- Horseradish, plant.
- Horsetail, plant.
- Horsham, town, England.
- Horsley, John, English antiquary.
- Horsley, Samuel, English bishop and controversialist.
- Horsley, William, English musical composer.
- Horten, or Karljohanswærn, town, Norway.
- Hortense, mother of Napoleon III., emperor of the French.
- Hortensius, Quintus, Roman orator.
- Horticulture, Science and practice of.
- Hosea, Old Testament prophet.
- Hoshangabad, district and town, India.
- Hosiery.
- Hosius, or Osius, bishop of Cordova.
- Hospital, Hospitals.
- Hospitium, Greek institution.
- Hotch-Pot, or Hodge-Podge, in law.
- Hotho, Heinrich Gustav, German art critic.
- Hotman, or Hottoman, François, French publicist.
- Hot-Springs, town, Arkansas, U.S.A.
- Hottentots, South-African race.
- Hottinger, Johann Heinrich, Swiss theologian and philologist.
- Houbraken, Jacobus, Dutch engraver.
- Houdon, Jean Antoine, French sculptor.
- Hound, dog.
- Hounslow, town, England.
- House-Fly, insect.
- Houseleek, plant.
- Houssa, Housa, Haussa, or Hausa, people, Africa.
- Houston, town, Texas, U.S.A.
- Houston, Samuel, American general and statesman.
- Houwaert, Jean Baptista, Flemish poet.
- Hovedon, Roger of, English chronicler.
- Howard, Henry, earl of Surrey (q.v.), English poet.
- Howard, John, English philanthropist.
- Howe, John, English puritan divine.
- Howe, Earl, English admiral.
- Howell, James, English writer and politician.
- Howitt, William, English writer.
- Howrah, town, India.
- Höxter, town, Prussia.
- Hoyle, Edmund, English writer on games.
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- Hrabanus Maurus Magnentius, archbishop of Mainz.
- Hrosvitha, or Roswitha, mediæval authoress.
- Huancavelica, or Guancabelica, town, Peru.
- Huanuco, or Guanuco, town, Peru.
- Huaraz, town, Peru.
- Huber, François, Swiss naturalist.
- Huber, Johann, German theologian and philosopher.
- Hubert, or Hugubert, St, bishop of Liége.
- Hubli, town, India.
- Huc, Évariste Régis, French missionary and traveller.
- Hucbald, Hugbaldus, or Hubaldus, mediæval musical composer.
- Huchtenburg, Jacob and John van, Dutch painters.
- Huddersfield, town, England.
- Hudson, town, New York, U.S.A.
- Hudson River, or North River, United States.
- Hudson, George, English railway promoter.
- Hudson, Henry, English navigator and explorer.
- Hudson’s Bay Company.
- Hué, town, Anam, Asia.
- Huelva, province & town, Spain.
- Huesca, province & town, Spain.
- Huescar, town, Spain.
- Huet, Pierre Daniel, French bishop and scholar.
- Hufeland, Christoph Wilhelm, German physician.
- Hufeland, Gottlieb, German jurist.
- Hug, Johann Leonhard, Swiss theologian and Biblical critic.
- Hugh, St, of Avalon, bishop of Lincoln.
- Hugh of St Cher, French cardinal and scholar.
- Hugh of St Victor, scholastic theologian.
- Huguenots, French Protestants.
- Hull, or Kingston-upon-Hull, town, England.
- Huls, town, Prussia.
- Hulse, John, English divine.
- Humble-Bee, insect.
- Humboldt, F. H. Alexander, Baron von, German naturalist and traveller.
- Humboldt, Karl Wilhelm von, German statesman and writer.
- Hume, David, Scottish philosopher and historian.
- Hume, Joseph, English political reformer.
- Humerus, Lars Johansson, Swedish poet.
- Humiliati, religious order.
- Hummel, Johann Nepomuk, Hungarian musical composer.
- Humming-Bird.
- Hundred, territorial division, England.
- Hungary.
- Huns.
- Hunt, J. H. Leigh, English essayist.
- Hunt, William Henry, English painter.
- Hunter, John, English physiologist and surgeon.
- Hunter, William, English physiologist and surgeon.
- Hunting.
- Huntingdon, or Hunts, county, England.
- Huntingdon, Selina, Countess of, Calvinistic Methodist.
- Hupfeld, Hermann, German Orientalist.
- Hurd, Richard, English bishop.
- Hurdwar (Hardwar, q.v.), town, India.
- Huron, Lake, North America (See St Lawrence).
- Hurror (Harar, q.v.), town, North-East Africa.
- Husband and Wife, Law relating to.
- Husch, or Husi, town, Moldavia.
- Hushiarpur, district & town, India.
- Huskisson, William, English statesman and financier.
- Huss, or Hus, John, Bohemian Reformer.
- Hussites, religious Reformers.
- Husum, town, Schleswig-Holstein.
- Huszt, town, Hungary.
- Hutcheson, Francis, Irish philosopher.
- Hutchinson, John, English physicist.
- Hutchinson, Colonel John, Puritan soldier.
- Hutchinson, Thomas, governor of Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- Hutten, Ulrich von, German humanist.
- Hutton, Charles, English mathematician.
- Hutton, James, geologist.
- Huy, town, Belgium.
- Huygens, Christiaan, Dutch mathematician and physicist.
- Huygens, Sir Constantijn, Dutch poet and diplomatist.
- Huysmans, family of Flemish painters.
- Huysum, Jan van, Dutch painter.
- Hwen T’sang, Hiouen Thsang, or Hiwen T’sang, Chinese traveller and writer.
- Hyacinth, or Jacinth, garden plant.
- Hyacinthus, of Greek mythology.
