Beaufort, Henry
(Encyclopedia) Beaufort, Henry bōˈfərt [key], 1377?–1447, English prelate and statesman. The son of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster, and his mistress (later wife) Catherine Swynford, he was half-brother to Hen...
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Holt, Henry
(Encyclopedia) Holt, Henry, 1840–1926, American author and publisher, b. Baltimore. In 1866 he became a partner in the publishing firm that became (1873) Henry Holt & Company. He was the author of several nove...
Henry, Patrick
(Encyclopedia) Henry, Patrick, 1736–99, political leader in the American Revolution, b. Hanover co., Va. Largely self-educated, he became a prominent trial lawyer. Henry bitterly denounced (1765) the Stamp Act and...
Custer, George Armstrong
(Encyclopedia) Custer, George Armstrong, 1839–76, American army officer, b. New Rumley, Ohio, grad. West Point, 1861.
In the reorganization of the U.S. army after the war Custer was assigned to the 7th Cavalry w...
Henry, O.
(Encyclopedia) Henry, O.: see O. Henry.
Henry, John
(Encyclopedia) Henry, John: see John Henry.
Garnet, Henry
(Encyclopedia) Garnet, Henry: see Garnett, Henry.
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Henry, Fort
(Encyclopedia) Henry, Fort, Tenn.: see Fort Henry.
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Addington, Henry
(Encyclopedia) Addington, Henry: see Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount.
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Howard, Henry
(Encyclopedia) Howard, Henry: see Surrey, Henry Howard, earl of.
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