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Huffman Huffman may refer to several things, such as surnames, place names which are derived from these surnames (mainly German), and other things, names of which are derived from these surnames. It is related to the names Hoffman, Hoffmann, and Hofmann.
Huffman coding In computer science and information theory, Huffman coding is an entropy encoding algorithm used for lossless data compression. The term refers to the use of a variable length code table for encoding a source symbol (such as a character in a file) where the variable-length code table has been derived in a particular way based on the estimated probability of occurrence for each possible value of the source symbol.
Huffman Independent School District Huffman Independent School District is a public school district based in Huffman—an unincorporated area of northeastern Harris County, Texas (USA) within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area.
Huffman Prairie Huffman Prairie, part of Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, is an 84 acre (.34 km²) patch of rough pasture outside Dayton, Ohio now known as Huffman Prairie Flying Field, where the Wright Brothers undertook the difficult and sometimes dangerous task of creating a dependable, fully controllable airplane and training themselves to be pilots.
Huffyuv Huffyuv (or HuffYUV) is a very fast, lossless Win32 video codec written by Ben Rudiak-Gould and published under the terms of the GPL, meant to replace uncompressed YCbCr as a video capture format. (Although it's called Huffyuv, it's not compressing YUV but YCbCr.
Hufu Hufu is a supposed tofu-based product that is meant to resemble, as realistically as possible, the taste and texture of human flesh. It is not known at present if the product actually exists, or has existed, and as such, Hufu has been alleged to be real.
Hug machine A hug machine (sometimes referred to as a 'hug box', 'squeeze machine', or 'squeeze box') is a deep pressure device designed to calm hypersensitive persons, usually individuals with autism spectrum disorders. The therapeutic, stress-relieving device was originally conceived and designed by Temple Grandin, PhD, at the age of eighteen.
Hugger A hugger is a type of mudguard most frequently seen on sports motorcycles, named such because they fit very closely around the tire they shield and are said to be "hugging" it. Their design sacrifices the potential for offroad use, where they are prone to clogging from mud, for better wind resistance.
Hugginstown Hugginstown (Irish: Baile Huguin) is a small village situated between the historic cities of Kilkenny and Waterford in the south of County Kilkenny, the Republic of Ireland. It is also near to the towns of Kilmaganny and Ballyhale.
Hugh "Kirra" McKee Hugh "Kirra" McKee was the longest running producer of Brisbane Gang Show and produced shows between 1961 and 1982. "Kirra" oversaw making Brisbane Gang Show, Queensland's many Revues, and Gang Shows in general, popular to the public.
Hugh Aiken Bayne Hugh Aiken Bayne (15 February 1870, New Orleans - 24 December 1954, New Haven, Connecticut) was the son of Thomas Levingston Bayne, a lawyer who fought in the Civil War. His grandfather, John Gayle was a Congressman and Governor of Alabama.
Hugh Allan Sir Hugh Allan, KCMG (September 29,1810 – December 9, 1882) was a Scottish-born Canadian financier and shipowner. In 1826, he emigrated to Canada and worked for a shipbuilding company in Montreal, Lower Canada, where he later founded the Allan Line of steamships.
Hugh Auchincloss Brown Hugh Auchincloss Brown (23 December 1879 – 19 November 1975) was an electrical engineer best known for advancing a theory of catastropic pole shift. Brown argued that accumulation of ice at the poles caused recurring tipping of the axis in cycles of approximately 7 millennia.
Hugh B. Cave Hugh Barnett Cave (July 11, 1910–June 27, 2004) was a prolific writer of pulp fiction who later wrote for major magazines and came to author both novels and major works of nonfiction. Though he wrote short stories in nearly all genres, he is best remembered for his horror and crime pieces.
Hugh Baird Hotel The famous Lord Hugh Baird Hotel was created by the Baird family in 1888 in Dublin Ireland. Though the success of the hotel took time, by 1900 the hotel was booming with business, and made Dublin something of a tourist attraction, with only the rich and famous staying in the Hotel.
Hugh Beaumont (actor) Eugene Hugh Beaumont (February 16, 1909 - May 14, 1982) was an American actor, television director, and Methodist minister. He is best known for his portrayal of the character Ward Cleaver on the popular TV series Leave It to Beaver from 1957 to 1963.
Hugh Bedient Hugh Carpenter Bedient (October 23, 1889 - July 21, 1965) was a starting pitcher who played in the American League for the Boston Red Sox (1912-1914) and with the Buffalo Blues of the Federal League (1915). Bedient batted and threw right handed.
