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Hermann Gunnarsson Hermann Gunnarsson (commonly referred to by his nickname, Hemmi Gunn) is an Icelandic television and radio personality, performer and former soccer player. Hermann is mostly famous for hosting the top-rated talk show Á tali hjá Hemma Gunn on the public TV channel Sjónvarpið for many years in the 1980s and 1990s.
Hermann Guthe (geographer) Hermann Guthe (1824-74) was a German geographer, born at Andreasberg in the Harz region, and educated at Clausthal (1839-45), Göttingen (1845-47), and Berlin (1847-48), where he was a pupil of Ritter. In 1849 he obtained an appointment as teacher in the Lyceum of Hanover, and subsequently he taught mathematics at the Polytechnic High School of the same city.
Hermann Hackmann SS HauptsturmfĂĽhrer Hermann Heinrich Hackmann (1913- ) served as the lead guard in charge of protective custody at Majdanek Concentration Camp in Poland, where he was prosecuted for murder by the SS Judge Georg Konrad Morgen. Though he was initially sentenced to death, in the end he was simply shunted to a penal unit.
Hermann Höcherl Hermann Höcherl (March 31 1912–May 18 1989) was a German politician of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU). After first being elected to the Bundestag in 1961, he was Minister of the Interior until 1965 and then Minister for Food, Agricultur and Forests until 1969.
Hermann Heinrich Gossen Hermann Heinrich Gossen (7 September 1810 in Düren – 13 February 1858 in Cologne) was a Prussian economist. In his book Die Entwicklung der Gesetze des menschlichen Verkehrs und der daraus fließenden Regeln für menschliches Handeln (The Development of the Laws of Human Intercourse and the Consequent Rules of Human Action), he was the first to elaborate a general theory of marginal utility.
Hermann Heller (legal scholar) Hermann Heller (17 July 1891 - 5 November 1933) was a German-Austrian legal scholar and philosopher active in the non-Marxist wing of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) during the Weimar Republic. He attempted to formulate the theoretical foundations of the social-democratic relations to the state, and nationalism.
Hermann Hendrich Hermann Hendrich (born 31 October 1854 in Heringen in Thuringia, Germany; died 18 July 1931 in Schreiberhau in Niederschlesien, Germany) was a German painter. In 1901 Hendrich created five large paintings for the interior of the Walpurgis Hall Walpurgishalle at the ‘Hexentanzplatz’ in the Harz Mountains.
Hermann Hoth Hermann "Papa" Hoth (12 April 1885 - 26 January 1971) was a general of the Third Reich during World War II, notable for victories in France and on the Eastern Front, and later, after serving six years in prison for war crimes, as a writer on military history.
Hermann I Hermann I (d. April 25, 1217), landgrave of Thuringia and count with the composition of the Latin hymns Veni Sancte Spiritus, Salve palatine of Saxony, was the second son of Louis II the Hard, II landgrave of Thuringia, and Judith of Hohenstaufen, sister of the emperor Frederick I.
Hermann II of Celje Hermann II, Count of Celje (Count of Cilli, Slovene Herman II. Celjski) (about 1365 - 13 October 1435), Ban of Croatia, Slovenia and Dalmatia, was son of Hermann I, Count of Celje and his wife Katerina of Bosnia.
Hermann Jaeger Hermann Jaeger (b. March 23, 1844), who was a native of Switzerland, was a celebrated oenologist and recipient of the French Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor for his part in saving the French wine industry from the deadly phylloxera louse.
Hermann Jónasson Hermann Jónasson (December 25, 1896–January 22, 1976) was an Icelandic politician of the Progressive Party, who was Prime Minister of Iceland on two occasions. He served his first term from 28 July 1934 to 16 May 1942.
Hermann Kennemann Hermann Kennemann-Klenka (1815-1910) was a Prussian politician and landowner, co-founder of the German Eastern Marches Society. He was notable as one of the main supporters of germanization of Polish lands then ruled by German Empire.
Hermann Kriebel Hermann Kriebel (1876–1941) was a retired lieutenant colonel and former Bavarian staff officer. He had fought with the Freikorps during the White counterrevolution and in 1923 became the military leader of the Kampfbund, the league of 'patriotic' and fighting societies which included Hitler's Nazi party and SA; the Oberland League; and Ernst Röhm's Reichskriegflagge.
