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Benson, Robert Hugh

(Encyclopedia) Benson, Robert Hugh, 1871–1914, English author and clergyman; 4th son of Archbishop Benson. He was converted to Roman Catholicism in 1903 and ordained the next year. In 1911, as a…

Holcroft, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Holcroft, ThomasHolcroft, Thomashōlˈkrôft [key], 1745–1809, English dramatist and novelist. Sometimes credited with having introduced melodrama to the London stage, he is the author of…

Trenchard, Hugh Montague Trenchard, 1st Viscount

(Encyclopedia) Trenchard, Hugh Montague Trenchard, 1st Viscount, 1873–1956, British air marshal. He entered the army in 1893 and served in the South African War. During World War I he commanded the…

Clough, Arthur Hugh

(Encyclopedia) Clough, Arthur HughClough, Arthur Hughklŭf [key], 1819–61, English poet. He was educated at Rugby and Balliol College, Oxford, where he became friends with Matthew Arnold. After…

Richard of Saint Victor

(Encyclopedia) Richard of Saint Victor, d. 1173, Scottish monk and mystic, prior of the Abbey of St. Victor, Paris. His principal importance is in the history of mystical theology, in which he is a…

Peter, Hugh

(Encyclopedia) Peter or Peters, Hugh, 1598–1660, British Puritan clergyman, educated at Cambridge. He became a priest of the Established Church, but his Puritan doctrines forced him to leave England…

Douglas, Clifford Hugh

(Encyclopedia) Douglas, Clifford Hugh, 1879–1952, English engineer and social economist, educated at Cambridge. Author of the economic theory of Social Credit, he became (1935) chief reconstruction…

Glenn Hughes 2001 Deaths

Glenn HughesAge: 50 singer who performed, dressed in leather biker attire, in the 1970s disco band the Village People. The group's hits include “Macho Man” and “Y.M.C.A.”Died: Manhattan,…

Sarah Hughes, 2002 News

16, became the darling of the 2002 Winter Olympics when she won the overall women's skating competition in February. She beat out favorite Michelle Kwan and Russia's Irina Slutskaya. She…

Hugh Gloster 2002 Deaths

Hugh GlosterAge: 90 educator who served as president of Morehouse College from 1967 to 1986. Died: Decatur, Ga., Feb. 16, 2002Harrison Smith GlancyG - LCliff Gorman