utilitarianism: Basic concepts: Bentham believed that a hedonic calculus is theoretically possible. A moralist, he maintained, could sum up the units of pleasure and the units of pain for everyone likely to be affected, immediately and in the future, and could take the balance as a measure of the overall good or…

hedonism, in ethics, a general term for all theories of conduct in which the criterion is pleasure of one kind or another. The word is derived from the Greek hedone (“pleasure”), from hedys (“sweet” or “pleasant”). Hedonistic theories of conduct have been held from the earliest times. They have

psychological hedonism, in philosophical psychology, the view that all human action is ultimately motivated by desires for pleasure and the avoidance of pain. It has been espoused by a variety of distinguished thinkers, including Epicurus, Jeremy Bentham, and John Stuart Mill, and important

Epicureanism: Criticism and evaluation: …what he called the “hedonistic paradox,” one of the most ineffective ways to achieve pleasure is to deliberately seek it out.

ethics: Varieties of consequentialism: …view was often called “hedonistic utilitarianism.”

Toussaint Louverture: Elimination of rivals: …of another nominal French superior, Gabriel Hédouville, who arrived in 1798 as representative of the Directory (the French Revolutionary government). Knowing that France had no chance of restoring colonialism as long as the war with England continued, Hédouville attempted to pit against Toussaint the mulatto leader André Rigaud, who ruled…

Tippi Hedren is an American film actress best known for her role in the 1963 Alfred Hitchcock movie The Birds and for her advocacy work, particularly on behalf of big cats. Hedren is the younger of two daughters born to Bernard and Dorothea Eckhardt Hedren. Though her formal name is Nathalie Kay

Tippi Hedren is an American film actress best known for her role in the 1963 Alfred Hitchcock movie The Birds and for her advocacy work, particularly on behalf of big cats. Hedren is the younger of two daughters born to Bernard and Dorothea Eckhardt Hedren. Though her formal name is Nathalie Kay

Hans Hedtoft was a Danish politician and statesman who initiated a change in Danish policy from neutrality to active membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). At the age of 25 Hedtoft-Hansen became president of the Social Democratic Party’s youth organization. As secretary of the

Hans Hedtoft was a Danish politician and statesman who initiated a change in Danish policy from neutrality to active membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). At the age of 25 Hedtoft-Hansen became president of the Social Democratic Party’s youth organization. As secretary of the

Jadwiga ; canonized June 8, 1997; feast day February 28) was the queen of Poland (1384–99) whose marriage to Jogaila, grand duke of Lithuania (Władysław II Jagiełło of Poland), founded the centuries-long union of Lithuania and Poland. Jadwiga was the daughter of Louis I, king of both Hungary and

Jadwiga ; canonized June 8, 1997; feast day February 28) was the queen of Poland (1384–99) whose marriage to Jogaila, grand duke of Lithuania (Władysław II Jagiełło of Poland), founded the centuries-long union of Lithuania and Poland. Jadwiga was the daughter of Louis I, king of both Hungary and

Alberta Watson: Return to Canada: …Woo (2001), John Cameron Mitchell’s Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), Thom Fitzgerald’s The Wild Dogs, (2002) and Jeremy Podeswa’s TV movie, After the Harvest (2001), which brought her another Gemini nomination.

Neil Patrick Harris: …of the gender-bending rock-and-roll musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Harris’s spot-on portrayal of the transgender Hedwig earned him a Tony Award for best actor in a leading role in a musical. In 2015 he hosted the variety show Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris. He then played the…

Hedwig glass, Egyptian-made glass of the 11th or 12th century, of which only 12 known examples exist; they are among the last cut glass produced in the East. Their designs of stylized lions and griffins among palm leaves are cut in high relief, a technique derived from rock-crystal cutting. Carried

Johann Hedwig was a botanist who did more than any other scientist to advance the knowledge of mosses. Hedwig studied medicine at the University of Leipzig but took up botany when the city of Kronstadt refused to grant him a license to practice medicine. In 1781 he returned to Leipzig and became

Hedwig glass: Hedwig (died 1243), patron saint of Silesia, who allegedly performed a wine miracle in one of these glasses. Another glass—once belonging to St. Elizabeth and later given to Martin Luther—was said to give strength to women in labour when they drank from it.

