- Hay, Timothy (American writer)
Margaret Wise Brown was a prolific American writer of childrenâs literature whose books, many of them classics, continue to engage generations of children and their parents. Brown attended Hollins College (now Hollins University) in Roanoke, Virginia, where she earned a B.A. in 1932. After further
- HayâBunau-Varilla Treaty (United States-Panama [1903])
HayâBunau-Varilla Treaty, (November 18, 1903), agreement between the United States and Panama granting exclusive canal rights to the United States across the Isthmus of Panama in exchange for financial reimbursement and guarantees of protection to the newly established republic. The United States
- HayâHerrĂĄn Treaty (United States-Colombia [1903])
Bidlack Treaty: âŠrights, and in 1903 the HayâHerrĂĄn Treaty was concluded between the United States and Colombia. The Colombian senate, however, withheld ratification to secure better terms. Thereupon the U.S. government engineered the secession of Panama from Colombia and then reached an agreement (HayâBunau-Varilla Treaty) with the new Republic of Panama, byâŠ
- HayâPauncefote Treaty (United States-United Kingdom [1900â1901])
HayâPauncefote Treaty, (1900â01), either of two agreements between Britain and the United States, the second of which freed the United States from a previous commitment to accept international control of the Panama Canal. After negotiations between U.S. Secretary of State John Milton Hay and
- Haya (people)
Haya, East African people who speak a Bantu language (also called Haya) and inhabit the northwestern corner of Tanzania between the Kagera River and Lake Victoria. Two main ethnic elements exist in the populationâthe pastoral Hima, who are probably descendants of wandering Nilotes, and the more
- haya (tree)
beech: Major species: The Mexican beech, or haya (F. mexicana), a timber tree often 40 metres (130 feet) tall, has wedge-shaped leaves. The Oriental beech (F. orientalis), a pyramidal Eurasian tree about 30 metres (100 feet) tall, has a grayish white trunk and wavy-margined wedge-shaped leaves up to 15âŠ
- Haya de la Torre, VĂctor RaĂșl (Peruvian political theorist)
VĂctor RaĂșl Haya de la Torre was a Peruvian political theorist and activist who founded (1924) and led APRA, a political party that became the vehicle for radical dissent in Peru. The son of wealthy parents, Haya de la Torre became a student leader and was deported in 1923 after leading a mass
- Hayabusa (Japanese train)
railroad: Japan: The Hayabusa (âFalconâ) train, introduced on the Tohoku line in 2011, is capable of reaching 300 km (185 miles) per hour.
- Hayabusa (Japanese spacecraft)
Hayabusa, is a series of Japanese spacecraft that explored asteroids. The first, Hayabusa, studied the asteroid Itokawa and returned a sample container of dust grains to Earth in 2010. The second, Hayabusa2, arrived at the asteroid Ryugu in June 2018 and returned to Earth with a sample from that
- Hayabusa2 (Japanese spacecraft)
Hayabusa: Hayabusa2: Hayabusa2 launched on December 3, 2014, from Kagoshima to the asteroid Ryugu. The spacecraft had the same basic design as the first Hayabusa. However, instead of one rover, it carried three: the MINERVA-II1 rovers 1A and 1B and MINERVA-II2 rover 2. It also had aâŠ
- Hayachine, Mount (mountain, Japan)
Kitakami Mountains: The highest peak, Mount Hayachine, rises to an elevation of 6,280 feet (1,914 metres) in the centre of the range.
