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John Howard (other)
John Howard (born 1939) was Prime Minister of Australia from 1996 to 2007. John Howard may also refer to: Other politicians *John Howard (died 1437) (1366–1437), MP for Essex, Cambridgeshire and Suffolk * John Howard (MP for Faversham) (1863–1911), British Member of Parliament for Faversham 1900–1906 *John Howard (Southampton Test MP) (1913–1982), British Member of Parliament, 1955–1964 *John Eager Howard (1752–1827), U.S. Senator from Maryland * John J. Howard (1869–1941), New York politician *John Morgan Howard (1837–1891), British judge and Conservative Party politician Actors *John Howard (Australian actor) (born 1952), Australian actor *John Howard (American actor) (1913–1995), American actor Sports *John Howard (cyclist) (born 1947), Olympic cyclist who set a land speed record on a pedal bicycle *John Howard (Canadian sprinter) (1888–1937), Canadian athlete who ran in the 1912 Summer Olympics *John Howard (fighter) (born 1983), mixed martial arts fighter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Howard
John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939) is an Australian former politician who served as the 25th prime minister of Australia from 1996 to 2007, holding office as leader of the Liberal Party. His eleven-year tenure as prime minister is the second-longest in history, behind only Sir Robert Menzies, who served for eighteen non-consecutive years. Howard was born in Sydney and studied law at the University of Sydney. He was a commercial lawyer before entering parliament. A former federal president of the Young Liberals, he first stood for office at the 1968 New South Wales state election, but lost narrowly. At the 1974 federal election, Howard was elected as a member of parliament (MP) for the division of Bennelong. He was promoted to cabinet in 1977, and later in the year replaced Phillip Lynch as treasurer of Australia, remaining in that position until the defeat of Malcolm Fraser's government at the 1983 election. In 1985, Howard was elected leader of the Liberal Party for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Howard
Johnny Howard (born 2 October 1980) is a retired English rugby union player, most often playing as scrum-half. Career Howard first played rugby aged seven at Aylesbury Rugby Club. In 1998, he joined Northampton Saints Rugby Academy, and in the next ten years appeared for the club as a scrum-half and occasionally on the wing. In 2008, he moved to France and played for Aviron Bayonnais."La Charnière", ''Hérault Times'', October 2013, p 9 () In 2009, he moved again to Pays d'Aix RC and, in 2010, to AS Béziers Hérault, for whom he played until his retirement from professional rugby in 2013. He was in the squad that won promotion to Pro D2 in 2010. Post-rugby After retiring from professional sport, Howard opened a restaurant (''La Charnière'') in Béziers Béziers (; oc, Besièrs) is a Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Hérault Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region of Southern Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Howard, 15th Earl Of Suffolk
General John Howard, 15th Earl of Suffolk, 8th Earl of Berkshire, FSA (7 March 1739 – 23 January 1820) was a British soldier and nobleman. Howard was the third (but second surviving) son of Capt. Philip Howard of the Royal Marines, grandson of Philip Howard. His father died in 1741. John was a Page of Honour to the Duke of Cumberland from 1745 to 1748, and in 1756, was commissioned an ensign in the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards. He was promoted Lieutenant and Captain in 1760; his eldest brother Thomas held the same rank in the same regiment at the time. He was promoted Captain-Lieutenant in March 1773, and Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel in May 1773. He married Julia, daughter of Rev. John Gaskarth, Esq. of Hutton Hall, Penrith, Cumberland on 2 July 1774. They had five children: *Charles Nevinson Howard, Viscount Andover (13 May 1775 – 11 January 1800), married Elizabeth Coke, daughter of Thomas Coke by his first wife, without issue *Thomas Howard, 16th Earl of Suffolk (1776â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Howard, 1st Duke Of Norfolk
John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk (c. 142522 August 1485), was an English nobleman, soldier, politician, and the first Howard Duke of Norfolk. He was a close friend and loyal supporter of King Richard III, with whom he was slain at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. Family John Howard, born about 1425, was the son of Sir Robert Howard (1398–1436) of Tendring in Essex, by his wife Margaret de Mowbray (1391–1459), eldest daughter of Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk (of the first creation) (1366–1399), by wife Elizabeth FitzAlan (1366–1425). His paternal grandparents were Sir John Howard of Wiggenhall, Norfolk, and wife Alice Tendring, daughter of Sir William Tendring. Howard was a descendant of English royalty through both sides of his family. On his father's side, Howard was descended from Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, the second son of King John, who had an illegitimate son, named Richard (died 1296), whose daughter, Joan of Cornwall, married Sir John Howard (d. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Howard (British Army Officer)
Major Reginald John Howard DSO (8 December 1912 – 5 May 1999) was a British Army officer who led a glider-borne assault that captured the Caen canal and Orne river bridges on 6 June 1944, as part of the D-Day landings during the Second World War. These bridges spanned the Caen Canal and the adjacent River Orne (about 500 yards to the east), and were vitally important to the success of the D-Day landings. Since the war, the bridge over the canal has become known as "Pegasus Bridge," a tribute to the men who captured it. The bridge over the River Orne later became known as Horsa Bridge after the Horsa gliders that carried troops to the bridges. Howard initially joined the British Army before the war, serving as a private soldier and then a non-commissioned officer for six years before discharging in 1938 and joining the Oxford City Police. In 1939 he was recalled to the army following the outbreak of the war and quickly rose through the ranks to become a regimental sergeant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Eliot Howard
