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LEFT HUTTON 91 HUY and Powers of Nnmbers" (1781) ; "Mathematical Tables" (1785); "Math- ematical and Philosophical Dictionary" (1795) ; "Course of Mathematics" (1798- 1801) ; "Recreations in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy" (1803) ; etc. Be- sides these, he contributed mathematical papers to the "Philosophical Transac- tions." He died Jan. 27, 1823. HUTTON, LAURENCE, an American editor; born in New York, Aug. 8, 1843. Devoting his earlier years to mercantile pursuits, he at length Recame dramatic critic of the New York "Evening Mail"; literary editor of "Harper's Magazine" (1886-1898). He wrote "Plays and Players"; "Edwin Booth"; "Literary Landmarks"; etc. He made a remark- able collection of death masks of noted people, which he presented to Princeton University. He died June 10, 1904. HUTTON, MAURICE, a Canadian educator. He was born at Manchester, England, in 1856, and was educated at Oxford. He became lecturer on classics at Firth College, Sheffield, and in Uni- versity College, Toronto, in 1880, profes- sor of Greek in 1887, principal in 1901, and acting president in 1906-1907. From 1910 to 1919 he was vice-president of the Royal Society of Canada. His works include: "Hellenism"; and editions of Gi'eek classics. HUTTON, RICHARD HOLT, an Eng- lish editor, critic, and author; born in 1826. He was editor of the London "Spectator," a literary critic of great repute, and the author of "Studies in Parliament: a Series of Sketches of Leading Politicians" (1866); "Essays, Theological and Literary" (2 vols., 1871); "Sir Walter Scott" (1878) in "English Men of Letters" series; "Es- says on Some Modern Guides of English Thought in Matters of Faith" (1887). He died in 1897. HUXLEY, LEONARD, a British author. He was born in 1860, and was educated at University College School, St. Andrew's University, and Balliol College, Oxford. He was assistant to Professor Lewis Campbell, professor of Greek at St. Andrew's, in 1883. Later he became assistant master, Charter- house, Godalming, and reader to Smith, Elder & Co. His works include: "Life of Huxley"; "Life of Sir Joseph Hooker"; "Letters of a Betrothed"; "Thoughts on Education." HUXLEY, THOMAS HENRY, an English biologist and essayist; born in Ealing, England, Pvlay 4, 1825. He was graduated at London University in 1845. In 1846-1850 he sailed around the world as a naval surgeon. In 1851 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society; Professor of Natural History in the School of Mines in 1854; Ilunterian Professor in the Royal College of Sur- geons in 1863; president of the British Geological and Ethnological Societies in 1869; secretary of the Royal Society in 1872; Lord Rector of Aberdeen Univer- THOMAS H. HUXLEY sity in 1872; and president of the Royal Society in 1883. He was an able ad- vocate of Darwinian evolution, and was perhaps best known to the popular ap- prehension by his agnostic speculations, in expounding which he came into con- troversy with the defenders of Theism and Christianity. He wrote: "Anat- omy of Vertebrate Animals"; "Anatomy of Invertebrate Animals"; "Man's Place in Nature"; "Lay Sermons"; "Evolution and Ethics"; etc. He died in East- bourne, England, June 29, 1895. HUY (ii-e'), a town of Belsrium; on both banks of the Meuse, 19 miles S. W. of Li6ge. Its citadel (1822), whose works are partly excavated in the solid rock, commands the passage of the river. The Church of Notre Dame, a graceful Gothic edifice, was begun in 1311. In the vicinity are iron works and coal mines, and the manufactures include paper, leather, beer, spirits, etc. Peter the Hermit founded here the former abbey of Neufmoustier {Novum Monasteriiim), and here in 1115, he died. Huy has been frequently besieged. In the World War, when Belgium was invaded by the Ger- mans, Huy was attacked and only yielded to superior numbers after heavy fight- ing. Pop. about 15,000.