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Herpin, Mile. . L. Perci/. A

French author.

Herring,. 7^oitchstone. An Ameri- can political writer.

Herschel, Sir WUllain, 1738-1822. Peter Puzzlem. An eminent German- English astronomer ; b. in Hanover ; went to England in 1759, and there became distinguislied as an astronomer.

Hervey, John, Lord Hervey, 169(3- 1743. Lord Fanny ; Sporus ; A Person of Qualiti/.

See " I. and P.," First Series, p. 455.

Hervey, Thomas Kibble. The Edi- tor of the "Court Journal."

See "I. and P.," First Series, p. 455.

Hesslein, Bernhard. Bernhard Hess. A German writer.

Hetzel, Pierre Jules, 1814-86. Un Papa.

See " I. and P.," First Series, p. 455.

Heugh, Hugh, D.D. The Vissenting Minister. A Scottish clergyman ; b. in 1782.

Hevverdine, Rev. Thomas, M.A. A Minister.

See " I. and P.," First Series, p. 455.

Hewes, P. W. F. W. H. An Amer- ican soldier of the 10th Michigan infantry in the late civil war.

Hewett, Rev. John William, M.A. A Country Curate. An English clergy- man ; Trin. Coll., Cambridge, 1849; curate of St. George, Whitwick, 1857-66 ; master of the North London Coll. School, 1874-80 et seq.

Hext, Francis, 1666-1729. A Lawyer. An English writer ; friend of Addison and Steele ; buried at St. Austell, Cornwall.

Heyne, CarlTraugott. Heinrich Bour- din; Louis Bourdin. A German novelist.

Hibbs, Ricliard, M.A. Clericns, M.A. An English clergyman ; St. John's Coll., Cambridge, 1841 ; chaplain at Rotter- dam, 1876-78 ; in 1880 resident at Argyle Square, London.

Hickes, Rev. George, D.D., 1642- 1715. A Minister of London.

See " I. and P.," First Series, p. 455.

Hickey, Rev. William. A Citizen. An American writer.

Hicks, William Robert, 1808-68. An Illustrious Obscure. An English wit and humorist ; b. at Bodmin ; d. at West- heath, Bodmin.

Hickson, Samuel. S. H. An Eng- lish writer ; contributor to the " West- minster Review."

Hlgginson, Stephen. Loco.

See " I. and P.," First Series, p. 456,

Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 182:3-. n.; T. W. H. An American

author; b. at Cambridge, Mass.; Harv. Coll., 1841 ; in 1887 resided at Cambridge, Mass. ; devoted to literary work.

Highmore, Joseph, 1692-1780. A Christian I^\eethinker. See " I. and P.," First Series, p. 456. Hilaire, l&mile M. Marco de Saint liilaire. A German novelist.

Hildesley, Mark, D.D., 1698-1772. A Resident Clergyman. An Englisli divine; b. at Murston, near Sitting- bourne, in Kent; edue. at the Charter- house and at Cambridge ; bishop of Sodor and Man, 1755-72; master of Sherburn Hospital, 1767-72.

Hildreth, Samuel Prescott, M.D., 1783-1863. A Naturalist. An American historian and physicist; b. at Methuen, Mass.; studied medicine at Andover, Mass. ; in 1808 settled as a physician in Ohio, and d. there.

Hildrop, John, CD. Phileleutherus Britannicus.

See " I. and P.," First Series, p. 456.

Hill, A. P. A Soldier. An American soldier of the Army of the Potomac, in the late civil war.

Hill, Aaron, 1685-1750. Gamaliel Gunson. An English poet, dramatist, and miscellaneous writer ; b. in London ; educ. at Westminster School ; visited Egypt, Palestine, and the greater part of the East; in 1709 he commenced author- ship; and after spending several years in various projects, till about 1738, he re- tired to Plaistow in Essex, and devoted himself chiefly to study.

Hill, Alexander. Gaffer Grindstone, Esq., of Hunger-him-out. A Scottish poet ; a saddler of Montrose.

Hill, Alonzo, D.D., -1871. H. An American minister ; Harv. Univ., 1822 ; Divinity School, 1826; pastor at Wor- cester, Mass., for many years.

Hill, Sir John, M.D. The Hon. Juli- ana Susannah Seymour; Joseph Marshall ; Thomas Perfect ; Wedale.

See "I. and P.," First Series, p. 456.

Hill, Sir Richard. A Master of Arts of the University of Oxford.

See "I. and P.," First Series, p. 456.

HUl, Rowland, 1744-1833. An Old Observer. An eminent English Calvinist Methodist preacher; educ. at Cambridge and in the Church of England ; in 1783 he built Surrey Chapel, London, and preached there during the winter months, acting as an itinerant in the summer, until his death, a period of fifty years.

HUl, Thomas, D.D., 1818-. T.H.; New Brunswick, N.J. ; Harv. Coll., 1843 ;
 * H. An American clergyman ; b. at