Henry King
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Henry King may refer to:
- Henry King (poet)Henry King (poet)-Life:The eldest son of John King, Bishop of London, and his wife Joan Freeman, he was baptised at Worminghall, Buckinghamshire, 16 January 1592. He was educated at Lord Williams's School, Westminster School and in 1608 became a student of Christ Church, Oxford...
(1592–1669), English poet, Bishop of Chichester - Henry King (British Army officer) (1776–1839), Member of Parliament for County Sligo
- Henry King (congressman)Henry King (congressman)Henry King was a Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Henry King was born in Palmer, Massachusetts. He studied law in New London, Connecticut, and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania...
(1790–1861), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania - Henry King (police officer) (1832–?), Chief of Police in Los Angeles, California, 1878–1880, 1881–1883
- Sir Henry King, 1st BaronetSir Henry King, 1st BaronetSir Henry Seymour King, 1st Baronet KCIE was an English banker, mountaineer and Conservative politician.King was born at Brighton, the son of Henry Samuel King. He was educated at Charterhouse School and Balliol College, Oxford, where he won an oratory gold medal. He joined his father in the...
(1852–1933), English banker, mountaineer and Conservative Member of Parliament - Henry Churchill KingHenry Churchill KingHenry Churchill King was an American theologian and educator.At Oberlin from 1884, he taught in mathematics, philosophy, and theology. From 1902 to 1927, he was president of the college...
(1858–1934), theologian and educator; served on King-Crane Commission
- Harry KingHarry KingHenry Edward "Harry" King was an English footballer.King was born in Northampton, Northamptonshire and began his career at Evesham Star and Worcester City, before joining Birmingham in 1907. A centre-forward, he played 29 games and scored six goals for the Second Division side in two seasons....
(1886–1968), English football (soccer) player - Henry King (director)Henry King (director)Henry King was an American film director.Before coming to film, King worked as an actor in various repertoire theatres, and first started to take small film roles in 1912. He directed for the first time in 1915, and grew to become one of the most commercially successful Hollywood directors of the...
(1886–1982), American film director - Henry T. KingHenry T. KingHenry T. King Jr. was an attorney who served as a U.S. Prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials in 1946-47. Late in his career, he became a law professor and an activist, writer, and lecturer working on international law and war crimes; David M...
(1919–2009), prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials - Henry W. KingHenry W. KingHenry W. King was a Free Soil politician in the U. S. State of Ohio who served as Ohio Secretary of State 1850-1852.-Biography:...
(1815–1857), Free Soil politician in the U.S. state of Ohio - "Henry King, Who chewed bits of string and was early cut off in dreadful agonies", poem by Hilaire BellocHilaire BellocJoseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc was an Anglo-French writer and historian who became a naturalised British subject in 1902. He was one of the most prolific writers in England during the early twentieth century. He was known as a writer, orator, poet, satirist, man of letters and political activist...
- Brainwave (comics)Brainwave (comics)Brainwave is a name shared by two characters in the DC Comics Universe, who are father and son.-Henry King, Sr.:The Brain Wave was Henry King, a super-villain who used his psionic powers to battle the Justice Society of America in the 1940s, first appearing in All-Star Comics #15...
, a name shared by two characters in the DC Comics Universe, who are father and son:- Henry King, Sr., a fictional DC Comics supervillain
- Henry King, Jr., a fictional DC Comics superhero codenamed Brainwave, Jr.
See also
- For monarchs called King Henry, see with List of rulers named Henry