Hermann Langbein Hermann Langbein (18 May 1912 - 24 October 1995) was an Austrian who fought in the Spanish Civil War with the International Brigades for the Spanish Republicans against the Nationalists under Francisco Franco. He was interned in France after the end of the Spanish Civil War, and then sent to German concentration camps after the fall of France in 1940.
Hermann Löns Hermann Löns (August 29 1866 - September 26 1914) was a German journalist and writer. He is most famous as "The Poet Of The Heath" for his novels and poems celebrating the people and landscape of the North German moors, particularly the Lüneburg Heath in Lower Saxony.
Hermann Loew Friedrich Hermann Loew (July 19, 1807 - April 21, 1879), was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges. He described many world species and was the first specialist to work on the Diptera of the United States.
Hermann Maas Hermann Maas (5 August, 1877 –; 27 September 1970) was a Protestant minister, a doctor of theology and named one of the Righteous Among the Nations, a title given by the Israeli organization for study and remembrance of the Holocaust - Yad Vashem, for people who helped save the lives of Jews during the Holocaust without seeking to gain thereby.
Hermann Maier Hermann Maier (born December 7, 1972, Altenmarkt) is an Austrian skier who has won four overall World Cup titles (1998, 2000, 2001, 2004), two Olympic gold medals (both in 1998), three World Championship titles (1999: 2, 2005: 1) and 53 races in the World Cup. He ranks among the likes of Jean-Claude Killy, Ingemar Stenmark, Toni Sailer, Alberto Tomba, Kjetil André Aamodt and Franz Klammer as one of the best exponents of the sport.
Hermann MĂĽller (botanist) Hermann MĂĽller (1829-1883), German botanist who provided important evidence for Darwin's theory of evolution. He was the author in 1873 of Die Befruchtung der Blumen durch Insekten, a book translated at the suggestion of Darwin in 1883 as The fertilisation of flowers.
Hermann Müller (politician) Hermann Müller (May 18, 1876 – March 20, 1931), born in Mannheim, was a German Social Democratic politician who served as Foreign Minister (1919-1920), and twice as Chancellor of Germany (1920, 1928-1930) under the Weimar Republic. In his capacity as Foreign Minister, he was one of the German signatories of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919.
Hermann MĂĽller (Thurgau) Hermann MĂĽller (October 21, 1850 - January 18, 1927) was a Swiss botanist and oenologist from the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. He is known for creating the MĂĽller-Thurgau in 1882, a variety of grape still used in winemaking.
Hermann Muthesius Adam Gottlieb Hermann Muthesius (April 20, 1861 - October 29, 1927), known as Hermann Muthesius, was a German architect, author and diplomat, perhaps best known for promoting many of the ideas of the English Arts and Crafts movement within Germany and for his subsequent influence on early pioneers of German architectural modernism such as the Bauhaus.
Hermann Otto II of Limburg Stirum General Hermann Otto II of Limburg Stirum (April 1, 1646 - Donauwörth, July 8, 1704), count of Limburg Stirum and Bronckhorst, sovereign lord zu Gemen, was the son of Adolf Ernst of Limburg Stirum and an imperial army commander.
Hermann Ottomar Herzog Hermann Ottomar Herzog (November 15, 1831 - February 6, 1932) was a prominent nineteenth- and early twentieth-century European and American artist, primarily known for his landscapes. He was born in Bremen, Germany and entered the Dusseldorf Academy at age seventeen.
Hermann Park Hermann Park is one of Houston's finest and most-visited public parks. Situated between Fannin Street and North MacGregor Way, it is within walking distance from the Texas Medical Center, Rice University, and the Museum District, and within a few miles of the Third Ward, the historic Astrodome and Reliant Stadium (home stadium for the Houston Texans).
Hermann Paul Hermann Otto Theodor Paul (August 7, 1846, Salbke – December 29, 1921, Munich) was a German linguist and lexicographer. He was professor for German language and literature in Freiburg in the Breisgau as well as Munich, and he was a prominent Neogrammarian.
