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Hough (surname)
Hough is an English surname that is also used in Ireland as a variant of Haugh. People with this surname may pronounce it as "how" () or "huff" (). Notable people with the surname include: Authors and writers * Barrie Hough (1953–2004), South African writer * Charlotte Hough (1924–2008), British author * David L. Hough (born 1937), American writer on motorcycles * Donald Hough (1895–c. 1965), American humorist and author * Emerson Hough (1857–1923), American author * Graham Hough (1908–1990), English literary critic and poet * Henry Beetle Hough (1896–1985), American journalist * Hugh Hough (1924–1986), American author * Jason M. Hough, author of ''The Dire Earth Cycle'' * Richard Hough (1922–1999), British author and historian * Robert Hough (born 1963), Canadian author * Stanley Bennett Hough (1917–1998), British author of science fiction Entertainers and directors * Derek Hough (born 1985), American professional dancer, choreographer, actor and singer * Greg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hough (director)
John Hough (born 21 November 1941) is a British film and television director. He is primarily known for his suspense films of the 1970s and 1980s, including ''Twins of Evil'' (1971), ''The Legend of Hell House'' (1973), ''The Incubus (film), The Incubus'' (1982) and ''American Gothic (1988 film), American Gothic'' (1988), as well as the 1974 action thriller ''Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry''. Career British TV After many credits as a second unit director on ''The Baron (TV series), The Baron'', ''The Avengers (TV series), The Avengers'' and ''The Champions'', he took his first job as a director on the 1968 season of ''The Avengers'', directing episodes such as "Super Secret Cypher Snatch" and "Homicide and Old Lace". "ITC was a very special place to work in", he said later. "And the people cared. Instead of asking you to do it quicker and with less quality, they'd push you to excel yourself. It was creative and interesting, but very disciplined. It was like Michelangelo painting the Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danie Hough
Daniel "Danie" Hough (1937–2008) was a South African politician who served as the Administrator-General of South West Africa from September 4, 1980 to February 1, 1983 and as the Administrator of the Transvaal Province from June 1, 1988 to May 7, 1994. Upon his arrival in South West Africa, he was greeted with a military parade through Windhoek, the capital city. His time in South West Africa was during the period where the United Nations had declared the South African control over Namibia as illegal, and was during the South African Border War versus SWAPO. From 1988 to 1994 he was the Administrator of Transvaal Transvaal is a historical geographic term associated with land north of (''i.e.'', beyond) the Vaal River in South Africa. A number of states and administrative divisions have carried the name Transvaal. * South African Republic (1856–1902; af, .... References 1937 births 2008 deaths South African politicians South West Africa Transvaal {{Namibia-p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Merrill Hough
Charles Merrill Hough (May 18, 1858 – April 22, 1927) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and previously was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Education and career Born on May 18, 1858, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Hough received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1879 from Dartmouth College and read law in 1883. He entered private practice in New York City from 1884 to 1906. Federal judicial service Hough was nominated by President Theodore Roosevelt on June 20, 1906, to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (S.D.N.Y.), to a new seat authorized by 34 Stat. 202. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 27, 1906, and received his commission the same day. Hough's most historically memorable judicial ruling came in 1908 in ''United States vs. Press Publishing Co.'' Hough quashed a libel suit brought by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benson W
Benson may refer to: Animals *Benson (fish), largest common carp caught in Britain Places Geography Canada *Rural Municipality of Benson No. 35, Saskatchewan; rural municipality *Benson, Saskatchewan; hamlet United Kingdom *Benson, Oxfordshire United States *Benson, Arizona **Benson (Amtrak station) in Benson, Arizona *Benson, Illinois *Benson, Louisiana *Benson, Maryland (other) * Benson, Michigan *Benson, Minnesota *Benson, New York *Benson, North Carolina *Benson, Pennsylvania *Benson, Utah *Benson, Vermont, a New England town **Benson (CDP), Vermont, the main village in the town *Benson, Wisconsin *Benson County, North Dakota * Benson Lake, a lake in California *Benson neighborhood (Omaha, Nebraska) *Benson Township, Minnesota Education *Benson High School (other) *Benson Idahosa University, private Christian university in Benin City, Nigeria *Benson Polytechnic High School, public high school in Portland, Oregon * Florence C. Benson Elementary School, hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Hough
Benjamin Hough (1773 – September 4, 1819) was the second State Auditor of the U.S. State of Ohio from 1808 to 1815. He also served in local political offices and in both houses of the Ohio General Assembly. Hough was born in Virginia. He was in Jefferson County, Northwest Territory by 1802 when he surveyed Cross Creek Township into quarter sections. He was elected a county commissioner at the first election, April 2, 1804, after Ohio became a state. Hough represented Jefferson County in the Ohio State Senate 1805 to 1807, and the Ohio House of Representatives 1807 to 1808. Thomas Gibson resigned as Ohio State Auditor March 1, 1808. The legislature had adjourned February 22, 1808, and would not meet again until December, so Governor Thomas Kirker appointed Hough as Auditor. Hough was re-elected by the legislature December 18, 1809, and again February 20, 1812, serving until March 15, 1815. He remained in the capital, Chillicothe, after his term, and was elected aga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ira Hough
