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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 Stern Biography

Howard Stern television and radio personality, authorBorn: 1/12/1954Birthplace: New York City Shock jock and author who takes pleasure and pride in offending as many as possible with racist and…

Howard Hawks Biography

Howard HawksdirectorBorn: 5/30/1896Birthplace: Goshen, Indiana American film director whose work spanned nearly all movie genres—musicals, gangster movies, comedies, action adventures, war…

Ron Howard Biography

Ron Howardactor, producer, directorBorn: 3/1/1954Birthplace: Duncan, Oklahoma Actor, producer, and director who was television's “all-American boy” and is one of film's most respected…

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…

garden city, in city planning

(Encyclopedia) garden city, an ideal, self-contained community of predetermined area and population surrounded by a greenbelt. As formulated by Sir Ebenezer Howard, the garden city was intended to…

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

(Encyclopedia) Howard Hughes Medical Institute, (HHMI), nonprofit medical research organization founded in 1953 by Howard Hughes and largly funded from proceeds of the 1984–85 sale of Hughes Aircraft…