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(Encyclopedia)Howard University, at Washington, D.C.; coeducational; with federal support. It was founded in 1867 by Gen. Oliver O. Howard of the Freedmen's Bureau, to provide education for newly emancipated slaves...Kean, Thomas Howard
(Encyclopedia)Kean, Thomas Howard: see New Jersey. ...Bliss, Howard Sweetser
(Encyclopedia)Bliss, Howard Sweetser: see Bliss, Daniel. ...Hughes Medical Institute
(Encyclopedia)Hughes Medical Institute: see Howard Hughes Medical Institute. ...Howard, Elizabeth Jane
(Encyclopedia)Howard, Elizabeth Jane: see under Amis, Kingsley. ...Cole, Margaret Isabel (Postgate)
(Encyclopedia)Cole, Margaret Isabel (Postgate): see Cole, George Douglas Howard. ...Norfolk, Thomas Howard, 4th duke of
(Encyclopedia)Norfolk, Thomas Howard, 4th duke of, 1536–72, English nobleman, son of Henry Howard, earl of Surrey. He succeeded his grandfather, the 3d duke, in 1554. He was favored by Queen Elizabeth I, although...Odum, Eugene Pleasants
(Encyclopedia)Odum, Eugene Pleasants, 1913–2002, American ecologist, b. Newport, N.H., Ph.D. Univ. of Illinois, 1939; son of Howard W. Odum. He joined the department of zoology at the Univ. of Georgia in 1940, ev...Odum, Howard Washington
(Encyclopedia)Odum, Howard Washington ōˈdəm [key], 1884–1954, American sociologist, b. Bethlehem, Ga., grad. Emory College, 1904, Ph.D. Clark Univ., 1909, and Ph.D. Columbia, 1910. In 1920 he became professor ...Clark, Kenneth Bancroft
(Encyclopedia)Clark, Kenneth Bancroft, 1914–2005, American psychologist and educator, b. Panama Canal Zone, grad. Howard (B.A., 1935) and Columbia (Ph.D., 1940). Clark taught psychology at Howard (1937–38) and ...Browse by Subject
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