Hadley, George. 1685-1768. English climatologist: explained trade winds.

Haeretico Comburendo. 1401. English statute legalizing the burning of heretics.

Halifax, First Earl of. 1661-1715. English Whig statesman. Started National Debt. Established Bank of England. 1694.

Halifax, First Earl of. 1881-1959. English statesman. Viceroy of India 1925-31, Foreign Secretary 1938-40.

Halley, Edmund. 1656-1742. English astronomer who explained comets 1705. First meteorological chart 1686.

Hampden, John. 1594-1643. English parliamentary leader.

Hampton Court Conference. 1604. James I authorizes bible translation. 300 Puritans ejected from office, a cause of Civil War.

Handel, George Frideric. 1685-1759. German/ English composer of oratorio, Italian opera. Peak of polyphonic music. Water Music 1717. Messiah 1741. Music for Royal Fireworks 1749.

Hardecanute. c1019-42. King of English 1014-, Denmark 1028-.

Hardy, Thomas. 1840-1928. English novelist: Far from the Madding Crowd 1874; Mayor of Casterbridge 1886; Jude the Obscure 1896. Man as victim of fate. -“the worth encompassed by the inevitable”.

Hargreaves, James. -1778. English. Invented spinning jenny 1764.

Harmsworth, Harold. 1868-1940. English newspaper publisher. Daily Mail.

Harrington, James. 1611-77. English idealist utopian writer. Oceana 1656.

Harrison, Frederic. 1831-1923. English Positivist: Philosophy of Common Sense 1907.

Harvey, William. 1578-1657. English doctor, discovered circulation of blood 1616-28. On Reproduction 1651.

Hastings, Warren. 1732-1818. First English Gov-Gen of Bengal, 1772-84/5. Impeached...acquitted.

Hawkins, John. 1532-95. First English slave trader, 1562.

Haydn, Joseph. 1732-1809. Austrian Classical composer. Father of modern symphony and string quartet. Solomon Symphony 1791-5. English Symphony 1794. Seasons 1801.

Hazlitt, William. 1778-1830. English essayist, critic. The Plain Speaker 1826.

Head Act. 1465. Bounty to English colonists for heads of Irish.

Hearth Tax. 1663-89. English tax on chimneys and hearths.

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

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

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

Hepworth, Barbara. 1903-75. English abstract sculptor.

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