People

1862–1910

Hawley Harvey Crippen was an American-born homeopath who settled in London with his second wife, Cora, a music-hall performer known as Belle Elmore. After Cora disappeared […]

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1644–1670

Born at Exeter during the English Civil War, Henrietta Anne was taken to France as an infant and raised at the court of her cousin Louis […]

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1838–1918

Henry Adams was an American historian, writer and member of the Adams political family. His work examined American democracy, medieval culture and the disorienting forces of […]

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Henry B. Carrington is represented in the linked historical fiction through military command and battlefield decision-making, empire, conquest and resistance, and exploration, travel and cultural encounter. […]

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1517–1554

Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, was the father of Lady Jane Grey and a prominent Protestant nobleman during the reign of Edward VI. Through his wife […]

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1785–1856

Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge was the governor-general of India during the First Anglo-Sikh War. A veteran soldier, he worked with commander-in-chief Hugh Gough through the […]

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1550–1588

Henry I, Duke of Guise, was a French Catholic nobleman and leader of the Catholic League during the Wars of Religion. His rivalry with Henry III […]

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1843–1916

Henry James was an American-born novelist who spent much of his adult life in Europe. His fiction explores encounters between Americans and Europeans, private consciousness, money, […]

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c. 18th century–1813

Henry Lambert was a British naval officer associated with the War of 1812. He commanded HMS Java during its action against USS Constitution, a battle that […]

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1502–1537

Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland, was a northern magnate whose youthful association with Anne Boleyn later became politically sensitive. According to accounts given after Anne’s […]

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