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- poet and courtier who served King Henry VII of England and was a follower of the devotional poet John Lydgate. [1 Related Articles]
- Hawi, Khalil
- (from the article "Arabic literature") ...its experiments with language and imagery, this group was emblematic of the many new directions that Arabic poetry was to follow in the latter half of the 20th century. Poets ...
- Hawick
- small burgh (town), largest town in the Scottish Borders council area of southeastern Scotland, in the historic county of Roxburghshire. It lies at the confluence of the Rivers Slitrig and ...
- Hawiye
- (from the article "Somalia") ...groups that have immigrated into this climatically favourable area. Other clan families are the Daarood of northeastern Somalia, the Ogaden, and the border region between Somalia and Kenya; the Hawiye, ...
- hawk
- any of various small to medium-sized falconiform birds, particularly those in the genus Accipiter, known as the true hawks, and including the goshawks and sparrowhawks. The term hawk is often ... [6 Related Articles]
- Hawk
- (from the article "rocket and missile system") ...a seeker in the projectile that was sensitive to the reflected energy then homed onto the target. Like active guidance, semiactive guidance was commonly used for terminal homing. In the ...
- hawk eagle
- (from the article "eagle") The hawk eagles (genera Spizastur, Spizaetus, Lophaetus, and Hieraaetus, subfamily Accipitrinae) are lightly built eagles that have fully feathered legs and large beaks and feet. They hunt all kinds of ...
- hawk moth
- any of a group of sleek-looking moths (order Lepidoptera) that are named for their hovering, swift flight patterns. These moths have stout, bullet-shaped bodies with long, narrow forewings and shorter ... [5 Related Articles]
- hawk owl
- any of numerous birds of prey of the family Strigidae (order Strigiformes). [1 Related Articles]
- hawk's-eye
- (from the article "hawk's-eye") variety of the semiprecious quartz tiger's-eye (q.v.).comparison with tigereyetigereye...to iron oxides and then replaced by silica
- Hawk, A. J.
- (from the article "Football") ...of the Year at age 79, while Paul Posluszny won the top linebackers award and the Chuck Bednarik Award for defensive players. Ohio State's only losses were to Texas and ...
- Hawk, Tony
- American professional skateboarder who-through his technical innovations, successful equipment and apparel companies, and tireless promotional work-helped the sport of skateboarding enter the mainstream at the end of the 20th century. [2 Related Articles]
- Hawkam
- (from the article "Arabian religion") ...here. In Qataban, Anbay and Hawkam are invoked together as (the gods) "of command and decision(?)." The name Anbay is related to that of the Babylonian god Nabu, while Hawkam ...
- Hawke's Bay
- regional council, eastern North Island, New Zealand. It consists mostly of the hill country fronting Hawke Bay to the east, stretches from the Mahia Peninsula in the northeast to the ...
- Hawke, Edward Hawke, 1st Baron
- British admiral whose naval victory in 1759 put an end to French plans to invade Great Britain during the Seven Years' War (1756-63).
- Hawke, Robert
- Australian labour leader and prime minister of Australia from 1983 to 1991. [4 Related Articles]
- Hawker Siddeley Group PLC
- (from the article "BAE Systems") In the 1950s and early '60s a second group of British aircraft companies underwent a series of mergers that resulted in the Hawker Siddeley Group. As with BAC, the forerunners ...
- Hawkes, John
- American author whose novels achieve a dreamlike (often nightmarish) intensity through the suspension of traditional narrative constraints. He considered a story's structure his main concern; in one interview he stated ...
- Hawkesbury River
- river rising in the Great Dividing Range north of Lake George, New South Wales, Australia, and flowing 293 miles (472 km) north and east to the Tasman Sea at Broken ... [1 Related Articles]
- Hawkesworth, John
- English writer, Samuel Johnson's successor as compiler of parliamentary debates for the Gentleman's Magazine.
