himself with the education of his children, his only medical practice being attendance on the king at Windsor. In 1826 he returned to London to superintend the studies of one of his sons who had entered as a student at St. George's Hospital. The death of this son in 1829 from a dissection wound, of another son and of a daughter shortly afterwards, induced him finally to retire from practice, and he devoted the rest of his life to study and authorship in theological subjects. He died in London 19 Feb. 1845, and was buried at Windsor.
Heberden was an accomplished physician and scholar, whose success was aided by every favouring circumstance of education, position, and family connection. His medical writings, which were not numerous, were learned and accurate rather than original. His personal interest in education induced him to write a short dialogue on that subject, and to translate for the benefit of his children Plutarch's treatise (from the ‘Morals’) on ‘Brotherly Love.’ He also translated Cicero's ‘Letters to Atticus.’ He was the author of the inscription on Addison's monument in Westminster Abbey, and his Harveian oration is an interesting and elegant specimen of academical Latin. His biblical criticisms and translations seem to have been chiefly composed for the use of his friends. He is credited with having made the English version of his father's ‘Commentaries,’ though his name does not appear. His published writings (all printed in London) were:
- ‘Observations on the Increase and Decrease of different Diseases and particularly of the Plague,’ 1801, 4to.
- ‘Morborum Puerilium Epitome,’ 1804, 8vo. English version of the same, 1807, 12mo.
- ‘Oratio Harveiana,’ 1809–10, 4to.
- ‘On Education; a Dialogue after the manner of Cicero's Philosophical Disquisitions,’ 1818, 12mo.
- ‘Letters of Cicero to Atticus,’ translated with notes, 1825, 8vo.
- ‘Reflections upon the Gospel according to St. John,’ 1830, 12mo.
- ‘A Literal Translation of the Apostolical Epistles and Revelation,’ with concurrent commentary, 1839, 8vo.
- In the ‘Medical Transactions of the College of Physicians,’ vol. iv. (1) ‘Of a Peculiar Affection of the Eyes’ (Nyctalopia); (2) ‘Observations on the Scurvy,’ &c. Vol. v. ‘A Case of Water in the Head,’ &c.
- In the ‘Philosophical Transactions,’ vol. lxxxvi. 1796, ‘On the Influence of Cold upon the Health of the Inhabitants of London.’
[London Medical Gazette, 25 April 1845; Authentic Memoirs of Physicians and Surgeons, 2nd edit. 1818, p. 64; Munk's Coll. of Phys. 1878, ii. 457.]
HECHT, EDUARD (1832–1887), musician, son of Heinrich Hecht, a musician and teacher of singing at Frankfort, was born on 28 Nov. 1832 at Dürkheim-on-the-Haardt, Rhenish Bavaria. As a child he studied music under his father, and subsequently under Jacob Rosenhain, I. Christian Hauff, and F. Mosser. In November 1854 he came to England, and settled in Manchester as a pianoforte teacher. Associated with Mr. (now Sir) Charles Hallé in his concerts from an early date, he acted as his chorus-master from 1870, and afterwards as sub-conductor. In addition to a large private practice as singing and pianoforte master, he was conductor of the Manchester Liedertafel from 1859 to 1878; was conductor of the St. Cecilia Choral Society from 1860, and conductor of the Stretford Choral Society from 1879. He became in 1875 lecturer on harmony and composition at Owens College, and was conductor of the Bradford and Halifax Musical Society. A man of artistic instinct and energy, he composed many well-known works, which extend to Op. 28. Among them are a symphony played at Hallé's concerts, a chorus, ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade,’ ‘Eric the Dane,’ a cantata, pianoforte pieces, part-songs, trios, two string quartets, marches for military band, &c. He died suddenly at Manchester on 6 March 1887.
[Grove's Dict. of Music and Musicians, iv. 670; Manchester Evening News, 7 March 1887; private information.]
HEDDI, HÆDDI, HEADDA, or ÆTLA (d. 705), bishop of the Gewissas or West-Saxons, was consecrated at London by Archbishop Theodore in 676 as successor to Leutherius or Hlothar, under whom the whole kingdom of Wessex formed a single diocese. He fixed his see at Winchester, and, probably about 679, removed thither the bones of St. Birinus [q. v.] from Dorchester in Oxfordshire. Although this was not the first time that Winchester was made the residence of a West-Saxon bishop [see under Wini], Heddi's migration was final (the exact date appears uncertain; Rudborne's date, 683, for the removal of the relics is not trustworthy). Although Dorchester may have continued part of Wessex for some years longer, the extension of the Mercian power rendered it no longer a suitable place for a West-Saxon see. It is possible that Heddi should be identified with Ætla, a monk of Whitby under St. Hilda (Bæda, Hist. Eccl. iv. 23), who became bishop of Dorchester, though Ætla may have given place to Heddi. If Florence of Worcester's account of the Mercian sees is correct, Ætla