- Hyades, in mythology.
- Hyæna, carnivorous mammal.
- Hybla, ancient towns, Sicily.
- Hybridism.
- Hyde, town, England.
- Hyde, Edward, first earl of Clarendon (q.v.).
- Hyde, Thomas, English Orientalist.
- Hyder Ali, or Haidar Ali, Mohammedan leader in India.
- Hyderabad, or Haidarabad, territory & town, Central India.
- Hyderabad, or Haidarabad, district & town, Sind, India.
- Hydra, island and town, Greece.
- Hydrangea, greenhouse plant.
- Hydraulics, practical hydrodynamics (q.v.).
- Hydrocephalus, disease.
- Hydrogen, chemical element.
- Hydromechanics, Science of.
- Hydrometer, for determining densities.
- Hydropathy, system of medical treatment.
- Hydrophobia, disease.
- Hydrozoa, division of animal kingdom.
- Hydruntum, or Hydrus (Otranto, q.v.), ancient Greek town, Italy.
- Hyères, town, France.
- Hygiene.
- Hyginus, Caius Julius, Roman author.
- Hyginus Gromaticus, writer on surveying.
- Hygrometry, measurement of humidity.
- Hymen, or Hymenæus, in Greek legend.
- Hymenoptera, order of insects.
- Hymns.
- Hypatia of Alexandria, Pagan martyr.
- Hyperides, Attic orator.
- Hypertrophy, abnormal increase of bodily organs.
- Hypochondriasis, disease.
- Hypothec, in law.
- Hyrax, genus of ungulate animals.
- Hyrcania, province, Western Asia.
- Hyrcanus, John, I.–II., Jewish high priests.
- Hyssop, plant.
- Hysteria, disease.
- Hystero-Epilepsy, disease.
- Hythe, town, England.
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- I, the ninth letter of the alphabet.
- Iamblichus, Syrian Neoplatonist.
- Ibadan, town, West Africa.
- Ibarra, town, Ecuador.
- Iberians, race of people, Spain.
- Ibex, ungulate animal.
- Ibis, bird.
- Ibn Batuta, Moorish traveller and writer.
- Ibn Ezra (Abenezra, q.v.).
- Ibn Khaldoun, Arab historian and poet.
- Ibn Khallikan, Arab writer.
- Ibn Sina (Avicenna, q.v.), Arab philosopher and physician.
- Ibo, district, West Africa.
- Ibrahim Pasha, viceroy of Egypt.
- Ibraila, town, Roumania.
- Ibycus, Greek poet.
- Ica, town, Peru.
- Ice.
- Iceberg.
- Ice-House.
- Iceland.
- Iceland Moss, lichen.
- I-Chang, or Y-chang (Y-Lin), town, China.
- Ichneumon, carnivorous mammal.
- Ichneumon-Fly, parasitic insect.
- Ichthyology.
- Ichthyosaurus, extinct reptile.
- Iconium (Konieh), ancient town, Asia Minor.
- Iconoclasm, Iconoclasts (See Image Worship).
- Icterus, genus of birds.
- Idaho, Territory, U.S.A.
- Idiocy, form of insanity (q.v.).
- Idle, town, England.
- Idolatry.
- Idria, town, Austria.
- Idrisi (Edrisi, q.v), Arabian geographer.
- Idumea, district, south of Palestine.
- Iffland, August Wilhelm, German dramatist.
- Iglau, or Jihlava, town, Moravia.
- Iglesias, town, Sardinia.
- Iglo, town, Hungary.
- Ignatius, early Christian writer (See Apostolic Fathers).
- Ignatius de Loyola, St, founder of the Jesuits.
- Ignorantines, French religious brotherhood.
- Igualada, town, Spain.
- Iguana, lizard.
- Iguanadon, fossil reptile.
- Iguvium (Gubbio, q.v.), ancient town, Italy.
- Ilchester, town, England.
- Île-de-France, district, France.
- Ilfracombe, town, England.
- Ilhavo, town, Portugal.
- Ili, river, Central Asia.
- Ilion, Ilium, or Troy (q.v.), ancient town, Asia Minor.
- Ilkeston, town, England.
- Ille-et-Vilaine, department, France.
- Illinois, State, U.S.A.
- Illuminati, mystic sects.
- Illumination, of written or printed texts.
- Illyrium, or Illyricum, country, Eastern Europe.
- Ilori, or Ilorin, town, West Africa.
- Image Worship.
- Imam, Mohammedan priest.
- Imbros, or Imvro, island, Ægean Sea.
- Imeritia, district, Transcaucasia, Russia.
- Immaculate Conception of B. V. Mary, Roman Catholic dogma.
- Immermann, Karl Leberecht, German dramatist.
- Immortelle, or Everlasting, plant.
- Imola, town, Italy.
- Impeachment, in law.
- Incense, burnt perfume.
- Incest.
- Inchbald, Elizabeth, English dramatist.
- Incubation, of birds (See Birds, Reproduction, & Poultry).
- Independents, religious denomination.
- Index.
- Index Librorum Prohibitorum, of Roman Catholic Church.
- India, country, Asia.
- Indiana, State, U.S.A.
- Indianapolis, town, Indiana, U.S.A.
- Indian Archipelago.
- Indian Corn, or Maize (q.v.).
- Indian Ocean.
- Indians, American.
- Indian Territory, United States.
- India-Rubber, or Caoutchouc.
- Indictment, in law.
- Indigo, dyeing material.
- Indium, chemical element.
- Indore, state, India.
- Indre, department, France.
- Indre-et-Loire, department, France.
- Indulgence, Indulgences, of Roman Catholic Church.
- Indus, river, India.
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