Helvetii. Celtic tribe defeated by Caesar 58BC.

Helvétius, Claude-Adrien. 1715-71. French Materialist philosopher. All actions based on self-interest. De l’ésprit 1758.

Henderson, Arthur. 1863-1935. British organizer of Labour Party.

Hengist and Horsa. 5C. Legendary Jute brothers, founded Kent. Fought Britons.

Henry, Patrick. 1736-99. US revolutionary. “Give me liberty or give me death” 1775. Bill of Rights.

Henry I. 1069-1135. King of England 1100-. Regained Normandy for England 1106. Defined yard 1101.

Henry III. 1202-72. English king, 1216-. Provisions of Oxford 1258. Montfort.

Henry IV. 1050-1106. Holy Roman Emperor, 1056-. Civil War. Struggles with Gregory VII led to excommunication. Worms Synod. Clement III.

Henry VI. 1421-71. King of England and France 1422-61, 70-1. Founded King’s College Cambridge, Eton. Lost France except Calais. Weakness led to War of Roses. Deposed.

Henry VII. 1457-1509. First Tudor King of England 1485-. Defeated Richard III at Bosworth Field, 1485. Ended War of Roses. United Lancasters, Yorks.

Hepplewhite, George. 1593-1633. English devotional poet.

Hepplewhite, George. -1786. English Neoclassical furniture designer.

Herald. Medieval officer who conveyed messages between opposing leaders.

Herder, Johann von. 1744-1803. German Sturm and Drang Nationalist writer. Stimulated Romanticism.

Heredia, Jose de. 1842-1905. Cuban/French Parnassian poet.

Hermandad. 1250-1550. Castile-Aragon defensive alliance.

Hermaphroditus. Greek deity with male and female attributes.

Hermes Trismegistus. Egyptian founder of alchemy. Passed secret only to the sons of Pharaoahs.

Hero. Lover of Leander.

Herodes Atticus. c101-177. Greek/Roman orator, banker. Gave major buildings to Athens.

Herrera, Fernando de. 1534-97. Spanish Humanist poet.

Herzl, Theodor. 1860-1904. Hungarian/Austrian writer. Founder of Zionism. The Jewish State 1896.

Hesperides. Nymphs who guarded Hera’s tree of golden apples.

Hess. Rudolph. 1894-1987. German Nazi leader. Flew to Scotland, 1941. Sentenced to life at Nuremberg.

Hestia. Greek goddess of the hearth.

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