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George Howe (musician)
George Howe may refer to: *Sir George Grobham Howe, 1st Baronet (–1676), English politician * George Howe (physician) (1654/5–1710), Scottish physician *George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe (1725–1758), British Army general *George Howe (printer) (1769–1821), Australian printer, editor and poet *George Howe (merchant) (1819–1899), American merchant and industrialist *George Curzon-Howe, 2nd Earl Howe (1821–1876), British peer *George Howe (attorney) (1824–1888), American lawyer *George Frederick Howe (1856–1937), British civil servant *George Howe (architect) (1886–1955), American architect *George L. Howe (1898–1977), author and intelligence operative in World War II *George Howe (actor) (1900–1986), English actor and comedian * George Howe (footballer) (1924–1971), English footballer * George A. Howe (died 1909), Massachusetts politician *George Howe (priest) (born 1952), Anglican priest * George W. Howe, American psychologist *George Howe (politician), American po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir George Grobham Howe, 1st Baronet
Sir George Grobham Howe, 1st Baronet (c. 1627 – 26 September 1676) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1676. Howe was the son of George Howe (d. 1647) of Berwick St Leonard, Wiltshire and his wife Dorothy Clarke, daughter of Humphrey Clerke of Woodchurch, Kent. He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn on 19 April 1646. In April 1660 Howe was elected Member of Parliament for Hindon and held the seat until his death in 1676. He was created baronet on 20 June 1660. Howe died in 1676 and was buried at Berwick St Leonard. He married Elizabeth Grimston, daughter of Sir Harbottle Grimston, 2nd Baronet and his wife Mary Croke. Their son James James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambiguati ... succeeded to the baronetcy and was also MP for Hindon. Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Howe (physician)
George Howe (1654/5 – 1710) was a Scottish physician, active in London. Early life George Howe was the eldest son of John Howe (1630–1705), by his wife Katherine (–1697), daughter of George Hughes. He entered the University of Glasgow in 1671 and graduated MA in 1673.Creighton; Wallis 2004. He is entered on the Leyden register as 'Georgius Howe, Scotus', student of physic, on 8 September 1677, aged twenty-two.Creighton 1891, p. 84. Career He graduated MD at Leyden University, and became a Licentiate of the College of Physicians of London on 30 September 1679, Fellow in 1687, and Censor in 1707. He is described in the annals of the College as 'an industrious and eminent practiser of physic'. Howe is identified with the Querpo of Sir Samuel Garth's ''Dispensary'' who is mocked for his opposition to the planned dispensary of the College of Physicians: Howe attended William III in his last illness and witnessed the post-mortem. Personal life Howe married Lætitia F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe
George Augustus Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe (c. 1725 – 6 July 1758) was a career officer and a brigadier general in the British Army. He was described by James Wolfe as "the best officer in the British Army". He was killed in the French and Indian War in a skirmish at Fort Ticonderoga the day before the Battle of Carillon, an ultimately disastrous attempt by the British to capture French-controlled Fort Carillon. Background Howe's father was Emanuel Scrope Howe, 2nd Viscount Howe, and mother was Mary Sophia von Kielmansegg (a niece of King George I), and he had two notable younger brothers, Richard Howe, Earl Howe and William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, as well as seven other siblings. George was born either on the Howe estate at Langar, Nottinghamshire, or at the Howe home on Albemarle Street, London. Early career Howe joined the army as an ensign of the 1st Foot Guards in 1745 and saw service during the Flanders campaign of the War of the Austrian Succession. In 1746 he was m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Howe (printer)
George Howe (1769 – 11 May 1821) was a poet, printer, and editor of the first Australian newspaper, the ''Sydney Gazette''. Early life Howe was the son of Thomas Howe, a government printer on Basseterre, Saint Christopher Island (now better known as Saint Kitts) in the West Indies.J. V. Byrnes,Howe, George (1769–1821), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 1, MUP, 1966, pp 557–559. Retrieved 8 August 2009 When he was 21, he went to London and worked as a printer for ''The Times''. In March 1799, George Howe, alias George Happy, alias Happy George, was charged with shoplifting after he and a man named Thomas Jones had robbed a mercer’s shop at Alcester. and they were sentenced to death, commuted to transportation for life to New South Wales. Howe arrived at Sydney on 22 November 1800. He received a full pardon on 4 June 1806. Editor of the ''Sydney Gazette'' A small printing press had been brought to Australia by Governor Arthur Phillip, and a convict name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Howe (merchant)
George Howe (1819–1899) of Boston was a 19th-century merchant, industrialist, and investor. He was, with David Nevins Sr., co-owner of Pemberton Mill New York Times January 21, 1860 when it collapsed in what is "likely the worst in " Pemberton Mill Collapse, 1860 and "one of the worst industrial calamities in |
George Curzon-Howe, 2nd Earl Howe
George Augustus Frederick Louis Curzon-Howe, 2nd Earl Howe (16 January 1821 – 4 February 1876) was a British peer and Conservative party politician. Biography Curzon-Howe was the eldest son of Richard William Penn Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe, and first wife Lady Harriet Georgiana Brudenell. He was commissioned as Captain "Viscount Curzon" in the Prince Albert's Own Leicestershire Yeomanry Cavalry in 1846. His father, Earl Howe, was Lieutenant-Colonel of the Regiment at the time and later became Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant in 1861. In 1861 George was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel George A F L Visc. Curzon and shared the PAOLYC Colonelcy with Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Charles Powys (late 9th Lancers). In 1870 he became Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant 2nd Earl Howe PAOLYC on the death of his father, until his own death in 1876. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Southern Division of Leicestershire from 1857 to 1870. He was a keen huntsman and exhibitor of his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Howe (attorney)