Hermann Rauschning Hermann Rauschning (born 1887 in Thorn, Imperial Germany (present Toruń, Poland) - 1982) was a German conservative and reactionary who joined the Nazi Party, and became the president of the Danzig Senate. After resigning, he fled Germany and became a bitter opponent of Nazism.
Hermann Rorschach Hermann Rorschach [IPA: heɐman ʁoɐʃax] (8 November 1884 Zurich - 2 April 1922 Herisau) was a Swiss Freudian psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, best known for developing a projective test known, from his name, as the Rorschach inkblot test.
Hermann Samuel Reimarus Hermann Samuel Reimarus (December 22, 1694, Hamburg - March 1, 1768, Hamburg), a German philosopher and writer of the Enlightenment who is remembered for his Deism, the doctrine that human reason can arrive at a knowledge of God and ethics from a study of nature and our own internal reality, so we do not need religions based on revelation. He denied the reality of miracles and is credited with initiating historians' investigation of the historical Jesus.
Hermann Staudinger German chemist Hermann Staudinger (March 23, 1881 – September 8, 1965) discovered a chemical reaction known as the Staudinger reaction. He later received the 1953 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his characterization of polymers.
Hermann Strack Hermann Leberecht Strack was a German Protestant theologian and Orientalist; born at Berlin May 6, 1848. Since 1877 he was assistant professor of Old Testament exegesis and Semitic languages at the University of Berlin.
Hermann Struve Karl Hermann Struve (October 3 1854 – August 12 1920 ,Bad Herrenalb, Black Forest) was a German astronomer born in Saint Peterburg, Russia, part of the famous Struve family of astronomers. In Russian, his name is sometimes given as German Ottovich Struve (Герман Оттович Струве) or German Ottonovich Struve (Герман Оттонович Струве); however, he spent much of the latter part of his career in Germany.
Hermann Sudermann Hermann Sudermann (September 30, 1857- November 21, 1928), German dramatist and novelist, was born at Matziken/Heydekrug in East Prussia, close to the Russian frontier, of a Mennonite family long settled near Elbing.
Hermann Szobel Hermann Szobel is/was a pianist and composer. He produced and recorded one album, titled "Szobel," at the age of 18, demonstrating, in the words of a "Down Beat" reviewer (9 September 1976), "a conception and technique far in advance of most musicians twice his age.
Hermann Trophy The Hermann Trophy is awarded annually by the Missouri Athletic Club to the United States's top male and female college soccer players. The Hermann trophy merged in 2002 with the MAC Award, to create a unified trophy for the top college soccer player of the year.
Hermann Ungar Hermann Ungar (April 20, 1893, Boskovice – October 28, 1929, Prague) was a Bohemian writer (in the German language) and an officer in Czechoslovakia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. His novels were influenced by expressionism and psychoanalysis.
Hermann van Pels Hermann van Pels (31 March 1898–October 1944) was a German-Jewish refugee who hid with Anne Frank and her family during the occupation of The Netherlands by Nazi Germany , and who was killed in the Auschwitz concentration camp after they were betrayed to the Gestapo. When Anne Frank's diary was published in 1947 the names of all those mentioned apart from those of the Frank family were changed.
Hermann von Boyen Leopold Hermann Ludwig von Boyen (20 June 1771 – February 15 1848) served as an army officer who helped to reform the Prussian army in the early 19th century. He also served as minister of war of Prussia in the period 1 March 1841 - 6 October 1847.
Hermann von Helmholtz Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz (August 31, 1821 – September 8, 1894) was a German physician and physicist. In the words of the 1911 Britannica, "his life from first to last was one of devotion to science, and he must be accounted, on intellectual grounds, as one of the foremost men of the 19th century.
Hermann von PĂĽckler-Muskau FĂĽrst Hermann Ludwig Heinrich von PĂĽckler-Muskau (en: Prince Hermann Ludwig Heinrich von PĂĽckler-Muskau) (30 October 1785 - 4 February 1871) was a German nobleman, who was an excellent artist in landscape gardening and wrote widely appreciated books, mostly about his travels in Europe and Northern Africa (ps. "Semilasso").
