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Harper, William Rainey. Born at New Concord, Ohio, July 26, 1856. An American scholar and educator. first president of the University of Chicago (1891). Harper's Ferry (här'perz fer'i). A town in Jefferson County, West Virginia, situated at the junction of the Shenandoah with the Potomac, 49 miles northwest of Washington. It is noted for picturesque scenery. It was seized by Jolin Brown Oct. 16, 1859. The Confederates held it from April to June, 1861. Here the Federal commander Miles surren dered to the Confederates (with Federal lo of 11,783) Sept. 15, 1862. Harpies (här'piz). [Gr. " Αρπυιαι , the snatchers.] In Greek mythology, winged monsters, ravenous and filthy, having the face and body of a woman and the wings of a bird of prey, with the feet and fingers armed with sharp claws and the face pale with hunger, serving as ministers of divine vengeance, and defiling everything they touched. The Harpies were commonly regarded either as two (Aello and Ocypete) or three in number, but occasionally several others were mentioned. They were earl of East Anglia about 1045; was banished with his father by Edward the Confe or in 1051, and was restored with him in 1052: succeeded his father as earl of We ex in 1053 (giving up his earldom of East Anglia); and was the chief minister of Edward 1053-66. Probably in 1064 he was shipwrecked on the coast of Normandy and fell into the hands of William, duke of Normandy, who compelled him to take an oath whereby he promised to marry William's daughter and to a ist him in securing the succe ion in England. He married about this time, probably on his return to England, Ealdgyth or Aldgyth, widow of Gruffydd, and sister of Eadwine, earl of the Mercians; conceived of simply as storm-winds by gods to carry off offenders, and were later personified as fair-haired winged maidens, their features and character istics being more or le repulsive at different times and places The Harpies have been to some extent confounded by modern scholars with the Sirens, who, though of kindred origin, were godde es of melody, even if of a sweetne that was harmful to mankind, and were represented as women in the upper parts of their bodies and as birds below. The mummy lies on the bier, attended by Anubis, the jackal-headed god of embalmment. The Soul, grasping in one hand a little sail, the emblem of breath, in the mon" (1836), "Man Primeval" (1849), etc. Harris, Joseph. An English actor (played from 1661 to 1681). He was succe ful in both tragedy and comedy. [Not to be confounded with a more common- place actor named Joseph Harris, who flourished from 1661-99, and who wrote several plays.] Harris, Mrs. In Dickens's "Martin Chuzzle- wit," an entirely imaginary person, constantly quoted by Sairey Gamp as one for whose opin- ions she has great respect, in order to lend greater weight to her own. Harris, Thaddeus William. Born at Dor- chester, Ma ., Nov. 12, 1795: died at Cam- bridge, Ma ., Jan. 16, 1856. An American en- tom ologist. He published "Catalogue of the Insects of Ma achusetts,” “Insects Injurious to Vegetation" (1841), etc. Harris, William. Born at Springfield, Ma ., April 29, 1765: died Oct. 18, 1829. An Ameri- can clergyman and educator, president of Co- lumbia College (New York) 1811-29. Harris, William Torrey. Born at Killingly, Conn., Sept. 10, 1835. An American philosoph- ical writer and educator. He was superintendent of the public schools of St. Louis 1867, founded the "Jour- nal of Speculative Philosophy" in 1867, and became United States commi ioner of education in 1889. Harris burg (har'is-berg). A city, the capital of Pennsylvania and of Dauphin County, situ- ated on the Susquehanna in lat. 40° 16′ N., long. 76° 53′ W. It has important manufactures, especially of iron and steel. It became the State capital in 1812. Pop- ulation (1890), 39,385. Harrison (har'i-son). A city of Hudson Coun- ty, New Jersey, adjoining Newark. Population (1890), 8,338. Harpoot, Harput. See Kharput . Harring (här'ring), Harro Paul. Born at Ibens- its secretary in 1709, and delivered the Boyle lectures in St. Paul's in 1698. He published "Lexicon technicum, or an Universal English Dictionary of Arts and Sciences" (1704), the first of its kind in English, and other works (mathematical, historical, etc.), including a "Collection of Voyages and Travels" (1705). Harris, John. Born at Ugborough, Devons hire, March 8, 1802: died near London, Dec. 21 1856. An English Congregationalist clergyman. He wrote "The Great Teacher" (1835), Mam- 1740: died April, 1791. An American politi- cian, a delegate to Congre 1774-77, and gov- ern or of Virginia 1782-85. Harrison, Benjamin. Born at North Bend. Ohio, Aug. 20, 1833. Twenty-third President of the United States, grandson of President W. H. Harrison. He graduated at Miami University in 1852: studied law, and practised in Indianapolis; was elected (Republican) reporter of the Indiana Supreme Court in regiment and brigade; was brevetted brigadier-general: Tree Creek in 1864; and was reelected reporter in 1864, but declined reelection in 1868. He was the unsucce ful Re- publican candidate for governor of Indiana in 1876; was United States senator 1881-87; as Republican candidate was elected to the presidency in 1888; and served as Presi- dent 1889-93. He was an unsucce ful candidate for re- election in 1892. Harrison, Doctor. A clergyman, in Fielding's "Amelia," somewhat resembling Parson Adams. Harrison, Frederic. Born at London, Oct. 18, 1831. An English jurist, e ayist, and philo- sophical writer. He has been a frequent contributor to the "Nineteenth Century" and other periodicals, and was one of the founders of the Positivist school in 1870. Among his works are "Order and Progre " (1874), "Social Stat- ics" (1875), "Present and Future" (1880), "The Choice of Harrison, John. Born at Foulby, parish of Wragby, Yorkshire, March 31, 1693: died at London, March 24, 1776. An English mecha- nician and inventor. He invented the "grid- iron" compensating pendulum and the chro- no meter. Harrison, Thomas Alexander. Born at Phila- delphia, Jan. 17, 1853. An American genre and landscape painter. He was a pupil of Gérôme at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. He exhibited first in the Salon of 1881. Among his works are "Au bord de la mer," "Coast of Britt any" (1881), "The Amateurs," "Little Slave" (1883), Harrison, William Henry. Born at Berkeley, Charles City County, Va., Feb. 9, 1773: died at Washington, D. C., April 4, 1841. The ninth President of the United States, son of Benja- min Harrison. He was a delegate to Congre from the Northwest Territory 1799-1800; was governor of Indiana Hart, Solomon Alexander. Born at Plymouth, 1806: died at London, June 12, 1881. An Eng- lish historical painter, of Hebrew descent. Hart, William. Born at Paisley, Scotland, March 31, 1823: died at Mount Vernon, N.Y., June 17,1894. An American landscape-and animal- painter, brother of James McDougal Hart. Harte (härt), Francis Bret. Born at Albany, N. Y., Aug. 25, 1839. An American poet and novelist. He removed to California in 1854, and founded the "Overland Monthly "(San Francisco) in 1868. In 1870 he was made profe or of recent literature in the Univer- sity of California, but resigned and removed to New York in 1871. He was United States consul at Crefeld, Germany, 1878-80, and at Glasgow 1880-85, and has since lived in Eng- land. Among his many works are "The Luck of Roaring Camp" (1868), "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" (1869), both appearing in the "Overland Monthly"; "Condensed Novels, etc." (1870); "The Heathen Chinee" (in verse, 1870: origi- nally appearing as "Plain Talk from Truthful James" in the "Overland Monthly"); "Poems" (1871); "Stories of the Sierras" (1872); "Tales of the Argonauts" (1875); "Gabriel Conroy" (1876); "Thankful Blo om " (1877); "Two Men of Sandy Bar" (a drama, 1877); "California Stories"(1884); "A Millionaire of Rough and Ready" (1887); "A Drift from Redwood Camp" and "A Phyllis of the Sierras" (1888). Harten stein (här'ten-stin), Gustav. Born at Plauen, Saxony, March 18, 1808. A German philosophical writer of the Herbar tian school, profe or of philosophy at the University of Leipsic 1834-58. He edited Kant's works and Herbart's. Hartfell (härt'fel). A hill in Scotland, on the border of Peebles and Dumfries, north of Mof- fat. Height, 2,651 feet. Hartford (härt ford). A city, the capital of Con- necticut and of Hartford County, situated on the Connecticut in lat. 41° 46′ N., long. 72° 41′ in 1811, and that of the Thames in