John Eliot Howard (11 December 1807 – 22 November 1883) was an English chemist of the nineteenth century, who conducted pioneering work with the development of quinine. Howard was born in Plaistow, Essex, the son of Luke Howard a noted Quaker meteorologist and chemist. He worked at the family pharmaceutical manufacturing business of Howards and Sons. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in June 1874. He was the author of scientific works including ''The Quinology of the East Indian Plantations (1869–1876)'', religious works including a commentary on the book of Hebrews and histories including ''The Island Of The Saints'', about the Reformation in Ireland. Howard was originally a Quaker, but became connected with Christians meeting at the new Brooks Street Meeting House in Tottenham, now Brook Street Chapel, which was founded in 1838–1839 by a number of other Christians including Howard's brother Robert; his father Luke (the 'namer of clouds') helped to finance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Howard (optical Physicist)
John Nelson Howard (February 27, 1921 – April 15, 2015) was president of the Optical Society of America in 1991.http://www.osa.org/en-us/about_osa/newsroom/obituaries/john_n_howard/ He was the founding editor of the scientific journal Applied Optics. Howard was also a chief scientist of the Air Force Geophysics Laboratory. He was a Fellow of the Optical Society and received the OSA Distinguished Service Award in 1987. In his later years he was a contributing editor to Optics and Photonics News (OPN). See also * Optical Society of America#Past Presidents of the OSA References External links Articles Published by early OSA Presidents Journal of the Optical Society of America External links Tribute at OSA 1921 births 2015 deaths Optical physicists Spectroscopists Fellows of Optica (society) Presidents of Optica (society) American physicists Fellows of the American Physical Society {{US-physicist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Howard (NIOSH Director)
John Jackson Howard is a physician, professor, and public health administrator. He served a 6-year term as the director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and was appointed to be a special coordinator to respond to the health effects of the September 11 attacks. In this role, Howard advocated for rescue workers, introducing a program to provide screening, medical exams, and treatment for them. In 2009, Howard was again appointed as director of NIOSH and as World Trade Center Programs coordinator for HHS. In 2011, Howard became the Administrator of the World Trade Center Health Program. In 2016, he became the first person to be appointed to a third 6-year term as NIOSH director, and was reappointed to a fourth term in 2021. Early career Education John Howard received a doctor of medicine degree from Loyola University in 1974 (cum laude). To this he added a Master of Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health in 1982. In 1986, Dr. Howard earne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Howard (mathematician)
John Howard (1753–1799), was a British schoolmaster and poet who as a mathematician worked on the geometry of the sphere. Biography Howard was born in the Fort George garrison, near Inverness, in 1753. He was the son of Ralph Howard, a private in the British Army, and he was brought up by relations in Carlisle. After being apprenticed to an uncle as a cork-cutter at the age of thirteen, he worked as a sailor, carpenter and flax-dresser. After developing interests in reading and mathematics, he opened a school near Carlisle. Under the patronage of Edmund Law, Bishop of Carlisle, he was appointed master at the Carlisle Grammar School. A love affair forced him to abandon a plan to become a priest of the Church of England, and instead when the bishop's son John Law was appointed bishop of Clonfert in 1782 Howard became his steward Steward may refer to: Positions or roles * Steward (office), a representative of a monarch * Steward (Methodism), a leader ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Howard (civil Engineer)
Sir John Alfred Golding Howard DL FICE (17 November 1901 – 2 January 1986) was a British civil engineer, described by '' The Daily Telegraph'' as "one of the last great construction pioneers" who "will long be remembered in the industry as a visionary for whom no engineering challenge was too much". Biography Born in Sydney, Australia, on 17 November 1901, John Howard was educated at Bedford School. In 1927 he founded John Howard and Co. Ltd., Civil Engineering Contractors. He remained chairman and managing director of the company until 1982, when he became president. His company was responsible for construction of the Severn Bridge, the Humber Bridge, the Forth Road Bridge, Kingsferry Bridge and the Channel Tunnel, and Howard was a great advocate for a third London airport to be constructed in the Thames Estuary. Howard became active in Conservative Party politics and was appointed Chairman of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations in 1962, pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Tasker Howard
John Tasker Howard (November 30, 1890 – November 20, 1964) was an early American music historian, radio host, writer, lecturer, and composer. His ''Our American Music'', published in 1931, was an early general history of music in the United States.Crawford, Robert, writing in Chase, xii Howard was the curator in the Music Division of the New York Public Library The New York Public Library (NYPL) is a public library system in New York City. With nearly 53 million items and 92 locations, the New York Public Library is the second largest public library in the United States (behind the Library of Congress ... from 1940 to 1956. Notes References * External links * . Bibliography of Howard, published in 1957 * Papers at the New York Public Library * Collection of correspondences to and from Howard, Foster Hall Collection, University of Pittsburgh. Section: C869 * 1890 births 1964 deaths American male composers American music historians 20th-century American compose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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