Letter: H

(1887-1972) Poet. Helen Hoyt was educated at Barnard College in Manhattan, New York. She married William Whittingham Lyman Jr, and was sometimes known as Helen Hoyt Lyman.

(1901-1994) Poet, translator. Lindley Williams Hubbell was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and died in Kyoto, Japan. He was a reference librarian at the New York Public Library.

(1886-1932) Poet. Moyshe Leyb Halpern was born in Zlotchev, Galicia, Austria-Hungary, and died in New York, New York.

(1790-1867) Poet. Fitz-Greene Halleck lived and worked in New York City.

(1927-2008) Writer. Samuel P. Huntington was born in New York City and died on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. Mr. Huntington was a political scientist who authored several books of political subjects.

(1929-2009) Writer. Joe Hirsch was a graduate of New York University and died in Manhattan, New York.

(1873-1958) Songwriter. W. C. Handy was born in Florence, Alabama.

(1895-1984) Poet. Alberta Hunter was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and died in Roosevelt, New York. She worked as a licensed practical nurse at a New York City area hospital from 1956 until 1977.