- Hawkesworth, John Stanley
- British television producer (b. Dec. 7, 1920, London, Eng.-d. Sept. 30, 2003, Leicester, Leicestershire, Eng.), was best known as the creator of the popular and acclaimed television series Upstairs, Downstairs, ...
- Hawking, Stephen W.
- English theoretical physicist whose theory of exploding black holes drew upon both relativity theory and quantum mechanics. He also worked with space-time singularities. [3 Related Articles]
- Hawkins, Coleman
- American jazz musician whose improvisational mastery of the tenor saxophone, which had previously been viewed as little more than a novelty, helped establish it as one of the most popular ... [3 Related Articles]
- Hawkins, Erskine
- U.S. bandleader and trumpeter (b. July 26, 1914, Birmingham, Ala.--d. Nov. 11, 1993, Willingboro, N.J.), headed a popular swing band in the 1930s and '40s. He took up music as ...
- Hawkins, Frederick
- ("ERICK"), U.S. modern dancer and choreographer (b. April 23, 1909, Trinidad, Colo.--d. Nov. 23, 1994, New York, N.Y.), was the first male dancer in Martha Graham's dance company; he later ... [1 Related Articles]
- Hawkins, Gerald
- (from the article "Stonehenge") ...demonstrated that the northeast axis aligned with the sunrise at the summer solstice, leading other scholars to speculate that the builders were sun worshipers. In 1963 an American astronomer, Gerald ...
- Hawkins, Ronnie
- (from the article "Band, the") Canadian-American band that began as the backing group for both Ronnie Hawkins and Bob Dylan, then branched out on its own in 1968. The Band's pioneering blend of traditional country, ...
- Hawkins, Screamin' Jay
- American blues singer (b. July 18, 1929, Cleveland, Ohio-d. Feb. 12, 2000, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France), was acclaimed as much for his outrageous onstage antics and the groans, grunts, and screams that ...
- Hawkins, Sir John
- English magistrate, writer, and author of the first history of music in English.
- Hawkins, Sir John
- English naval administrator and commander, one of the foremost seamen of 16th-century England and the chief architect of the Elizabethan navy. [3 Related Articles]
- Hawkins, Sir John Isaac
- (from the article "upright piano") The majority of upright pianos have strings running upward from the bottom of the case, near the floor; this design is owed to John Isaac Hawkins, an Englishman who lived ...
- Hawkins, Sir Richard
- English seaman and adventurer whose Observations in His Voyage Into the South Sea (1622) gives the best extant idea of Elizabethan life at sea and was used by Charles Kingsley ...
- Hawkins, Waterhouse
- (from the article "dinosaur") ...and Hylaeosaurus-for the first world exposition, the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London's Crystal Palace. A sculptor under Owen's direction (Waterhouse Hawkins) created life-size models of these ...
- Hawks, Howard
- U.S. motion-picture director who maintained a consistent personal style within the framework of the traditional film genres. His pictures, which starred Hollywood's most noted actors, were marked by the effective ... [5 Related Articles]
- Hawksbill
- (from the article "Blue Ridge") ...are Mt. Rogers (5,729 ft; highest point in Virginia); Sassafras Mountain (3,560 ft; highest point in South Carolina); Brasstown Bald (4,784 ft; highest point in Georgia); Stony Man (4,010 ft) ...
- hawksbill
- (from the article "Representative animals poisonous when eaten") The hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) is largely tropical and common in coral reef habitats, where it feeds on sponges and a variety of other invertebrates. The ...
- Hawksbill Creek Agreement
- (from the article "Freeport") town, southwestern shore of Grand Bahama Island, The Bahamas. In 1955 the colonial Bahamian government entered into the so-called Hawksbill Creek Agreement with the newly created Grand Bahama Port Authority ...
- Hawkshaw, Sir John
- British civil engineer noted for his work on the Charing Cross and Cannon Street railways, with their bridges over the River Thames, and the East London Railway, which utilized Sir ...
