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Robert Howe
Robert Howe may refer to: * Robert Howe (footballer) (1903–1979), Scottish international football (soccer) player * Robert Howe (Continental Army officer) (1732–1786), Major-General in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War * Robert Howe (tennis) (1925–2004), 1958 winner of the Wimbledon mixed doubles championship * Robert Howe (Australian printer), son of George Howe * Robert Howe (politician) (1861–1915), former Member of the Australian House of Representatives * Sir Robert George Howe (1893–1981), British diplomat * Robert Howe, former CEO of Scient See also * Bobby Howe (other) * Robert Van Howe Robert Storms Van Howe is an American pediatrician and circumcision researcher from Marquette, Michigan. He was a professor of pediatrics at Central Michigan University College of Medicine at its founding, where he was the Chief of Pediatrics until ..., American pediatrician and anti-circumcision activist * Barry Robert Howe, American bishop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Howe (footballer)
Robert Howe (3 August 1903 – 20 June 1979) was a Scottish footballer who played as a left winger. Career Born in Dumbarton, Howe played club football for Hamilton Academical, Hearts, Third Lanark, Queen of the South, St Johnstone and Dundee United, and made two appearances for Scotland – he was the first serving Hamilton player to be capped for his country. At club level, his most notable achievements were winning Scottish Football League Division Two with Third Lanark in 1934–35 and reaching the final of the Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,the match was lost to [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Howe (Continental Army Officer)
Robert Howe (; c. 1732 – December 14, 1786) was a Continental Army general from the Province of North Carolina during the American Revolutionary War. The descendant of a prominent family in North Carolina, Howe was one of five generals, and the only major general, in the Continental Army from that state. He also played a role in the colonial and state governments of North Carolina, serving in the legislative bodies of both. Howe served in the colonial militia during the French and Indian War and commanded Fort Johnston at the mouth of the Cape Fear River. He also served as a colonel of Royal Governor William Tryon's artillery during the War of the Regulation. Howe suffered greatly when Tryon, a personal friend, became Governor of New York, and he staunchly opposed Tryon's successor. He became active in organizing efforts within North Carolina and among the American colonies between 1773 and 1775 and was an active member of the North Carolina Provincial Congress. At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Howe (tennis)
Robert (Bob) Howe (3 August 1925 – 30 November 2004) was an Australian tennis player. His main successes were achieved in the doubles competition. He won four mixed doubles Grand Slam titles, including the Wimbledon Wimbledon most often refers to: * Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London * Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships Wimbledon may also refer to: Places London * ... mixed doubles championship in 1958. Grand Slam finals Doubles (3 runner-ups) Mixed doubles (4 titles, 4 runner-ups) References External links * * 1925 births 2004 deaths Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles Australian male tennis players Tennis people from New South Wales Australian Championships (tennis) champions French Championships (tennis) champions Wimbledon champions (pre-Open Era) {{Australia-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Howe (Australian Printer)
Robert Howe may refer to: * Robert Howe (footballer) (1903–1979), Scottish international football (soccer) player * Robert Howe (Continental Army officer) (1732–1786), Major-General in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War * Robert Howe (tennis) (1925–2004), 1958 winner of the Wimbledon mixed doubles championship * Robert Howe (Australian printer), son of George Howe * Robert Howe (politician) (1861–1915), former Member of the Australian House of Representatives * Sir Robert George Howe Sir Robert George Howe (born Derby, England, 19 September 1893, died 22 June 1981) was a British diplomat who served as Governor-General of the Sudan from 1947 to 1955. Education Howe was educated at Derby School and St Catharine's College, Camb ... (1893–1981), British diplomat * Robert Howe, former CEO of Scient See also * Bobby Howe (other) * Robert Van Howe, American pediatrician and anti-circumcision activist * Barry Robert Howe, American bi ... [...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] |
