Who's Who in Asimov H
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
- Hame
- Name used by the Hamish to refer to Trantor. (13-5-17)
- Hamish
- Name adopted by the people other than the Second Foundationers remaining on Trantor after the Great Sack, living by subsistence farming and by selling the metals left over from the destroyed urban areas. They were encouraged to remain a people of low technology better to hide the Second Foundation. (13-7,8)
- Hannis
- Foundation politician brought down by the eighth Seldon Crisis. (13-1-1)
- Hanto
- Officer of Kalganian spaceport police at the time of Arkady Darell's flight to Trantor with the Palvers. (12-II-15)
- Hardin, Salvor
- First Mayor of Terminus, and owner of the Terminus City Journal. The training in psychology which he received from Bor Alurin, though incomplete, was enough when combined with his own insights into the growing vulnerability of Terminus in the Periphery for him to become dissatisfied with the isolationist policies of the Encyclopedia Trustees at a time when the Periphery was becoming increasingly fragmented politically and economically. After siezing power in a bloodless coup, Hardin steered the Foundation towards a measure of security through playing the interests of the neighbouring Kingdoms against one another, and enabled a smooth transition from pseudo-scientific backwater to a fully-functioning society in its own right. (10-II,III)
- Harrisburg
- Small city of Earth, near Three Mile Island. (4-V-18-89)
- Hart, Porfirat
- Bayta Darell's section leader in the underground democratic opposition movement on Terminus. (11-II-14)
- Haven
- One of the twenty-seven independent trading worlds. Cold and isolated, its people lived in cave cities up to twenty thousand in population. Home planet of Randu, and Franssart and Toran Darell. (11-II-11)
- Helicon
- Insignificant planet of the Arcturus Sector, on the other side of the galaxy's central black hole from Trantor. Generally loyal to the Empire, and noted for its martial arts, its main claim to fame during the Foundation era was as the birthplace of Hari Seldon. (8-2-7,3-11,4-19; 10-I-1; 12-I-2)
- Heliona
- Continent of the Northern hemisphere of Solaria. (4-II-5-17)
- Hella
- Woman of Haven at the time of the war with the Mule. (11-II-19)
- Hesperos
- One of the Outer Worlds. (4-IV-12-48)
- Hestelonia
- Sector of Imperial Trantor. (8-6-29)
- Hinriad, Artemisia oth (Arta)
- Daughter of Hinrik oth Hinriad. (6-5 etc.)
- Hinriad, Gillbret oth
- Cousin of Hinrik oth Hinriad, and uncle of Artemisia. His apparent role as an effete dilletante belied a belief that the Tyranni had to be overthrown if the economies of the Nebular Kingdoms were to catch up with those of their neighbours, though he was unaware of his cousin Hinriks covert role as leader of the Kingdoms' revolutionary movement. Inventor of the visisonor. (6-6 etc.)
- Hinriad, Hinrik oth (Hinrik V)
- Director of Rhodia. While giving every appearance of being the ineffectual puppet of the Tyranni, he was leading a movement dedicated to the overthrow of the Tyranni. (6-2 etc.)
- Hiroko
- Young woman of Alpha who met Golan Trevize's expedition on their arrival, and who later revealed that she had infected Trevize with a fatal virus which would be activated unless he and his companions left immediately. Also the name of Hiroko's mother. (14-VI-17-75 on)
- Hjordesse
- Squire of the Upper City of Florina. (5-13)
- Hober Mallow
- Foundation cruiser destroyed by the Kalganian navy. (12-II-16)
- Holk, Muller
- Member of the Foundation's Division of Logic, employed by Salvor Hardin to analyse the Empire-Anacreon treaty. (10-II-5)
- Hopara
- Home planet of Lisung Randa. (8-5-21)
- Horder, Rutilan
- Chairman of Aurora's World Legislature at the time of Elijah Baley's investigation of the death of Jander Panell. (3-17-73,18)
- Horleggor
- Location of a key strategic defeat of Foundation forces by the Mule. (11-II-16)
- Humanics, Laws of
- See Psychohistory.
- Humanists
- Political faction on Aurora which saw Aurora and Earth colonizing the galaxy together, with the help of Auroran technology. See Globalists. (3-7-28)
- Humboldt, Alfred Barr
- Eminent mathematician of Aurora. (Mirror Image)
- Hummin, Chetter
- Identity adopted by Daneel Olivaw in his role as the journalist who became Hari Seldon's 'minder' on Trantor. (8-1,2,37,12,18,19)
- Husting
- Florinian of the city, evidently known as a troublemaker. (5-10)
- Huxlani
- Chief engineer on the ship used by Bail Channis and Han Pritcher on their journey to Tazenda, and finder of the hypertracer placed in the communications circuits by the Mule. (12-I-2)