ginger lily, (genus Hedychium), genus of about 70 species in the ginger family (Zingiberaceae), found mostly in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia and Africa. Several are cultivated as ornamentals, and the flowers of many Hedychium species are used for garlands and other decorations. The

ginger lily: Major species: coronarium, known as white ginger lily, and the yellow-flowered H. flavum, or yellow butterfly ginger, are commonly used in the leis of Hawaii. Spiked ginger lily (H. spicatum) has heavily perfumed flowers and is used in traditional and Ayurvedic medicine.

ginger lily: Major species: flavum, or yellow butterfly ginger, are commonly used in the leis of Hawaii. Spiked ginger lily (H. spicatum) has heavily perfumed flowers and is used in traditional and Ayurvedic medicine.

ginger lily: Major species: Native to the Himalayas, Kahili ginger, or Kahili garland lily (H. gardnerianum), is grown for its large cylindrical clusters of showy yellow flowers. It is considered a very aggressive invasive species in Hawaii and other places outside its native range.

ginger lily: Physical description: …underside; in one species (Hedychium greenei) the leaves are dark green above and red underneath. The sweetly scented flowers are borne in spirally arranged clusters. In addition to seeds and rhizomes, many species are able to propagate with asexual bulbils.

butterfly: …the skippers; and Hedylidae, the American moth-butterflies (sometimes considered a sister group to Papilionoidea). The brush-footed butterflies represent the largest and most diverse family and include such popular butterflies as the admirals, fritillaries, monarchs, zebras, and painted ladies. See also Lepidoptera and list of

Christopher McCandless: …that the seeds of the wild potato, or Eskimo potato (Hedysarum alpinum), had disabled him. Research undertaken years afterward at the behest of McCandless’s biographer Jon Krakauer and others identified the most probable agent of harm as l-canavanine, an amino acid that is found in wild potato seeds and functions…

Minnie Pearl: …and on the television show Hee Haw for 20 years. Announcing her presence with a signature "How-dee! I’m just so proud to be here!" and sporting a trademark flowered hat with a $1.98 price tag dangling from it, she regaled audiences with tales of her search for a "feller" and…

Almelo: …(1350) by the lords of Heeckeren, who also gained the countship of Limburg in 1711. A branch of the family still holds the seat and the Huis te Almelo castle (1662–64).

Martin Johnson Heade was an American painter known for his seascapes and still-life paintings and associated with the luminist aesthetic. Heade grew up in rural Pennsylvania and studied art with his neighbour the folk artist Edward Hicks and possibly with Hicks’s cousin Thomas Hicks, a portrait

Alan J. Heeger is an American chemist who, with Alan G. MacDiarmid and Shirakawa Hideki, won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2000 for their discovery that certain plastics can be chemically modified to conduct electricity almost as readily as metals. After receiving a Ph.D. in physics from the

ship: Static stability: …float at unwanted angles of heel (sideways inclination) and trim (endwise inclination). Nonzero trim angles may lift the tips of propeller blades above the surface, or they may increase the possibility that the bow will slam into waves during heavy weather. Nonzero heel angles (which tend to be much greater…

heel, in anatomy, back part of the human foot, below the ankle and behind the arch, and the corresponding part of the foot in other mammals that walk with their heels touching the ground, such as the raccoon and the bear; it corresponds to the point of the hock of hoofed mammals and those that walk

Dwayne Johnson: Wrestling: …The Rock, an unapologetic “heel” (“bad guy”). The turn led to increased popularity. The Rock engaged in a series of high-profile feuds with the biggest stars in the WWF and captured the first of several world championship titles in 1998.

tarsal: The calcaneus, or heel bone, is the largest tarsal and forms the prominence at the back of the foot. The remaining tarsals include the navicular, cuboid, and three cuneiforms. The cuboid and cuneiforms adjoin the metatarsal bones in a firm, nearly immovable joint.

warble fly, (family Oestridae), any member of a family of insects in the fly order, Diptera, sometimes classified in the family Hypodermatidae. The warble, or bot, flies Hypoderma lineatum and H. bovis are large, heavy, and beelike. The females deposit their eggs on the legs of cattle. The larvae

team roping: …behind his horse while the heeler ropes both hind legs. If one of the steer’s feet comes free, there is a five-second penalty. Time stops when both riders face each other with tight ropes. The steer may remain upright or rolled onto its side. The fastest time wins. Team ropers…

