Born March 1, 1954 in Duncan, Oklahoma. American filmmaker, director, and actor. He made his film debut as a child actor at age one and a half, and his stage debut at age two. Later, under the stage name Ronnie Howard, he played leading roles in sitcoms and movies, and appeared in numerous television dramas. He gained popularity in George Lucas's American Graffiti (1973) and the television drama Happy Days (1974), but he was interested in directing, so after graduating from high school, he went on to study film at the University of Southern California. He made his directorial debut in 1977 with Grand Theft Auto, and went on to have hit comedies such as Night Shift (1982), Splash (1984), and Parenthood (1989). He achieved critical and commercial success as a director with Apollo 13 (1995). In 2001, he won an Academy Award for Best Director for A Beautiful Mind. He then directed Cinderella Man (2005), The Da Vinci Code (2006), Frost/Nixon (2008), and The Dilemma (2011). In 1986, he founded the production company Imagine Entertainment. In addition to films, the company also produces a number of television dramas, including 24. Howard
Howard, John Winston Born July 26, 1939. Sydney. Australian politician. Prime Minister (in office 1996-2007). He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Sydney in 1961 and became a barrister in the Supreme Court of New South Wales in 1962. He then entered politics, and was elected as a candidate for the Liberal Party in the 1974 federal election. He served as Minister for Business and Consumers from 1975 to 1977 and Treasurer from 1977 to 1983 under Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser. In 1985, he became leader of the Liberal Party and led a coalition opposition with the Australian National Party. However, the coalition failed to take power from the Australian Labor Party in the 1987 election, and Howard was not re-elected as Liberal Party leader in 1989. He returned to the party in January 1995, and led the Liberal-National coalition to a landslide victory over the Labor Party in the March 1996 election, becoming Prime Minister. He won the support of the Australian people with his strict immigration policy, such as refusing entry to refugees known as boat people, and was re-elected as Prime Minister in 2001. In 2003, he sent Australian troops to the Iraq War led by the United States and the UK. In 2006, he started reforming the labor-management system, but the repeal of the unfair dismissal law for small and medium-sized enterprises caused controversy. In the same year, a refugee-related bill that extended the measure of forcibly detaining asylum seekers off the coast of the mainland was forced to be withdrawn. In October 2007, he announced that a parliamentary election would be held the following month, aiming for a fifth term as Prime Minister, but the Liberal Party was defeated by the Labor Party led by Kevin Rudd, and Howard himself was defeated, making him the second incumbent prime minister in Australia to lose his seat. After the election, he replaced Brendan Nelson as leader of the Liberal Party. Howard
Howard, Trevor (Wallace) Born: September 29, 1916, Cliftonville
[died] January 7, 1988. Busey British actor. Best known for playing a kind-hearted doctor in Brief Encounter (1945), a film depicting a painful love affair with a married woman. He made his professional debut in 1934 while studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He appeared in William Shakespeare's plays at Stratford-upon-Avon and French Without Tears (1936-38) at the Criterion Theatre. He took a break from acting during World War II to join the Army Airborne Corps. Film appearances After his third film, Brief Encounter, he received acclaim for his performances in The Third Man (1949), The Heart of the Matter (1953), The Key (1958), and Sons and Lovers (1960). In his later years, he played many stubborn British military roles, including in Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968), and Gandhi (1982). Howard
Howard, Sir Ebenezer Born: January 29, 1850, London
[Died] May 1, 1928. Welwyn Garden City Founder of the garden city movement in England. In 1872, he went to the United States and worked as a farmer in Nebraska. He worked as a court stenographer in Chicago, Illinois, but returned to the United States in 1876. He read the works of Henry George and Edward Bellamy and became an advocate of land reform. In 1898, he wrote To-morrow: A Peaceful Path to Social Reform. In 1899, he founded the Garden City Association. In 1902, he published a revised version as Garden Cities of Tomorrow. In 1903, he began planning the garden city of Letchworth. In 1920, he built Welwyn Garden City. In 1927, he was knighted. Howard
Howard, Sidney Coe Born June 26, 1891 in Oakland, California.
[Died] August 23, 1939, Tillingham, Massachusetts. American playwright and novelist. Graduated from California and Harvard Universities. Served in World War I, and was editor of Life magazine from 1919 to 1921. Won the Pulitzer Prize for They Knew What They Wanted (1924), and established himself as a playwright with comedies such as The Silver Cord (26). Died in a tractor accident while adapting C. Van Doren's Benjamin Franklin. Howard
Howard, John Born: September 2, 1726, Bedford
Died January 10, 1790. Ukraine British social reformer. In order to promote prison reform, he personally investigated all penal institutions in England and visited prisons in European countries. In 1777, he published "State of Prisons in England and Wales," which described the corruption of prisons at the time and the miserable conditions of prisoners. This work touched the hearts of many British people, and the government actively addressed the issue, promoting measures to improve sanitary conditions in prisons and to improve the treatment of criminals to make them more corrective. Howard
Howard, Sir Robert [Born] 1626
[Died] September 3, 1698.
English playwright and politician. Sixth son of Thomas, Earl of Berkshire. During the Puritan Revolution he fought on the side of the Royalists and was imprisoned during the republic. After the Restoration, he played an active role as a member of Parliament and then as a Privy Councillor. As a literary figure, he opposed the use of rhyme in plays and argued with his brother-in-law Dryden. He is said to be the model for Clytes, who appears in Dryden's Dramatic Poems. He wrote a comedy, The Committee (1662), a tragedy, The Indian Queen (64), which he co-wrote with Dryden, and a collection of poems. Howard
Howard, Roy Wilson Born January 1, 1883 in Ohio
[Died] November 21, 1964. American journalist and newspaper owner in New York. After working as a reporter for the Indianapolis News, he helped found the UP Press in 1907 and served as its president in 1912. In 1921 he resigned to take control of the Scripps-McRae newspaper business (later Scripps-Howard), and from 1931 he was president and editor-in-chief of the New York World-Telegram (since 1950 the World-Telegram & Son). Howard
Howard, Oliver Otis Born: November 8, 1830, Leeds, Maine
[Died] October 26, 1909, Burlington, Vermont. American soldier. Graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1854. Joined the Union Army during the Civil War and was promoted from volunteer colonel to commander of the Tennessee Army. In 1862, he lost his right arm at the Battle of Fair Oaks, Virginia. In the same year, he became a major general. From 1865 to 1872, he was director of the Bureau of Freed Negroes. He was one of the founders of Howard University, which opened its doors to blacks, and served as the university's third president from 1869 to 1873. Howard
Howard, Leslie Born: April 3, 1893, London
[Died] June 1, 1943.
British actor. He made his stage debut in London in 1917, and established himself as a star in the 1920s, but from the 1930s onwards he was active in American films. He also attempted to co-direct Pygmalion (1938) with A. Asquith. He died during World War II when the plane he was flying from Lisbon to London was shot down. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia About Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Information |
