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 Henry Ford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Henry Ford, with his son Edsel, founded the Ford Foundation in 1936 as a local philanthropic organization with a broad charter to promote human welfare, as well as to commemorate life the way it was in the early 1900s.
Henry Ford II was released from the Navy and became an executive vice president, while Harry Bennett had a seat on the board and was responsible for personnel, labor relations, and public relations.
Henry Ford is sometimes credited with the invention of the automobile, generally attributed to Karl Benz, and the assembly line, invented by Ransom E. Olds.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Henry VIII
Henry also petitioned, in the event of his becoming free, a dispensation to contract a new marriage with any woman even in the first degree of affinity, whether the affinity was contracted by lawful or unlawful connexion.
Henry and his ministers had, therefore, some popular support upon which they could fall back, if necessary, in their campaign to reduce the clergy to abject submission.
Henry had now no choice but to put his great matter into the hands of Wolsey, and Wolsey, although the whole divorce policy ran counter to his better judgment, strained every nerve to secure a decision in his master's favour.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/07222a.htm   (3376 words)

  
 Henry VIII
Henry consoled himself by going to war against France, hoping to emulate his ancestors Edward III and Henry V. Henry met with some success in France, but while he was distracted on the Continent, his Scottish brother-in-law James IV used the opportunity to attack.
Henry VII had been slow to pay his part of the arrangement and her parents were refusing to send the marriage portion of plate and gold.
Henry was just shy of 18 years old when he became king, and had been preparing for it from the time of his older brother Arthur's death.
tudorhistory.org /henry8   (683 words)

  
 Britannia: Monarchs of Britain
Henry was beloved by his subjects, facing only one major insurrection, the Pilgrimage of Grace, enacted by the northernmost counties in retaliation to the break with Rome and the poor economic state of the region.
Henry VIII, born in 1491, was the second son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York.
Henry married the pregnant Anne Boleyn in 1533; she gave him another daughter, Elizabeth, but was executed for infidelity (a treasonous charge in the king's consort) in May 1536.
www.britannia.com /history/monarchs/mon41.html   (938 words)

  
 Henry IX and I
Henry's remains lie in the crypt of the Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican, where a monument designed by Antonio Canova was raised to his memory.
Henry Benedict Maria Clement Thomas Francis Xavier Stuart was born March 6, 1725, in the Palazzo Muti (now Palazzo Balestra) in Rome.
Henry received from the pope himself ordination to the four minor orders, the sub-diaconate, and the diaconate, on August 27, 1747, August 18, 1748, and August 25, 1748 respectively.
www.jacobite.ca /kings/henry.htm   (1384 words)

  
 Henry
Henry noted that tourists who viewed it "all appear to be specially interested in knowing the condition of weather to which their friends at home are subjected at the time." He shared the telegraph dispatches with the Washington Evening Star, which, in May 1857, began publishing daily weather conditions at nearly twenty different cities.
Henry found that the self-inductance is greatly affected by the configuration of the circuit, especially the coiling of the wire.
Henry apparently envisioned a system of storm warnings, announcing in his annual report for 1857 that he hoped the following year to arrange with telegraph lines "to give warning on the eastern coast of the approach of storms." But he was not able to implement the plan before the Civil War engulfed the nation.
chem.ch.huji.ac.il /~eugeniik/history/henry.html   (5717 words)

  
 History of the Monarchy > The Tudors > Henry VIII
Henry VIII was born at Greenwich on 28 June 1491, the second son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York.
Henry's interest in foreign policy was focused on Western Europe, which was a shifting pattern of alliances centred round the kings of Spain and France, and the Holy Roman Emperor.
Henry had anyway fallen in love with Anne Boleyn, the sister of one of his many mistresses, and tried to persuade the Pope to grant him an annulment of his marriage on the grounds that it had never been legal.
www.royal.gov.uk /output/Page19.asp   (1526 words)

  
 Patrick Henry Encyclopedia Article, Information, History and Biography @ LaunchBase.com
Henry lost the case in actuality, but damages were set at such a nominally low level that the result was widely perceived to be a victory for the independence movement, to the consternation of the British government.
Henry is perhaps best known for the speech he made in the House of Burgesses on March 23, 1775, urging that legislature to take military action against the encroaching British military force.
In the later years of his life, Henry was a key figure in a major land speculation scandal involving the Yazoo lands in what was then the western territory of Georgia.
www.launchbase.com /encyclopedia/Patrick_Henry   (1472 words)

