Huntington (IV)
FREDERIC DAN, an American clergyman; born in Hadley, Mass., May 28, 1819. In early life as a Unitarian minister he held a pastorate in Boston from 1842 to 1855, when he became Plummer Professor of Christian Morals in Harvard University. In 1860 he withdrew from the Unitarian denomination, was ordained in the Protestant Episcopal Church, and in 1869 was consecrated Bishop of Central New York. His writings include: "Christian Believing and Living" (1860); "Steps to a Living Faith" (1873); "Personal Christian Life in the Ministry" (1887); "Forty Days with the Master" (1891). He died at Hadley, Mass., July 11, 1904.
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Huntington (V)
WILLIAM ED- WARDS, an American educator, born in Hillsboro, Ill., in 1844. He served throughout the Civil War and in 1870 graduated the University of Wisconsin. He took post-graduate courses at other colleges. In 1868 he was ordained as a Methodist minister. After serving as pastor in several churches in Massachusetts he was appointed dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Boston University. From 1904 to 1911 he was president of that institution, and from 1911 to 1917 was dean of the Graduate Department.
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Huntsville
2026 Editor's Note: This page uses language about race that was commonplace when the book was published and is offensive by today's standards. The text has been left exactly as it was printed, rather than cut or softened, so that the historical record — including how ordinary such language once was — is preserved. (Ed: ET 2026-07-22) town and county-seat of Madison co., Ala., on the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis, and the S. Southern railroads; 181 miles of Nashville, Tenn. It is a summer and winter resort and the seat of Goodrich and Training School, State Agricultural Mechanical Institute for Negroes, and Lowry and Westmoreland Infirmary. Its manufactures include cotton, cottonseed oil, flour, and sawmill products. There are daily and weekly newspapers, public high school, National banks, and an Pop. (1910) 7,611; (1920) 8,018.
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Hunyady
JÁNOS (hön'yä-di), a great Hungarian soldier; born in Hunyad, Transylvania, in 1387. His life may be succinctly described as one unbroken crusade against the Turks. He became voivode of Transylvania in 1442, and regent of Hungary on the death of Ladislaus I. of Poland in 1444. The principal moments in his celebrated contest with the foes of Christendom are his expulsion of them from Transylvania in 1442; his brilliant campaign S. of the Danube in 1443; his defeat in the bloody battle of Varna, 1444; and that of Kossovo in 1448; but his most glorious Belachievement was the storming of grade (1456) During the minority of Ladislaus V. he acted as governor of the kingdom (1445-1453). Hunyady left two sons, Ladislaus and Matthias the former of whom was beheaded at Buda on a charge of conspiracy; the latter succeeded to the crown of Hungary. He died in Semlin, Croatia-Slavonia, Aug. 11, 1456.
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Hunza-Nagar
the valley (containing the forts of Hunza and Nagar) of a river running into the Gilgit, at the extreme N. W. corner of Kashmir. Together with Kanjut, the upper part of the same valley, it became British in 1891.
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Huon Islands
a group 170 miles N. W. of New Caledonia, in the Pacific Ocean. They belong to France, and are among the Australasia and Oceania dependencies administered from New Caledonia. They are most barren, and few Europeans live there.
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Hurd (ARCHIBALD a British author He)
ARCHIBALD, a British author. He was born in 1869 and was educated in the London board schools, after which he became connected with various London papers. Since 1.899 he has been on the editorial staff of the "Daily Telegraph," contributing articles, chiefly on naval topics, to the English reviews. His books include: "Naval Efficiency, the War-Readiness of the Fleet," "German Sea-Power: Its Rise, Progress, and Economic Basis"; "The Command of the Sea"; "The New Empire Partnership"; etc.
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Hurd (RICHARD an English)
RICHARD, an English clergyauthor; named the "Beauty of man and comeliness Holiness" on account of his and piety; born in Congreve, Staffordshire, England Jan. 13, 1720. He studied at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, of which he became a Fellow in 1742. In 1749 appeared his first notable assessed valuation of $3,000,000. production, "Commentary on Horace's Ars Poetica." In 1750 he was appointed one of the Whitehall preachers. He became Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry in 1774, but exchanged this see for Worcester in 1781; in 1783 he declined the archbishopric of Canterbury. His principal works are: "Dissertations on Poetry" (1755-1757); "Dialogues on Sincerity, Retirement, the Golden Age of Elizabeth, and the Constitution of the English Government" (1759), his most popular book; "Letters on Chivalry and Romance" (1762); "Dialogues on the Uses of Foreign Travel" (1764); and "An Introduction to the Study of the Prophecies Concerning the Christian Church" (1772). He died May 28, 1808. HURDWAR or HAREDWARA (hurdwâr'), a town of India, in Bengal, on the right bank of the Ganges, where the river emerges from the foot-hills of the Himalayas into the plains of Hindustan, 36 miles from Seharunpoor. From its position on this stream, esteemed so sacred by the Hindus, immense numbers of pilgrims are annually attracted hither. Every 12th year fully 2,000,000 come partly from purposes poses of devotion, and partly to trade in camels, horses, cattle, drugs, fruits, etc.
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Hureaulite
a hydrous phosphate of the oxides of iron and manganese, occurring in small, yellow, reddish, or arly colorless crystals, at Limoges, commune of Hureaux, France.
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Hurley
EDWARD NASH, an American public official. He was born at Galesburg, Ill., in 1864, and was educated in the public schools. He was railyear he road engineer till 1888, in which became manager of the U. S. Metallic orig- Packing Co., , in in Philadelphia. He inated the pneumatic tool industry, and in 1896-1902 was head of the Standard Pneumatic Tool Co., Chicago. Sold out interests and engaged in farming and stock raising at Wheaton, Ill., 1902-1908. In 1908-1915 was president of Hurley Machine Co., Chicago. Appointed in 1913 U. S. Trade Commissioner to Latin American republics, and became chairman of the Federal Trade Commission in 1917. In 1917 he was appointed chairman of the United States Shipping Board and was president of the Emergency Fleet Corporation. He retained those positions till 1919. He was author of "The Awakening of Business."
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