Hugh Bennett (cricketer) Hugh Frederic Bennett (10 November 1862 - 26 July 1943) was an English cricketer, who played two first-class games for Worcestershire in 1901. He had a reasonable debut, making 24 and 31* against Gloucestershire, but after scoring just 8 in the following game against Derbyshire he never played again.
Hugh Bicheno Hugh Bicheno is a living British-American military historian most famous for his revisionist interpretations of the origins of the American Revolution, which are extensively explored in his acclaimed publication Rebels and Redcoats: The American Revolutionary War. He has also published a history of the Falklands War, titled Razor's Edge: The Unofficial History of the Falklands War.
Hugh Boulter Hugh Boulter, (January 4 1672 – September 27 1742), was the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh, the Primate of All Ireland, from 1724 until his death. He also served as the chaplain to George I from 1719.
Hugh Bourne Hugh Bourne (1772-1852) was the joint founder of Primitive Methodism, the largest offshoot of Wesleyan Methodism and, in the mid nineteenth century, an influential Protestant Christian movement in its own right.
Hugh Boyd Secondary School Hugh Boyd Secondary School is a school located in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, that serves students from grades 8 to 12, and is part of the Richmond School District (SD 38). The school was opened in 1960, originally as a junior secondary school, and became a full range secondary school in 1996.
Hugh Bromley-Davenport Hugh Richard Bromley-Davenport OBE (born 18 August 1870 at Capesthorne Hall, Chelford, Cheshire, England; died 23 May 1954 in South Kensington, London, England) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University between 1892 and 1893 and Middlesex between 1896 and 1898. Bromley-Davenport also played four Test matches for England, all of which were against South Africa.
Hugh Cairns (VC) Hugh Cairns VC , DCM (December 4, 1896 - November 2, 1918) was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Hugh Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns Hugh McCalmont Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns PC , QC (27 December 1810 - 2 April 1885) was a British statesman (of Irish birth) who served as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain during the first two ministries of Benjamin Disraeli. He was one of the most prominent Conservative statesmen in the House of Lords during this period of Victorian politics.
Hugh Calveley Sir Hugh Calveley (died 23 April 1394 or 1393) was an English soldier and commander, who took part in the Hundred Years' War. Various other spellings of his name exist: Calverley, Caverle, Calvelegh, Kerverley, Calverlee, Calvyle, Kalvele, Calviley, and Calvile.
Hugh Campbell Hugh Campbell (born May 21, 1941) is a former CFL football player. He is also noted for being a former head football coach in three different professional leagues: Canadian Football League, United States Football League and National Football League.
Hugh Caperton CAPERTON, Hugh, (1781 - 1847), (father of Allen Taylor Caperton), a Representative from Virginia; born in Greenbrier County, Va. (now West Virginia), April 17 1781; was a planter and also engaged in mercantile pursuits; moved to Monroe County; sheriff of Monroe County in 1805; member of the State house of delegates 1810-1813 and 1826-1830; elected as a Federalist to the Thirteenth Congress (March 4 1813-March 3 1815); resumed agricultural and mercantile pursuits; died on his estate, “Elmwood,” in Monroe County, near Union, Va.
Hugh Casey Hugh Thomas Casey (October 14, 1913 – July 3, 1951) born in Atlanta, Georgia was a Pitcher for the Chicago Cubs (1935), Brooklyn Dodgers (1939-42 and 1946-48), Pittsburgh Pirates (1949) and New York Yankees (1949).
Hugh Casson Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson RA (23 May 1910 – 15 August 1999) was a British architect, interior designer, artist, and influential writer and broadcaster on 20th century design. He is particularly noted for his role as director of architecture at the 1951 Festival of Britain on London's South Bank.
Hugh Cavendish, Baron Cavendish of Furness Richard Hugh Cavendish, Baron Cavendish of Furness, FRSA (born November 2, 1941), who usually uses the name Hugh Cavendish, is a British Conservative politician and landowner. He owns Holker Hall, and its surrounding estates, that overlook Morecambe Bay in Cumbria.
Hugh Clifford Sir Hugh Clifford (1866–1941) was a British civil servant who served as high commissioner of Malaysia when it was a part of the British Empire. Clifford was one of the architects of British policy favouring the Malay ethnic group.
Hugh Clifford, 2nd Baron Clifford of Chudleigh Hugh Clifford, 2nd Baron Clifford of Chudleigh (1663-1730) was baptized on December 21 1663 in Ugbrooke and died on October 12 1730 in Cannington, Somerset. Though generally the 4th child and son, he was the eldest living son when his father died.