  
 Patrick Henry
Patrick Henry's personality was a curious antidote to the stern honor of Washington, the refined logic of Jefferson, and the well-tempered industry of Franklin.
Henry argued with remarkable eloquence and fervor in favor of the five acts, which by most accounts amounted to a treason against the mother country.
Patrick Henry was a strong critic of the constitution proposed in 1787.
www.ushistory.org /declaration/related/henry.htm   (565 words)

  
 Britannia: Monarchs of Britain
Henry was raised in the French province of Anjou and first visited England in 1142 to defend his mother's claim to the disputed throne of Stephen.
Henry empowered a new social class of government clerks that stabilized procedure - the government could operate effectively in the king's absence and would subsequently prove sufficiently tenacious to survive the reign of incompetent kings.
The deaths of Henry the Young King in 1183 and Geoffrey in 1186 gave no respite from his children's rebellious nature; Richard, with the assistance of Philip II Augustus of France, attacked and defeated Henry on July 4, 1189 and forced him to accept a humiliating peace.
www.britannia.com /history/monarchs/mon26.html   (924 words)

  
 HenryVIII
Henry was born in 1491 and at the age of eighteen became the king of his fathers country, England.
Her parents, Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, wanted a son as heir and were not pleased with the birth of a daughter.
Henry ruled through most of his ministers, who were often changed if their opinions did not match those of Henry.
www.worldhistoryone.homestead.com /HenryVIII.html   (1838 words)

  
 O Henry - Biography and Works
Henry died of cirrhosis of the liver on June 5, 1910, in New York.
Henry (1862-1910) was a prolific American short-story writer, a master of surprise endings, who wrote about the life of ordinary people in New York City.
Henry moved to New York City in 1902 and from December 1903 to January 1906 he wrote a story a week for the New York World, also publishing in other magazines.
www.online-literature.com /o_henry   (477 words)

  
 The Henry Ford: The Life of Henry Ford
Henry Ford realized his dream of producing an automobile that was reasonably priced, reliable, and efficient with the introduction of the Model T in 1908.
Henry Ford, born July 30, 1863, was the first of William and Mary Ford's six children.
Henry enjoyed a childhood typical of the rural nineteenth century, spending days in a one-room school and doing farm chores.
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 Literary Encyclopedia: Henry James
Henry James was born off Broadway, in Washington Place, New York, 1843, the second of five children.
Henry James Jr.’s somewhat Proustian late autobiographical works (A Small Boy and Others, Notes of a Son and Brother) emphasise the precocious observational skills this rare schooling afforded; indeed he recalls Paris from the pram.
He related the sacred character of her memory to William, with whom he was remarkably intimate, though the relationship between these achieving individuals, apt to show great warmth and protectiveness, could be spiked by competition.
www.literaryencyclopedia.com /php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=5083   (3838 words)

  
 What's up with Henry Earl?
Henry's become so popular that Drew, the guy who runs Fark, was asked by guys at Fayette County to stop linking directly to their offender database as the traffic was crashing their server.
And since Henry's record is somewhat beyond my limits of comprehension, I decided to hack up a little perl script to go to the Fayette County jail's web site, grab his rap sheet, and figure up some non-scientific, back-of-the-envelope type statitstics regarding Henry's time behind bars.
Henry's a free man, and probably heading for the liquor store or plasma center as you read this.
www.monkeygumbo.com /wee/news/henryearl   (1231 words)

  
 Henry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Benjamin Tyler Henry (1821–1898), U.S. inventor of the Henry rifle
For the place in Virginia see Henry, Virginia
For the county in Virginia see Henry County, Virginia
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Henry   (210 words)

  
 Henry IV on Encyclopedia.com
Henry disregarded the opposition of Pope Gregory VII to lay investiture and invested a new bishop of Milan.
Henry's first task after assuming control was to restore his authority in the duchies, especially in Saxony, where a revolt (1073) was subdued in 1075.
Theatrical company Theatre du Soleil performing SHAKESPEARE's "Henry IV", 1984.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/H/Henry4H1R1E1.asp   (1257 words)

  
 Marriage, Henry Swerdloff, Boston, U.S.A.
Henry Swerdloff lives in Brookline, this is next to Boston, U.S.A. Boston is in the north-east, on the Atlantic ocean, in Massachusetts.
Henry is now bald, and he now has a very big tummy, but he is still in very good health.
Henry is warm, and kind, and decent, and creative, and honest, and healthy.
henryswerdloff.net /m/m.html   (2619 words)

  
 Hope For Henry
Henry knows all there is to know about Pokémon, believes that Disney World is the best place on earth, plays soccer, worships superheroes and wrestles with his younger brother Jack way past bedtime.
But this lover of life and everything Batman is different from other kids because Henry has a horrible disease that threatens his life.
This web site is dedicated to helping people learn more about what a special and brave young man Henry is and to educate everyone about the disease he is fighting, Fanconi anemia (FA).
www.hsg.org   (217 words)