George Howe (July 4, 1824 - February 21, 1888) was a Vermont attorney and politician. Howe was most notable for his service as United States Attorney for the District of Vermont from 1861 to 1864 and a member of the Vermont Senate from 1874 to 1875. Biography George Howe was born in Vernon, Vermont on July 4, 1824, the son of Ebenezer Howe Jr. and Lydia (Fowler) Howe. He was educated in Vernon, and studied law with Judge Asa Keyes of Brattleboro. In 1845, he began attendance at Harvard Law School, and he received his ll.b. degree in 1847. Howe completed his legal studies in the office of William Czar Bradley in Westminster. He was admitted to the bar in 1847, and practiced in Brattleboro. Howe spent several years in California in the late 1840s and early 1850s before returning to Brattleboro to reestablish his law practice. A Republican, he served as Windham County's State's Attorney from 1858 to 1860. In 1861, he was appointed United States Attorney for the Distri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Frederick Howe
George Frederick Howe CB (1856 – 7 December 1937) was a British civil servant and barrister. Howe was born in Redhill, Surrey, and educated at Reigate Grammar School. He joined the Civil Service and was appointed to the Inland Revenue as an Inspector of Taxes in 1875. He was called to the bar by Gray's Inn in 1893. In about 1890, Howe was sent to Dublin to formulate plans to deal with the large arrears of property tax that had built up during the agricultural unrest in Ireland. He remained in Ireland for eleven years. In 1907 he was appointed one of the two Special Commissioners of Income Tax. He later became Presiding Special Commissioner, a post he held until his retirement in 1921. He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1920 New Year Honours. Footnotes References *Obituary, ''The Times'', 14 December 1937 *Biography, ''Who Was Who ''Who's Who'' is a reference work. It is a book, and also a CD-ROM and a website, giving information on influ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Howe (architect)
George Howe (1886–1955) was an American architect and educator, and an early convert to the International style. His personal residence, High Hollow (1914-1917), established the standard for house design in the Philadelphia region through the early 20th century. His partnership with William Lescaze yielded the design of Philadelphia's PSFS Building (1930–32), considered the first International style skyscraper built in the United States. Biography He was born in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1886 to James and Helen Howe. He received his Bachelor of Architecture from Harvard in 1908, and graduated from the École des Beaux-Arts in 1912. He worked for the Philadelphia firm of Furness, Evans & Co. from 1913 to 1916. In 1916, he joined the partnership of Walter Mellor & Arthur Ingersoll Meigs. He served in the military from 1917 to 1919, during World War I. Mellor Meigs & Howe's commissions were mostly residential and minor commercial buildings, with Bryn Mawr College's Goodh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George L
George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States * George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States * George V, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1910-1936 * George VI, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1936-1952 * Prince George of Wales * George Papagheorghe also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorgio Moroder * George Harrison, an English musician and singer-songwriter Places South Africa * George, Western Cape ** George Airport United States * George, Iowa * George, Missouri * George, Washington * George County, Mississippi * George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California Characters * George (Peppa Pig), a 2-year-old pig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Howe (actor)
George Winchester Howe (19 April 1900 – 24 June 1986) was an English actor who played numerous stage roles, was a frequent broadcaster on radio and television and appeared in four feature films. Howe acted in a wide range of plays, including new and classic comedies and historical dramas and was frequently seen in works by Chekhov and Shakespeare. He was particularly known for playing Polonius in ''Hamlet''. Most of his work was in the West End, but he also appeared in New York and toured extensively during the Second World War entertaining the troops. Life and career Early years Howe was born in Valparaiso, Chile, on 19 April 1900, the son of Edgar Winchester Howe and his wife Beatrice, ''née'' Macqueen. He was educated at Harrow School, the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and Christ Church, Oxford, before going on to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.Gaye, pp. 759–761 He made his first professional appearance on the stage at the Regent Theatre in August 1923, as Capt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Howe (footballer)
George Howe (10 January 1924 – 10 November 1971) was an English footballer who played as a defender. Career Born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, Howe joined Huddersfield Town from non-League side Carlton United in May 1942. He joined York City in June 1954, where he was a part of the team which played in the FA Cup semi-final in 1955. He retired from playing after spending the 1961–62 in the reserve team In sports, a reserve team is a team composed of players under contract to a club but who do not normally play in matches for the first team. Reserve teams often include back-up players from the first team, young players who need playing time to i .... He died suddenly at the age of 47 on 10 November 1971. References 1924 births Footballers from Wakefield 1971 deaths English men's footballers Men's association football defenders Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players York City F.C. players English Football League players {{England-footy-defender-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
