Hyrcanus II

and his brother Aristobulus II. in obtaining property of Archbishop Sancroft, which is believed to be very ancient; the libraries of Oxford and of Vienna contain also manuscripts of this author. Taylor, Hist. Anc. Books, p. 171. Herod Philip (her'od fil'ip). Died about 34 A. D. Son of Herod the Great and Cleopatra, made tetrarch of Auranitis and the neighboring regions in 4 B. C. His wife Herodias deserted Herold (a-rold'), Louis Joseph Ferdinand. him for his half-brother, Herod Antipas. Born at Paris, Jan. 28, 1791: died at Paris, Jan. 19, 1833. A noted French composer of comic operas. He took the grand prix de Rome for his cantata "Mlle. de la Vallière" in 1812. His works include "La Gioventú di Enrico Quinto" (1816), "Charles de France" (with Boieldieu: 1816), "Les rosières" (1817), "Le premier venu" (1818), "Les troqueurs" (1819), "L'Amour plat on i que" (1819), "Le muletier" (1823), "Le roi René" (1824), "Le dernier jour de Mis so long hi" (1828), "Emeliers" (1831), "La médecine sans médec in" (1832), "Le line" (1828), "Zampa" (1831), "La marquise de Brinvilpré aux clercs" (1832), "Ludovic" (finished by Halévy: 1833), etc. He also wrote a great deal of music for the pianoforte, and a number of graceful ballets. Heron, surnamed "The Younger." A Byzantine mathematician and natural philosopher, probably of the 7th century. Heron (her'on), Matilda. Born at London derry, Ireland, Dec. 1, 1830: died at New York, March 7,1877. An actre . She made her début at Philadelphia (1851), when quite young, as Bianca in "Fazio." Her principal part was Camille. In 1857 she married Robert Stoepel, a musician, and was divorced from him in 1869. York in 1863. Her daughter, Bijou, also an actre , was born at New Landseer, the keen sympathy for animal life which char- acterizes the English school. Many important race-horses were painted by him. Rice . Herrings, Battle of the. A name given to the engagement between the French under the Count of Clermont and the English under Sir John Fastolf near Rouvray, in Feb., 1429. Sir John was carrying provisions to the English army besieg- ing Orléans, and these provisions consisted chiefly of her- rings intended for the Lenten fast: hence the name. Hertford. Herrnhut (hern'höt). A town in the govern- mental district of Bautzen, Saxony, 45 miles east of Dresden: the chief seat of the Moravian Brotherhood, founded 1722. Herrnhuters (hern höt-ers). A denomination of Moravians or United Brethren: so called in Germany from the village built by them on the estate of Count von Zinzendorf in Saxony, named Herrnhut (which see). See Moravians . Herschel (her's hel). A name given for a time to the planet now known as Uranus, discovered by Sir William Herschel. Herschel, Caroline Lucretia. Born at Han- nover, Pru ia, March 16, 1750: died there, Jan. 9, 1848. An English astronomer, sister and col- labor at or of Sir William Herschel. She published a "Reduction and Arrangement in the Form of a Cata- logue in Zones of all the Star Clusters and Nebulæ observed by Sir William Herschel." Herschel, Sir John Frederick William. Born at Slough, near Windsor, England, March 7, 1792: died at Colling wood, near Hawk hurst, Kent, England, May 11, 1871. A celebrated English astronomer and physicist, son of Sir William Herschel. He continued his father's re- searches on double stars and nebulæ, and conducted ob- servations at the Cape of Good Hope 1834-38. His chief work is "Results of Astronomical Observations made 1834- 1838 at the Cape of Good Hope” (1847). Among his other works are "Study of Natural Philosophy" (1830), "Out- lines of Astronomy" (1849), "Familiar Letters on Scien- tific Subjects" (1866), etc. Herschel, Sir William (originally Fried rich Wilhelm). Born at Hannover, Pru ia, Nov. 15, 1738: died at Slough, near Windsor, Eng- land, Aug. 25, 1822. A celebrated English as tronomer, of German birth. He joined the band of