- Hayagrīva (Buddhist god)
Buddhism: Local gods and demons: âŠgod of wealth; and especially Hayagriva, a fierce horse-faced god who is powerful in driving off unconverted demonic forces. The Mahayana and Vajrayana traditions have also identified local deities as manifestations of various buddhas and bodhisattvas. This process is particularly prominent in Japan, where the identification of buddhas and bodhisattvasâŠ
- Hayakawa, S.I. (United States senator)
S.I. Hayakawa was a scholar, university president, and U.S. senator from California (1977â83). He is best known for his popular writings on semantics and for his career as president of San Francisco State College (now San Francisco State University). Hayakawa was educated at the University of
- Hayakawa, Samuel Ichiyé (United States senator)
S.I. Hayakawa was a scholar, university president, and U.S. senator from California (1977â83). He is best known for his popular writings on semantics and for his career as president of San Francisco State College (now San Francisco State University). Hayakawa was educated at the University of
- Hayali Bey (poet)
Turkish literature: Movements and poets: Hayali Bey, the most influential poet of the first half of the 16th century, was the son of a timar sipahĂź (feudal cavalryman) from Rumeli, in the Balkans. He began his career with a troupe of wandering dervishes and eventually came under the protection ofâŠ
- Hayam Wuruk (ruler of Majapahit)
Hayam Wuruk was the ruler of the Javan Hindu state of Majapahit at the time of its greatest power. Hayam Wuruk inherited the throne in 1350 at the age of 16, when the great patih (âprime ministerâ) Gajah Mada was at the height of his career. Under the two leaders, Majapahit extended its power
- Hayami Masaru (Japanese banker and business executive)
Hayami Masaru was a Japanese banker and business executive who, as governor (1998â2003) of the Bank of Japan (BOJ), introduced striking reforms to the countryâs banking system. Hayami graduated from the Tokyo University of Commerce in 1947 and joined the BOJ that year. He remained with the central
- hayashi (Japanese music)
hayashi, in Japanese music, any of various combinations of flute and percussion instruments. In nĆ and kabuki drama, the hayashi normally consists of a flute plus the hourglass-shaped hand drum (ko-tsuzumi) held on the right shoulder, the larger o-tsuzumi held on the left hip, and the taiko
- Hayashi Fumiko (Japanese author)
Hayashi Fumiko was a Japanese novelist whose realistic stories deal with urban working-class life. Hayashi lived an unsettled life until 1916, when she went to Onomichi, where she stayed until graduation from high school in 1922. In her lonely childhood she grew to love literature, and when she
- Hayashi GahĆ (Japanese scholar)
Hayashi Razan: GahĆ, Hayashiâs third son (also called Harukatsu), became his fatherâs successor as chief official scholar; and DokkĆsai, Hayashiâs fourth son (also called Morikatsu), was also employed by the shogunate. During their fatherâs lifetime they collaborated with him in compiling histories; and after his death theyâŠ
- Hayashi Hiromori (Japanese musician)
Japanese music: Religious and military music: A court musician, Hayashi Hiromori (1831â96), is credited with the melody, which was given its premiere in 1880 and has remained the national anthem since that time. Hayashi first wrote it in traditional gagaku notation, and Eckert âcorrectedâ it with Western harmonization, noting that it fit in bothâŠ
- Hayashi Morikatsu (Japanese scholar)
Hayashi Razan: âŠas chief official scholar; and DokkĆsai, Hayashiâs fourth son (also called Morikatsu), was also employed by the shogunate. During their fatherâs lifetime they collaborated with him in compiling histories; and after his death they assembled the Hayashi Razan bunshĆ« (âCollected Works of Hayashi Razanâ) and the Razan Sensei shishĆ« (âMasterâŠ
- Hayashi Nobukatsu (Japanese scholar)
Hayashi Razan was a Japanese scholar who, with his son and grandson, established the thought of the great Chinese Neo-Confucian philosopher Chu Hsi as the official doctrine of the Tokugawa shogunate (the hereditary military dictatorship through which the Tokugawa family ruled Japan from 1603 to
- Hayashi Razan (Japanese scholar)
Hayashi Razan was a Japanese scholar who, with his son and grandson, established the thought of the great Chinese Neo-Confucian philosopher Chu Hsi as the official doctrine of the Tokugawa shogunate (the hereditary military dictatorship through which the Tokugawa family ruled Japan from 1603 to
- Hayashi Senjërà (prime minister of Japan)
Hayashi Senjërà was an army officer and later prime minister of Japan. Hayashi was a graduate of the Military Academy and Military Staff College and held many responsible posts. In 1931, as commander of Japanese troops in Korea, Hayashi ordered his forces to march into Manchuria, beginning the
- Hayashi Shihei (Japanese military strategist)
Hayashi Shihei was a Japanese scholar, a specialist in military affairs, who first drew attention to Japanâs inadequate military and maritime defenses. Hayashi was the son of an official of the shogunate, Japanâs hereditary military dictatorship. After entering the service of the Sendai clan in
- Hayashi Tadasu, Count (Japanese diplomat)
Count Hayashi Tadasu was a Japanese diplomat who negotiated the Anglo-Japanese Alliance of 1902. Hayashi studied in England, but upon his return home in 1868, at the time of the Meiji Restoration, he joined a short-lived rebellion of diehard Tokugawa loyalists against the new imperial government.
