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information about his parentage. Subject of the novel Caspar HaaJer (1909), by Jakob
WassermmID, and other works of literature and fihn.
Haussmann, Baron Georges Eugene (1809-1891). Studied law and entered the French
civil service in 1831. AB prefect of the Seine (1853-1870), under Napoleon III, he
inaugurated and carried through a large-scale renovation of Paris, which included the
modernization of sanitation, public utilities, and transportation facilities, the construction
of the Paris Opera and the central marketplace Les Halles, the landscaping of the
parks at Boulogne and Vincennes, and the creation of strategically organized grands
boulevards that necessitated the demolition of many old Parisian neighborhoods and
many arcades built in the first half of the century.
Haussoullier, William (1818-1891). French painter lauded by Baudelaire in "Le Salon
de 1845:'
Hebert, Jacques (1755-1794). Radical journalist and politician of the Revolution. Published
the popular satiric newspaper Le Pere Duchesne (whose title became his nickname).
Executed in a struggle with theJacobins' right wing under Danton.
Heim, Franois (1787-1865). French historical painter; praised by Baudelaire.
Heine, Heinrich (1797-1856). German poet and critic. Jewish-bonl Christian convert;
resident in Paris (from 1831). Among his works are Reisebilder (1826-1831), Baeh der
Lieder (1827), Romamero (1851).
Helena. Character in Goethe's Faust, Part 2.
Heliogabalus (204-222). Roman emperor, devoted to debauchery, who put to death
many senators. Killed by praetorians.
Hello, Ernest (1828-1885). Frencb philosopher and critic. Author of Le Style (1861),
PhiloJo!"'ie el allu!isme (1888).
Hennebique, Franois (1842-1921). French structural engineer who devised a kind of
reinforced concrete using steel and iron (patented 1892).
Hennings, Emmy (1885-1948). German poet and cabaret artist in prewar Munich and
later in Zurich, where, with her husband Hugo Ball, she launched Dada in 1916,
founding Cabaret Voltaire. Friend of Benjamin,
Herault de Secbelles,Jean (1759-1794). Lawyer and politician. Member of the National
Convention (1792); helped to draft the new constitution (1793). Guillotined in Paris.
Heredia,Jose de (1842-1905). French poet of Spanish parentage; settled in Paris in 1859.
A leader of the Parnassians and a disciple of Leconte de Lisle. Author of Les Trophies
(1893).
Hernani. Play by Victor Hugo. Its first performance (Febmary 25, 1830) resulted in the
triumph of the Romantics over the literary classicists. The title character, a noble
outlaw, wore a red waistcoat.
Herschell, Sir John (1792-1871). English astronomer and mathematician who followed
in the path of his father William with the discovery and cataloguing of stellar phenomena,
Herwegh, Georg (1817-1875). Gennan poet and revolutionary, Author of Gedichte cines
Lebendigen (1841-1844).
Hess, Moses (1812-1875). Editor, with Friedrich Engels, of Der GeJellschaftJspiegel (1845-
1846). Broke with Marx and Engels after 1848, and supported the socialist leader
Ferdinand Lassalle in Paris.
Hessel, Franz (1880-1941). Writer and translator; an editor at Rowohlt Verlag in Berlin.
Emigrated to Paris in 1938. He collaborated "vith Be,unin on translating Proust. His
books Heimliches Berlin (1927) and Spazicren in Berlin (1929) were reviewed by Benjamin.
Heym, Georg (1887-1912). Leading Gcrman expressionist poet, influenced by Baude-