Hugh Clifford, 3rd Baron Clifford of Chudleigh Hugh Clifford, 3rd Baron Clifford of Chudleigh was born on April 14 1700 and died on March 26 1732 in Ugbrooke, where he was buried. He was the son of Hugh Clifford, 2nd Baron Clifford of Chudleigh and his wife Anne, née Preston.
Hugh Colvin Hugh Colvin (February 1, 1887- September 16, 1962), born in Burnley, Lancashire was, by birth, an English UK recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Hugh Conway Hugh Conway the nom-de-plume of Frederick John Fargus (26 December 1847 - 15 May 1885) was an English novelist, born in Bristol, the son of an auctioneer. He was intended for his fathers business, but at the age of thirteen joined the training-ship Conway in the Mersey.
Hugh Cook Faringdon Hugh Cook Faringdon (Unknown to 15th November 1539) ,also known as Hugh Faringdon or Hugh Cook of Faringdon where he was presumably born. He was appointed Abbot of Reading Abbey in 1520, on the death of Abbot Thomas Worcester.
Hugh Cortazzi Sir Hugh Cortazzi GCMG retired after four years service as British ambassador to Japan in 1984, but has since been a leading scholar and promoter of better relations between Britain and Japan. He has written and edited many books on the history of Anglo-Japanese relations and Japanese history.
Hugh Crawford Sir Hugh Crawford (~1195 - ~1265) was the Second Sheriff of Ayrshire, Chief of Clan Crawford, and Lord of Loudon Castle. He probably lived in Loudon Castle even while he administrated quite some distance away in the town of Ayr.
Hugh de Grandmesnil Hugh de Grandmesnil (1032 – February 22, 1098), also known as Hugh or Hugo de Grentmesnil or Grentemesnil, was a commander at the Battle of Hastings. Following the conquest William I of England gave De Grandmesnil a 100 manors for his services, sixty-five of them in Leicestershire.
Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester (1147 – June 30, 1181) was the son of Ranulph de Gernon, 2nd Earl of Chester and Maud of Gloucester, daughter of Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester (otherwise known as Robert de Caen, the illegitimate son of Henry I of England, making her Henry's granddaughter).
Hugh de Selincourt Hugh de Selincourt (June 15, 1878 - January 20, 1951) was an English author and journalist, chiefly remembered today for his timeless tale of village cricket, The Cricket Match (1924). He studied at the prestigious Dulwich College before going on to University College, Oxford.
Hugh Daily Hugh Ignatius Daily (Born 1857 in Baltimore, Maryland) was a 19th Century Major League Baseball player who was nicknamed, and is known much of the time today as "One Arm" Daily due to the fact that he lost his left hand to gun accident. To compensate for this injury, he would put his glove over the affected area and catch the baseball by trapping it between the glove and his right hand.
Hugh Dalton Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton, Baron Dalton PC , generally known as Hugh Dalton (26 August 1887 – 13 February 1962) was a British Labour Party politician, and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1945 to 1947. He was implicated in a political scandal involving budget leaks.
Hugh Darwen Hugh Darwen, employee of IBM UK from 1967 to 2004, has been involved in the history of the relational model since the beginning. From 1978 to 1982 he was a chief architect on Business System 12, a database management system that faithfully embraced the principles of the relational model.
Hugh Dennis Hugh Dennis (born Peter Dennis in 1962) is a British actor, comedian and writer. He was educated at University College School, an independent school for boys in Hampstead, in North London, and at St John's College, University of Cambridge.
Hugh Devore Hugh Devore (November 25, 1910 - December 8, 1992) was a football player and coach whose close connection to the University of Notre Dame saw him serve in both capacities, while also seeing time as head coach at two other colleges as well as the National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles.
Hugh Downs Hugh Malcolm Downs, (born February 14, 1921) is a retired American broadcaster, television host, producer, and author. He served as anchor of 20/20, host of The Today Show, announcer for the Tonight Show with Jack Paar, host of Concentration game show, and co-host of the PBS talk show Not for Women Only.
Hugh Dubh O'Neill Hugh Dubh O'Neill ("Black Hugh") (1611-1660) was an Irish soldier of the seventeenth century. He is best known for his participation in the Irish Confederate Wars and in particular his defence of Clonmel in 1650.