- Hayastan
Armenia, landlocked country of Transcaucasia, lying just south of the great mountain range of the Caucasus and fronting the northwestern extremity of Asia. To the north and east Armenia is bounded by Georgia and Azerbaijan, while its neighbours to the southeast and west are, respectively, Iran and
- Hayastani Hanrapetutâyun
Armenia, landlocked country of Transcaucasia, lying just south of the great mountain range of the Caucasus and fronting the northwestern extremity of Asia. To the north and east Armenia is bounded by Georgia and Azerbaijan, while its neighbours to the southeast and west are, respectively, Iran and
- កayÄt al-áž„ayawÄn (encyclopaedia by ad-DamÄ«rÄ«)
ad-DamÄ«rÄ«: His encyclopaedia, កayÄt al-áž„ayawÄn (c. 1371; partial Eng. trans. by A.S.G. Jayakar, A Zoological Lexicon, 2 vol.), is extant in three Arabic versions of different lengths and in Persian, Turkish, and Latin translations. It treats in alphabetical order the 931 animals mentioned in the QurÊŸÄn, in theâŠ
- Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (Syrian militant group)
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), militant Islamist group in Syria that emerged during the Syrian Civil War (2011â ) and in 2024 led rebel forces to oust Assad, ending his familyâs five-decade rule. HTS was formally created in 2017 through the merger of several rebel organizations, the core of which was
- haydamak (Ukrainian peasantry)
Ukraine: Right Bank and western Ukraine until the Partitions of Poland: âŠby bands of rebels called haydamaks (Turkish: âfreebootersâ or âmaraudersâ). The most violent, known as the Koliivshchyna, occurred in 1768 and was put down only with the help of Russian troops.
- កaydar, Shaykh (áčąafavid leader)
Shaykh កaydar was one of the founders of the áčąafavid state (1501â1736) in Iran. កaydar inherited the leadership of the áčąafavid order, a ShÄ«Êżite Muslim movement centred on ArdabÄ«l (now in northwest Iran). He was raised in the city of Amid, but when the Kara Koyunlu empire in western Iran
- Haydarabad (Pakistan)
Hyderabad, city, south-central Sind province, southeastern Pakistan. It lies on the most northerly hill of the Ganjo Takkar ridge, just east of the Indus River. One of the largest cities in Pakistan, it is a communications centre, connected by rail with Peshawar and Karachi and with Indian railways
- Haydée, Marcia (Brazilian-born dancer and choreographer)
John Neumeier: âŠdancing caught the attention of Marcia HaydĂ©e. He was hired to dance with the Stuttgart Ballet by its South African director, John Cranko. In 1969 Neumeier was appointed director of ballet in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, where he was noted for his reinterpretations of classics. From Frankfurt he moved (1973)âŠ
- Hayden Planetarium (planetarium, New York City, New York, United States)
Neil deGrasse Tyson: âŠ1994, when he joined the Hayden Planetarium as a staff scientist. His research dealt with problems relating to galactic structure and evolution. He became acting director of the Hayden Planetarium in 1995 and director in 1996. From 1995 to 2005 he wrote monthly essays for Natural History magazine, some ofâŠ
- Haydenâs Ferry (Arizona, United States)
Tempe, city, Maricopa county, south-central Arizona, U.S. It lies along the Salt River and is a southern suburb of Phoenix. First settled (1872) by Charles Hayden, father of former Arizona senator Carl Hayden, it was called Haydenâs Ferry until renamed in 1880 for the Vale of Tempe, Greece. It is
- Hayden, Carl T. (American politician)
Carl T. Hayden was a Democratic political leader who served 56 years in both houses of the U.S. Congress (1912â69)âthe longest term in the nationâs history to that time. The son of an Arizona pioneer, young Hayden entered the flour-milling business and first became active in public life in the
- Hayden, Carl Trumbull (American politician)
Carl T. Hayden was a Democratic political leader who served 56 years in both houses of the U.S. Congress (1912â69)âthe longest term in the nationâs history to that time. The son of an Arizona pioneer, young Hayden entered the flour-milling business and first became active in public life in the
- Hayden, Carla (American librarian)
Carla Hayden is an American librarian who made history in 2016 as the first woman and the first African American to serve as the Librarian of Congress, a position that she held until 2025. She is known for defending library usersâ privacy and for her efforts to ensure widespread access to public
- Hayden, Carla Diane (American librarian)
Carla Hayden is an American librarian who made history in 2016 as the first woman and the first African American to serve as the Librarian of Congress, a position that she held until 2025. She is known for defending library usersâ privacy and for her efforts to ensure widespread access to public
- Hayden, Ferdinand Vandiveer (American geologist)
Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden was an American geologist who was a pioneer investigator of the western United States. His explorations and geologic studies of the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains helped lay the foundation of the U.S. Geological Survey. In 1853 Hayden made a trip with the paleontologist
- Hayden, Matthew (Australian cricketer)
Brian Lara: âŠ380 runs posted by Australian Matthew Hayden in 2003.
