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Carter, Howard
(Encyclopedia) Carter, Howard, 1874–1939, English Egyptologist. He served (1891–99) with the Egyptian Exploration Fund and later helped to reorganize the antiquities administration for the Egyptian…Swanson, Howard
(Encyclopedia) Swanson, Howard, 1909–78, American composer, b. Atlanta. He studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music and in Paris with Nadia Boulanger. Among his compositions are three symphonies,…Staunton, Howard
(Encyclopedia) Staunton, Howard, 1810–74, English chess player, writer, and editor, b. Westmoreland. Settling (1836) in London, he edited (1841–54) England's first major chess magazine and wrote (…1998 Deaths: G - L
Lawrence GableMartha GellhornTom GentryLarry GilbertSir Anthony Glyn Rumer GoddenWally GoldBarry GoldwaterNelson GonzalvesAlbert Gore Sr.Meredith GourdineLew GradeVirginia GrahamMaria GrandyM…2002 Deaths: A - F
Jack Henry AbbottJohn AgarBob AkinStephen AmbroseWalter AnnenbergKenneth ArmitageBuck BakerNorman “Buddy” BakerJoaquín BalaguerDavid W. BarryAlice BauerMildred BensonDave BergMilton…National Committee Chairs Since 1944
Chairman and (state)-Republican Term Herbert Brownell Jr. (N.Y.) 1944-1946 Carroll Reece (Tenn.) 1946-1948…Letchworth
(Encyclopedia) Letchworth, town (1991 pop. 31,146), Hertfordshire, E central England. It was the first garden city, founded in 1903 by Sir Ebenezer Howard. Industries focus on printing and the…Fisk University
(Encyclopedia) Fisk University, at Nashville, Tenn.; coeducational; founded 1865, opened 1866, and chartered 1867. It became a university in 1967. Fisk, long an outstanding African-American school,…Brownwood
(Encyclopedia) Brownwood, city (2020 pop. 18,862), seat of Brown co., central Tex.; inc. 1876. Its many industries include oil and gas, printing, and…William Howard Taft National Historic Site
(Encyclopedia) William Howard Taft National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table).