  
 Alabama Counties: Henry
Henry County is located in the southeastern corner of the state, bounded to the east by the State of Georgia and the Chattahoochee River.
The county was named for Revolutionary War patriot Patrick Henry (Virginia).
The original county was vast in size, until its boundaries were reduced by the establishment of the counties of Pike and Covington in 1821, by Dale in 1824, by Barbour in 1832 and Houston in 1903.
www.archives.state.al.us /counties/henry.html   (107 words)

  
 Henry and Henry manufacturer of bakery ingredients, fruit and creme filling, icings, glazes, ice cream bases.
Henry and Henry is proud to be a part of the H.C. Brill Company.
Henry and Henry manufacturer of bakery ingredients, fruit and creme filling, icings, glazes, ice cream bases.
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 HenryCountyHomePage
Henry County Government reserves the right to make changes and improvements at any time and without notice, and assumes no liability for damages incurred directly or indirectly as a result of errors, omissions or discrepancies.
www.henrycty.com   (49 words)

  
 Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)
Henry is more sympathetic than Otis, however, because while Henry does these things because he is sick and doesn't have a choice, Otis seems to get off on them, and also should know better.
The opening and closing are probably the most frightening, and we don't even see Henry killing anyone, just the bodies of his victims and their terrified screams in the background, echoing.
The movie follows the exploits of Henry, a young man who is practically a textbook case of a serial killer (male, white, 30's, drifter, soft-spoken, shy).
us.imdb.com /Title?0099763   (972 words)

  
 Henry Fielding
Henry helped break up several large gangs by offering money and immunity to those who turned in their fellow criminals, so of course several of them did turn in their fellow criminals.
Henry always managed to live just outside his means, though he was never as bad as his father.
Henry's maternal grandmother eventually sued for custody of Henry and his siblings, and won.
incompetech.com /authors/fielding   (1101 words)

  
 Sara Ayers: Henry Darger Page
I first saw one of Henry Darger's paintings at a group show at the American Visionary Art Museum and was stunned by the color and composition of the work as well as the heartbreaking story that accompanied it.
Appreciation of the art of Henry Darger is unequivocally influenced by the known facts of his life: his mother died when he was four years old after giving birth to a baby sister, whom he never saw.
The Henry Darger Center is a not-for-profit foundation created in 1997 that offers art classes and programs to people with mental illnesses and provides exhibitions of their work.
www.saraayers.com /darger.htm   (538 words)

  
 The Official Henry Gray Website - Southern Blues at its best.
Henry Gray was nominated for a National Heritage Fellowship at The National Endowment of the Arts in DC in the year of the blues- 2003.
Henry Gray's latest release Watch Yourself.This new recording by Henry Gray offers us a view into the past and at the same time it brings a fresh breath of air to the more-often stale contemporary American music scene.
We are now launching a letter of support campaign by citizens to write the NEA on behalf of Henry to encoourage the panel to select Henry as a recipient.
www.henrygray.com   (354 words)

  
 Henry, SD Home page
If you are a past Henry student or faculty and would like to be included please email us your information….include as much info as you like … please include the year you graduated, the last year you attended or your last year of employment.
Our town is over 100 years old and we have a population of approx 300 people within the Town of Henry and plus all the rural Henry folk residing in the surrounding Henry Township.
Note: To view slideshow, click on the "Tour of Henry" link, the next window will ask you if you want to RUN or SAVE this file, Choose RUN and wait for the file to finish downloading.
www.henrysd.com   (380 words)

  
 Henry County, Illinois, USA
Henry was the first and sixth governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Approximately the southern half of Henry County was part of the land granted to veterans of the War of 1812.
The present borders of Henry County were not established until 1836, and until about 1837, Henry County was attached to Knox County.
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 Henry Ford Hospital - A Best Ranked Hospital in Detroit, Michigan
This feature allows Henry Ford patients to receive customized health information and secure, private means to communicate with their physicians.
Henry Ford surgeons have performed more robotic prostatectomy surgeries than any other hospital or medical center in the world.
Macomb Township Patient is Youngest to Undergo Lung Transplant at Henry Ford Hospital
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 Henry Estate Winery -- A Family Tradition --
Henry Estate Winery is known for its Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Gewürztraminer, and White Riesling.
Henry Estate Winery is always striving for quality in all facets of growing and production.
Henry Estate Winery -- A Family Tradition --
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