- Hayden, Melissa (American ballet dancer)
Melissa Hayden was a Canadian-born ballet dancer, whose technical and dramatic skills shone in the many and various roles she created. Hayden began studying dance while a schoolgirl. In 1945 she went to New York City and found a position in the corps de ballet at Radio City Music Hall. Within a few
- Hayden, Palmer (American artist)
Palmer Hayden was an African American painter who came to prominence during the Harlem Renaissance. He is known best for his seascapes and his lively depictions of everyday life in Harlem. Peyton Cole Hedgeman (as he was originally named) started drawing when he was a child. He moved to Washington,
- Hayden, Robert (American poet)
Robert Hayden was an American poet whose subject matter is most often the Black experience. He was the first African American to serve as consultant in poetry to the Library of Congress (a role that later became known as U.S. poet laureate). Hayden grew up in Detroit and attended Detroit City
- Hayden, Robert Earl (American poet)
Robert Hayden was an American poet whose subject matter is most often the Black experience. He was the first African American to serve as consultant in poetry to the Library of Congress (a role that later became known as U.S. poet laureate). Hayden grew up in Detroit and attended Detroit City
- Hayden, Sophia (American architect)
Sophia Hayden was an American architect who fought for the aesthetic integrity of her design for the Womanâs Building of the 1893 Worldâs Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The building was the only design of Haydenâs that was ever built. Hayden was educated in Boston, where from age six she lived
- Hayden, Sterling (American actor)
The Asphalt Jungle: Cast:
- Hayden, Thomas Emmett (American activist and author)
Tom Hayden was an American activist and author. One of the preeminent activists of the 1960s, Hayden helped found Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and was arrested as one of the Chicago Seven indicted for conspiracy to incite the riots that accompanied the 1968 Democratic Convention in
- Hayden, Tom (American activist and author)
Tom Hayden was an American activist and author. One of the preeminent activists of the 1960s, Hayden helped found Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and was arrested as one of the Chicago Seven indicted for conspiracy to incite the riots that accompanied the 1968 Democratic Convention in
- Hayder, Qurratulain (Indian writer)
Qurratulain Hyder was an Indian writer, editor, scholar, and translator who helped the novel become a serious genre of hitherto poetry-oriented Urdu literature. Her masterwork, Aag ka darya (1959; River of Fire), has been compared to those of Colombian novelist Gabriel GarcĂa MĂĄrquez and Czech
- Haydn, Franz Joseph (Austrian composer)
Joseph Haydn was an Austrian composer who was one of the most important figures in the development of the Classical style in music during the 18th century. He helped establish the forms and styles for the string quartet and the symphony. Haydn was the second son of humble parents. His father was a
- Haydn, Johann Michael (German musician)
Michael Haydn was one of the most accomplished composers of church music in the later 18th century. He was the younger brother of Joseph Haydn. Like his brother, Michael Haydn became a choirboy at St. Stephenâs Cathedral in Vienna, receiving his early musical instruction there. He was dismissed
- Haydn, Joseph (Austrian composer)
Joseph Haydn was an Austrian composer who was one of the most important figures in the development of the Classical style in music during the 18th century. He helped establish the forms and styles for the string quartet and the symphony. Haydn was the second son of humble parents. His father was a
- Haydn, Michael (German musician)
Michael Haydn was one of the most accomplished composers of church music in the later 18th century. He was the younger brother of Joseph Haydn. Like his brother, Michael Haydn became a choirboy at St. Stephenâs Cathedral in Vienna, receiving his early musical instruction there. He was dismissed
- Haydon, Benjamin Robert (English painter and writer)
Benjamin Robert Haydon was an English historical painter and writer, whose Autobiography has proved more enduring than his painting. The son of a Plymouth bookseller, Haydon went to London to attend the Royal Academy schools. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1807, but because of
- Haye, La (national seat of government, Netherlands)
The Hague, seat of government of the Netherlands. It is situated on a coastal plain, with the city centre just inland from the North Sea. The Hague is the administrative capital of the country and the home of the court and government, though Amsterdam is the official capital. The cityâs name
- Haye, Sir Gilbert of the (Scottish translator)
