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Hiffernan, Paul, M D , 1719-77. P.
H., M.D. An Irish physician ; b. in the
Co. of Dublin; went to London in 1753;
and for the rest of his life was a hack
author.
Biggins, Matthew James, 1810-68. J. 0.; Jacob Omnium; Civilian; Pater- familias. An Irish journalist; for 20 years a constant contributor to the Lon- don "Times," and afterwards to the "Pall-Mall Gazette"
Higginson, Stephen, 1743-1828. Cato; Laco. An American merchant and politician ; b. in Salem, Mass.; M C., 1782-3 ; d in Boston.
Higham, Mrs. Mary R. M.R.H. An American writer of the day.
HIgham, T. R. T. R. H. An Eng- lish dialect writer, of Cornwall.
Highmore, Joseph, 1692-1780. J. H. An English painter; b. and d in London; was a writer of considerable merit.
Hildreth, Rev. Hosea, AM, 1782- 1835. A Father. An American minis- ter, of Gloucester, Mass. ; b, at Chelms- ford, Mass,; Harv. Univ., 1803.
Hildreth, James. A Dragoon An American soldier ; served in the Western country, 1833-34.
Hildreth, Richard, 1807-65. A Na- tive American. An American journalist and miscellaneous writer; b. at Deer- field, Mass.; Harv. Univ., 1826; d, at Florence, Italy.
Hildrop, John, D.D. 5 1725-56. An Impartial Hand. An English clergy- man ; Rector of Wath, near Rippon, Yorkshire.
Hildyard, Rev. James, B.D. In- goldsby. An English clergyman ; Christ Coll., Cambridge, 1833; Rector of In- goldsby-Grantham, 1846-83 et seq.
Hilgard, Heinrich, 1834-. Henry Villard. A German-American financier ; emigrated to this country from Munich in 1853, and at first settled at Belleville, m. ; in 1878 was a millionaire and rail- road king in New York City.
Hill, Mrs. A. P. (Dawson). Ruth. An American " Southland" writer; in 1872, Superintendent of the "Orphans' Free School '* at Atlanta, Ga.
Hill, Benson Earle, 1795-1845. Pol lexenes Digit Snift ; Dean Swift, of Brazen- nose. An English author and comedian ; at one time editor of the " Old Monthly " ; and afterwards co-editor, with Theodore Hook, of the "New Monthly"; d. in London, in penury* and distress.
Hm, F. S. & S. H. An American poet.
Hill, Frank Harrison. A Pi ominent
London Journalist. An English \\riter;
successively editor of the "Northern
Whig " at Belfast, and the " Daily News,'*
London.
Hill, George, 1796-1871. A Voyager. An American poet; b. at Guilford, Conn.; Yale Coll, 1816; Librarian, etc., of the State Dept., Washington, 1831-55 ; then spent the rest of his life in his na- tive town; d in St. Vincent Hospital, New York City
Fin, George Canning, 1825-. Lewis Myrtle; Thomas Lackland. An Ameri- can writer ; b. m Norwich, Conn. ; Yale Coll., 1845.
Hill, Henry Scrine, 1845-. H. S H. An English journalist; b. at Exeter; Reporter of the " Western Daily Mer- cury," 1863-77.
Hill, Isaac, 1788-1851. A Citizen of New England. An American journalist and politician; b. in Cambridge, Mass.; resided in Concord, N.H., from 1809 ; U S. Senator, 1830-36 ; d at Washington, D.C.
Hill, Sir John, MD., 1716-1775. George Cnne, M.D ; Mrs Glasse; An Impartial Hand; The Inspector; Abra- ham Johnson; A Lady; A Sdavonian Nobleman in London; Christian Uvedale. An English author ; a singular character and voluminous writer; resided in Lon- don. . .
Hill, 3D. C. L. C. H. An American novelist of the day.
Hill, Sir Richard, 1733-1808. A Friend; A Gentleman of the Umueisity of Oxford; An Old Member of Parliament; Phiialethes. An English Calvmistic Methodist ; sometimes preached in their chapels ; at one time M P. for Salop.
Hill, Thomas, about 1760-1841. Paul Pry, etc. An English eccentric; b. and d. in London; was styled by Lockhart"the most innocent and igno- rant of bibliomaniacs."
Hillard, George Stillman, LL.D, 1808-79. An Idler; Sylvanus Dashiiood ; Silas Standfast. An American lawyer and writer; b. at Machias, Me.; Harv. Univ., 1828; practised law in Boston; d. in Brooklme, Mass.
Hiller, Rev. Thomas Oliver Pres- cott. An American. An American poet; a Swedenborgian minister
Hilliard, Kate. Lucy Fountain, An American (?) poet.
Hincks, Edward, D.D., 1795-1866. E. [. An Irish archaeologist ; b. in Cork; Trm. Coll, Dublin, 1812; cele- brated for his knowledge of Assyrian inscriptions.