African literature: Somali: …buraambur, composed by women, the heello, or balwo, made up of short love poems and popular on the radio, and the hees, popular poetry. Maxamed Cabdulle Xasan (Mohammed Abdullah Hassan) created poetry as a weapon, mainly in the oral tradition. Farah Nuur, Qamaan Bulhan, and Salaan Arrabey were also well-known…

gladiator bug, (order Mantophasmatodea), any of approximately 15 species of insects found only in certain regions of Africa, the common name of which is derived from their stout appearance and predatory behaviour. These insects have modified raptorial legs that give them the ability to grasp their

Jan Davidsz de Heem was one of the greatest Baroque painters of still life in Holland. His most numerous and characteristic works are arrangements of fruits, metal dishes, and wine glasses; compositions of books and musical instruments; and examples of the popular “vanity of life” theme, with such

Jan Davidsz de Heem was one of the greatest Baroque painters of still life in Holland. His most numerous and characteristic works are arrangements of fruits, metal dishes, and wine glasses; compositions of books and musical instruments; and examples of the popular “vanity of life” theme, with such

Jacob van Heemskerck was a Dutch naval commander and merchant remembered for his voyage in the Barents Sea region in search of an Arctic passage to India and for his victory over the Spanish fleet off Gibraltar, which led to an armistice between Spain and the United Provinces of the Netherlands and

Maerten van Heemskerck was one of the leading Mannerist painters in 16th-century Holland working in the Italianate manner. He spent a period (c. 1528) in the Haarlem studio of Jan van Scorel, then lately returned from Italy. Van Heemskerck’s earliest works—Ecce Homo and St. Luke Painting the

Heemstede, gemeente (municipality), western Netherlands. It lies along the Ring Canal, which borders the reclaimed Haarlem Lake polder, drained between 1840 and 1852. Heemstede is chiefly a residential suburb for Amsterdam and Haarlem. Many dunes in the vicinity have been leveled, and the land is

John C. Heenan was an American heavyweight champion (i.e., of the United States and Canada) under the London Prize Ring, or bare-knuckle, rules. He fought Tom Sayers for the world championship in a famous bout. On October 20, 1858, at Long Point, Ontario, Canada, in a match for the American

John C. Heenan was an American heavyweight champion (i.e., of the United States and Canada) under the London Prize Ring, or bare-knuckle, rules. He fought Tom Sayers for the world championship in a famous bout. On October 20, 1858, at Long Point, Ontario, Canada, in a match for the American

Gene Tunney: Tunney defended his title against Tom Heeney in 1928 and then announced his retirement on July 28 of that year. From 1915 to 1928 Tunney had 77 bouts, winning 65, of which 43 were by knockouts.

Uriah Heep, fictional character, the unctuous villain in Charles Dickens’s novel David Copperfield (1849–50). The name Uriah Heep has become a byword for a falsely humble

Cape Town: The city layout: …that name, it was renamed Adderley Street in 1850. Other main roads paralleled it as the town grew. In Strand Street, on what once was the shore of Table Bay, stands the Castle of Good Hope, built by the company between 1666 and 1679. Near the Castle are the Botanic…

Heerenveen, gemeente (municipality), northern Netherlands. Founded in 1551, Heerenveen (“Lords’ Peat Bog”) was at first a peat-cutting town. Now industrialized, it is home to businesses dedicated to food-processing, electronics, and the manufacture of buses and bicycles. It has a 17th-century town

Heerlen, gemeente (municipality), southeastern Netherlands. It lies just northeast of Maastricht. Situated on the site of the Roman settlement Coriovallum (with remains of a Roman bath), it is essentially a modern town that grew rapidly as the centre of the Dutch coal-mining district. With supplies

Western sculpture: Central Europe: …by the heavy figures of Georg Heermann and Konrad Max Süssner, both of whom had been active in Prague in the 1680s. Permoser was trained in Florence under Foggini, whence he was summoned to Dresden in 1689. His painterly conception of sculpture, derived from Bernini, is revealed in the complex…

African literature: Somali: …on the radio, and the hees, popular poetry. Maxamed Cabdulle Xasan (Mohammed Abdullah Hassan) created poetry as a weapon, mainly in the oral tradition. Farah Nuur, Qamaan Bulhan, and Salaan Arrabey were also well-known poets. Abdillahi Muuse created didactic poems; Ismaaʿiil Mire and Sheikh Aqib Abdullah Jama composed religious poetry.…