- Hawksmoor, Nicholas
- English architect whose association with Sir Christopher Wren and Sir John Vanbrugh long diverted critical attention from the remarkable originality of his own Baroque designs for churches and other institutional ... [1 Related Articles]
- hawkweed
- any of the weedy plants of the genus Hieracium of the family Asteraceae, containing more than 100 species (more than 10,000 species, or microspecies, if tiny variations are considered to ... [1 Related Articles]
- Hawkwood, Sir John
- mercenary captain who for 30 years played a role in the wars of 14th-century Italy. [2 Related Articles]
- Hawley, Amos
- (from the article "social structure") An entire specialty in sociology is built on a structural theory developed by Amos Hawley in Human Ecology (1986). For Hawley, the explanatory variables are the makeup ...
- Hawley, Willis
- (from the article "Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act") ...the international economic climate of the Great Depression. The act takes its name from its chief sponsors, Senator Reed Smoot of Utah, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and Representative ...
- Hawmat al-Suq
- (from the article "Jerba") ...its orchards (especially dates and olives), fishing (sponges and oysters), woolens and blankets, and pottery. Its fine beaches and international airport have also made it a popular tourist resort. Hawmat ...
- Hawn, Goldie
- (from the article "1969: Best Supporting Actress") Other Nominees
- Haworth
- town, Bradford metropolitan borough, metropolitan county of West Yorkshire, historic county of Yorkshire, northern England, overlooking the River Worth and adjoining the town of Keighley. In 1820 the Reverend Patrick ...
- Haworth, Sir Norman
- British chemist, cowinner, with the Swiss chemist Paul Karrer, of the 1937 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his work in determining the chemical structures of carbohydrates and vitamin C. [1 Related Articles]
- Haworth, Ted
- (from the article "1957: Other Winners") ...WomanAdapted Screenplay: Pierre Boulle, Michael Wilson, Carl Foreman for The Bridge on the River KwaiCinematography: Jack Hildyard for The Bridge on the River KwaiArt Direction: Ted Haworth for SayonaraScoring: Malcolm ...
- hawr
- (from the article "Mesopotamia, history of") ...by high dikes. In recent times they have been regulated above Baghdad by the use of escape channels with overflow reservoirs. The extreme south is a region of extensive marshes ...
- Hawran
- region of southwestern Syria extending southeastward from Mount Hermon to the Jordanian frontier. Although rock-strewn and almost completely devoid of trees, the plain has very fertile soil and sufficient rainfall ...
- Hawrani, Akram al-
- radical politician and leader of the peasants, who had a determining influence on the course of Syrian politics in the two decades after World War II.
- hawthorn
- any of a number of thorny shrubs or small trees of the genus Crataegus, in the rose family (Rosaceae), native to the North Temperate Zone. Many species are native to ... [2 Related Articles]
- Hawthorn Hawks
- (from the article "AFL Grand Final") A tenacious forward, "Lethal" Leigh Matthews was legendary for his robust play and extraordinary skills. He played 332 games for the Hawthorn (Vic.) Football Club over three decades (1969-85). He ...
- Hawthorn, John Michael
- automobile racer who became the first British world-champion driver (1958).
- Hawthorne research
- socioeconomic experiments conducted by Elton Mayo in 1927 among employees of the Hawthorne Works factory of the Western Electric Company in Cicero, Illinois. For almost a year, a group of ... [2 Related Articles]
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- American novelist and short-story writer who was a master of the allegorical and symbolic tale. One of the greatest fiction writers in American literature, he is best-known for The Scarlet ... [9 Related Articles]
- Hawthorne, Sir Nigel Barnard
- British actor, perhaps best known for his portrayal of the cunning, manipulative civil servant Sir Humphrey Appleby in the British television series Yes, Minister (1980-83, 1985-86) and ... [1 Related Articles]
- Hawtrey, Sir Ralph
- British economist who developed a concept that later became known as the multiplier.
- Haxby, William F.
- (from the article "ocean") ...seamounts cause the surface to bulge over them owing to gravitational attraction. Similarly, the ocean surface downwarps occur over trenches. Using these satellite measurements of the ocean surface, William F. ...
