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Halas, George: founder, owner, and head coach of the Chicago Bears gridiron football team in the U.S. professional National Football League (NFL). Halas revolutionized American football strategy in the late 1930s when he, along with assistant coach Clark Shaughnessy, revived the T ... [4 Related Articles]
Halas, John: British motion-picture animator and producer (b. April 16, 1912, Budapest, Hung.--d. Jan. 20/21, 1995, London, England), was, with his wife, Joy Batchelor (died 1991), the force behind the largest cartoon film studio in Great Britain and creator of some 2,000 ... [2 Related Articles]
Halas, John; and Batchelor, Joy: British husband-and-wife production team, noted for their influential animated films.
Halasz, Istvan: (from the article "chromatography") ...because liquid coatings were swept away by the mobile phase. Previously gas chromatography had employed chemical bonding of an organic stationary phase to solids to reduce adsorptive activity; Istvan Halasz of Germany exploited these reactions to cause a separation based ...
Halawa Valley: valley, northeastern Molokai island, Hawaii, U.S. On the northeastern flank of Kamakou summit (4,961 feet [1,512 metres]), it is a deep, verdant gorge 1.75 miles (2.8 km) long and 0.5 mile (0.8 km) wide. Archaeological evidence dates habitation in the ...
halberd: weapon consisting of an ax blade balanced by a pick with an elongated pike head at the end of the staff. It was usually about 1.5 to 1.8 metres (5 to 6 feet) long. The halberd was an important weapon ... [2 Related Articles]
Halberstadt: city, Saxony-Anhalt Land (state), central Germany, on the Holtemme River in the foreland of the northern Harz mountains, southwest of Magdeburg. It became a bishopric about 814 and was granted market rights in 989. It was one of the most ... [2 Related Articles]
Halberstam, David: American journalist and author who received a Pulitzer Prize in 1964 for his penetrating coverage of the Vietnam War as a staff reporter (1960-67) for The New York Times. He went on to become the best-selling author ... [1 Related Articles]
Halberstam, Solomon: Polish-born American religious leader (b. 1907, Bobowa, Pol.-d. Aug. 2, 2000, New York, N.Y.), emigrated in the late 1940s to New York, where in Borough Park, a section of Brooklyn, he became the leader of the Bobov sect, a Hasidic ...
Halbertsma, Eeltsje: (from the article "Frisian literature") It was not until the Romantic period of the 19th century, however, that Frisian literature began to flourish as a national literature. About this time the Halbertsma brothers-Eeltsje, Joast, and Tsjalling-founded a movement known as "New Frisian Literature," and they ...
Halbertsma, Joast: (from the article "Frisian literature") It was not until the Romantic period of the 19th century, however, that Frisian literature began to flourish as a national literature. About this time the Halbertsma brothers-Eeltsje, Joast, and Tsjalling-founded a movement known as "New Frisian Literature," and they ...
Halbertsma, Tsjalling: (from the article "Frisian literature") It was not until the Romantic period of the 19th century, however, that Frisian literature began to flourish as a national literature. About this time the Halbertsma brothers-Eeltsje, Joast, and Tsjalling-founded a movement known as "New Frisian Literature," and they ...
Halchidhoma: (from the article "Yuman") Two major divisions of Yumans are recognized: the river Yumans, who lived along the lower Colorado and middle Gila rivers and whose major groups included, from north to south, the Mojave, Halchidhoma, Yuma, and Cocopa, together with the Maricopa in ...
Haldane, Elizabeth Sanderson: Scottish social-welfare worker and author.
Haldane, J.B.S.: British geneticist, biometrician, physiologist, and popularizer of science who opened new paths of research in population genetics and evolution. [1 Related Articles]
Haldane, John Scott: British physiologist and philosopher chiefly noted for his work on the physiology of respiration.
Haldane, Richard Burdon, 1st Viscount Haldane of Cloan: Scottish lawyer, philosopher, and statesman who instituted important military reforms while serving as British secretary of state for war (1905-12). [1 Related Articles]
Haldar, Hiralal: (from the article "Indian philosophy") ...be interpreted in the light of German idealism. The Hegelian notion of Absolute Spirit found a resonance in the age-old Vedanta notion of Brahman. The most eminent Indian Hegelian scholar is Hiralal Haldar, who was concerned with the problem of ...
Haldas, Las: (from the article "pre-Columbian civilizations") ...Examples include La Florida, a huge pyramid in Lima that formed the nucleus of a yet-unmapped building complex. The Tank site at Ancon consists of a series of stone-faced platforms on a hill. Las Haldas has a platform and three ...
Haldeman, H.R.: American advertising executive and campaign manager who served as White House chief of staff during the Richard M. Nixon administration (1969-73). He is best known for his involvement in the Watergate Scandal. [2 Related Articles]
Halden: town, southeastern Norway. It lies along Idde Fjord, which forms part of the border between Norway and Sweden, at the mouth of the Tistedalselva (river). The site was settled in ancient times, and the modern town, founded in 1661, was ...
Halder, Franz: (from the article "World War II") ...were across the Narew attacking the line of the Bug River, behind Warsaw. All the German armies had made progress in fulfilling their parts in the great enveloping maneuver planned by General Franz Halder, chief of the general staff, and ...