South African literature: In Afrikaans: …South African pioneering history; and C.M. van den Heever, whose work is based mostly on the Afrikaner’s conflicts in the transition from a rural to an urban society and implies a natural bond between the farmer and the soil. Toon van den Heever was the outstanding new poet of the…

South African literature: In Afrikaans: Toon van den Heever was the outstanding new poet of the 1920s, and his anticonformist verse foreshadowed the great upsurge of “new” Afrikaans poetry in the 1930s.

plate tectonics: Gestation and birth of plate-tectonic theory: …the efforts of American oceanographer Bruce C. Heezen, American geologist Henry W. Menard, and American oceanic cartographer Marie Tharp, ocean basins, which constitute more than two-thirds of Earth’s surface, became well enough known to permit serious geologic analysis. The studies revealed three very important types of features present on the…

Hefei, city and capital of Anhui sheng (province), China. It has been the provincial capital since 1952. Hefei, in central Anhui, is a natural hub of communications, being situated to the north of Chao Lake and standing on a low saddle crossing the northeastern extension of the Dabie Mountains,

Pudge Heffelfinger was a collegiate gridiron football player and coach who exemplified the spirit of the early years of American football. Standing well over 6 feet (1.8 metres) tall and weighing just over 200 pounds (91 kg), Heffelfinger was among the largest and fastest players of his era.

Pudge Heffelfinger was a collegiate gridiron football player and coach who exemplified the spirit of the early years of American football. Standing well over 6 feet (1.8 metres) tall and weighing just over 200 pounds (91 kg), Heffelfinger was among the largest and fastest players of his era.

Dorando Pietri: Falling at the Finish: The favorite, Charles Hefferon of South Africa, led until the final six miles. Pietri’s handler reportedly then gave the Italian an invigorating shot of strychnine. (Pietri later blamed his failure to complete the race not on adverse affects of the strychnine but on having eaten too much…

Shane: Joe Starrett (played by Van Heflin) is a hardworking farmer who lives with his wife, Marian (Jean Arthur), and their young son, Joey (Brandon deWilde), on a homestead in Wyoming. Starrett and his fellow homesteaders are being terrorized by Rufus Ryker (Emile Meyer), a cattle baron who resents the…

Shane: Joe Starrett (played by Van Heflin) is a hardworking farmer who lives with his wife, Marian (Jean Arthur), and their young son, Joey (Brandon deWilde), on a homestead in Wyoming. Starrett and his fellow homesteaders are being terrorized by Rufus Ryker (Emile Meyer), a cattle baron who resents the…

Playboy: …the leadership of Hefner’s daughter, Christie Hefner, who was appointed president of the parent company in 1982 and served as chief executive officer from 1988 to 2009 (her father remained editor-in-chief), the magazine was recast as an advocate of First Amendment freedoms and a defender of progressive positions on a…

Hugh Hefner was an American magazine publisher and entrepreneur who founded (1953) Playboy magazine. After serving in the U.S. Army (1944–46), Hefner attended the University of Illinois, graduating in 1949. Four years later he created the men’s magazine Playboy. Its intellectually respectable

Hugh Hefner was an American magazine publisher and entrepreneur who founded (1953) Playboy magazine. After serving in the U.S. Army (1944–46), Hefner attended the University of Illinois, graduating in 1949. Four years later he created the men’s magazine Playboy. Its intellectually respectable

Lake Hefner, storage reservoir in northwestern Oklahoma City, U.S., that supplies domestic water to the metropolitan area. Completed in 1947, it is fed by the North Canadian River and the Canton Reservoir in Blaine county. It has a surface area of some 4 square miles (10 square km) and a maximum

Hegang, city, eastern Heilongjiang sheng (province), northeastern China. It is a prefecture-level municipality (shi) situated in the southeastern section of the Xiao Hinggan (Lesser Khingan) Range and is one of the principal coal-producing cities in China. The Hegang mines were founded in 1916 by a

Charles Taylor: The modern self: Taylor’s first major work, Hegel (1975), was a large study of the 19th-century German philosopher that emphasized the ways in which Hegel’s philosophy continues to be relevant to contemporary political and social theory. In 1989 Taylor published Sources of the Self: The Making of the Modern Identity, which explored…

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was a German philosopher who developed a dialectical scheme that emphasized the progress of history and of ideas from thesis to antithesis and thence to a synthesis. Hegel was the last of the great philosophical system builders of modern times. His work, following upon

