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Harrod–Domar model

The Harrod–Domar model is a Keynesian theory of economic growth where growth equals the saving rate divided by the capital–output ratio, developed by Harrod and Domar in 1939 and 1946.

Harrods

Harrods, also known as Harrods department store, is a British luxury department store in Knightsbridge, London, founded as a grocery shop by Henry Charles Harrod in 1849.

Harrods Group

Harrods Group is the corporate group centered on Harrods, the luxury department store in Knightsbridge, London, owned by Qatar Investment Authority since 2010, which also runs Harrods Estates, H Beauty, and Harrods Aviation.

Harrogate

Harrogate is a North Yorkshire spa town that grew around mineral springs discovered from 1571, with the Stray, Royal Pump Room, Royal Baths and Royal Hall, later reinvented as a conference and exhibition town.

Harrogate Town A.F.C.

Harrogate Town A.F.C., nicknamed the Sulphurites, is an English football club founded in 1914 in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, which reached the Football League for the first time in 2020.

Harrow (tool)

A harrow is a farm implement that levels soil, breaks clods, and covers seed as secondary tillage after plowing, with spike, spring, chain, and disc types.

Harrow (TV series)

Harrow: Australian forensic-pathologist crime drama created by Stephen M. Irwin and Leigh McGrath, starring Ioan Gruffudd; Hoodlum/ABC Brisbane series, 30 episodes, 2018–2021, aired on ABC, Hulu, Alibi, Disney+.

Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash

The Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash, also called the Harrow rail crash, was a 1952 three-train collision in London that killed 112 people, Britain's worst peacetime rail crash.

Harrow County

Harrow County is a 32-issue southern gothic folk horror comic by Cullen Bunn and Tyler Crook, published by Dark Horse from 2015 to 2018, about Emmy, possibly the reincarnation of the witch Hester Beck, with watercolor art, an Eisner nomination, a Syfy option, and Tales from Harrow County sequels.

Harrow School

Harrow School, an all-boys British boarding school in Harrow on the Hill, London, founded by John Lyon under a 1572 charter from Elizabeth I; 830 boys aged 13–18, 12 houses, seven British prime ministers among alumni.

Harrow, London

Harrow is a town in north-west Greater London, England, named for Harrow on the Hill, home to Harrow School, founded by John Lyon in 1572.

Harrowing of Hell

Harrowing of Hell (Descensus Christi ad Inferos): Christian doctrine that Christ descended to the realm of the dead between crucifixion and resurrection, freeing the righteous dead; rooted in 1 Peter 3:19 and the Gospel of Nicodemus, central to Orthodox Anastasis iconography and disputed since the Reformation.

Harry & David

Harry & David is an American gourmet food gift retailer based in Medford, Oregon, best known for Royal Riviera pears, the Fruit-of-the-Month Club, and mail-order gift boxes.

Harry & Meghan

Harry & Meghan is a 2022 six-episode Netflix documentary series directed by Liz Garbus in which the Duke and Duchess of Sussex recount their courtship, press treatment, racism claims, and 2020 exit from royal duties; it set Netflix's documentary debut record with 81.55 million hours viewed in four days.

Harry A. Atwater

Harry A. Atwater is an American applied physicist and electrical engineer at Caltech who gave plasmonics its name in 2001 and directs research on solar fuels and photovoltaics.

Harry A. Derow

Harry A. Derow was an American physician and kidney disease researcher at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, active from 1935 through the 1950s.

Harry A. Millis

Harry A. Millis (1873–1948) was an American labor economist at the University of Chicago and chairman of the National Labor Relations Board from 1940 to 1945.

Harry A. Quigley

Harry A. Quigley, also known as Harry Quigley, is an American ophthalmologist who holds the Maumenee Professorship at Johns Hopkins and directs its Glaucoma Center of Excellence.

Harry Adams

Harry Adams: name of two American athletes, rifle shooter Harry Lester Adams (1880-1968), 1912 Olympic military rifle team gold medalist, and Harry Adams (born 1989), Auburn sprinter with a 9.96-second 100 m best.

Harry Agganis

Harry Agganis (Aristotle George Agganis, the Golden Greek, 1929-1955), Lynn, MA multi-sport star; BU All-American quarterback drafted 12th overall by the Browns, who chose baseball and played first base for the Red Sox until dying of a pulmonary embolism at 26.

Harry Albert Atwater Jr.

Harry Albert Atwater Jr., also known as Harry A. Atwater Jr., is an American applied physicist at Caltech known for plasmonics, metasurfaces, and solar energy research.

Harry Aleman

Harry "The Hook" Aleman (1939–2010) was a Chicago Outfit hit man convicted in 1997 of the 1972 murder of William Logan, retried after a 1977 acquittal bought with a $10,000 bribe.

Harry Amass

Harry Amass (born 2007) is an English left-back at Manchester United, formerly of Watford; debuted on his 18th birthday in 2025, loaned to Sheffield Wednesday and Norwich City in 2025/26.

Harry and the Hendersons

Harry and the Hendersons is a 1987 Universal/Amblin family comedy directed by William Dear, starring John Lithgow, with Kevin Peter Hall as Bigfoot and Rick Baker's Oscar-winning makeup; it spawned a 1991–1993 sitcom.

Harry Anderson

Harry Anderson (1952–2018), American actor, comedian, and magician; star of Night Court as Judge Harry Stone, con man Harry the Hat on Cheers, Dave's World lead, Richie Tozier in It; Magician of the Year 1988.

Harry Andrews

Harry Andrews (Henry Stewart Fleetwood Andrews, 1911-1989), English character actor and Shakespearean stage player known for tough military roles in The Hill, Equus, Superman, and Watership Down.

Harry Arter

Harry Arter, English-born Irish midfielder; brother-in-law of Scott Parker. Released by Charlton, revived at Woking, signed by Bournemouth for £4,000, won the 2014/15 Championship, played in the Premier League, and won 19 Ireland caps.

Harry Ashfield

Harry Ashfield (born 2006, Wrexham, Wales) is a Welsh attacking midfielder for Peterborough United. Wrexham academy graduate, EFL Trophy goalscorer, Cheltenham Town loanee, Wales U21 call-up.

Harry B. Gray

Harry B. Gray, born in 1935, is an American inorganic chemist at Caltech known for demonstrating long-range electron tunneling through proteins and for solar fuels research.

Harry B. Greenberg

Harry B. Greenberg is a virologist and physician-scientist at Stanford University School of Medicine, lead inventor of the first licensed rotavirus vaccine in 1998 and co-chair of the program behind India's Rotavac.