Sir Gilbert Hay was a Scottish translator of works from the French, whose prose translations are the earliest extant examples of literary Scots prose. Hay may have been the Gylbertus Hay named in the registers of St. Andrews University in 1418 and 1419. That he received a degree as a master of
- Hayek Jiménez, Salma Valgarma (Mexican American actress, director, and producer)
Salma Hayek is a Mexican American actress, director, and producer who, at the end of the 20th century, broke barriers as one of the first Latina actresses to establish a successful film career in the United States. Hayek grew up in Mexico but attended Catholic school in New Orleans before enrolling
- Hayek Pinault, Salma (Mexican American actress, director, and producer)
Salma Hayek is a Mexican American actress, director, and producer who, at the end of the 20th century, broke barriers as one of the first Latina actresses to establish a successful film career in the United States. Hayek grew up in Mexico but attended Catholic school in New Orleans before enrolling
- Hayek, F.A. (British economist)
F.A. Hayek was an Austrian-born British economist noted for his criticisms of the Keynesian welfare state and of totalitarian socialism. In 1974 he shared the Nobel Prize for Economics with Swedish economist Gunnar Myrdal. (Read Milton Friedmanâs Britannica entry on money.) Hayekâs father, August,
- Hayek, Friedrich A. (British economist)
F.A. Hayek was an Austrian-born British economist noted for his criticisms of the Keynesian welfare state and of totalitarian socialism. In 1974 he shared the Nobel Prize for Economics with Swedish economist Gunnar Myrdal. (Read Milton Friedmanâs Britannica entry on money.) Hayekâs father, August,
- Hayek, Friedrich August von (British economist)
F.A. Hayek was an Austrian-born British economist noted for his criticisms of the Keynesian welfare state and of totalitarian socialism. In 1974 he shared the Nobel Prize for Economics with Swedish economist Gunnar Myrdal. (Read Milton Friedmanâs Britannica entry on money.) Hayekâs father, August,
- Hayek, Friedrich von (British economist)
F.A. Hayek was an Austrian-born British economist noted for his criticisms of the Keynesian welfare state and of totalitarian socialism. In 1974 he shared the Nobel Prize for Economics with Swedish economist Gunnar Myrdal. (Read Milton Friedmanâs Britannica entry on money.) Hayekâs father, August,
- Hayek, Salma (Mexican American actress, director, and producer)
Salma Hayek is a Mexican American actress, director, and producer who, at the end of the 20th century, broke barriers as one of the first Latina actresses to establish a successful film career in the United States. Hayek grew up in Mexico but attended Catholic school in New Orleans before enrolling
- Hayeren
Armenian language, language that forms a separate branch of the Indo-European language family; it was once erroneously considered a dialect of Iranian. In the early 21st century the Armenian language is spoken by some 6.7 million individuals. The majority (about 3.4 million) of these live in
- Hayes Desk (Oval Office desk, White House, United States)
Resolute Desk, massive, elaborately carved, and historic desk made from the white oak and mahogany timbers of the British Royal Navy ship the HMS Resolute. Used by several U.S. presidents in the White House, the desk was given to Pres. Rutherford B. Hayes by Queen Victoria in 1880 as a symbol of
- Hayes River (river, Canada)
Hayes River, river in northeastern Manitoba, Canada, rising from several lakes in the central part of the province and flowing northeastward for 300 miles (500 km) across the Canadian Shield (a region of rocky, ice-smoothed hills dotted with lakes) to enter Hudson Bay at York Factory. The river,
- Hayes sonic depth finder (measurement device)
depth finder: âŠpractical depth sounders, the so-called Hayes sonic depth finder, developed by the U.S. Navy in 1919, consisted of (1) a device to generate and send sound waves to the ocean floor and receive the reflected waves and (2) a timer calibrated at the speed of sound in seawater that directlyâŠ
- Hayes, Bob (American athlete)
Bob Hayes was an American sprinter who, although he was relatively slow out of the starting block and had an almost lumbering style of running, was a remarkably powerful sprinter with as much raw speed as any athlete in history. He also was a noted American football player. Hayes began running as a
- Hayes, Bullet Bob (American athlete)
Bob Hayes was an American sprinter who, although he was relatively slow out of the starting block and had an almost lumbering style of running, was a remarkably powerful sprinter with as much raw speed as any athlete in history. He also was a noted American football player. Hayes began running as a
- Hayes, Denis (American environmentalist)
Earth Day: History: âŠuse of the pesticide DDTâhired Denis Hayes, a graduate student at Harvard University. They sought to infuse the energy of student-led anti-war activism with the publicâs emerging environmental consciousness in order to propel environmental protections into the national political agenda.
