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* HENSELT. 783 HENTY. since come to be known as singing-touch. His compositions include tlie well-known F minor pianoforte coni'crto ; I'ocmc d'Avioxr, op. 3; Ballade, op. 31 ; and several other successful pieces, as well as some extremely difficvilt exten- sion studies for the practice of a legato execu- tion of extended chords and arpeggios. He died at Warmbrunn. Silesia. HENSEN, hen'.sfn, Victor (1835—). A Ger- man physiologist, born in Schleswig. He studied medicine at Wiirzburg, at Berlin, and at Kiel, where the became docent and later professor of physiology. His earlier studies, under the influ- ence of Bernard, were in embryologj', and in the physiology and anatomy' of the organs of sense: but afterwards he devoted himself to marine biology, became a member of the Com- mission for Scientific Eescarch in German Wa- ters, and contributed largely to the development of German fisheries. His works include: Physio- logic des Gehors and Phijsiolngic der Zeugung, both in Hermann's Baiidhuch der Physiologie (1880-81) ; Reisebeschreibung der Planktonexpe- dition (1892) : and Die PUinktonexpedition nnd Hacckels Daru-inismus (1891). HEN'SHAW, Hexrt Wetherree (1850—). An American ornithologist and ethnologist, bom at Cambridgeport, Mass. His delicate health drove him from Harvard to bird-collecting in the Southern States. In 1872 he went to Utali, offi- cially employed in the same quest, and he after- wards accepted a Government position at Wash- ington, to write reports upon naturalists' ob- servations, but was transferred in 1879 to the ethnological department. His publications include Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississijipi Valletf (1886), and other papers on similar sub- jects. HENSLOWE, henz'16, PniLir (?-1616). An English theatrical manager. In the neighborhood of Southwark, where he lived, he owned much property, including the Boar's Head and other inns, and managed and partly or entirely owned several playhouses. He rebuilt the new Rose Theatre, managed Newington Butts, the Swan, and. in company with Edward Alleyn, the actor, built the largest London theatre, the Fortune, in Cripplegate ( 1600). He also carried on a general brokerage business. He bought plan's of the authors and sold them to various acting com- panies. A diary which he kept of these transac- tions is a most important document. This and other valuable pajjers are preserved in the libriiry of Dulwich College. The Diarif. with some forged entries, was published in 1845 by J. P. Collier for the Shakespeare Society. Consult Catalogue of il/.V.S. of Duhrich College, edited by G. F. War- ner (London, 1881). HEN'SON, JosiAH (1787-1883). An Ameri- can clerg^-nian and lecturer, bom a slave in Port Tobacco. Md. His early career is remarkable for the hardships he was forced to endure. He escaped into Canada in 1828, and became a Methodist preacher at Dresden. Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe met him, and drew from the story of his life her character of Uncle Tom. Henson lectured throughout the United States, and made three trips to England diiring the last years of his life. Wliile upon his final tour in 1876 he was entertained at Windsor Castle by Queen Victoria. HENSTEIN, hen'stin, Johannes von (1822- 80). A (lernian botanist, born at Potsdam. He studied horticulture in I'otsdam and Berlin, and was nuide a lecturer in llie I'nivcrsity of J5crlin in 1855. In 1861 he was appointed custodian of the Royal Herbarium, Berlin, and from 1865 was professor of botany and director of the bo- tanical garden at the L'niversily of Bonn. His botanical studies were varied, but liave to do chielly with plant physiology and morphology. His publications include: Vntirsuchungcn iiber den lUnt und die Eiiticicklung der liaumrindc (1853): Yersuehc iiber die Lcitung des t^aflcs diirch die Rindc (1860): Ucberxieht des natiir- licheii l'flaii:::cnxiislems (1867) ; and Einige Ziige alls drr Hiiilogic dis Pruloplasmas (1880). HENSZLMANN, hen's'l-man,.EMERR'H (1813- 88). An Hungarian art critic and archaeolo- gist, born at Kaschau, and educated at Pest and Vienna. After studying medicine, he de- voted himself to archieology and testhetics, and traveled extensively. He took jiart in the Revolution of 1848, serving in a department of the ^Ministry of Foreign AlVairs. He was imprisoned for eight months ; then left Hun- gary and lived in London and Paris until 1802, when he returned to his home. He was a member of the Lower House of the Hungarian Diet ( 1809- 72), and professor of the history of art at Buda- I)est (1873-88). A member of the Hungarian Academy and of the National Kisfaludy Society, he wrote: Theorie des proportions appliquees dans I'architecture (1860) ; Die nordfraiizbsische Abtei nnd Kathedralkirche (1865) ; Die (Irabun- gen des Erzbischofs von Kalocsa (1873); and, in Hungarian, on the relation between Greek tragedy and Christian drama (1846), on me- diaeval architecture (1866), and on the remains of Gothic architecture in Hungary (1880). HEN'TY, George Alfred (18.32-1902). An English author. He was born at Trumpington, Cambridgeshire, and was educated at the West- minster School and at Caius College, Cambridge. He served in the purveyor's department of the British Army during the early part of the Cri- mean War, and after returning home invalided was promoted to be purveyor and given service in the Italian Legion. After the close of the war he commanded for a time the Belfast and Portsmouth districts, and in 1806 became war correspondent of the London Standard. In the service of his paper he accompanied the contestants of the Austro-Italian, Turco- Servian, and Franco-Prussian wars: took part in the Abyssinian expedition of 1868 and the Ashanti expedition of 1873: participated in Gari- baldi's Tyrolean campaigns: was i)rcscnt at the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869: attended the Prince of Wales during his travels through India ; and made an extended tour of the mining regions of the United States. He is known as the most prolific and popular of contemporary writers for boys, his books being chiefly historical novels. The best known of his novels arc: All But Lost (1869): (labrirl Allen (1888): Dorothy's Double; A Woman of the Commune; and Colo^tcl Thorndyke's fiecret (1898). Among the most re- cent of his books for bovs are: In the Irish Bri- gade (1900): Out u-ith'Carihaldi (1900): With Hullcr in Vatal (1900): At the Point of the Batiouct (1901): Malcolm the Water-Boy (1901); To Berat and Cabul (1901); With Roberts to Pretoria (1901) ; The Treasure of the