Hermann von Schmid Hermann von Schmid (1815-80) was a German novelist and dramatist, born at Weizenkirchen, Austria, and educated at Munich. In 1870 he became manager of the Gärtnerthor Theatre in Munich, but resigned the position after a few years.
Hermann von Siemens Hermann von Siemens (August 9, 1885-October 13, 1986) was a German industrialist who became head of the German electrical and electronics company Siemens AG in 1941 and served until 1956. He died at the age of 101.
Hermann W. Vogel Hermann Wilhelm Vogel (1834–1898) was a German photochemist and photographer who made key contributions to practical color photography. From 1860 he was a professor at Berlin's Technische Hochschule (from 1879, the Technical University of Berlin), where he introduced photography as a field of study.
Hermann Weinbuch Hermann Weinbuch (born March 22 1960) is a former West German nordic combined skier who won four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships during the 1980's. In 1985, he won the 15 km individual and 3 x 10 km team gold medals, then followed it up two years later with two more medals (gold: 3 x 10 km, bronze: 15 km individual).
Hermann Weyl Hermann Weyl (November 9 1885 – December 9 1955) was a German mathematician. Although much of his working life was spent in Zürich and then Princeton, he is closely identified with the University of Göttingen tradition of mathematics, represented by David Hilbert and Hermann Minkowski.
Hermann Witsius Hermann Witsius (Herman Wits or Hermannus Witsius) (February 12, 1636 - October 22, 1708), Dutch theologian, was born at Enkhuisen, North Holland, and studied at Groningen, Leiden and Utrecht. He was ordained to the ministry, becoming pastor at Westwoud in 1656 and afterwards at Wormeren, Goesen, and Leeuwaarden, and became professor of divinity successively at the University of Franeker in 1675 and then at the University of Utrecht in 1680.
Hermann-Mauguin notation Hermann-Mauguin notation is used to represent the symmetry elements in point-, plane- and space groups. It is named after the German crystallographer Carl Hermann and the French minerologist Charles-Victor Mauguin.
Hermann, Freiherr von Soden Baron Hermann von Soden (1852-1914), German biblical scholar, was born in Cincinnati on the 16th of August 1852, and was educated at the University of TĂĽbingen. He was minister of Dresden-Striesen in 1881 and in 1887 became minister of the Jerusalem Church in Berlin.
Hermannsdenkmal The Hermannsdenkmal (German for Hermann monument) is located in North Rhine Westphalia in Germany in the Southern part of the Teutoburg Forest, which is southwest of Detmold in the district of Lippe. (Location: .
Hermannus Contractus Hermannus Contractus (also called Hermannus Augiensis, Hermann of Reichenau) (1013 July 18 – 1054 September 24) was an 11th century scholar, composer, and music theorist. Hermannus was a son of the duke of Altshausen.
Hermano Hermano is a music band which formed in 1998 as a side project and became a popular group in stoner rock circles. The original lineup consisted of vocalist John Garcia (Kyuss, Unida), bassist Dandy Brown (Orquesta del Desierto), drummer Steve Earle (Afghan Whigs) and guitarists Mike Callahan (Earshot, Disengage) and David Angstrom (Banger, Supafuzz, Black Cat Bone, Devil May Care).
Hermano Pule Hermano Pule, (1815-1841) was born Apolinario de la Cruz in barrio Pandác, Lucbán,Tayabas (now Quezon), but is better known as "Hermano Pule". He led the first major revolt in the Philippines, based on a struggle for religious freedom.
Hermanus Hermanus (originally called Hermanuspietersfontein) is a town (population 48,346) on the southern coast of South Africa and is famous as a place from which to watch whales during the southern winter and spring. It forms part of the Western Cape and is a popular retirement town.
Hermanus Magnetic Observatory The Hermanus Magnetic Observatory (HMO) is South Africa's national geomagnetic research facility. The observatory is situated in the town of Hermanus in the Western Cape Province and is a National Research Facility of the National Research Foundation of South Africa.
Hermaphrodite In zoology and botany, a hermaphrodite is an organism that possesses both male and female sex organs during its lifeMerriam-Webster Dictionary. In many species, hermaphroditism is a common part of the life-cycle, particularly in some asexual animals and some plants.
