Henri Pirenne was a Belgian historian. A medievalist of Walloon descent, he wrote a multivolume history of Belgium in French and became a prominent public intellectual. Pirenne made a lasting contribution to the study of cities that was a controversial interpretation of the end of Roman civilization and the rebirth of medieval urban culture. He also became prominent in the nonviolent resistance to the Germans who occupied Belgium in World War I.
Henri Pirenne, né le 23 décembre 1862 à Verviers et mort le 24 octobre 1935 à Uccle, est un historien médiéviste belge. Il est également l'une des grandes figures de la résistance non-violente à l'occupation allemande de la Belgique durant la Première Guerre mondiale.
Jules Henri Poincaré was a French mathematician, theoretical physicist, engineer, and philosopher of science. He is often described as a polymath, and in mathematics as "The Last Universalist", since he excelled in all fields of the discipline as it existed during his lifetime.
Henri Welschinger, né le 2 février 1846 à Muttersholtz en Alsace et mort le 3 novembre 1919 à Viroflay, est un historien passionné par la Révolution et le Premier Empire, administrateur français, homme de lettres, journaliste et également critique.
Henrietta Christian Wright (1852–1899) was an American children's author who resided in the Old Bridge section of East Brunswick, New Jersey. She was born there on February 18, 1852, died there on December 13, 1899, and buried in the Chestnut Hill Cemetery.
Henrik Heyman Hertz oli tanskalainen kirjailija. Hän valmistui 1817 ylioppilaaksi ja 1825 lakitieteen kandidaatiksi. Hän sai 1824 yliopiston kultamitalin oikeustieteellisestä väitöskirjasta ja 1826 estetiikan väitöskirjasta ja omistautui sittemmin yksinomaan kaunokirjalliselle tuotannolle, jonka parissa hän oli jo varhain työskennellyt.
Henrik Johan Ibsen was a Norwegian playwright and theatre director. As one of the founders of modernism in theatre, Ibsen is often referred to as "the father of realism" and one of the most influential playwrights of his time. His major works include Brand, Peer Gynt, An Enemy of the People, Emperor and Galilean, A Doll's House, Hedda Gabler, Ghosts, The Wild Duck, When We Dead Awaken, Rosmersholm, and The Master Builder. Ibsen is the most frequently performed dramatist in the world after Shakespeare, and A Doll's House was the world's most performed play in 2006.
