HEIM. 722 HEINE. EEIM, him, Albert (1849—). A Swiss geol- ogist, born at Zurich, where he was educ-ated, and after further study at Berlin, was made decent, and, in 1873, professor in the Polytechnic Institute. In 1875 he became also professor in tile university. In 1881 he was appointed di- rector of the department of natural sciences in the Polytechnic and head of the geological mu- seum. He traveled to New Zealand in 1001. Heim wrote: Untersuchungen iiber den ilechan- i^mus der Oehirgshildung (1878); Bandbuch dcr Oletscherkunde (1885); BeUriige zu.r ge- ologischeii Karte der Sdhweis ( 1890) ; Geologische Excursion quer durch die ostliclien Schweizer Alpcn (1894). He also published a Oeologische Karte der Schweiz (1894, with Schmidt), as well as several panoramic views and reliefs of Switzerland. heim:, aN, Francois Joseph (1787-1865). A French historical painter, born at Belfort. He studied under Vincent and won the Prix de Rome in 1807. His classic style was unsympathetic to the art worlds newly converted to romanticism, and it was not until the end of his career that he gained the recognition he deserved. In the Louvre there are several large historical sub- jects by him, such as "Charles X. distribuant les recompenses aux artistes a la fin de I'Exposition de 1824" ("Charles X. Distributing Prizes at the Salon of 1824"), and "La brise du temple de Jerusalem" ( "Taking the Temple of Jerusalem" ) . He also painted a number of portraits and exe- cuted some decorative works for the Hall of Con- ference in the Chamber of Deputies, and two ceilings in the Louvre. He received a first-class medal at the Salon of 1812, and the medal of honor at the Paris Exposition of 1855, and be- came a member of the Institute in 1829, and an officer of the Legion of Honor in 1855. HEIM, him. or HEIMR, himr (Icel. home). In Norse mythology' nine worlds are named: Jluspelheim, Asaheim.. Ljosalfaheim, Vanaheim, Jlannahcim. Jiitunheim, Svartalfaheim, Helheim, and Niflheira. The highest is Muspelheim (world of fire) the home of Surt, in the highest region of which was Gime (heaven). The low- est is Niflheim (mist -world), the home of cold .Tnd darkness, having in its midst the fountain Hvergelmer, wlfere the dragon Nidhogg dwells. Midway between Muspelheim and Nifiheim is Mannaheim (man's world), the round plane of the earth surrounded by the ocean. Above Man- naheim is Asahoim (world of the gods), forming an immense vault above the earth. In the midst of this is Idavold, the place where the gods as- semble. Beyond the ocean is Jotunheim (home of giants), separated from Asaheim by the river Ifing, which never freezes over. Next above the earth is Ljosalfaheim (home of the elves of light), and between it and Asaheim is Vanaheim (iiorae of the vans). Farther down is Svartal- faheim (world of dark elves) ; further still Mannaheim, and lastly Helheim (world of the dead, or hcl) . HEIMBURG, hJm'bSorK, Geegor von (c.1400- 72). A German jurist and diplomat, bom at Wurzburg. About 14.30 he became secretary to .^neas Silvius. afterwards Pope Pius IT., and accompanied him to the Council of Basel : but they soon quarreled because of Heimburg's op- position to the Papal policy of interference in German affairs, and the young man became syn- dic of Nuremberg, and took a great part in tlie declaration of the neutrality of the German Church in the quarrel between the Council and Pope Eugene IV. (1438). He was a member of the commission demanding from the Pope the reinstatement of the electors of Cologne, Mainz, and Treves (1446); and as minister of Duke Sigismund of Austria opposed the Pope and was put under the ban. Eventually Sigismund made his peace with the Pope and Heimburg left his service for that of the Hussite King, George Podiebrad, of Bohemia. The latter died in 1471 and his Minister went to the court of the Duke of Saxonj', where he died in the fol- lowing year, only a few months after Pope Six- tus IV. had removed the excommunication against him. His collected works, showing well the polemic character of the man, were published at Frankfort in 1608. Consult: Pfizer's poem, Der Welsche und der Deutsche (Stuttgart, 1844) ; Broekhaus, Gregor von Heimburg (Leipzig, 1861) : and Joachimson, Gregor von Heimburg (Munich, 1889). HEIMBITRGr, Wilhelminie. See Eehrens, Beeth.. HEIMDAL, him'dal, or HEIMDALEE, him'da-ler (Icel.. world-bow). In Norse mythol- ogy, a son of Odin, whose mother was of the Jotun race, often said to be the sou of nine virgin sisters. He is the guardian of Asgard, for which position he is peculiarly fitted ; for he can see as well by night as by day, requires as little sleep as the birds, and can hear the grass grow. Before the last contlict he will rouse the gods by blowing en his horn jallarhorn. According to a later myth he is regarded as the god of the rainbow. HEIMSKRINGLA, hlms'kringla (Icel., world-circle). One of the most important works in early Norse literature, being a history of the Norse Kings from the earliest times, by Snorri Sturluson (q.v, ). HEINE, hi'ne, Heinrich (1797-1856). The greatest lyric poet of modem Germany, bom in Diisseldorf, December 13, 1797 (some authori- ties, 1799). He was called by himself the last of the Ronuintieists. and by Matthew Arnold the continuator of Goethe, and was the only writer of primary importance in German litera- ture since Goethe's death. "Your grandfather," he says he was told, "was a little Jew, and had a big beard." He had shrewd sons, for all of them won a competence, and Heine's uncle Salomon lie- came one of the wealthiest bankers of Hamburg. His father had but small part in his life. His mother ( named von Geldern ) , to whom he showed a constant devotion till his death, gave to his fantastic and romantic nature a joy of life and a spirit of naturalism that make him akin to Goethe. He was a precocious boy, educated in a desultory way by Roman Catholic monks and French 'philosophes,' with the result that he became a skeptic before he had any faith to lose. He seems to have suffered little from race prejudice in vouth, and for that he was grateful to France" and to Napoleon, for whom he retained a kind of hero-worship, and so had little svmpathy with the War of Liberation (1813-14), that "contracted the heart so that men learned to hate what was foreign and in ceasing to be citizens of the world became only narrowlv German." No reproach belongs to him
