English Famous Names Starting with Letter H

Was an English cricketer who played for Sussex. He was born and died in Brighton. Philpott made a si

Was an English cricketer who played for Sussex. He was born and died in Brighton. Philpott made a single first-class appearance, during the 1855 season, against Surrey.

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played first-class cricket for Essex. He

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played first-class cricket for Essex. He was born in Weobley, Herefordshire and died in Highgate. Preece made two first-class appearances for Essex during the 1895 County Championship, having mad

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who played

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Lancashire. He was born in Enfield and died in Clayton-le-Moors. Despite being a middle-order batsman for his home team of Enfield, Ramsbottom played a

Was an English cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Essex in 1921. Riding was born in Epping

Was an English cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Essex in 1921. Riding was born in Epping and died at the age of 23 in Chingford.

Was an English cricketer. Sprinks was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast. Sprinks made

Was an English cricketer. Sprinks was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast. Sprinks made his first-class debut for Hampshire against Essex in the 1925 County Championship.

Was a first class cricketer. He made his debut for Yorkshire CCC against Derbyshire CCC at the Count

Was a first class cricketer. He made his debut for Yorkshire CCC against Derbyshire CCC at the County Ground Derby in 1879.

Was an English steel manufacturer, and amateur ornithologist, oologist and traveller.He was one of t

Was an English steel manufacturer, and amateur ornithologist, oologist and traveller.He was one of the first European ornithologists to accept the American trinomial system to classify sub-species.Seebohm's other publications included A History of British Birds (1883), The Geographical Distribution of the family Charadriidae (1887), The Birds of the Japanese Empire (1890) and A Monograph of the Turdidae (1898).A number of birds were named after Seebohm, including the Grey Emu-tail Dromaeocercus seebohmi by Richard Bowdler Sharpe.

Was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1875 and 1884. He was also cricket coach

Was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1875 and 1884. He was also cricket coach at Derby School. He played two matches in 1876 and one in 1877. He played three matches in 1878 and umpired two first class matches for Derbyshire. In 1879

Was a British Army officer and inventor, most famously, of the "shrapnel shell".Henry Shrapnel was b

Was a British Army officer and inventor, most famously, of the "shrapnel shell".Henry Shrapnel was born in Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England. In 1784, while a lieutenant in the Royal Artillery, he perfected, at his own expense, an invention of what he called "spherical case" ammunition: a hollow cannon ball filled with shot which burst in mid-air.This device was for use as an anti-personnel weapon. When it was finally adopted by the British Army in 1803, it immediately acquired the inventor's name: the shrapnel shell. (It has lent the term "shrapnel" to fragmentation from artillery shells ever since, long after it was replaced by high explosive rounds.)

Was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1882 and 1887. He made his cricket debut

Was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1882 and 1887. He made his cricket debut for Derbyshire in June 1882 against Lancashire in which he took a wicket but scored no runs.

Was an English cricketer who represented Hampshire in one first-class match in 1867 against Kent. So

Was an English cricketer who represented Hampshire in one first-class match in 1867 against Kent. Soames scored 52 in Hampshire's second innings of the match.

Was an English artist and sculptor. He is best known for his abstract monumental bronze sculptures w

Was an English artist and sculptor. He is best known for his abstract monumental bronze sculptures which are located around the world as public works of art.

Was an English amateur cricketer who made 3 known appearances in major cricket matches from 1788 to

Was an English amateur cricketer who made 3 known appearances in major cricket matches from 1788 to 1806. He was mainly associated with Hampshire.

Was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1887.

Was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1887.

Was an English philologist, phonetician and grammarian.[1] As a philologist, he specialized in the G

Was an English philologist, phonetician and grammarian.[1] As a philologist, he specialized in the Germanic languages, particularly Anglo-Saxon (Old English), Old Icelandic, and West Saxon. In addition, Sweet published works on larger issues of phonetics and grammar in language and the teaching of languages. Many of his ideas have remained influential, and a number of his works continue to be in print, being used as course texts at colleges and universities.Henry Sweet was born in London and educated at King's College School, London.[1] In 1864, he spent a short time studying at the University of Heidelberg.[1][3] Upon his return to England, he took up an office job with a trading company in London.[3] Five years later, aged twenty-four, he won a scholarship in German and entered Balliol College in Oxford.[3]

Was an English cricketer. A right-handed batsman, in a first-class career with Surrey lasting from 1

Was an English cricketer. A right-handed batsman, in a first-class career with Surrey lasting from 1927 to 1948, he scored 19209 runs at an average of 34.61, with 34 hundreds and a highest score of 269. During World War II, he served in Coastal Command of the RAF. After retiring from first-class cricket, he was a coach at Harrow School from 1948 to 1966.

Was an English cricketer who played a single first-class match, for Worcestershire against Oxford Un

Was an English cricketer who played a single first-class match, for Worcestershire against Oxford University in May 1925; he scored 6 and 0 not out. He later played for Monmouthshire in the Minor Counties Championship.

Was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1818 to 1827. He was mainly ass

Was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1818 to 1827. He was mainly associated with Hampshire and with Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), of which he was a member. He made 9 known appearances in first-class matches.

Was an English cricketer who played 63 first-class matches for Somerset County Cricket Club and the

Was an English cricketer who played 63 first-class matches for Somerset County Cricket Club and the MCC between 1894 and 1899. He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the service of the West Somerset Yeoman Cavalry, and was killed in action during the Second

Was an English entomologist.Stainton was a very wealthy man and his house in Lewisham, "Mountsfield"

Was an English entomologist.Stainton was a very wealthy man and his house in Lewisham, "Mountsfield" was one of London's more substantial residences set in its own park. Other wealthy entomologists often stayed at Mountsfield when visiting London, notably Alexander Henry Haliday and Deiterich Carl August Dohrn.

Was an English cricketer. Frere was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm roundarm fast and wh

Was an English cricketer. Frere was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm roundarm fast and who played occasionally as a wicketkeeper. Frere made his first-class debut for Hampshire (pre county club) against an All-England Eleven in 1850. In 1863 Fr

Was an English cricketer. Henry Walker was born in Southgate and he played first-class cricket for M

Was an English cricketer. Henry Walker was born in Southgate and he played first-class cricket for MCC between 1835 and 1841. His seven nephews (the Walkers of Southgate) also played first-class cricket.

Was an English naturalist and explorer who gave the first scientific account of mimicry in animals.

Was an English naturalist and explorer who gave the first scientific account of mimicry in animals. He was most famous for his expedition to the Amazon with Alfred Russel Wallace in 1848. Wallace returned in 1852, but lost his collection in a shipwreck. When Bates arrived home in 1859 after a full eleven years he had sent back over 14,000 specimens (mostly insects) of which 8,000 were new to science.

Was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1815 to 1823. Mainly associated

Was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1815 to 1823. Mainly associated with Kent and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), he made 5 known appearances in first-class matches. He was the brother of John Barnard.

Was an English sculptor, best known for his portraiture. He was among the most successful British sc

Was an English sculptor, best known for his portraiture. He was among the most successful British sculptors of the mid-Victorian period.Born in Canterbury, he spent most of his career in London, where he worked for William Behnes and Sir Francis Chantrey,