Hugh Dunnit Hugh Dunnit was a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. It first appeared in issue 3259, dated 1 January 2005, as part of Comic Idol- a selection of three comic strips to be voted in by Beano readers (the other two being Zap Zodiac and Christmas Carole).
Hugh E. Blair Hugh Edward Blair (May 23 1909-February 28, 1967) was a recognized linguist and an able artist. He was the assistent of Alice Vanderbilt Morris, who founded IALA, and the closest collaborator of Alexander Gode.
Hugh Edighoffer Hugh Alden Edighoffer (born July 22, 1928) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal from 1967 to 1990, and was Speaker of the legislature during the administration of David Peterson.
Hugh Elliott Sir Hugh Francis Ivo Elliott, 3rd Baronet (Allahabad March 10, 1913 – December 21, 1989) was an eminent British ornithologist and administrator of Tristan da Cunha (1950–1952). He attended University College, Oxford and was president of the British Ornithologists' Union from 1975 to 1979.
Hugh Evan-Thomas Sir Hugh Evan-Thomas (1852–1928) was an admiral of the Royal Navy. In World War I he commanded the 5th Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet, flying his flag in HMS Barham, and fought at the battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916.
Hugh Evans (basketball referee) Hugh Evans was a basketball referee in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 28 seasons from 1972 to 2001. During his NBA officiating career, Evans worked 1,969 regular season NBA games and 35 NBA Finals games.
Hugh Everett Hugh Everett III (November 11, 1930 – July 19, 1982) was an American physicist who first proposed the many-worlds interpretation of quantum physics, which he called his "relative state" formulation. He left physics after completing his Ph.
Hugh Feeney Hugh Feeney (b. 1951) was a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army who, together with Dolours and Marion Price, organized the attempted car bombings of the Old Bailey and Scotland Yard on March 8, 1973.
Hugh Ferriss Hugh Ferriss (1889 – 1962) was an American delineator (one who creates perspective drawings of buildings) and architect. According to Daniel Okrent, Ferriss never designed a single noteworthy building, but after his death a colleague said he 'influenced my generation of architects' more than any other man.
Hugh FitzRoy, 11th Duke of Grafton Hugh Denis Charles Fitzroy, 11th Duke of Grafton, KG DL (b. April 3 1919) is the son of Charles FitzRoy, 10th Duke of Grafton, and his first wife Lady Doreen Maria Josepha Sydney Buxton, daughter of Sydney Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton.
Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon Hugh Mackintosh Foot, Baron Caradon, GCMG KCVO OBE PC (8 October 1907 – 5 September 1990) was a British diplomat who oversaw moves to independence in various colonies and was UK representative to the United Nations.
Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue KG PC (13 February 1783 – 14 September 1861), known (1789–1841) as Viscount Ebrington, was a British politician who served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1839 to 1841.
Hugh Francis Redmond A former World War II paratrooper and native of Yonkers, New York, Hugh Francis Redmond later worked for the CIA. He was in Shanghai disguised as an ice cream machine salesman from 1946 to 1951, returning intelligence information on the Communists.
Hugh Fraser Hugh Fraser (February 22, 1837 – June 4, 1894) headed the British Legation in Tokyo as Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary in the final stages of the negotiations which led to the signing on July 16 1894 of the revised treaty (called the Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Commerce and Navigation) between the United Kingdom and the Empire of Japan. This replaced the 'unequal treaty' signed by James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin in 1858 and led to the abolition of extraterritoriality in Japan in 1899.
Hugh Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of Allander Hugh Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of Allander (1903–1966) was the grandson of Hugh Fraser, and the father of Sir Hugh Fraser, 2nd Baronet. He was created as a baronet in 1961, and subsequently as a Baron in 1964.
Hugh Gordon Malcolm Wing Commander Hugh Gordon Malcolm (2 May 1917- 4 December 1942) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Hugh Greene Sir Hugh Carleton Greene KCMG, OBE (15 November 1910 - 19 February 1987) was an British journalist and television executive. He was the director-general of the BBC from 1960 to 1969, and is generally credited with modernising an organisation that had fallen behind in the wake of the launch of ITV in 1955.
Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster, GCVO DSO (familiarly "Bendor") (19 March 1879 – 19 July 1953) was the son of Victor Alexander Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor and a grandson of Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster.
Hugh Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor Hugh Richard Louis Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor (born 29 January 1991) is the third of four children and the only son of the 6th Duke of Westminster and the Duchess of Westminster (formerly Natalia Phillips). Lord Grosvenor is also the 647th in line to the British Throne through his mother; a descendant of Princess Augusta Charlotte of Wales (eldest daughter of Frederick, Prince of Wales and a granddaughter of King George II).
