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Haleakala: shield volcano, south-central Maui island, Hawaii, U.S. It is a central feature of Haleakala National Park. Haleakala has one of the world's largest dormant volcanic craters, which was formed mainly ...
Haleakala National Park: area centred on Haleakala Crater, south-central Maui island, Hawaii, U.S. Authorized as a part of Hawaii National Park (now Hawaii Volcanoes National Park) in 1916, Haleakala Crater was redesignated a ...
Halebid: historic site and modern village, south-central Karnataka (formerly Mysore) state, southwestern India. It is situated north-northwest of the town of Hassan. It grew up beside a large artificial lake, known ...
Halepa, Pact of: convention signed in October 1878 at Khalepa, a suburb of Canea, by which the Turkish sultan Abdulhamid II (ruled 1876-1909) granted a large degree of self-government to Greeks in Crete ...
Hales, Stephen: English botanist, physiologist, and clergyman who pioneered quantitative experimentation in plant and animal physiology.
Halevy, Elie: French historian, author of the best detailed general account of 19th-century British history, Histoire du peuple anglais au XIX^e siecle, 6 vol. (1913-47; A History of the English People in ...
Halevy, Fromental: French composer whose five-act grand opera La Juive (1835; "The Jewess") was, with Giacomo Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots, the prototype of early French grand opera.
Halevy, Ludovic: French librettist and novelist who, in collaboration with Henri Meilhac, wrote the librettos for most of the operettas of Jacques Offenbach and who also wrote satiric comedies about contemporary Parisian ...
Haley, Alex: American writer whose works of historical fiction and reportage depicted the struggles of African Americans.
Haley, Bill: American singer and songwriter considered by many to be the father of rock and roll thanks to his 1955 hit "Rock Around the Clock."
Haley, Margaret Angela: American educator, a strong proponent and organizer of labour unions for Chicago public school teachers.
Haley, Sir William: director general of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) from 1944 to 1952, editor of The Times of London from 1952 to 1966, and editor in chief of ...
half rhyme: in prosody, two words that have only their final consonant sounds and no preceding vowel or consonant sounds in common (such as stopped and wept, or parable and shell). The ...
half-life: in radioactivity, the interval of time required for one-half of the atomic nuclei of a radioactive sample to decay (change spontaneously into other nuclear species by emitting particles and energy), ...
half-timber work: method of building in which external and internal walls are constructed of timber frames and the spaces between the structural members are filled with such materials as brick, plaster, or ...
Half-Way Covenant: religious-political solution adopted by 17th-century New England Congregationalists, also called Puritans, that allowed the children of baptized but unconverted church members to be baptized and thus become church members and ...
halfbeak: any of about 70 species of marine and freshwater fishes of the family Exocoetidae (order Atheriniformes), sometimes placed in the family Hemirhamphidae. Halfbeaks are named for their unusual jaws-the upper ...
Halfdan: founder of the Danish kingdom of York (875/876), son of Ragnar Lodbrok, the most famous Viking of the 9th century.
halfmoon: (Medialuna californiensis), edible Pacific fish of the family Kyphosidae (order Perciformes). Some authorities place it in the subfamily Scorpidinae, as distinct from the other Kyphosidae, which are known as sea ...
halftone process: in printing, a technique of breaking up an image into a series of dots so as to reproduce the full tone range of a photograph or tone art work. Breaking ...
Haliburton, Thomas Chandler: Canadian writer best known as the creator of Sam Slick, a resourceful Yankee clock peddler and cracker-barrel philosopher whose encounters with a variety of people illuminated Haliburton's view of human ...
halibut: any of various flatfishes (order Pleuronectiformes), especially the large and valuable Atlantic and Pacific halibuts of the genus Hippoglossus. Both, as flatfishes, have the eyes and colour on one side ...
Halicarnassus: ancient Greek city of Caria, situated on the Gulf of Cerameicus. According to tradition, it was founded by Dorian Troezen in the Peloponnese. Herodotus, a Halicarnassian, relates that in early ...