- Hayes, Elvin (American basketball player)
Elvin Hayes is an American basketball player who was one of the most prolific scorers and rebounders in the history of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After averaging 35 points per game in high school in Louisiana, Hayes went to the University of Houston (Texas), where he was named
- Hayes, Elvin Ernest (American basketball player)
Elvin Hayes is an American basketball player who was one of the most prolific scorers and rebounders in the history of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After averaging 35 points per game in high school in Louisiana, Hayes went to the University of Houston (Texas), where he was named
- Hayes, Gabby (American actor)
Roy Rogers: Another favorite costar, his sidekick George (âGabbyâ) Hayes, joined Rogers in Southward Ho! (1939). For Cowboy and the Senorita (1944), Rogers was teamed with Dale Evans, and, in 1947, 14 months after the death of Rogersâs first wife, he and Evans were married. They starred together in a number ofâŠ
- Hayes, George (American actor)
Roy Rogers: Another favorite costar, his sidekick George (âGabbyâ) Hayes, joined Rogers in Southward Ho! (1939). For Cowboy and the Senorita (1944), Rogers was teamed with Dale Evans, and, in 1947, 14 months after the death of Rogersâs first wife, he and Evans were married. They starred together in a number ofâŠ
- Hayes, Helen (American actress)
Helen Hayes was an American actress who was widely considered to be the âFirst Lady of the American Theatre.â At the behest of her mother, a touring stage performer, Hayes attended dancing class as a youngster, and, from 1905 to 1909, she performed with the Columbia Players. At age nine, she made
- Hayes, Isaac (American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor)
Isaac Hayes was an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor who was a pioneering figure in soul music. His recordings influenced the development of such musical genres as disco, rap, and urban contemporary. The charismatic performerâ known for his shaved head, dark sunglasses, and smooth
- Hayes, Isaac Israel (American explorer)
Isaac Israel Hayes was an American physician and Arctic explorer who sought to prove the existence of open seas around the North Pole. After receiving his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania (1853), Hayes volunteered to serve as surgeon with Elisha Kent Kaneâs Arctic expedition, which planned
- Hayes, Isaac Lee, Jr. (American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor)
Isaac Hayes was an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor who was a pioneering figure in soul music. His recordings influenced the development of such musical genres as disco, rap, and urban contemporary. The charismatic performerâ known for his shaved head, dark sunglasses, and smooth
- Hayes, James (American calligrapher)
calligraphy: Revival of calligraphy (19th and 20th centuries): Hunter Middleton, James Hayes, Ray DaBoll, and Bruce Beck.