- Haxey, Thomas
- (from the article "United Kingdom") The first sign of renewed crisis emerged in January 1397, when complaints were put forward in Parliament and their author, Thomas Haxey, was adjudged a traitor. Richard's rule, based on ...
- Hay
- town, south-central New South Wales, Australia, on the Murrumbidgee River. The settlement originated in 1840 as a coach station known as Lang's Crossing Place. Surveyed in 1858, it became a ...
- hay
- in agriculture, dried grasses and other foliage used as animal feed. Usually the material is cut in the field while still green and then either dried in the field or ... [2 Related Articles]
- hay cuber
- (from the article "hay") Hay cubers, developed in the mid-1960s, pick up the cut hay from windrows and compress it into cubes that are easily shoveled; they are practical in regions in which the ...
- hay fever
- seasonally recurrent bouts of sneezing, nasal congestion, and tearing and itching of the eyes caused by allergy to the pollen of certain plants, chiefly those depending upon the wind for ... [4 Related Articles]
- hay mower-conditioner
- (from the article "hay") The hay mower-conditioner, introduced in the 1960s, has either steel or rubber rolls to split the stems or meshing fluted rolls to crimp the stems, allowing moisture to escape quickly ...
- Hay River
- town, southern Fort Smith region, Northwest Territories, Canada, on the southwestern shore of Great Slave Lake. The settlement, at the mouth of the Hay River, was established in 1868 as ... [2 Related Articles]
- hay tower
- (from the article "farm building") ...of limited width, located in a building or outside. Loose or baled hay is stored and sometimes dried by ventilation with fresh or heated air, either under sheds or in ...
- Hay, George Dewey
- (from the article "Grand Ole Opry") country music show in Nashville, Tenn., U.S., which began weekly radio broadcasts in December 1925, playing traditional country or hillbilly music. Founded by George Dewey Hay, who had helped organize ...
- Hay, Harry
- American gay rights activist (b. April 7, 1912, Worthing, Eng.-d. Oct. 24, 2002, San Francisco, Calif.), believed that homosexuals should see themselves as an oppressed minority entitled to equal rights. ...
- Hay, John
- U.S. secretary of state (1898-1905) who skillfully guided the diplomacy of his country during the critical period of its emergence as a great power; he is particularly associated with the ... [5 Related Articles]
- Hay, Oliver Perry
- American paleontologist who did much to unify existing knowledge of North American fossil vertebrates by constructing catalogs that have become standard references.
- Hay, Sir Gilbert
- also called Sir Gilbert Of The Haye Scottish translator of works from the French, whose prose translations are the earliest extant examples of literary Scots prose.
- Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty
- (Nov. 18, 1903), agreement between the United States and Panama granting exclusive canal rights to the United States across the Isthmus of Panama in exchange for financial reimbursement and guarantees ... [5 Related Articles]
- Hay-Herran Treaty
- (from the article "Bidlack Treaty") ...concession, the president was permitted to negotiate with Nicaragua for a right-of-way across its territory. Accordingly, Pres. Theodore Roosevelt bought the French company's rights, and in 1903 the Hay-Herran Treaty ...
- Hay-Pauncefote Treaty
- (1900-01), either of two agreements between Britain and the United States, the second of which freed the United States from a previous commitment to accept international control of the Panama ... [3 Related Articles]
- Haya
- East African people who speak a Bantu language (also called Hays) and inhabit the northwestern corner of Tanzania between the Kagera River and Lake Victoria.
- Haya de la Torre, Victor Raul
- Peruvian political theorist and activist who founded and led the Aprista Party, which has been the vehicle for radical dissent in Peru since 1924. [3 Related Articles]
- Hayabusa
- (from the article "Physical Sciences") ...in 1999) made a successful soft landing in Utah on January 15. The capsule carried collected samples of dust particles from Comet Wild 2 and of interstellar dust for scientific ...