Halicarnassus, Mausoleum of: one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The monument was the tomb of Mausolus, the tyrant of Caria in southwestern Asia Minor, and was built between about 353 and ...
halide mineral: any of a group of naturally occurring inorganic compounds that are salts of the halogen acids (e.g., hydrochloric acid). Such compounds, with the notable exceptions ...
Halidon Hill, Battle of: (July 19, 1333), major engagement in Scotland's protracted struggle for political independence from England. The battle ended in a complete rout of Scottish forces attempting to relieve Berwick-upon-Tweed, which was ...
Halifax: city, capital of Nova Scotia, Canada, and seat (1759) of Halifax county. It lies on Halifax Harbour, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, in the central part of the outer ...
Halifax: town, metropolitan borough of Calderdale, metropolitan county of West Yorkshire, historic county of Yorkshire, England. An old market town for grain, wool, and cloth trades, it lost its preeminence to ...
Halifax: town, seat of Halifax county, northeastern North Carolina, U.S., on the Roanoke River about 70 miles (113 km) northeast of Raleigh. Settled about 1723, it was made a colonial borough ...
Halifax, Charles Montagu, 1st earl of, Viscount Sunbury: Whig statesman, a financial genius who created several of the key elements of England's system of public finance.
Halifax, Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st earl of: British viceroy of India (1925-31), foreign secretary (1938-40), and ambassador to the United States (1941-46).
Halifax, George Montagu Dunk, 2nd earl of: English statesman, after whom the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, is named.
Halifax, George Savile, 1st marquess of: English statesman and political writer known as "The Trimmer" because of his moderating position in the fierce party struggles of his day. Although his conciliatory approach frequently made him a ...
Halil, Patrona: Turkish bath waiter, who, after a Turkish defeat by Persia, led a mob uprising (1730) that replaced the Ottoman sultan Ahmed III (ruled 1703-30) with Mahmud I (ruled 1730-54). This ...
Halim Pasa, Said: Ottoman statesman who served as grand vizier (chief minister) from 1913 to 1916.
Halisahar: city, southeastern West Bengal state, northeastern India, just east of the Hooghly River. Halisahar is a noted home of Sanskrit scholars, or pandits. It was constituted a municipality in 1903 ...
halite: naturally occurring sodium chloride (NaCl), common or rock salt. Halite occurs on all continents in beds that range from a few metres to more than 300 m (1,000 feet) in ...
halitza: (Hebrew: "drawing off"), Jewish ritual whereby a widow is freed from the biblical obligation of marrying her brother-in-law (levirate marriage) in cases where her husband died without issue. To enable ...
hall church: church in which the aisles are approximately equal in height to the nave. The interior is typically lit by large aisle windows, instead of a clerestory, and has an open ...
Hall effect: development of a transverse electric field in a solid material when it carries an electric current and is placed in a magnetic field that is perpendicular to the current. This ...
Hall, Adelaide: U.S.-born jazz improviser whose wordless rhythms ushered in what became known as scat singing.
Hall, Asaph: American astronomer who discovered the two moons of Mars, Deimos and Phobos, in 1877 and calculated their orbits.
Hall, Basil: British naval officer and traveler remembered for noteworthy accounts of his visits to the Orient, Latin America, and the United States.
Hall, Carl Christian: Danish politician whose policies led Denmark into a disastrous war with Germany.
Hall, Charles Francis: American explorer who made three Arctic expeditions.
Hall, Charles Martin: American chemist who discovered the electrolytic method of producing aluminum, thus bringing the metal into wide commercial use.
Hall, Chester Moor: English jurist and mathematician who invented the achromatic lens, which he utilized in building the first refracting telescope free from chromatic aberration (colour distortion).
Hall, Donald: American poet, essayist, and critic whose poetic style moved from studied formalism to greater emphasis on personal expression.
Hall, Edward: English historian whose chronicle was one of the chief sources of William Shakespeare's history plays.
