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Kean, Thomas Howard
(Encyclopedia)Kean, Thomas Howard: see New Jersey. ...Armstrong, Edwin Howard
(Encyclopedia)Armstrong, Edwin Howard, 1890–1954, American engineer and radio inventor, b. New York City, grad. Columbia (E.E. 1913). He was associated in research with Michael I. Pupin at Columbia and became pro...Taft, William Howard
(Encyclopedia)Taft, William Howard, 1857–1930, 27th President of the United States (1909–13) and 10th chief justice of the United States (1921–30), b. Cincinnati. Taft retired from public life and taught ...Temin, Howard Martin
(Encyclopedia)Temin, Howard Martin, 1934–94, American virologist, b. Philadelphia, Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, 1959. A professor at the Univ. of Wisconsin in Madison, Temin began his cancer research...Bliss, Howard Sweetser
(Encyclopedia)Bliss, Howard Sweetser: see Bliss, Daniel. ...Bliss, Tasker Howard
(Encyclopedia)Bliss, Tasker Howard, 1853–1930, American army officer and statesman, b. Lewisburg, Pa., grad. West Point, 1875. He was (1898) chief of staff to Gen. James H. Wilson in the Puerto Rico campaign of t...Shaw, Anna Howard
(Encyclopedia)Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847–1919, American woman-suffrage leader, b. England. She emigrated (1851) to the United States in early childhood and grew up on a farm in Michigan. She received a degree in the...Stein, William Howard
(Encyclopedia)Stein, William Howard, 1911–80, American biochemist, b. New York City, Ph.D. Columbia, 1937. Stein was a professor at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (now Rockefeller Univ.) from 1937...Robinson, Arthur Howard
(Encyclopedia)Robinson, Arthur Howard, 1915–2004, American cartographer, b. Montreal to American parents, Ph.D Ohio State Univ., 1947. The head of the map division of the Office of Strategic Services for much of ...Howard of Effingham, Charles Howard, 2d Baron
(Encyclopedia)Howard of Effingham, Charles Howard, 2d Baron: see Nottingham, Charles Howard, 1st earl of. ...Browse by Subject
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