Housman, A.E. 1859-1936. English poet: Shropshire Lad 1896. Romanatic pessimism.

Howard, Charles. 1536-1624. English. Commanded expedition vs Spanish Armada.

Howard, John. 1726-90. English prison reformer.

Hoyle, Edmond. 1672-1769. English game expert.

Hubble, Edwin. 1889-1953. English discoverer of galaxies 1922-24.

Hudson, Henry. -1611. English navigator to Hudson’s Bay.

Hughes, Ted. 1930-98. English poet laureate 1984-. Birthday Letters 1998. Sylvia Plath.

Humble Petition. 1657. English Constitution of Protectorate. Cromwell as Lord Protector.

Hundred Years War. 1337~1453. English defend claims to French throne. Crécy. Poitiers. Agincourt. Joan of Arc. English driven from continent, except Calais.

Huxley, Aldous. 1894-1963. English philosophical novelist: Brave New World 1932.

Huxley, Thomas. 1825-95. English scientist, lecturer. Coined term “agnostic”. Darwinist.

Hyde, Edward. 1609-74. English statesman, historian. Supported Charles II.

Independents. Separatists. 17C English Christian sects believing that congregation should control its own affairs. Congregationalism. Puritans.

Inkerman, Battle. 1854. Crimean War defeat of Russians by English and French.

Ireland. 400BC-100 Celts. 432 Christianity. 8-14C Norse/British invade, settle. 1002 Brian Boru. 1573 English plantations. 1801 United Kingdom. 1921 Irish Free State/Northern Ireland.

Ireland, John. 1879-1962. English chamber music composer. Forgotten Rite 1913.

Ireland, William. 1777-1835. English forger of Shakespeare manuscripts 1796.

Irish Potato Famine. 1845-51. Blight kills crop. 1M die. Emmigration to North America. Resentment of English.

Iroquois League. (League of 5 Nations). 1570-. Confederation of Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca. Fought for English in American Revolution, Seven Years War.

Isherwood, Christopher. 1904-86. English novelist/playwright. Goodbye to Berlin 1939.

Jacobean Architecture. 1600-1625. English Tudor style refined, restrained and harmonized. U and H plans. Jones.

Jamestown. 1607. First permanent English settlement in North America.

Jeans, James. 1877-1946. English astronomer. Dynamic theory of gases.

Jenner, Edward. 1749-1823. English doctor, discovered smallpox vaccine 1796.

Jerome, Jerome K. 1859-1927. English novelist: Three Men in a Boat.

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