People

1775–1847

Henry Sheehy Keating was a British Army officer who served during the Napoleonic era and imperial campaigns. He is particularly associated with operations in the Indian […]

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1612–1658

Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester, was a Royalist cavalry commander during the English Civil Wars and a close associate of Charles II. After the defeat […]

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born 777 BCE

Hesiod was an early Greek poet associated with Boeotia. The Theogony organises divine genealogy, while Works and Days treats labour, justice, farming and social conflict in […]

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c. 7th century BCE–515 BCE

Hipparchus was a Greek astronomer and mathematician of the Hellenistic period, often credited with major advances in observational astronomy. His work on star catalogues, trigonometry and […]

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Hiram Warren Johnson was an American lawyer and progressive politician who served as governor of California from 1911 to 1917 and as a United States senator […]

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1142–1210

Hoelun was the mother of Temüjin, later Genghis Khan, and a major matriarch in the early history of the Mongol Empire. After her husband Yesügei’s death, […]

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66 BCE–9 BCE

Horace was a Roman lyric poet who lived through the civil wars and the establishment of Augustus’s rule. A former supporter of Brutus, he later wrote […]

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1874–1939

Howard Carter was a British archaeologist best known for discovering the tomb of Tutankhamun. Working with the financial support of Lord Carnarvon, he excavated in the […]

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1286–1326

Hugh Despenser the Younger was a favourite and adviser of Edward II of England. His power, greed and hostility from the baronial opposition helped destabilise Edward’s […]

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Hugh Glass is represented in the linked historical fiction through exploration, travel and cultural encounter. These works approach the figure through the surrounding events, relationships and […]

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