- Hayes, John (British military officer)
Papua New Guinea: The colonial period: John Hayes, a British naval officer, near Manokwari, now in Papua province, Indonesia. It was the Dutch, however, who claimed the western half of the island as part of the Dutch East Indies in 1828; their control remained nominal until 1898, when their first permanentâŠ
- Hayes, John Joseph (American athlete)
Dorando Pietri: Falling at the Finish: Pietri and the winner, John Joseph Hayes of the United States, had both been long shots. The favorite, Charles Hefferon of South Africa, led until the final six miles. Pietriâs handler reportedly then gave the Italian an invigorating shot of strychnine. (Pietri later blamed his failure to complete theâŠ
- Hayes, Lucy (American first lady)
Lucy Hayes was an American first lady (1877â81), the wife of Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th president of the United States, and the first presidential wife to graduate from college. Lucy Webb was the daughter of James Webb, a physician and ardent abolitionist, and Maria Cook Webb, who raised Lucy and
- Hayes, Patrick Joseph (archbishop of New York)
Patrick Joseph Hayes was the archbishop of New York and cardinal who unified Roman Catholic welfare activities under a central agency, Catholic Charities. After graduate study at the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., Hayes went to New York City as curate at St. Gabrielâs parish,
- Hayes, Paul Raymond (American jurist)
Paul R. Hays was an American judge best known for his participation in the tribunal that ruled on the Pentagon Papers case (1971). While studying at Columbia University (B.A., 1925; M.A., 1927; LL.B., 1933), Hays was an instructor (1926â32) there in Latin and Greek. After briefly working with the
- Hayes, Robert Lee (American athlete)
Bob Hayes was an American sprinter who, although he was relatively slow out of the starting block and had an almost lumbering style of running, was a remarkably powerful sprinter with as much raw speed as any athlete in history. He also was a noted American football player. Hayes began running as a
- Hayes, Rutherford B. (president of United States)
Rutherford B. Hayes was the 19th president of the United States (1877â81), who brought post-Civil War Reconstruction to an end in the South and who tried to establish new standards of official integrity after eight years of corruption in Washington, D.C. He was the only president to hold office by
- Hayes, Rutherford Birchard (president of United States)
Rutherford B. Hayes was the 19th president of the United States (1877â81), who brought post-Civil War Reconstruction to an end in the South and who tried to establish new standards of official integrity after eight years of corruption in Washington, D.C. He was the only president to hold office by
- Hayes, Terrance (American poet)
When American poet Terrance Hayesâs children were young, he gave them a fun assignment: memorize a poem. For his five-year-old son he selected Gwendolyn Brooksâs âWe Real Coolâ (1959). After Hayes and his son recited the poem together, the exercise inspired him to write a poem of his own that
- Hayes, Wayne Woodrow (American football coach)
Woody Hayes was an American collegiate gridiron football coach whose career coaching record was 238 games won, 72 lost, and 10 tied. He developed 58 All-American players, and his Ohio State University teams (1951â78) won 3 national championships (1954, 1957, and 1968) and 13 Big Ten championships
- Hayes, Woody (American football coach)
Woody Hayes was an American collegiate gridiron football coach whose career coaching record was 238 games won, 72 lost, and 10 tied. He developed 58 All-American players, and his Ohio State University teams (1951â78) won 3 national championships (1954, 1957, and 1968) and 13 Big Ten championships
- Hayes-Tilden affair (United States history)
Ulysses S. Grant: Grantâs presidency: âŠof the controversial election of 1876, when both Republican Rutherford B. Hayes and Democrat Samuel Jones Tilden claimed election to the presidency.
- Hayfield, The (painting by Bastien-Lepage)
Jules Bastien-Lepage: âŠstylistically owes a little to Ădouard Manet. The Hayfield (1878) follows in the tradition of Jean-François Millet and reveals the sentimental element that characterizes Bastien-Lepageâs work. Joan of Arc Listening to the Voices, which represents Joan as a Lorraine peasant, typifies his subject pictures. He was also a portraitist ofâŠ
- Hayford, John Fillmore (American engineer and geodesist)
John Fillmore Hayford was an American civil engineer and early geodesist who established the theory of isostasy. Hayfordâs theory assumes that there must be a compensatory distribution of rock materials of varying density so that the Earthâs crust exerts an essentially consistent pressure that is
- Hayhanen, Reino (Soviet spy)
Rudolf Abel: âŠtestimony by Soviet Lieutenant Colonel Reino Hayhanen, who had defected to the West and who stated that he had been Abelâs chief coconspirator in the United States. The court sentenced Abel to 30 yearsâ imprisonment.
- Hayk (people)
Armenian, member of a people with an ancient culture who originally lived in the region known as Armenia, which comprised what are now northeastern Turkey and the Republic of Armenia. Although some remain in Turkey, more than three million Armenians live in the republic; large numbers also live in
- Haykakan Zhamanak (Armenian newspaper)
Nikol Pashinyan: Early life, education, and journalistic career: The paper was succeeded by The Armenian Times (Haykakan Zhamanak), and Pashinyan was its first editor in chief until 2008 (and remained the nominal editor in chief until 2012).
- Haykal, Muងammad កusayn (Egyptian writer)
Arabic literature: The novel: The author, Muáž„ammad កusayn Haykal, had written the work while studying in France, and the influence of a variety of European Romantic narrative traditions is very clear. Elsewhere within the region, novel writing was initiated at a later date: in Iraq by Maáž„mĆ«d Aáž„mad al-Sayyid with FÄ«âŠ