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was a German philosopher who developed a dialectical scheme that emphasized the progress of history and of ideas from thesis to antithesis and thence to a synthesis. Hegel was the last of the great philosophical system builders of modern times. His work, following upon

Hegelian school, group of European philosophers who critically developed the philosophy of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, the last of the great system builders of modern Western philosophy, in the decades following his death in 1831. The Hegelian school addressed Hegel’s project of asking how free

Hegelianism, the collection of philosophical movements that developed out of the thought of the 19th-century German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. The term is here so construed as to exclude Hegel himself and to include, therefore, only the ensuing Hegelian movements. As such, its

hegemony: …of realist analysis known as hegemonic stability theory, the presence of a hegemon (say, Britain in the 19th century and the United States after 1945) generates patterns of stability within the international system. The hegemon has a self-interest in the preservation of the system and is, therefore, prepared to underwrite…

hegemony, the dominance of one group over another, often supported by legitimating norms and ideas. The term hegemony is today often used as shorthand to describe the relatively dominant position of a particular set of ideas and their associated tendency to become commonsensical and intuitive,

Anniceris: …this change were Theodorus and Hegesias. Anniceris differed from Theodorus in believing that pleasure had to be understood as embracing much more than sensual enjoyment. Anniceris differed from Hegesias, a pessimist, in believing that there are qualities of pleasure that are good in and of themselves, apart from their ability…

Hegesippus was the supposed author of a free Latin adaptation of the Jewish War of Josephus, under the title De bello Judaico et excidio urbis Hierosolymitanae. The seven books of Josephus are compressed into five, but much has been added from the Antiquities of the Jews, also by Josephus, and from

Saint Hegesippus ; feast day April 7) was a Greek Christian historian and champion of orthodoxy who opposed the heresy of Gnosticism (q.v.). His single known work, five books of memoirs, constitutes a prime source on the organizational structure and theological ferment of the primitive Christian

N-Town plays, an English cycle of 42 scriptural (or “mystery”) plays dating from the second half of the 15th century and so called because an opening proclamation refers to performance “in N. town.” Since evidence suggests that the cycle was not peculiar to one city or community but traveled from

Bride of Frankenstein: …a blind hermit (played by O.P. Heggie), who soothes the beast with his violin playing and teaches him how to speak. When two hunters arrive at the hermit’s abode, however, the monster flees to a cemetery, where he comes upon Dr. Pretorius (Ernest Thesiger), an eccentric scientist who desires to…

Hijrah, the Prophet Muhammad’s migration (622 ce) from Mecca to Yathrib (Medina) upon invitation in order to escape persecution. After arriving, Muhammad negotiated the Constitution of Medina with the local clans, thereby establishing the Muslim community as a sociopolitical entity for the first

Alexander Hegius was a German schoolmaster who is remembered both for his effective promotion of the new humanism and for the subsequent fame of his pupils. His long teaching career included the directorship of schools in Wessel, Emmerich, and Deventer, where Erasmus and the future pope Adrian VI

Pete Hegseth is the U.S. secretary of defense (2025– ) in the Republican administration of Pres. Donald Trump. Hegseth was confirmed on January 24, 2025, following a 50–50 vote in the U.S. Senate that required U.S. Vice Pres. J.D. Vance to cast the tie-breaking vote, resulting in a 51–50 final

Pete Hegseth is the U.S. secretary of defense (2025– ) in the Republican administration of Pres. Donald Trump. Hegseth was confirmed on January 24, 2025, following a 50–50 vote in the U.S. Senate that required U.S. Vice Pres. J.D. Vance to cast the tie-breaking vote, resulting in a 51–50 final

Abraham bar Hiyya: …treatise Hegyon ha-Nefesh ha-Aẓuva (Meditation of the Sad Soul), which dealt with the nature of good and evil, ethical conduct, and repentance; and Megillat ha-Megalleh (“Scroll of the Revealer”), in which he outlined his view of history, based on astrology and purporting to forecast the messianic future.

Hu, Sia, and Heh: Heh, in Egyptian religion, deified abstractions personifying, respectively, “creative command” (or “authoritative utterance”), “perception” (or “intelligence”), and “eternity.” They were all essential forces in the creation and continuance of the cosmos. Hu and Sia served as crew members in the solar bark of the sun…

Burundi: Relief and drainage: …9,055 feet (2,760 metres) at Mount Heha, the country’s highest point. In the northwest the narrow Imbo valley extends southward from Rwanda to Lake Tanganyika and includes the Rusizi River, which separates Burundi from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Farther south and west, along the shores of Lake Tanganyika,…

Black Elk Speaks: …Sioux) warrior and holy man Black Elk, published in 1932. Black Elk dictated his life story to Nebraska-based writer John G. Neihardt in Lakota, with Black Elk’s son Ben serving as an English translator and Neihardt’s daughter Enid transcribing their conversations. Neihardt then shaped the conversations into an autobiographical narrative.

