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Howitt may refer to: Surname Notable people with the surname Howitt include: *Alfred Howitt (politician) (1879–1954), English medical doctor and politician *Alfred William Howitt (1830–1908), Australian anthropologist and naturalist *Anna Mary Howitt (1824–1884), English painter, writer and feminist *Bobby Howitt (1925–2005), Scottish footballer *Dann Howitt (born 1964), American baseball player *Dave Howitt (born 1952), English footballer *David Howitt (entrepreneur) (born 1968), American business consultant *Dennis Howitt, British psychologist *Godfrey Howitt (1800–1863), English-born Australian botanist and doctor *Hugh Howitt, English pub landlord *Mary Howitt (1799–1888), English poet and author *Peter Howitt (born 1957), English actor and film director *Peter Howitt (set decorator) (born 1928), English set decorator *Peter Howitt (economist) (born 1946), Canadian economist *Richard Howitt (other), multiple people *Samuel Howitt (1765–1822), English artis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Howitt (politician)
Sir Alfred Bakewell Howitt CVO (11 February 1879 – 8 December 1954) was an English medical doctor who became a Conservative Party politician. Early life and medical career Howitt was born in Nottingham, the youngest son of Dr Francis Howitt, a doctor from an old Quaker family whose relatives included the anthropologist Alfred William Howitt. He was schooled at Epsom College and then graduated in natural sciences from Clare College, Cambridge, before training as a doctor at St Thomas' Hospital in London. After several years as a hospital doctor in London, he served during the First World War in France as a captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps, before returning to London in 1919 and practising as a physician in Berkeley Square. Political career Howitt first stood for Parliament at the 1929 general election in Preston, where he failed to win either of the two seats. He was unsuccessful again at the Preston by-election in July 1929. Howitt entered the House of Common ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Howitt (set Decorator)
Peter Howitt (1928 - 22 September 2021) was an English set decorator. He was nominated for four Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction. Partial filmography As set decorator :''Academy Award nominations in bold'' * ''Anne of the Thousand Days'' (1969) * '' Revenge'' (1971) * '' Assault'' (1971) * ''Mary, Queen of Scots'' (1971) (nominated with Terence Marsh and Robert Cartwright) * '' Follow Me!'' (1972) * ''The Great Gatsby'' (1974) * '' Superman'' (1978) * '' Moonraker'' (1979) * ''Superman II'' (1980) * ''Ragtime'' (1981) (with John Graysmark, Patrizia von Brandenstein, Tony Reading, George DeTitta Sr. and George DeTitta Jr.) * '' Evil Under the Sun'' (1982) * ''The Pirates of Penzance'' (1983) * ''The Lords of Discipline'' (1983) * '' Never Say Never Again'' (1983) * '' Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'' (1984) * '' King David'' (1985) * '' The Fourth Protocol'' (1987) * ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' (1988) (with Elliot Scott) * '' Indiana Jones and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiwatt
Hiwatt is a British company that manufactures amplifiers for electric guitars and electric basses. Starting in the late 1960s, together with Marshall and Vox, Hiwatt contributed to the sonic image popularly termed "British sound". History Origins Hylight Electronics was the brainchild of British audio engineer David Reeves. He attended technical school in the late 1950s and did apprenticeships at Marconi Company and Mullard. While working his day job, young Reeves started working evenings in a small room over Plato Music on Crown Passage in Morden from 1964–1968. He fixed things at first, repairing hifi sets and televisions. It was during this time that he first conceived the idea to start his own company and invented the Hiwatt name. In 1963, a local band's amplifier blew up, Dave Reeves said "I could build a better one than that" so he did. In early 1966, Reeves was made redundant from Mullard and used the £800 redundancy pay to pay to further develop his amps. First ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howatt
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Howatt is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Charlie Howatt, Green Party of Canada candidate in the 2006 Canadian federal election *Cornelius Howatt (1810–1895), farmer and political figure in Prince Edward Island *Garry Howatt (born 1952), retired Canadian ice hockey forward * Hubert Howatt (1867–1919), farmer and political figure on Prince Edward Island * John Howatt Bell (1846–1929), lawyer and politician from Prince Edward Island, 14th Premier of Prince Edward Island *Lester Alexander Howatt (1909–1994), American businessman and politician See also * Howat (surname) *Hiwatt * Howitt *Howittia ''Howittia'' is a genus of plant containing the single species, ''Howittia trilocularis'', commonly known as blue howittia, and is endemic to Australia. It is a tall shrub found growing in shaded valleys and on rainforest edges, it has hairy le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howitt, Queensland
Howitt is a coastal Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Carpentaria, Queensland, Australia. In the , Howitt had a population of 24 people. Geography Howitt is on the western coast of Cape York Peninsula facing the Gulf of Carpentaria. The Burke Developmental Road passes through the locality from north-east (Yagoonya, Queensland, Yagoonya) to the south-west (Normanton, Queensland, Normanton). The Karumba Road from the west (Karumba, Queensland, Karumba) joins the Burke Developmental Road in Howitt. History Many towns and localities in this area have names connected to the Burke and Wills expedition. Although not officially recorded, it is likely that Howitt is named after Alfred William Howitt, who led a relief mission that rescued the only survivor John King (explorer), John King and buried the bodies of Robert O'Hara Burke, Burke and William John Wills, Wills (Howitt later disinterred the bodies and returned them to Melbourne for burial). Education ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Howitt
