henry iv
- n king of France from 1589 to 1610; although he was leader of the Huguenot armies, when he succeeded the Catholic Henry III and founded the Bourbon dynasty in 1589 he established religious freedom in France;
- n King of the Germans and Holy Roman Emperor (1050-1106)
- n the first Lancastrian king of England from 1399 to 1413; deposed Richard II and suppressed rebellions (1367-1413)
henry
- n a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
- n English chemist who studied the quantities of gas absorbed by water at different temperatures and under different pressures (1775-1836)
- n a leader of the American Revolution and a famous orator who spoke out against British rule of the American colonies (1736-1799)
- n United States physicist who studied electromagnetic phenomena (1791-1878)
henry's law
- n (chemistry) law formulated by the English chemist William Henry; the amount of a gas that will be absorbed by water increases as the gas pressure increases
henry alfred kissinger
- n United States diplomat who served under President Nixon and President Ford (born in 1923)
henry beauclerc
- n King of England from 1100 to 1135; youngest son of William the Conqueror; conquered Normandy in 1106 (1068-1135)
henry bolingbroke
- n the first Lancastrian king of England from 1399 to 1413; deposed Richard II and suppressed rebellions (1367-1413)
henry cavendish
- n British chemist and physicist who established that water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen and who calculated the density of the earth (1731-1810)
henry clay
- n United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852)
henry clay frick
- n United States industrialist who amassed a fortune in the steel industry (1849-1919)
henry david thoreau
- n United States writer and social critic (1817-1862)
henry engelhard steinway
- n United States piano maker (born in Germany) who founded a famous piano manufacturing firm in New York (1797-1871)