Henry Reed

Henry Reed may refer to:

  • Henry Reed (poet) (1914–1986), British poet
  • Henry Reed (merchant) (1806–1880), British merchant and philanthropist
  • Henry Reed (fictional character), a fictional character in children's novels by Keith Robertson
  • Henry Reed (musician) (1884–1968), Appalachian fiddler and banjoist, associated with folklorist Alan Jabbour
  • Henry Thomas Reed (1846–1924), U.S. federal judge
  • Henry Armstrong Reed (1858–1876), killed at Battle of the Little Bighorn, nephew of George Armstrong Custer
  • Henry Herbert Reed (died 1940) British sailor, George Cross recipient
  • Henry Hope Reed (1808–1854), American educator
  • Henry Hope Reed, Jr. (born 1916), American architecture critic and preservationist
  • Henry Byron Reed (1855–1896), Member of Parliament for Bradford East, 1886–1892 and 1895–1896

Famous quotes containing the words henry and/or reed:

    We live in a world which is full of misery and ignorance, and the plain duty of each and all of us is to try to make the little corner he can influence somewhat less miserable and somewhat less ignorant than it was before he entered it.
    —Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895)

    And pray for me also under the draughty stair.
    As we get older we do not get any younger.

    And pray for Kharma under the holy mountain.
    —Henry Reed (1914–1986)