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SIR ROWLAND, the author of the penny-postage system; born in Kidderminster, England, Dec. 3, 1795. After agitating, for several years, his of the old scheme regarding a reform postal and franking systems, he, in into 1842, succeeded in get getting it carried effect. It at once produced great results, public presented and in 1846 the British . him with a testimonial valued at $67,000 In 1854 he was made chief secretary of the English Postoffice, and held that position till 1864. In the same year he was voted a sum of $100,000 by Parliament, the Albert gold medal, Society of Arts, and the degree of D. C. L. He was the originator of the money-order system and of postoffice savings-banks. He was knighted in 1860. He died in Hampstead, near London, Aug. 27, 1879.
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Hill of Tarik
the rock of Gibraltar, named after the Berber leader, Tarik, who conquered the fort in 711.
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Hillah
or HILLA, a town of Turkey in Asia; on the Euphrates river, 60 miles S. of Bagdad, near the ruins of Babylon, out of which it is built. Tanning and the manufacture of silk, cotton, and woolens are carried on.
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Hillard
GEORGE STILLMAN, an American lawyer; born in Machias, Me., Sept. 22, 1808. As a Massachusetts legislator he was commended by Daniel Webster, and he was conspicuous as an orator. He published "Six Months in Italy" (1853); "Life of George Ticknor" (with Mrs. Ticknor); "Life of George B. McClellan" (1864); also a series of school readers, and an addition of Spenser. He died in Boston, Mass., Jan. 21, 1879.
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Hillebrand
WILLIAM FRAN- CIS, an American chemist, born in Honolulu, in 1853. He studied at Cornell University, graduated from the University of Heidelberg in 1875, and afterward studied at other German universities. From 1880 to 1908 he was chemist of the United States Geological Survey. In the latter year he was vas appointed appo chief of Standards. chemist of the Bureau He was professor of general chemistry and physics at the National College of Pharmacy, from 1892 to 1910; president of the American Chemical Society in 1906; and in 1908 he became editor of the "Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry." He was the author of several books on chemical subjects.
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Hillel the Younger
called NASI, or prince of the captivity, presided over the Jewish Church in the 3d distinguished himand 4th centuries, and self by his great astronomical learning, reforming Jewish calendar, ing the period of the equinoxes, etc. Hillel was also one of the doctors to whom is ascribed that portion of the Talmud called "Gemara."
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Hilles
CHARLES DEWEY, an American politician, born in Belmont co., O., in 1867. He had a high school and academic education and from 1880 to 1902 was financial officer and superintendent of the Boys' Industrial School of Ohio. From the latter year until 1909 he was superintendent of the New York Juvenile Asylum, becoming president of this institution. He was Assistant Secretary of the United States Treasury in 1909, but resigned in 1911 to become secretary to President Taft. In 1912 he was elected chairman of the Republican National Committee. He was a member of the Republican Nathe tional Committee from New York in campaign of 1920.
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Hillis
NEWELL DWIGHT, an American clergyman and writer, born in Magnolia, Ia., in 1858. He graduated from Lake Forest University in 1884 and from the McCormick Theologiyear cal Seminary in 1887. In the same he was ordained to the Presbyterian ministry, serving as pastor in Peoria, Evanston, and Chicago. He was chosen pastor of the Plymouth Congregational Church in Brooklyn in 1899 and became widely known as a preacher and writer. His published writings include: "Success through Self-Help" (1903); "The Fortune of the Republic" (1906); "Battle of Principles" (1912); "Studies of the Great War" (1915); "Lectures and Orations of Henry Ward Beecher" (1913).
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Hillquit
MORRIS, an American Socialist. He was born in 1869 at Riga, Russia, and there received his early education, coming in 1886 with his parents to New York, where in 1893 he graduated from the New York University Law School. Already in 1888 he had joined the Socialist party, and soon forged to the front, going as delegate to conventions, and showing much ability. He was national committeeman from New York in 1902-1906 and became member of the National Executive Committee in 1907. Socialist candidate for mayor of NEWELL D. HILLIS New York in 1917. In 1920 he figured prominently in the Socialist convention that gave the presidential nomination to Eugene V. Debs. His works include: "History of Socialism in the United States"; "Socialism in Theory and Practice"; "Socialism Summed Up"; "Socialism, Promise or Menace" (series of debates with the Rev. John Augustin Ryan); etc.
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Hillsboro
a city of Texas, the county seat of Hill co., on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas, the St. Louis Southwestern, and the Trinity and Brazos Valley railroads. It is in an important agricultural region and has an extensive trade in cotton and live stock. The industries include a cotton mill, flour and planing mills, and hay press works, etc. Pop. (1910) 6,115; (1920) 6,952.
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Hillsdale
a city and county-seat of Hillsdale co., Mich.; on the Michigan Southern and Lake Shore railroad; 60 miles W. of Toledo. It is the seat of Hillsdale College, and is the manufacturing and trade center of the county. It has mills, screen factories and aluminum works, daily and weekly newspapers, parks, and handsome public buildings, electric lights, National banks. Pop. (1910) 5,001; (1920) 5,476.
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Hillsdale College
a coeducational institution in Hillsdale, Mich.; founded in 1855 under the auspices of the Free Baptist Church. Reported at the close of 1919. Professors and instructors, 18; students, 344; president, Joseph W. Mauck.
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Hilmi Pasha
HUSSEIN, a Turkish official. He held the position of Governor-General of Adana and of Yemen, and was then appointed inspector-general of the Macedonian vilayets. Under the "Young Turk" movement he became in 1908 Minister of the Interior, Grand Vizier in 1909, and Minister of Interior in 1913. He served for a time as Ambassador to Austria and later as inspector-general of the Syrian vilayets. He was in opposition to the Germanophile sympathies of his colleagues and in general favored British interests wherever possible.
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