Hermaphrodite brig A hermaphrodite brig, or brig-schooner, is a type of two-masted sailing ship which has square sails on the foremast combined with a schooner rig on the mainmast (triangular topsail over a gaff mainsail). As such it has a mix of the two main types of sail plan, hence the term hermaphrodite.
Hermaphroditus In Greek mythology, Hermaphroditus or Hermaphroditos (Greek ) was the child of Aphrodite and Hermes, born a remarkably handsome boy but was transformed into a hermaphrodite by union with the nymph Salmacis.The seer Tiresias had experienced life as a man and as a woman, but not the two at the same time: Hermaphroditus is unique in Greek myth.
Hermarchus Hermarchus (in Greek Eρμαρχoς), sometimes, but incorrectly, written Hermachus. He was a son of Agemarchus, a poor man of Mytilene (in insular Greece), and was at first brought up as a rhetorician, but afterwards became a faithful disciple of Epicurus, who left to him his garden, and appointed him his successor as the head of his school, about 270 BC.
Hermóðr Hermóðr the Brave (Old Norse Hermóðr 'Courage-Battle') appears, in Norse mythology, clearly among the gods only in Snorri Sturluson's Gylfaginning where Hermóðr is the messenger sent by Odin to find out what ransom Hel would accept to return Baldr to Ásgarðr.
Hermóðr-class The Hermóðr-class battleship is a fictional space vessel from the Japanese video game series Super Robot Wars (SRW). It appeared as a flagship of the Ze Balmary Imperial Fleet in Shin SRW,SRW Alpha, and the latest installment in the series, SRW Alpha 3: To the End of the Galaxy.
Hermán Gaviria Hermán Gaviria Carvajal (born November 27, 1969 in Carepa, Antioquia – died October 24, 2002 in Cali) was a Colombian football midfielder, who played in the 1994 World Cup for Colombia. He played for Atlético Nacional, Deportivo Cali and
Hermeias Hermeias (in Greek Eρμειας or Eρμιας; died 220 BC) was a Carian by birth, who had raised himself to be the favourite and chief minister of Seleucus III Ceraunus (225–223 BC), and was left at the head of affairs in Syria by that monarch when he set out on the expedition across the Taurus Mountains, in the course of which he met with his death, 223 BC. That event placed Hermeias in the possession of almost undisputed power, the young king, Antiochus III (223–187 BC), being then only in his 15th year; and his jealous and grasping disposition led him to remove as far as possible all competitors for power.
Hermenegild Saint Hermenegild (d. 13 April 585 AD), or Saint Ermengild (from Germanic Ermen Gild: "inmense tribute"), was a member of the Visigoth Royal Family in Spain, important in the nation's conversion to the Catholic faith.
Hermenegildo Capelo Hermenegildo de Brito Capelo (1841 in Palmela - 1917 in Lisbon), was a famous Portuguese explorer of Africa and a Portuguese Navy official. He participated with Roberto Ivens in the famous crossing of Southern Africa, between Angola and Mozambique.
Hermeneutics Hermeneutics may be described as the development and study of theories of the interpretation and understanding of texts. In contemporary usage, hermeneutics often refers to study of the interpretation of Biblical texts.
Hermeric Hermeric (in Spanish, Hermerico) (d.441), king of the eastern Germanic Suebi (409–438), who had migrated to the eastern shore of the Rhine, led his people across the frozen river in the famous influx of loosely allied peoples—including the Vandals and Alans—in December 409.
Hermes Hermes (, Greek ), in Greek mythology, is the Olympian god of boundaries and of the travelers who cross them, of shepherds and cowherds, of orators and wit, of literature and poets, of athletics, of weights and measures and invention and commerce in general, and of the cunning of thieves and liars.W.
Hermes & Renato "Hermes & Renato" is a comedy show broadcasted by MTV Brazil that spawned the (fake) heavy metal band Massacration, which acquired a huge success on Brazil. It's played by the actors Marco AntĂ´nio (Hermes), Fausto Fanti (Renato), Adriano Pereira, Bruno Alexandre, Felipe Fagundes and Gil Brother.