Robert Howe (politician)
Robert Howe (1861 – 2 April 1915) was an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1910 until his death in office in 1915. Howe was born in Newcastle in England, where he received a primary education. He migrated to Australia in 1882 and became a patternmaker and engineer, working for many years at the Cockatoo Island Dockyard. He was Sydney district secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, and represented the union before the Industrial Court in an early award inquiry. He was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor member for Dalley at the 1910 election, defeating the sitting MP, William Wilks. He was re-elected at the 1913 election after fending off a challenge to his Labor preselection from Thomas Storey Thomas Storey (1871 – 5 January 1953) was an Australian politician. He was the younger brother of New South Wales premier John Storey, and father of Liber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert George Howe
Sir Robert George Howe (born Derby, England, 19 September 1893, died 22 June 1981) was a British diplomat who served as Governor-General of the Sudan from 1947 to 1955. Education Howe was educated at Derby School and St Catharine's College, Cambridge. Career * Sixth Royal Dublin Fusiliers *Third Secretary at British Embassy, Copenhagen, 1920 *Second Secretary, Copenhagen, 1920–1922 *Second Secretary, Belgrade, 1922–1924 *Second Secretary, Rio de Janeiro, 1924–1926 *First Secretary, Rio de Janeiro, 1926 *First Secretary, Bucharest, 1926–1929 *Foreign Office, 1930–1934 *Acting Counsellor at Peking, 1934–1936 *Counsellor, Peking, 1936 *British Minister in Riga, 1940–1942 *British Minister in Abyssinia, 1942–45 *Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Office, 1945 *Governor-General of the Sudan, 1947–1955 *retired from Diplomatic Service, 1955 *Justice of the Peace, Cornwall, 1955–1968 *Mayor of Lostwithiel, Cornwall Family In 1919, Howe married Loveday Mary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scient
Scient was a San Francisco-based Internet consulting company, founded in 1997, that was one of the large American consulting firms during the dot-com bubble. The company was founded by Eric Greenberg, who had previously founded its competitor, Viant. Its CEO was Robert Howe, the former head of IBM global consulting. At its height in the fall of 2000, it had quarterly revenues of US$100 million, 1,180 employees and a stock price of US$133. In August 2001, it bought rival company iXL; by then its quarterly revenues were down to US$11 million. In July 2002, the company filed for bankruptcy and was bought by SBI and Company, which became SBI Group. SBI Group later sold Scient with the other members of Avenue A/Razorfish to a company called aQuantive. aQuantive, in turn, was bought by Microsoft in August 2007 and became Microsoft's newly created Advertiser and Publisher Solutions (APS) Group. On August 9, 2009, Microsoft sold the firm to Publicis Groupe Publicis Groupe is a French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Howe (other)
Bobby Howe may refer to: * Bobby Howe (footballer, born 1945), English footballer, player of West Ham United, and coach of the Portland Timbers (2001–2005) * Bobby Howe (footballer, born 1973), English footballer, player of Nottingham Forest, Ipswich Town, Swindon Town, Havant & Waterlooville, and Farnborough Town * Bobby Howe (Scottish footballer) (1903–1979), Scotland international See also * Robert Howe (other) {{hndis, Howe, Bobby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Van Howe
Robert Storms Van Howe is an American pediatrician and circumcision researcher from Marquette, Michigan. He was a professor of pediatrics at Central Michigan University College of Medicine at its founding, where he was the Chief of Pediatrics until 2017. He holds a master's degree in biostatistics, and previously taught pediatrics at Michigan State University. Research Van Howe's research includes a study published in 2007 in ''BJU International''. The study reported that the five most sensitive points on the human penis were all in areas of it that are removed by circumcision and that intact men's penises were four times more sensitive, on average, than were those of circumcised men. Critics of this study have noted that it was funded by the National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers (NOCIRC), an anti-circumcision activist group. Van Howe maintains that this funding did not bias his study, telling ABC News, "The study was based on an objective finding" and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