William Howitt (18 December 1792 – 3 March 1879), was a prolific English writer on history and other subjects. Howitt Primary Community School in Heanor, Derbyshire, is named after him and his wife. Biography Howitt was born at Heanor, Derbyshire. His parents were Quakers, and he was educated at the Friends public school at Ackworth, Yorkshire. His younger brothers were Richard and Godrey whom he helped tutor. In 1814 he published a poem on the ''Influence of Nature and Poetry on National Spirit''. He married, in 1821, Mary Botham, who like himself was a Quaker and a poet. William and Mary Howitt collaborated throughout a long literary career, the first of their joint productions being ''The Forest Minstrels and other Poems'' (1821). In 1831, William Howitt produced a work resulting naturally from his habits of observation and his genuine love of nature. It was a history of the changes in the face of the outside world in the different months of the year, and was entitled '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Cecil Howitt
Thomas Cecil Howitt, OBE (6 June 1889 - 3 September 1968) was a British provincial architect of the 20th Century. Howitt is chiefly remembered for designing prominent public buildings, such as the Council House and Processional Way in Nottingham, Baskerville House in Birmingham (first phase of the unrealised Civic Centre scheme), Newport Civic Centre, and several Odeon cinemas (such as Weston-super-Mare and Bristol). Howitt's chief architectural legacies are in his home city of Nottingham. He was Housing Architect for the City Council, designing municipal housing estates which are often considered to be among the finest in terms of planning in the country. Early years Howitt was born at Hucknall, near Nottingham and educated at Nottingham High School, leaving in 1904 to be apprenticed to the prominent Nottingham architect, Albert Nelson Bromley. Bromley was architect to the Nottingham School Board and did extensive work for the Boots Company. In 1907, Howitt studied briefly at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Howitt
Steven S. Howitt is the current member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the 4th Bristol district. See also * 2019–2020 Massachusetts legislature * 2021–2022 Massachusetts legislature The 192nd Massachusetts General Court is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the state government of Massachusetts. It consists of elected members of the Senate and House of Representatives. It first convened in Boston at the Massachu ... References Republican Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives People from Seekonk, Massachusetts Boston University School of Management alumni Living people 21st-century American politicians Year of birth missing (living people) {{Massachusetts-MARepresentative-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Howitt
Samuel Howitt (1756/57–1822) was an English painter, illustrator and etcher of animals, hunting, horse-racing and landscape scenes. He worked in both oils and watercolors. Life and work Howitt was a member of an old Nottinghamshire Quaker family. In early life he lived at Chigwell, near Epping Forest, Essex, was financially independent and devoted himself to field sports. However he ran into financial difficulties and was obliged to turn to art as a profession - which up until then he had engaged in as a talented amateur. Coming to London, he was for a time a drawing master at Samuel Goodenough's school in Ealing. In 1783, he exhibited 3 coloured drawings of hunting subjects with the Incorporated Society of Artists. From time to time he continued to exhibit there and at the Royal Academy, beginning in 1784 with a hunting piece, followed in 1785 by two landscapes - "A view of the ruins of an abbey" and "Fairlop Oak". In 1793 he showed "Jaques and the Deer" and "A Fox Hun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Howitt (other)
Richard Howitt may refer to: * Richard Howitt (poet) Richard Howitt (1799–1869) was a British poet. Life Howitt was born in Heanor in Derbyshire in 1799, was the son of Thomas Howitt and Phoebe Tantum. William Howitt, the writer, was his elder brother and Mary Howitt was William's wife. His youn ... (1799–1869), British poet * Richard Howitt (cricketer, born 1864) (1864–1951), English cricketer * Richard Howitt (cricketer, born 1977), English cricketer * Richard Howitt (politician) (born 1961), British politician and CEO {{DEFAULTSORT:Howitt, Richard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Howitt (economist)
Peter Wilkinson Howitt (born May 31, 1946) is a Canadian economist. He is the Lyn Crost Professor of Social Sciences at Brown University. Howitt is a Fellow of the Econometric Society since 1994 and a Fellow of Royal Society of Canada since 1992. He served as president of the Canadian Economics Association in 1993–1994 and was the editor of the ''Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking'' in the period 1997–2000. For 2019 he received the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards () are an international award programme recognizing significant contributions in the areas of scientific research and cultural creation. The categories that make up the Frontiers of Knowledge Awards ... in Economics. Academic career Howitt received his BA in economics from McGill University, afterward, gaining his Master's in economics from the University of Western Ontario. Howitt finally obtained his Ph.D. in Economics from Northwestern University. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Howitt
Peter Howitt (; born 5 May 1957) is a British actor and film director. Biography Early life Howitt was born on 5 May 1957, the son of Frank Howitt, a renowned Fleet Street journalist who, in 1963, broke the infamous Profumo affair, Profumo Scandal by getting the exclusive story from call girl Christine Keeler of her illicit affair with a high ranking government minister. Howitt grew up in Eltham, London and Bromley, Kent. He was educated at Wyborne Primary School in New Eltham and Colfe's Grammar School in Lee, South London. While in Eltham he was a member of the Priory Players amateur dramatics group. Howitt spent a brief time at Paisley Grammar School in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Paisley, Scotland in 1970. He studied at the Drama Studio London in 1976. Career Howitt's first notable TV role was in the 1984–85 series of Yorkshire Television's long-running programme for schools ''How We Used To Live'', where he starred alongside Brookside (television programme), Brookside a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