Hugh H. Bownes Hugh Henry Bownes (March 10, 1920 - November 5, 2003 was a long-serving federal judge in the United States. A native of New York City, Bownes graduated from Columbia College in 1941, and after serving in the United States Marine Corps during World War II, graduated from Columbia Law School in 1948.
Hugh Hammond Bennett Hugh Hammond Bennett (April 15, 1881 – July 7, 1960) was a pioneer in the field of soil conservation in the United States of America. He founded and headed the Soil Conservation Service, a federal agency now referred to as the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Hugh Harman Hugh Harman (August 31, 1903 – November 25, 1982) was an American animator, film producer, and film director best-known for founding the Warner Bros. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animation studios with his partner Rudolf Ising.
Hugh Hefner Hugh Marston Hefner (born April 9, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois), also referred to colloquially as "Hef," is the founder and editor-in-chief of Playboy magazine. He has become an icon of American sexuality and a charismatic spokesman for the sexual revolution and of libertarianism.
Hugh Henry Brackenridge Hugh Henry Brackenridge (1748—1816) was an American writer, lawyer, judge, and justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. A frontier citizen of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he founded both the Pittsburgh Academy, now the University of Pittsburgh, and the Pittsburgh Gazette, still operating today as the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Hugh Henry Gough General Sir Hugh Henry Gough VC, GCB (14 November 1833-12 May 1909) was born in Calcutta, India and was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Hugh Herbert Hugh Herbert (August 10, 1887 in Binghamton, New York – March 12, 1952 in North Hollywood, California) was a playwright and an actor both of the motion picture and stage. When starting his career in Vaudeville, he wrote over 150 plays and sketches.
Hugh Hewitt Hugh Hewitt (born February 22, 1956) is a conservative American radio talk show host, author, and blogger. Hewitt is a Professor of Law at Chapman University School of Law, where he teaches constitutional, torts and administrative law.
Hugh Holmes Hugh Holmes (17 February 1840–19 April, 1916) was an Irish Conservative Party then after 1886 a Unionist Member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom Parliament and subsequently a Judge. He was born in Dungannon, County Tyrone.
Hugh Hyacinth O'Rorke MacDermot Hugh Hyacinth O'Rorke MacDermot, JP, DL, QC was born on the 1 July 1834, eldest son of Charles Joseph MacDermot by his wife Arabella Mary, only child of Hyacinth O'Rorke, representative of the House of O'Rorke of Breffny. He succeeded his father 5 September 1873 as The Mac Dermot, Prince of Coolavin.
Hugh I of Cyprus Hugh I of Cyprus (born 1194 or 1195, died 1218) succeeded to the throne of Cyprus in 1205 underage upon the death of his elderly father Amalric of Lusignan, King of Cyprus and King-Consort of Jerusalem. His mother was Eschiva of Ibelin, heiress of that branch of Ibelins who had held Bethsan and Ramleh.
Hugh II of Ponthieu Hugh II of Ponthieu was count of Ponthieu and lord of Abbeville, the son of Enguerrand I of Ponthieu. Evidently Hugh II was the half brother of Guy, who became the bishop of Amiens; Fulk, who became the abbot of Forest l'Abbaye; and Robert.
Hugh III of Cyprus Hugh III of Cyprus, Hugh I of Jerusalem, Hugh of Antioch or Hugh of Lusignan (died March 24, 1284), King of Cyprus 1267–1284 and King of Jerusalem 1268–1284, was the son of Henry of Antioch and Isabella of Cyprus, the daughter of Hugh I of Cyprus. He was the grandson of Bohemund IV of Antioch.
Hugh Iltis Hugh Iltis is Professor Emeritus of Botany at the University of Wisconsin, and is best known for his discoveries in the genetics of corn (maize). As a botanist, Iltis served as the Director of the University of Wisconsin Herbarium.
Hugh J. Anderson Hugh Johnston Anderson (May 10, 1801 - May 31, 1881) was a United States Representative from Maine. Born in Wiscasset, he attended the local schools, moved to Belfast, Maine in 1815 and was employed as a clerk in the mercantile establishment of his uncle, and was clerk of the Waldo County courts from 1824 to 1836.
Hugh John Macdonald Sir Hugh John Macdonald, PC , BA (March 13, 1850 – March 29, 1929) was the only surviving son of Sir John A. Macdonald, a Prime Minister of Canada, and was a politician in his own right, serving as a member of the Canadian House of Commons and a federal cabinet minister, and briefly as premier of Manitoba.
