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John Hislop, one of New Zealand's foremost pioneer educationalists, was born on 7 December 1821 and baptised at Lasswade, near Edinburgh, Scotland. He was the son of Walter Hislop, a ploughman, and his wife, Isabella…

John Hobbs was born on 22 February 1800, at St Peter's, Thanet, Kent, England. He was the son of Elizabeth Palmer and her husband, Richard Hobbs, a coachbuilder and maker of agricultural implements, who had been…

Edmund Hobhouse was born in London, England, on 17 April 1817, the son of Henry Hobhouse and his wife, Harriet Turton. Henry Hobhouse was a prominent government official, and Edmund had a privileged upbringing and…

William Hobson was born in Waterford, Ireland, on 26 September 1792, the third of five sons of Samuel Hobson, a barrister, and his wife, Martha Jones. William joined the Royal Navy before his 11th birthday, signing on…

Christian Gottlieb Ferdinand Hochstetter is said to have been born on 30 April 1829 in Esslingen, kingdom of Württemberg, the son of Christian Ferdinand Hochstetter, a professor and parson, who had published works on…

Thomas Morland Hocken, whose name is perpetuated in the Hocken Library, Dunedin, was born on 14 January 1836 in Rutlandshire, England. He was the third surviving son of Joshua Hocken, who was of Cornish descent, and his…

Appo Hocton was born in China, the son of Fook Ting and his wife, Pae See. According to family tradition his birth name was Wong Ahpoo Hock Ting and he was born on 18 August 1819. According to declarations he made in…

Born at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, on 5 February 1862, Annie Mabel Hodge was the daughter of George Hodge, a master brewer, and his wife, Annie Bellamy. After initial tuition from a governess, Mabel, as she…

Joseph Hodgens was born at Waimea South, Nelson, on 5 January 1887. His mother was Mary Ann Hodgens; his father's name is not known. After attending the Boys' Central School, Nelson, Joe served a carpentry…

Frances Mary Hodgkins was born at Dunedin, New Zealand, on 28 April 1869, the third child and second daughter of William Mathew Hodgkins and his Australian wife, Rachel Owen Parker. At that time Dunedin, where Frances…

Geoffrey Michael William Hodgkins, known as Michael, was born in Dunedin on 1 May 1902, the only child of Jane (Jean) Moore Dalgliesh and her husband, William John Parker Hodgkins, an accountant with the Bank of New…

William Mathew Hodgkins was baptised in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, on 23 September 1833. He was born in the heart of the city's dockside slums, the first child of a brushmaker, William Hodgkins, and his wife, Jane…

Samuel Hodgkinson, the son of Mary Fisher and her husband, Richard Hodgkinson, a farmer, was born at Babworth, Nottinghamshire, England, on 11 March 1817. He attended day schools at nearby Retford and the Collegiate…

Eliza Amy Campbell was born at Havelock North, Hawke’s Bay, on 10 October 1888, the fourth child of Hugh Campbell, a station manager, and his wife, Amy Allott. Amy died in 1890, and Hugh married her younger sister,…

František Simon Hofmann was born on 27 December 1916 at Prague, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the son of Katerina Blochová and her husband, Rudolf Hofmann, a prosperous Jewish businessman. He was given a…

George Hogben was born in Islington, Middlesex, England, on 14 July 1853, the first child of George Hogben, a commercial clerk and later a Congregational minister, and his wife, Mary Bennett McLachlan. He was educated…

Alexander Wilson Hogg was born at Glasgow, Scotland, on 9 February 1841, the son of Donald Hogg, a dyer, and his wife, Janet Dunn, both of highlander stock. Alexander's first school was one the dyeworks provided for its…

Robert Hogg was born in Blochairn, Glasgow, Scotland, on 28 January 1864, the son of Samuel Hogg, an iron puddler, and his wife, Elizabeth Pearson. Robert began his working life at the post office at Musselburgh, where…

Montague Harry Holcroft (registered at birth as Joyce Harry) was born on 14 May 1902 in Rangiora, where his father, Harry Cooper Holcroft, a salesman, was about to buy a grocery shop. His mother, Harriet Emily Soanes,…

Hubert Reginald Holdaway was born at Lower Moutere, near Motueka, on 18 January 1896, the 10th of 12 children of Henry Oscar Holdaway and his wife, Jane Edwards. His parents were farmers and orchardists, and the family…