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unusual facts about Howells


Howells

Howells & Stokes, defunct architectural firm founded 1897 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA


Adele C. Howells

When Hinckley unexpectedly died in 1943, Howells was chosen by LDS Church president Heber J. Grant as Hinckley's successor.

During her tenure as Primary president and editor of The Children's Friend, Howells commissioned a series of paintings by Arnold Friberg depicting scenes from the Book of Mormon.

Eric Schocket

In Vanishing Moments: Class and American Literature (University of Michigan Press, 2006), Schocket examined the way in which class-conscious American literature (such as by Herman Melville, Rebecca Harding Davis, William Howells, and Langston Hughes) confronted and addressed the typical American denial of issues of social stratification.

Hymnus Paradisi

Howells had begun composition with his setting of the poem "Hymnus circa exsequies defuncti" of Prudentius.

Lynn Howells

Howells was assistant coach to the Wales national rugby union team under Graham Henry during the 1999 Rugby World Cup and took over as caretaker head coach for the 2001 Wales tour to Japan whilst Henry was touring as coach of the British and Irish Lions.

McClure Newspaper Syndicate

The company lost money during its first few years, eventually turning a profit while distributing and promoting such American authors as George Ade, John Kendrick Bangs, William Jennings Bryan, Joel Chandler Harris, William Dean Howells, Fannie Hurst, Sarah Orne Jewett, Jack London, Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain and Woodrow Wilson.

Pacificanada

# 29 January 1975: "Whistling Smith" (Ian McLaren, Michael Scott, Barrie Howells producers; Marrin Cannell and Scott directors), featuring a Vancouver police officer patrolling Gastown amid that area's social challenges.

Piercefield House

The work was largely undertaken by architect Charles Howells and builder William Knowles of Chepstow, who had also undertaken work at nearby Tintern for the Duke of Beaufort.

Three Choirs Festival

Herbert Sumsion, organist at Gloucester between 1928 and 1967, particularly helped to promote the works of native composers, including premiering works of Howells, Finzi, and others.

Through the Eye of the Needle

It is the final volume in Howells's "Altrurian trilogy," following A Traveler from Altruria (1894) and Letters of an Altrurian Traveler (1904).

Thurston Howell, III

{One exception is when an egocentric Hollywood Producer {played by Phil Silvers} "visted" the Island-and the Howells had to wait on him as Butler and Maid to order to be rescued!

University of Birmingham Financial Forum

Tim Howells, CEO, Euroclear - "Financial Infrastructure - As Dull As It Sounds?".


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