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10 unusual facts about Haworth


Armin K. Lobeck

He was born in New York City on August 16, 1886, but his family moved to Haworth, New Jersey, three years later.

Arthur Brough

His daughter Joanna Hutton (died 2002) became the first female curator of the Brontë Parsonage Museum in Haworth, for a period in the 1960s - coincidentally just three miles away from the town of Keighley, where Arthur Brough's Are You Being Served? co-star Mollie Sugden was born.

Constantin Héger

She finally returned to the Parsonage at Haworth in January 1844 and later used her time at the boarding school as the inspiration for some of The Professor and Villette.

Golden Crown Literary Society

In recent years, more than 130 titles from more than a three dozen publishers (such as Alyson, Bella Books, Bold Strokes Books, Carroll & Graf Publishers, Copper Canyon Press, Farrar Straus Giroux, Haworth, Regal Crest Enterprises, Spinsters Ink, and St. Martin's Press) were nominated for consideration.

Haworth, New Jersey

The borough was named for the historic town of Haworth, England.

Holland Board of Public Works

Located on M-40 near the headquarters of office furniture manufacturer Haworth, each provides 34 megawatts of power and can burn natural gas or fuel oil.

Mick Manning

Born in 1959 and brought up in Haworth, near Keighey, Yorkshire, England, Manning studied Graphic Design at The University of Northumbria and then Illustration at The Royal College of Art where his tutors included John Norris Wood, Quentin Blake and Sheila Robinson.

Patrick Brontë

Brontë was offered the vicarage of Haworth in June 1819, and took the family there in April 1820.

Raymond Garramone

An engineer and businessman, he served as Mayor of Haworth, New Jersey and was elected State Senator in 1973 from Bergen County's 39th district, defeating Republican ex-Assemblyman Harry Randall, Jr. by 5,057 votes.

The Twelve and the Genii

The children have some anxious moments before they discover that the soldiers have determined to return to their original home in Haworth, now a museum dedicated to the Brontës.


Adrian Moreing

He was married twice, first to Joan Brunton in 1916 and in 1934 he married Dorothy Haworth of Samlesbury, Lancashire.

Bert Freeman

Haworth was by now building a team not just to gain promotion but to secure the club's place in the top division and, having already recruited Tommy Boyle from Barnsley the previous year to strengthen the defence, he signed winger Eddie Mosscrop in September 1912, followed by the signing of three players from Gainsborough Trinity in February (following an F.A. Cup tie between the two clubs), including goalkeeper Ronnie Sewell.

Cult Information Centre

In a separate article Haworth of the Cult Information Centre was quoted as stating he was deeply concerned about Scientology's activities and use of celebrities in a global marketing campaign.

Ethel Léontine Gabain

Ethel received two commissions from Ferranti Hollinwood – Working on the Cathode Ray Tubes and A Giro Compass; one from Richard Haworth & Co.

Étienne Drapeau

Produced by Toby Gendron in collaboration with Rick Haworth, it contained 11 songs written by Drapeau himself, with three co-written with Roger Tabra and "Il rêvait" with Lynda Lemay.

Ian Haworth

Ian Haworth is a co-founder of COMA (Council on Mind Abuse) in Toronto, Canada.

Jesse Haworth

Jesse Haworth (1835–1921) was a British cotton magnate who provided financial support for the archaeological work of W.M. Flinders Petrie.

Kau Sai Chau

It comprises three 18-hole golf courses: the North and South Courses were designed by Gary Player, while Nelson & Haworth designed the East Course.

Keighley News

As well as Keighley, its circulation area includes Cross Hills, Cullingworth, Denholme, East Morton, Haworth, Oxenhope, Silsden and Steeton.

Norman Haworth

Haworth had been given his initial reference sample of "water-soluble vitamin C" or "hexuronic acid" (the previous name for the compound as extracted from natural products) by Hungarian physiologist Albert Szent-György, who had codiscovered its vitamin properties along with Charles Glen King, and had more recently discovered that it could be extracted in bulk from Hungarian paprika.

Randal Haworth

Haworth has been frequently profiled in print media, including Los Angeles Magazine, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal, as well as on television (Entertainment Tonight, Larry King, MSNBC).

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Peggy J. Kleinplatz, Charles Moser: Sadomasochism - Powerful Pleasures; Haworth Press; ISBN 978-1-56023-640-5