Harris, Arthur. 1892-1984. WWII air marshal. Saturation bombing.

Harris, Lawren. 1885-1970. Canadian landscape, abstract painter. Group of Seven. Lake and Mountains 1928.

Harris, Paul. 1868-1947. US lawyer. Founded Rotary International 1905.

Harrison, William. 1773-1841. US Pres 1841. Elected on slogan “Tippecanoe and Tyler too”. Died of pneumonia caught at inauguration.

Hart, Moss. 1904-61. US playwright. You Can’t Take It with You 1936.

Hartford Wits. Connecticut Wits.

Harvard, John. 1607-38. Endowed University with £800 + 320 books.

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

Hasideans. Jewish sects. 300-175BC. Strict Talmudic observation.

Hasidism. 18C-. Jewish sect founded by Eliezer, called Ba’al Shem-Tov. Stresses good-heartedness over scholarship, mystical approach to God.

Haskala. 18-19C Cultural movement to move European Jews from ghettos into mainstream.

Hastings, Battle. 1066. William defeats Harold II, conquers England for Normandy.

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

Hatt-i Humayun. 1856. Turkish reform act, forced by major powers, but not always enforced.

Hauptman, Gerhart. 1862-1946. Polish/German poet and writer. The Weavers 1892.

Haussman. Baron. 1809-91. Parisian town plan, 1852. Opera House. Bois de Boulogne.

Hawaii. c400 Polynesians. 1778 Cook discovers = Sandwich Is. 1795 UK. 1894 Republic. 1898 US. 1959 State.

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

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. 1804-64. US author: Scarlet Letter 1850. House of Seven Gables 1851.

Hayashi, Senjuro. 1876-1943. Japanese commander, Prime Minister 1937. Ordered invasion of Manchuria. WWII.

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

Hearn, Lafcadio. 1850-1904. Translator; brought Japanese culture to West.

Hearst, Wm Randolph. 1863-1951. US newspaper giant: San Francisco Examiner.

Heath, Edward. 1916-. British Conservative Prime Minister 1970-4. Common Market.

Hebbel, Friedrich. 1813-63. German psychological poet, playwright. Nibelungen 1862.

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