Hall, G. Stanley: psychologist who gave early impetus and direction to the development of psychology in the United States. Frequently regarded as the founder of child psychology and educational psychology, he also did ...
Hall, Gus: American political organizer who was general secretary of the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA; 1959-2000) and a four-time candidate for U.S. president (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984).
Hall, James: one of the earliest U.S. authors to write of the American frontier.
Hall, James: American geologist and paleontologist who contributed to the geosynclinal theory of mountain building. According to this theory, sediment buildup in a shallow basin causes the basin to sink, thus forcing ...
Hall, John L.: American physicist, who shared one-half of the 2005 Nobel Prize for Physics with Theodor W. Hansch for their contributions to the development of laser spectroscopy, the use of lasers to ...
Hall, Joseph: English bishop, moral philosopher, and satirist, remarkable for his literary versatility and innovations.
Hall, Joyce C: American businessman, cofounder and chief executive (1910-66) of Hallmark Cards, Inc., the largest greeting-card manufacturer in the world.
Hall, Lars-Goran: Swedish athlete who was the only person to win two individual Olympic gold medals in the modern pentathlon. A carpenter from Goteborg, he was the first nonmilitary winner of the ...
Hall, Marshall: English physiologist who was the first to advance a scientific explanation of reflex action.
Hall, Radclyffe: English writer whose novel The Well of Loneliness (1928) created a scandal and was banned for a time in Britain for its treatment of lesbianism.
Hall, Robert: English Baptist minister, writer, social reformer, and an outstanding preacher.
Hall, Samuel: English engineer and inventor of the surface condenser for steam boilers.
Hall, Sir James, 4th Baronet: Scottish geologist and physicist who founded experimental geology by artificially producing various rock types in the laboratory.
Hall, Sir John: farmer, public official, and politician who as prime minister of New Zealand (1879-82) skillfully formed and maintained a government in a period of change and instability.
Hall, Sir Peter: English theatrical manager and director who held notably successful tenures as director of the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre.
Hall-Jones, Sir William: politician and respected administrator who served for a short time as prime minister of New Zealand (1906) and who later was appointed High Commissioner for New Zealand in the United ...
Hallaj, al-: controversial writer and teacher of Islamic mysticism (Sufism). Because he represented in his person and works the experiences, causes, and aspirations of many Muslims, arousing admiration in some and repression ...
Hallam Family: family of Anglo-American actors and theatrical managers associated with the beginning of professional theatre in what is now the United States.
Hallam, Arthur Henry: English essayist and poet who died before his considerable talent developed; he is remembered principally as the friend of Alfred Tennyson commemorated in Tennyson's elegy In Memoriam.
Halland: lan (county) of southern Sweden, coextensive with the traditional landskap (province) of Halland. Its land area of 2,106 square miles (5,454 square km), extending no more than 30 miles (48 ...
Hallandale Beach: city, Broward county, southeastern Florida, U.S. It lies along the Atlantic Ocean, about 15 miles (25 km) north of Miami and just south of Hollywood. Settled by Swedish farmers in ...
Hallaren, Mary Agnes: U.S. military officer who held commands in the early Women's Army Corps and who worked for the integration of women into the regular army.
Halle: city, Saxony-Anhalt Land (state), east-central Germany. It is situated on a sandy plain on the right bank of the Saale River, which there divides into several arms, ...
Halle Neustadt: city, formerly a western district of the city of Halle an der Saale, Saxony-Anhalt Land (state), central Germany. The city was established in 1964 by detaching an area of about ...
Halle, Sir Charles: German-born British pianist and conductor, founder of the famed Halle Orchestra.
Halle-Wittenberg, Martin Luther University of: state-controlled coeducational institution of higher learning at Halle, Ger. The university was formed in 1817 through the merger of the University of Wittenberg and the University of Halle.
Halleck, Fitz-Greene: American poet, a leading member of the Knickerbocker group, known for both his satirical and romantic verse.