- Hayachine-san
- (from the article "Kitakami-sammyaku") ...km) from southern Aomori Prefecture, through Iwate and Miyagi prefectures, to terminate in the Ojika Peninsula. The range has a maximum breadth of 50 mi and is nearly wedge shaped. ...
- Hayagriva
- (from the article "Buddhism") ...cults into the liturgies in honour of buddhas and bodhisattvas. Such favoured deities include Mahakala, the great black divinity; the mother goddess Hariti; Kuvera, the god of wealth; and especially ...
- Hayakawa, S.I.
- scholar, university president, and U.S. senator from California (1977-83). He is best known for his popular writings on semantics and for his career as president of San Francisco State College ...
- Hayali Bey
- (from the article "Turkish literature") ...origins, was able to attract the attention of the sultan, who read and admired one of his gazels and immediately had him enrolled as a chancery secretary. ...
- Hayam Wuruk
- also called (after 1350) Rajasanagara ruler of the Javan Hindu state of Majapahit at the time of its greatest power. [3 Related Articles]
- Hayami, Masaru
- By 2002 Masaru Hayami, the governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ), had become so alarmed at his country's faltering economy and its sluggish pace of reform that in September ...
- hayashi
- in Japanese music, any of various combinations of flute and percussion instruments. In no and kabuki drama, the hayashi normally consists of a flute plus the hourglass-shaped hand drum (ko-tsuzumi) ... [3 Related Articles]
- Hayashi Fumiko
- Japanese novelist whose realistic stories deal with urban working-class life.
- Hayashi Hiromori
- (from the article "arts, East Asian") ...teaching the Japanese navy band, worked together with gagaku musicians through several unsuccessful versions; and the search continued through his German successor, Franz Eckert. A court musician, Hayashi Hiromori (1831-96), ...
- Hayashi Razan
- Japanese scholar who, with his son and grandson, established the thought of the great Chinese Neo-Confucian philosopher Chu Hsi as the official doctrine of the Tokugawa shogunate (the hereditary military ... [1 Related Articles]
- Hayashi Senjuro
- army officer and later prime minister of Japan.
- Hayashi Shihei
- Japanese scholar, a specialist in military affairs, who first drew attention to Japan's inadequate military and maritime defenses.
- Hayashi Tadasu, Count
- (Hakushaku) Japanese diplomat who negotiated the Anglo-Japanese Alliance of 1902.
- haydamak
- (from the article "Ukraine") ...from Galicia and, especially, Volhynia. The extreme exploitation of the enserfed peasantry bred discontent that led sporadically to uprisings by bands of rebels called haydamaks (Turkish: "freebooters" ...
- Haydar, Shaykh
- one of the founders of the Safavid state (1501-1736) in Iran. [1 Related Articles]
- Hayden, Carl T(rumbull)
- Democratic political leader who served 56 years in both houses of the U.S. Congress (1912-69)-the longest term in the nation's history to that time. [1 Related Articles]
- Hayden, Ferdinand Vandiveer
- American geologist who was a pioneer investigator of the western United States. His explorations and geologic studies of the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains helped lay the foundation of the ... [1 Related Articles]
- Hayden, Matthew
- (from the article "Cricket") In the 2003-04 season-a year that was marked by two individual Test records, by Matthew Hayden of Australia and Brian Lara of the West Indies, and a revival in England's ...
- Hayden, Melissa
- Canadian-born ballet dancer, whose technical and dramatic skills shone in the many and various roles she created. [1 Related Articles]
- Hayden, Robert
- African American poet whose subject matter is most often the black experience. [1 Related Articles]
- Hayden, Sophia
- American architect who fought for the aesthetic integrity of her design for the Woman's Building of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The building was the only design of ... [1 Related Articles]
- Haydn, Joseph
- Austrian composer who was one of the most important figures in the development of the Classical style in music during the 18th century. He helped establish the forms and styles ... [33 Related Articles]
- Haydn, Michael
- one of the most accomplished composers of church music in the later 18th century. He was the younger brother of Joseph Haydn. [1 Related Articles]
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