the Han over i an Guards as oboist at the age of 14; de serted and went to England in 1757; was engaged in the teaching of music; and attained considerable succe as a violinist and organist. He instructed himself in mat he- matics and astronomy; and in 1773 constructed a telescope with which he observed the Orion nebula. In 1775 he erected his first large reffecting telescope. On March 13, 1781, he discovered the planet Uranus, naming it, in honor of George III., "Georgium Sidus," a name which was not accepted by astronomers. He was made court astronomer in 1782. On Jan. 11, 1787, he discovered two satellites of Uranus (Oberon and Titania); on Aug. 28,1789, a sixth satel- lite of Saturn (Enceladus), and on Sept. 17, 1789, a seventh (Mimas). His great reflecting telescope (tube 39 feet 4 inches long) was erected in 1789. "In nearly every branch of modern physical astronomy he was a pioneer. He was the virtual founder of sidereal science. As an explorer of the heavens he had but one rival-his son." Dict . Nat . Biog . Her sent (er-son'), Louis. Born at Paris, March 10, 1777: died there, Oct. 2, 1860. A French his torical and portrait painter. He was a pupil Regnault. Hersfeld (hers'feld). Atown in the province of He e-Na au, Pru ia, at the junction of the Geisa and Haune with the Fulda, 32 miles south by east of Ca el. It was formerly the seat of an old Benedictine abbey. It pa ed to He e-Ca el in 1648. Pop- ulation (1890), 6,758. Herstal (hers'täl), formerly Heristal, or Heris- tall (her'is-täl). A town in the province of Liège, Belgium, situated on the Meuse 3 miles northeast of Liège. It formerly contained a castle, the residence of Pepin of Heristal, and was the birthplace of Pepin and of Charles the Great (?). Population (1890), 13,877. Hertel (her'tel), Albert. Born at Berlin, April 19, 1843. A Pru ian landscape-painter, noted for his coloring. Hertford (hert'ford or här'ford), or Herts (herts). A county in south midland England. It is bounded by Bedford on the northwest, Cambridge on the north, E ex on the east, Middle sex on the south, and Bucking ham on the west. The leading industry is agriculture. Area, 635 square miles. Population (1891), 220,162. Hertford. [ME. Hertford , AS. Heortford , Heo- rotford , hart-ford, from heorot , hart, and ford , ford.] The capital of the county of Hertford, situated on the Lea 20 miles north of London. An ecclesiastical council called by Theodore, archbishop of Canterbury, met here in 673. Population (1891), 7,232. Hertford College. A college of Oxford Uni- versity, founded about 1282 by Elias de Hert- ford as Hertford or Hart Hall. This foundation (Hertford College from 1740) was di olved in 1805; and the buildings, with other property, pa ed to Magdalen Hall in 1822. In 1874 Magdalen Hall was di olved and Hertford College reincorporated. Hervey (her'vi), John, Baron Hervey of Ick- worth. Born Oct., 1696: died Aug., 1743. An English politician, lord privy seal 1740-42. He wrote "Memoirs of the Court of George II." (ed. by Croker 1848). Hervey Islands. See Cook Islands . Herward. See Here ward . Herwegh (her'veG), Georg. Born at Stuttgart, Würtemberg, May 31, 1817: died at Baden-Ba den, April 7, 1875. A German political poet. He emigrated from Würtemberg in his youth and settled at Zurich, where, in 1841, he published a volume of poems of : Herzegovina Herzegovina (hert-se-gō-vēʻnä), Turk. Hersek (her's ek). Formerly a sanjak of the vilayet of Bosnia, Turkey, since 1878 administered by Austria-Hungary. It is bounded by Bosnia on the north and northeast, Monte negro on the southeast, and Dalmatia on the west and southwest. The surface is mountainous. The inhabitants are Slavs, and the language Servian. It was conquered by the Turks in 1483; was the scene of an insurrection in 1875-76; was occupied by Austria-Hungary in Aug., 1878; and was again the scene of an (which proved unsucce ful) in 1881-82.