Hermes (Museo Pio-Clementino) The Hermes of the Museo Pio-Clementino, part of the Vatican collections, Rome, was long admired as the Belvedere Antinous, named from its prominent placement in the Cortile del Belvedere. Its idealized face is not in fact that of Antinous, the Emperor Hadrian's beloved.
Hermes (shuttle) Hermes was a proposed mini-shuttle designed by the European Space Agency which was superficially similar to the US X-20. The program was greenlit by the French government in 1978, but the project only officially started in November 1987, scheduled for service in 1995, and was finally terminated in 1993 after changes in the financial and political landscape had removed the arguments for Hermes.
Hermes Communications Technology Satellite The Hermes Communications Technology Satellite was an experimental high-power direct broadcast communications satellite which was also known as the CTS or simply as the Hermes. It was a joint effort of Canada's Department of Communications, who designed and managed it, NASA who launched it and provided a traveling wave guide, the European Space Agency or ESA who provided the 1200 watt solar panels and other devices.
Hermes Logios (sculpture) Hermes Logios is a statue of Hermes of the Hermes Logios type in the Ludovisi Collection of the Palazzo Altemps (National Museum of Rome), Rome, Italy. It is a marble Roman copy (late 1st century to early 2nd century CE) after a Greek original of the 5th century BC, perhaps by Phidias.
Hermes Neves Soares Hermes Neves Soares nickname Hermes (born on September 19, 1974 in SĂŁo Paulo) is a Brazilian footballer (midfielder) playing currently for Korona Kielce . He was a member of U-21 Brazil national football team, which won the World Cup in 1993.
Hermes Pan (choreographer) Hermes Pan (December 10, 1909 – September 19, 1990) was an American dancer and choreographer, principally celebrated as Fred Astaire's choreographic collaborator on the famous 1930s movie musicals starring Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
Hermes RamĂ­rez Hermes JuliĂ n RamĂ­rez Limonta (born January 7, 1948) is a former sprinter from Cuba. Together with Juan Morales, Pablo Montes and Enrique Figuerola he won an Olympic silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay in Mexico City 1968.
Hermes Trismegistus Hermes Trismegistus (Greek for "thrice-great Hermes", Greek: Ερμής ο Τρισμέγιστος) or Mercurius ter Maximus in Latin, is the syncretism of the Greek god Hermes and the Egyptian Thoth.(Budge The Gods of the Egyptians Vol.
Hermesvilla Hermesvilla is an imperial villa in the Lainzer Tiergarten, Vienna that was a present from emperor Franz Joseph I to his wife empress Elisabeth. The villa was built in 1886 under the architect Karl von Hasenauer in the style of a historic country manor house.
Hermetic The word hermetic is commonly applied to literary or graphical symbolism that is exceedingly obscure, convoluted, or esoteric. In that context, and not in any other context, hermeticism is the deliberate use of hermetic imagery.
Hermetic Brotherhood of Light Although the origins of this order are not clear, the Hermetic Brotherhood of Light was a Fraternity that supposedly descended from the Frates Lucis in the late 18th century (in turn, derived from the German Order of the Golden and Rosy Cross), and was the seed from which Ordo Templi Orientis was created. In addition, The Hermetic Brotherhood of Light also seemed to be strongly connected with the Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor, and may perhaps be one and the same.
Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor The Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor was an initiatic occult organisation that first became public in late 1884, although according to an official document of the orderGodwin et al, 1995, pp.92-97 it begun its work in 1870.
Hermetic detector In particle physics, a hermetic detector (also called a 4Ď€ detector) is a particle detector designed to observe all possible decay products of an interaction between subatomic particles in a collider by covering as large an area around the interaction point as possible and incorporating multiple types of sub-detectors. They are typically roughly cyllindrical, with different types of detectors wrapped around each other; each detector type specializes in particular particles so that almost any particle will be detected and identified.
Hermetica Hermetica is a category of popular Late Antique literature purporting to contain secret wisdom, and generally attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, "thrice-great Hermes", a syncretism of the Greek god Hermes and the Egyptian Thoth. A collection of several such Greek texts from the second and third centuries, survivors from a more extensive literature, were compiled into a Corpus Hermeticum by Italian scholars during the Renaissance.