Ira Hough (July 2, 1842 – October 18, 1916) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for gallantry when he captured an enemy flag during the Battle of Cedar Creek fought near Middletown, Virginia on October 19, 1864. The battle was the decisive engagement of Major General Philip Sheridan's Valley Campaigns of 1864 and was the largest battle fought in the Shenandoah Valley. Hough joined the army from Middletown, Indiana Middletown is a town in northwest Henry County, Indiana, United States. The population was 2,322 at the 2010 census. History Middletown was platted in 1829. The town's name is locational, for it lies halfway between New Castle and Anderson. A ... in May 1864, and was discharged in August 1865. Medal of Honor citation The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private Ira Hough, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Hughes Hough
Henry Hughes Hough (January 8, 1871 – September 9, 1943) was a Rear Admiral of the United States Navy and one-time military Governor of the United States Virgin Islands. In 1923 he was the director of the Office of Naval Intelligence. He commanded the Yangtze Patrol from 1925 to 1927. Biography He was born on January 8, 1871, in the French overseas colony of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, off the coast of Newfoundland. Hough graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1891. He served on board the torpedo boat during the Spanish–American War. Following the war, he alternated assignments in the Naval Intelligence office with ship-board duties. In 1911, he was made the Navy attache to France and, later, to Russia. From 1914 to 1915, he was given his first command: the gunboat , assigned to the Naval Academy. In 1918, he was made a Staff Representative and district commander in Brest, France, as part of the overall Naval Forces, France Command. He was subsequently also a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Hough
Daniel Hough ( – April 14, 1861) was an Irish-born American soldier who became the first man to die in the American Civil War. His death was accidental, caused by a cannon that went off prematurely during a salute to the flag after the Battle of Fort Sumter. He was an Irish immigrant, having been born in County Tipperary. Early life Daniel Hough was born in County Tipperary, Ireland . After emigrating to the United States from Ireland, Hough enlisted as a private in the U.S. Army, where he was put into Battery D of the 1st United States Artillery Regiment. After reenlistment at Fort Moultrie in 1859, Hough was assigned to Battery E of the same regiment. In January 1861, Battery E was relocated to Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor, where it stayed until the Battle of Fort Sumter. Death On April 12, 1861, Fort Sumter came under attack. It is unknown where Hough served during the battle, but along with the rest of the garrison, he came through the battle unscathed and was present ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Hough
Sir Stephen Andrew Gill Hough (; born 22 November 1961) is a British-born classical pianist, composer and writer. He became an Australian citizen in 2005 and thus has dual nationality (his father was born in Australia in 1926). Biography Hough was born in Heswall (then in Cheshire) on the Wirral Peninsula, and grew up in Thelwall, where he began piano lessons at the age of five. His father, who was born in Australia, worked as a technical representative for British Steel before his death at the age of 54. At an early age, Hough was able to memorise about 100 nursery rhymes and, after much pleading, his parents agreed to buy a second-hand piano, for £5 from a local antique shop, for the home. At the age of 12 he suffered what he has described as a "mini-nervous breakdown", triggered by a mugging incident, which resulted in him taking almost a year off school. He studied at Chetham's School of Music, which he later described as "not a wonderful place while I was there", and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stan Hough
Stanley L. Hough (Los Angeles, CA, July 23, 1918 – Los Angeles, CA, February 23, 1990) was an American movie executive and film and television producer. He worked as an assistant director from 1952 to 1961. He then became vice-president in charge of production operations at 20th Century Fox. In 1971 he married the actress Jean Peters after she had divorced her estranged husband Howard Hughes. Hough then decided to become a producer and resigned his post at 20th Century Fox. His first job was on the successful movie ''Emperor of the North Pole'' starring Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, and Keith Carradine. He then produced the ''Planet of the Apes'' TV series which only lasted for 13 episodes on CBS in September 1974. He wrote the stories for the successful westerns ''Bandolero! ''Bandolero!'' is a 1968 American Western film directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and starring James Stewart, Dean Martin, Raquel Welch and George Kennedy. The story centers on two brothers on the run fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Hough
Paul Hough is an English film director. He is best known for creating and directing ''The Backyard (2002 film), The Backyard.'' He is the son of director John Hough (director), John Hough. In 2007 he directed the short film ''The Angel (2007 film), The Angel''. In 2012, he directed thriller ''The Human Race (film), The Human Race'', which premiered at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, and was released worldwide in 2013 by Anchor Bay. Hough directed a musical special for television series ''League of Steam'' called "The Invitation To Armageddon". The episode was nominated for various awards and won awards at DragonCon and WebAsia. He also directed the music video "Enemy (Fozzy song), Enemy" for Chris Jericho's band Fozzy. Awards and nominations References External links * Official Website {{DEFAULTSORT:Hough, Paul Year of birth missing (living people) Living people English film directors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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