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Howard, Sir Ebenezer

(Encyclopedia) Howard, Sir Ebenezer, 1850–1928, English town planner, principal founder of the English garden-city movement. His To-morrow: a Peaceful Path to Real Reform (1898), reissued as Garden…

Howard, Sidney Coe

(Encyclopedia) Howard, Sidney Coe, 1891–1939, American dramatist, b. Oakland, Calif., grad. Univ. of California, 1915, and studied under George Pierce Baker at Harvard. His first successful play was…

William Howard Taft

William Howard TaftBorn: 9/15/1857Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio William Howard Taft was born in Cincinnati on Sept. 15, 1857. A Yale graduate, he entered Ohio Republican politics in the 1880s…

Howard Heinz Biography

Howard Heinzbusiness executive, philanthropistBorn: 1877Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pa. He began working in his father's food business in 1900, becoming president in 1919. Under his stewardship…

Howard Johnson Biography

Howard JohnsonrestaurateurBorn: 1896Birthplace: Boston, Mass. As post-War America began taking to the open road, Howard Johnson was there offering road-side meals and ice-cream that catered…

Brewer's: Norfolk-Howards

Bugs. A man named Bugg, in 1863, changed his name into Norfolk-Howard. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Norfolk StreetNorfolk A B C D E F G H I J K…

Brewer's: Green Howards

(The). The 19th Foot, named from the Hon. Charles Howard, colonel from 1738 to 1748. Green was the colour of their regimental facings, now white, and the regiment is called “The Princess…

Howard Finster Biography

Howard Finsterfolk artist, Baptist preacherBorn: 12/02/1916Birthplace: Valley Head, Alabama Baptist preacher and prolific folk artist known as much for his outsized personality as for his sculpture…

Leslie Howard Biography

Leslie Howard(Leslie Howard Steiner)actorBorn: 4/3/1893Birthplace: London, England Though he received two Oscar nominations for leading roles in Pygmalion (1938) and Berkeley Square (1933), he is…