Herbert Henry DowBorn: 1866Birthplace: Belleville, Ontario Process of extracting bromine—Dow invented an entirely new method of extracting bromine from underground brine. (1983)Died: 1930Ray…
Henri FilionAge: 55 harness racing driver/trainer who won 3,318 races and earned more than $21 million in his career; one of eight boys in his family to become harness drivers; younger…
Camille HenryAge: 64 star center in the 1950's and 60's for the New York Rangers; broke into the NHL in 1953 as a Ranger and played 727 career games with New York, Chicago and St. Louis;…
Henry Ford
Born: 1863
Birthplace: Greenfield, Mich.
Transmission mechanism—Ford holds numerous patents on automotive mechanisms and helped devise the factory assembly line method of mass…
(Encyclopedia) Rosamond (Rosamond Clifford), d. 1176, mistress of Henry II of England. She was not openly acknowledged by the king until 1174, after he had imprisoned his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine.…
(Encyclopedia) Thoreau, Henry DavidThoreau, Henry Davidthôrˈō, thərōˈ [key], 1817–62, American author, naturalist, social activist, and philosopher, b. Concord, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1837. Thoreau is…
(Encyclopedia) Henry II or Henry of TrastámaraHenry IItrăstəmărˈə [key], 1333?–1379, Spanish king of Castile and León (1369–79), illegitimate son of Alfonso XI. After taking part in several…
Henry KimbroAge: 87 a six-time All-Star center fielder in the Negro leagues during the 1940s; intense player whose "bad boy" reputation stuck his entire career; played for the N.Y. Black…
(Encyclopedia) Northumberland, Henry Percy, 1st earl of, 1342–1408, English nobleman. He fought in France in the Hundred Years War, became warden of the Scottish Marches, and was a supporter of John…
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