Hugh Johnstone Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Johnstone was administrative head of SIGINT (Signals Intelligence) in the British Army during the 1970s. He became notorious when he was identified (by the radical magazines Peace News and The Leveller) as the much-publicised anonymous witness Colonel B in the ABC Trial in 1978.
Hugh Joseph Addonizio Hugh Joseph Addonizio (January 31 1914 in Newark, New Jersey – February 2 1981 in Red Bank, New Jersey) was an American Democratic Party politician, who was the 33rd Mayor of Newark, New Jersey from 1962 to 1970, and a Congressman for 13 years prior to that.
Hugh Joseph Gaffey Hugh Joseph Gaffey (18 November 1895 – June 1946) was Chief of Staff for General George Patton's Third Army during World War II. Born in Harford, Connecticut, he attended Officers Training School at Fort Niagara, New York State, and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Field Artillery Reserve on 15 August 1917.
Hugh Judson Kilpatrick Hugh Judson Kilpatrick (January 14, 1836 – December 4, 1881) was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, achieving the rank of brevet major general. He was later the United States Minister to Chile, and a failed political candidate for the U.
Hugh Kennedy Hugh Kennedy (1879-1936) was the only Attorney-General of Southern Ireland and the first Attorney-General of the Irish Free State, and later the first Chief Justice of the Irish Free State. As a member of the Irish Free State Constitution Commission, he was also one of the constitutional architects of the Irish Free State.
Hugh Kerr Hugh Kerr, (born 9 July, 1944 in Hurlford, East Ayrshire) is a Scottish politician and a former lecturer in social policy at the University of East London. He was elected a Labour Party Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in June 1994 to represent the euro-constituency of Essex West & Hertfordshire East until 1999.
Hugh le Despenser Hugh le Despenser (or Hugh Despenser) was the name of five English lords during the 13th and 14th centuries, in a direct line of descent. The 3rd and 4th of these are by the far the best-known, for their prominent role in the reign of Edward II.
Hugh L. Scott Hugh Lenox Scott (September 22, 1853 - April 30,1934) was a post-Civil War West Point graduate who immediately saw service on the frontier. As a young commissioned lieutenant in the 7th Cavalry, he was assigned to the quarters only recently vacated by the widow of George Armstrong Custer.
Hugh Lane Sir Hugh Percy Lane (November 9,1875 – May 7,1915). Born in County Cork, Ireland, he is best known for establishing Dublin's Municipal Gallery of Modern Art (the first known public gallery of modern art in the world) and for his remarkable contribution to the visual arts in Ireland.
Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane is an art gallery funded by Dublin City Council and located in Charlemont House in Dublin, Ireland. Charlemont House was originally the town house of James Caulfeild, the 1st Earl of Charlemont and was designed by Sir William Chambers.
Hugh Lawson White Hugh Lawson White (October 30, 1773–April 10, 1840) was a prominent American politician during the first third of the 19th century. He succeeded General Jackson and served in the United States Senate, representing Tennessee, from 1825 until his resignation in 1840, and was a Whig candidate for President in 1836.
Hugh Lawson White Hill Hugh Lawson White Hill was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 4th congressional district. He was born on March 1, 1810 in McMinnville, Tennessee in Warren County.
Hugh Lawson, 6th Baron Burnham Hugh John Frederick Lawson, 6th Baron Burnham (August 15, 1931 - January 1, 2005) was a successful executive with The Daily Telegraph, prior to its takeover by Conrad Black in 1986, and later led a successful career in the House of Lords.
Hugh Lofting Hugh John Lofting (Maidenhead, Berkshire, England January 14, 1886 - Topanga, California September 26, 1947) was a British author, trained as a civil engineer, who created the character of Doctor Dolittle — one of the classics of children's literature.
Hugh MacDiarmid Hugh MacDiarmid was the pen name of Christopher Murray Grieve (August 11, 1892, Langholm - September 9, 1978), perhaps the most important Scottish poet of the 20th century. He was instrumental in creating a truly Scottish version of modernism and was, perhaps, the leading light in the Scottish Renaissance of the 20th century.
Hugh MacDonald (filmmaker) Hugh MacDonald is a film director who received an Academy Award for Animated Short Film for The Frog, The Dog and The Devil, made with the New Zealand National Film Unit and Martin Townsend. The New Zealand pavilion at Expo 70 in Osaka reflected the heritage of the host country....

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