He was wealth, and is an important center of insurance busine , of Congre from Ohio 1816–19. United States senator 1825- 1828, and United States minister to Colombia 1828-29. In 1836 he was defeated as Whig candidate for the presi dency, but was elected (in the "log-cabin and hard-cider campaign ") in 1840. He was President for one month only, being inaugurated March 4, 1841. Harrison's Landing. A landing on the lower Harri e (har-es'), Henri. Born in Paris, of Ru ian Hebrew parents, 1830. A critic, bibli- ographer, and historian. He became a naturalized citizen of the United States, and for some years practised law in New York. He has traveled in America and in many parts of Europe in search of documents relating to the early history of the New World. Among his important publications are "Bibliotheca American a Vetusti ima" "Cris top he Colomb" (2 vols. 1884 85), "Jean et Se basti an Cabot" (1883), etc. Hartford Convention Connecticut because those States refused to place their miiitias under the control of the Federal government, and recommended, among other things, the restriction of the powers of Congre pertaining to war and to the laying of embargos. Its proceedings were carried on in secret, and the convention was suspected at the time of treason. Harthacnut. See Hard i can ute . Hartington (här'ting-ton), Marquis of. See Cavendish, Spencer Compton . Hartlepool. See East Hartlepool and West Har tlepool . Hartley (hart'li), David. Born 1705 (exact date uncertain): died at Bath, England, Aug. 28, 1757. An English materialistic philosopher. His chief work is "Observations on Man, his Frame, his Duty, and his Expectations" (1749). He explained all mental proce es as founded upon minute nervous vibrations, which he called "Vibratiuncles." He was the founder of the English a ociational psychology. Hartmann (härt'män), Karl Robert Eduard von. Born at Berlin, Feb. 23, 1842. A German philosophical writer, noted as an expounder of pe imism. He has written "Die Philosophie des Unbe wu ten" ("Philosophy of the Unconscious," 1869), "Phäno me no logie des sittlichen Bewu tseins" (1879), "Das religiöse Bewu tsein der Mensch he it," "Die Religion des Geistes" (1882), etc. Hartmann, Moritz. Born at Duschnik, Bohemia, Oct. 15, 1821: died at Oberdöbling, near Vienna, May 13, 1872. A German poet and novelist. Among his works are "Der Krieg um den Wald" (1850), and the poem "Adam und Eva" (1851). Hartmann von Aue (härt'män fon ou'e). Born in Swabia about 1170: died between 1210 and 1220. A Middle High German epic poet. He was a liegeman of the noble house of Aue. He was well educated, according to the measure of the time, and had received instruction in Latin and French. He took part in the Crusade of 1197. At various times he wrote lyrics and two poetical love-letters, or "Büchlein" ("Booklets"). His epics are "Greg or i us," the legend of St. Gregory, based on a French poem; "Der arme He in rich" ("Poor Henry "), a pious tale from a Latin story; and two romances from the so-called cycle of King Arthur, "Erec" and "Iwein," both free versions of originals of the French poet Chrestien of Troyes. "Erec" and "Greg or i us" were written before 1197, "Der arme He in rich" and "Iwein" after, probably in the order given. In "Erec" he introduced the Arthur i an legend into German literature. Hartranft (här'tranft), John Frederick. Born at New Hanover, Montgomery County, Pa., Dec. 16, 1830: died at Norristown, Pa., Oct. 17, 1889. An American general and politician, governor of Pennsylvania 1873-79. Hartt (härt), Charles Frederic. Born at Fred eric ton, New Brunswick, Aug. 23, 1840: died at Rio de Janeiro, March 18, 1878. An American geologist. He studied under Aga iz, and accompanied him to Brazil in 1865; subsequently he was profe or of geology at Va ar College and Cornell University. He made repeated excursions to Brazil, and in 1875 organized the Brazilian Geological Commi ion, under the government of that country: its work was cut short by his death. He published "Geology and Physical Geography of Brazil" (1870), and numerous important papers on geology, pale ontology, and ethnology. Hartwick (härt'wik). A township in Otsego County, central New York, 63 miles west of Albany: seat of Hartwick Theological Seminary (Luther an). Population (1890), 1,894.