Hermias Obscure Christian Apologist, presumed to have lived in 3rd century, nothing is known of him, except his name. He wrote a Derison of gentile philosophers, a short parody on Greek Philosophy themes (the nature of the body, the soul, the world).
Herminio da Palma Inácio Herminio da Palma Inacio was a Portuguese revolutionary against the Salazar dictatorship. Famously, he hijacked an airplane in Morocco, forced it to fly over Lisbon dropping leaflets calling for free elections.
Hermione Gingold Hermione Gingold (December 9, 1897-May 24, 1987) was an English actress known for her sharp-tongued, eccentric persona, an image enhanced by her sharp nose and chin, as well as her deepening voice, a result of vocal nodes which her mother encouraged her not to remove. She appeared on stage, on radio, in films, on television, and in recordings.
Hermione Gulliford Hermione Gulliford is an English actress, born in Somerset. She has worked extensively in the theatre, including The Merchant of Venice, Othello, and A Midsummer Night's Dream with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Hermissenda crassicornis Hermissenda crassicornis is a nudibranch of the Glaucidae family. Its distribution is from Kodiak Island, Alaska, to Punta Eugenia, Mexico, and they have additionally been observed in Bahia de los Angeles, Gulf of California, and in Japan.
Hermit A hermit (from the Greek erēmos, signifying "desert", "uninhabited", hence "desert-dweller") is a person who lives to some greater or lesser degree in seclusion and/or isolation from society.
Hermit crab Hermit crabs are decapod crustaceans of the superfamily Paguroidea , not closely related to true crabs. Most hermit crabs salvage empty seashells to shelter and protect their soft abdomens, from which they derive the name "hermit".
Hermit House 'Hermit House' is an inhabited sandcastle in Herzliya, Israel, situated off the edge of cliff near Nof Yam Beach. It's owner and sole creator, Nissim Cachlon has been building the structure by hand since the late 1970s, tunneling deep into the cliff side and using natural sea materials.
Hermit kingdom Hermit kingdom is a term applied to any country or society which walls itself off (metaphorically or physically) from the rest of the world. Korea was frequently described as a hermit kingdom during the latter part of the Joseon Dynasty.
Hermit kingdom (Korea) Hermit kingdom is a label that Westerners have often applied to Korea, particularly to the Joseon dynasty and to contemporary North Korea. The claim that Korea was a hermit kingdom has increasingly been seen as erroneous in recent times.
Hermit Park, Queensland Hermit Park is a suburb and Residential enclave of Townsville, Queensland. It is a mixture of predominatly Residential premises, Commercial and light-Industrial businesses, as well as serving as a public services hub.
Hermit Road Hermit Road was the first home stadium of London football club Thames Ironworks, the team that would become West Ham United, and was located in Canning Town. Thames had taken over the tenancy of the ground in the summer of 1895 from Old Castle Swifts F.
Hermit Songs Hermit Songs is a cycle of ten songs for voice and piano by Samuel Barber. Written in 1953 on a grant from the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation, it takes as its basis a collection of anonymous poems written by Irish monks and scholars from the 8th to the 13th centuries.
Hermit Thrush The Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) is a medium-sized North American thrush. It is not very closely related to the other North American migrant species of Catharus, but rather to the Russet Nightingale-thrush (Winker & Pruett, 2006).
Hermit's Cave The Hermit's Cave, situated on Scenic Hill on the outskirts of the town of Griffith, New South Wales, Australia, is in fact a complex of stone structures. These structures include shelters, terraced gardens, water cisterns, dry-stone walling and linking bridges, stairways and paths that stretch intermittently across more than a kilometre of the escarpment.
Hermit's Rest Hermit's Rest is a structure built in 1914 at the western end of Hermit Road, at the south rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona, United States. The main structure of Hermit's Rest was designed by southwest architect Mary Colter.
Hermitage Amsterdam Hermitage Amsterdam or Hermitage on the Amstel is a dependency of the Hermitage Museum of Saint Petersburg on the Amstel river in Amsterdam. The dependency is located at the former Amstelhof, a classical style building from 1681.

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