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Howard

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Howard, Catherine 1520?-1542.
Queen of England as the fifth wife of Henry VIII (1540-1542). She was accused of adultery and subsequently executed.

Howard, Henry. First Earl of Surrey. 1517?-1547.
English poet and soldier remembered for his sonnets and his translations of two books of Virgil's Aeneid. In 1547 he was falsely charged with treason and executed.

Howard [ˈhaʊəd]
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1. (Biographies / Howard, Catherine (?1521-1542) F, English, MISC: wife of Henry VIII) Catherine. ?1521-42, fifth wife of Henry VIII of England; beheaded
2. (Biographies / Howard, Charles, Lord Howard of Effingham and 1st Earl of Nottingham (1536-1624) M, English, MILITARY: admiral) Charles, Lord Howard of Effingham and 1st Earl of Nottingham. 1536-1624, Lord High Admiral of England (1585-1618). He commanded the fleet that defeated the Spanish Armada (1588)
3. (Biographies / Howard, Sir Ebenezer (1850-1928) M, English, MISC: town planner) Sir Ebenezer. 1850-1928, English town planner, who introduced garden cities
4. (Biographies / Howard, Henry) Henry. See (Earl of) Surrey
5. (Biographies / Howard, John (1726-1790) M, English, POLITICS: prison reformer) John. 1726-90, English prison reformer
6. (Biographies / Howard, John Winston (1939 M, Australian, POLITICS: politician, POLITICS: prime minister) John Winston. born 1939, Australian politician; prime minister of Australia from 1996
7. (Biographies / Howard, Leslie (1890-1943) M, British, THEATRE: actor) Leslie. real name Leslie Howard Stainer. 1890-1943, British actor of Hungarian descent. His many films included The Scarlet Pimpernel (1938), Pygmalion (1938), and Gone With the Wind (1939)
8. (Biographies / Howard, Trevor (1916-1988) M, British, THEATRE: actor) Trevor. 1916-88, British actor. His many films include Brief Encounter (1946), The Third Man (1949), Ryan's Daughter (1970), and White Mischief (1987)
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Noun1.Howard - English actor of stage and screen (1893-1943)
2.HowardHoward - Queen of England as the fifth wife of Henry VIII who was accused of adultery and executed (1520-1542)


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Miss Howard shook hands with a hearty, almost painful, grip.
For his errand at Torwood Park was a political one; it was the place of appointment named by no less a person than the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Howard Horne, then introducing his so-called Socialist budget, and prepared to expound it in an interview with so promising a penman.
From one of these, a scow-schooner captain who plied up and down the bay and the San Joaquin and Sacramento rivers, Daughtry had the promise of being engaged as cook and sailor on the schooner Howard.
 
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