Haldi: the national god of the ancient kingdom of Urartu, which ruled the plateau around Lake Van, now eastern Turkey, from about 900 to about 600 BC. Haldi was represented as a man, with or without wings, standing on a lion; ... [2 Related Articles]
Haldimand, Sir Frederick: British general who served as governor of Quebec province from 1778 to 1786.
Hale Observatories: astronomical research unit that included the Palomar Observatory of the California Institute of Technology and the Mount Wilson Observatory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D.C. Both observatories were established under the guidance of the American astronomer George Ellery ...
Hale rocket: (from the article "rocket and missile system") ...flight-stabilizing guide stick. By designing jet vents at an angle, he was able to spin the rocket. He developed various designs, including curved vanes that were acted upon by the rocket jet. These rockets, stabilized by means of spin, represented ...
Hale Telescope: one of the world's largest and most powerful reflecting telescopes, located at the Palomar Observatory, Mount Palomar, Calif. Financed by the Rockefeller Foundation, the telescope at Palomar was completed in 1948 and named in honour of the noted American astronomer ... [6 Related Articles]
Hale, Alan: (from the article "Hale-Bopp, Comet") long-period comet that was spectacularly visible to the naked eye, having a bright coma and a thick white dust tail. It was discovered independently in July 1995 by Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp, two American amateur astronomers, at the unusually ...
Hale, Edward Everett: American clergyman and author best remembered for his short story "The Man Without a Country." [1 Related Articles]
Hale, George Ellery: American astronomer known for his development of important astronomical instruments, including the Hale Telescope, a 200-inch (508-cm) reflector at the Palomar Observatory, near San Diego. The most effective entrepreneur in 20th-century American astronomy, Hale built four observatories and helped create ... [2 Related Articles]
Hale, Horatio: American anthropologist, who made valuable linguistic and ethnographic studies of North American Indians. His major contribution is the influence he exerted on the development of Franz Boas, whose ideas came to dominate U.S. anthropology for about 50 years.
Hale, John Parker: American lawyer, senator, and reformer who was prominent in the antislavery movement. [1 Related Articles]
Hale, Kathleen: British children's writer and illustrator (b. May 24, 1898, Broughton, Lanarkshire, Scot.-d. Jan. 26, 2000, Bristol, Eng.), delighted children and adults alike with a series of whimsical books featuring the adventures of Orlando the Marmalade Cat, his wife, Grace, and ...
Hale, Louise Closser: successful American character actress who was also the author of popular novels.
Hale, Lucretia Peabody: American novelist and writer of books for children. [1 Related Articles]
Hale, Nathan: American Revolutionary officer who attempted to spy on the British and was hanged. [3 Related Articles]
Hale, Sarah Josepha: American writer who, as the first female editor of a magazine, shaped many of the attitudes and thoughts of women of her period. [2 Related Articles]
Hale, Sir Matthew: one of the greatest scholars on the history of English common law, well known for his judicial impartiality during England's Civil War (1642-51). He also played a major role in the law-reform proposals of the Convention Parliament and in promoting ...
Hale, Sue Sally: American polo player (b. Aug. 23, 1937, Los Angeles, Calif.-d. April 29, 2003, Coachella Valley, Calif.), for nearly 20 years played in polo tournaments disguised as a man, A. Jones, because the United States Polo Association would not admit women. ...
Hale, William: (from the article "rocket and missile system") The next significant development in rocketry occurred about the middle of the 19th century. William Hale, a British engineer, invented a method of successfully eliminating the deadweight of the flight-stabilizing guide stick. By designing jet vents at an angle, he ...
Hale-Bopp, Comet: long-period comet that was spectacularly visible to the naked eye, having a bright coma and a thick white dust tail. It was discovered independently in July 1995 by Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp, two American amateur astronomers, at the unusually ... [1 Related Articles]
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 by erosion and measures about 20 miles (30 km) in ... [1 Related Articles]
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 separate park in 1961. The 47-square-mile (122-square-km) park now includes ... [2 Related Articles]
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 as Dorasamudra (Dvarasamudra), which was probably built by the Rastrakutas ... [1 Related Articles]
Haleji, Lake: (from the article "Karachi") The three main sources of the city's water supply are Lake Haleji, 55 miles (90 km) away, fed by the Indus River; wells that have been sunk in the dry bed of the Malir River, 18 miles away; and Lake ...
Halekii-Pihana Heiaus State Monument: (from the article "Wailuku") ...and Japanese gardens and Kaahumanu Church (1837; present building, 1876). The church was built to honour Queen Kaahumanu, who embraced Christianity and assisted its spread in Hawaii. Nearby is Halekii-Pihana Heiaus State Monument, which preserves two heiaus ...
Halemaumau Pit: (from the article "Kilauea") ...floor of Kilauea's caldera went through several periods of lava filling and collapse. By 1919 it assumed its present depth of 500 feet (150 m). The floor, paved with recent lava flows, contains the Halemaumau ("Fern House") Pit, an inner ...
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 as a means to quell their insurrection against Turkish overlords. ...
Hales, Stephen: English botanist, physiologist, and clergyman who pioneered quantitative experimentation in plant and animal physiology. [3 Related Articles]
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 the Nineteenth Century). This great work traces the political, economic, ...
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. [1 Related Articles]