Hermes. Greek fertility, messenger god. = Mercury.

Hermes Trismegistus. Egyptian founder of alchemy. Passed secret only to the sons of Pharaoahs.

Hermetic Texts. 1/3 C Egyptian astrology and magic books.

Hermitage. 1764. St Petersburg art museum.

Herod. 73-4BC. King of Judaea 37BC-. Massacre of the Innocents.

Herod Antipas. 21BC-39 AD. Galileen king 4BC-. Killed John the Baptist for Salome.

Herodes Atticus. c101-177. Greek/Roman orator, banker. Gave major buildings to Athens.

Herodotus. c484-420BC. Greek historian and explorer. “Father of History”-Cicero.

Herophilus. c335-280BC. Greek “Father of Anatomy”.

Herrera, Fernando de. 1534-97. Spanish Humanist poet.

Herschel, William. 1738-1822. German/English astronomer, discovered Uranus 1781.

Hershey, Milton. 1857-1945. US chocolate maker and philanthropist.

Hertz, Heinrich. 1857-94. German physicist: electromagnetic waves.

Herzberg, Gerhard. 1904-99. Canadian physicist. Electronic structure of molecules.

Herzen, Aleksandr. 1812-70. Russian revolutionary writer.

Herzl, Theodor. 1860-1904. Hungarian/Austrian writer. Founder of Zionism. The Jewish State 1896.

Hesiod. c800BC. Greek poet. Works and Days.

Hesperides. Nymphs who guarded Hera’s tree of golden apples.

Hess. Rudolph. 1894-1987. German Nazi leader. Flew to Scotland, 1941. Sentenced to life at Nuremberg.

Hesse, Hermann. 1877-1962. German/Swiss writer of psychological, mystical. Siddharta 1922. Steppenwolf 1927. Magister Ludi 1943.

Hessians. German mercenaries fighting for Britain in American Revolution.

Hestia. Greek goddess of the hearth.

Hetaerae. Greek independent courtesans.

Hetarai. 1814-. Secret Greek societies vs infidels.

Heuss, Theodor. 1884-1963. First President of German Federal Republic, 1949-59.

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