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  in the Persian war, 1856–7 : commanded the advance Division at the capture of Reshire and surrender of Bushire : at Khushab : C.B. : commanded at the island of Karrak for some months : commanded the Nasirabad Brigade in the mutiny, in the pursuit of Tantia Topi and other chief rebels : Maj-General, 1861 : Resident at Aden, 1862–3 : General of the Sind Division from 1863 : K.C.B. : left India, 1866, after about 45 years' continuous service there : died about 1869.

HOOKER, SIR JOSEPH DALTON (1817–)

Born June 30, 1817 : son of Sir William Jackson Hooker : educated at High School and University of Glasgow : joined R.N. Medical Department : served as Surgeon and Naturalist in H.M.S. Erebus in Antarctic expedition under Sir James Ross, 1839–43 : brought out a series of volumes on the botany of the Antarctic regions : visited the Himalayas on the North of Sikhim, and was badly treated, being kept a prisoner, by the Sikhim authorities : also visited the Khasia hills as naturalist, 1847–51 : made botanical collections of great value : visited Syria and Palestine, 1860 : Morocco, 1871 : the Rocky Mountains, 1877 : served as Assistant Director and Director of Kew Gardens, 1855–85 : C.B., 1869 : K.C.S.I., 1877 : G.C.S.I., 1897 : author of Himalayan Journals, The Rhododendrons of the Sikhim Himalaya, The Flora of British India, and many other scientific works.

HOOLE, ELIJAH (1798–1872)

Son of Holland Hoole, a shoemaker : born 1798 : educated at Manchester : went to India as a Wesleyan Methodist missionary, 1820 : made a Member of the Committee for revising the Tamil version of the Bible : published a number of Tamil translations, including portions of the Bible : left India, 1828 : became Superintendent of Schools in Ireland, and a general Secretary of the Wesleyan Missionary Society : wrote A Personal Narrative of a Mission to the South of India, 1820–8, and missionary works : and contributed to literary journals : died June 17, 1872.

HOPE, SIR THEODORE CRACROFT (1831–)

I.C.S: born 1831: son of James Hope, M.D. : educated at Rugby and Haileybury : entered the Bombay Civil Service, 1853 : Educational Inspector, 1855–8 : called to the bar from Lincoln's Inn, 1866 : Member of the Governor-General's Legislative Council, 1875–80 : Provisional Member of Council, Bombay, 1880 : Secretary to the Government of India in the Finance and Commerce Department, 1881–2 : Officiating Finance Minister, 1882 : Member of the Supreme Council, in charge of Public Works, 1882–7 : author of Church and State in India, 1892, and various educational and architectural works : C.I.E., 1882 : K.C.S.L, 1886.

HOPE, SIR WILLIAM, BARONET (1819–1898)

Born Jan. 12, 1819 : son of Sir John Hope, Bart: enteredthe Army, 1835 : with 71st Highlanders in the Crimea : Lt-Colonel, 1857 : served in Central India, 1858 : C.B., 1859 : Colonel, 1862 : commanded the 71st regt. in the frontier operations under Sir N. Chamberlain, 1863 : Maj-General, 1868 : commanded at Stirling, 1873 : retired as General, 1881 : K.C.B. : succeeded his brother as Baronet, 1892 : died Sep. 5, 1898.

HOPKINS, EDWARD WASHBURN (1857–)

Born Sep. 8, 1857 : son of Lewis S. Hopkins, M.D. : educated at Columbia University, New York : at Leipzig and Berlin Universities, 1878–81 : engaged in tuition in Columbia, 1881–5 : Professor of Sanskrit, first at Bryn Mawr College, 1885–95 : and later at Yale, 1895, in succession to Professor Whitney (q.v.) : A.B., 1878 : A.M. and Ph.D. of Leipzig, 1881 : LL.D., Columbia, 1902 : Member of the German Oriental Society : Secretary of the American Oriental Society since 1897 : has written The Four Castes, 1881 : Manu, in Trubner's Oriental Series, 1884 : Religions of India, 1895 : The Great Epic of India, 1900 : India, Old and New, 1901 : engaged in University teaching since 1881 : spent a year in India, 1896–7.