Hehe, Bantu-speaking agricultural people occupying the Iringa region of southern Tanzania. Numbering about 192,000 in the late 20th century, the Hehe are a cluster of peoples with similar language and culture. They were amalgamated into a single polity by Munyigumba, head of the Muyinga family, in

Hei River, river rising in central Gansu province, China, and flowing into the western Alxa Plateau (Ala Shan Desert) in western Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The river is formed by a series of small glacier-fed rivers flowing north from the Nan and Qilian mountain ranges in Gansu, between

Hei River, river rising in central Gansu province, China, and flowing into the western Alxa Plateau (Ala Shan Desert) in western Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The river is formed by a series of small glacier-fed rivers flowing north from the Nan and Qilian mountain ranges in Gansu, between

Hei River, river rising in central Gansu province, China, and flowing into the western Alxa Plateau (Ala Shan Desert) in western Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The river is formed by a series of small glacier-fed rivers flowing north from the Nan and Qilian mountain ranges in Gansu, between

Amur River, river of East Asia. It is the longest river of the Russian Far East, and it ranks behind only the Yangtze and Huang Ho (Yellow River) among China’s longest rivers. Its headwaters rise in Russia (Siberia), Mongolia, and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China in the mountains

Heilongjiang, the northernmost sheng (province) of China’s Northeast region. It is bounded to the north and east by Russia along the Amur River and the Ussuri (Wusuli) River, to the south by the Chinese province of Jilin, and to the west by the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The capital is

hei-tiki, neck pendant hand-carved in the form of a stylized human and worn by the Māori people of New Zealand (Aotearoa). Hei means something suspended from the neck, and tiki is a broad term used throughout Polynesia to refer to carved human figures. The pendants are regarded as taonga tuku iho,

Heian period, in Japanese history, the period between 794 and 1185, named for the location of the imperial capital, which was moved from Nara to Heian-kyō (Kyōto) in 794. The Chinese pattern of centralized government that was first adopted in the Nara period (710–784) gradually changed as the

Kyōto: The city layout: …shrines are Kitano, Yasaka, and Heian, the last built in 1894 to commemorate the 1,100th anniversary of Kyōto’s founding.

Kyōto, city, seat of Kyōto fu (urban prefecture), west-central Honshu island, Japan. It is located some 30 miles (50 km) northeast of the industrial city of Ōsaka and about the same distance from Nara, another ancient centre of Japanese culture. Gently sloping downward from north to south, the city

Halawa Valley: …sites, more than a dozen heiaus (ceremonial and religious structures), and a large-scale irrigation system. It is believed to be the longest continually occupied site in Hawaii. In the 13th and 14th centuries, it was one of the most densely populated parts of the Hawaiian Islands. One of the few…

Kordofanian languages: …four main groups of languages: Heiban, Talodi, Rashad, and Katla. Ten of the 20 Kordofanian languages belong to the Heiban group.

Gunnar Heiberg was a dramatist, exponent of Expressionism, considered the most noteworthy Norwegian playwright after Ibsen. Left alone as a child when his parents separated, he was educated at King Frederick’s University, Kristiania. Heiberg’s plays were always highly provocative, and their opening

Gunnar Heiberg was a dramatist, exponent of Expressionism, considered the most noteworthy Norwegian playwright after Ibsen. Left alone as a child when his parents separated, he was educated at King Frederick’s University, Kristiania. Heiberg’s plays were always highly provocative, and their opening

Johan Ludvig Heiberg was a playwright, poet, literary historian, and critic whose romantic idealism in a sense epitomized the Danish Romantic school, which he helped bring to an end when he established a new era of topical, sophisticated, and satirical literature. Heiberg also introduced both

Johanne Luise Heiberg was a Danish actress and manager, lionized by the intelligentsia of her day. Heiberg began performing at an early age, singing for the patrons of her father’s tavern and billiard parlour. She made her initial appearance as a singer-dancer at the Royal Theatre at age 14. In