Benjamin Hunting Howell (born September 3, 1875) was an American

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who won the

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and the

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in 1898 and 1899. Howell was born in

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the son of Frederick Hunting Howell of Wall Street, New York and his wife Katherine Van Liew Howell. He was educated at the Military College in America and at

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, England. In

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he rowed in the

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boat in the

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in the penultimate in a ten-year series of wins by Oxford. He challenged in the Wingfield Sculls in 1897 but lost to

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. In 1898, he won the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley and the Wingfield Sculls, beating Harry Blackstaffe in both. He joined

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and won the Diamond Challenge Sculls and the Wingfield Sculls beating Blackstaffe again in 1899. In 1900 he lost the Diamond Sculls to

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, and the Wingfield Sculls to Blackstaffe. Howell became a manufacturer of

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. When his mother died in 1911 she made him the major legatee of her will because "he bestowed care on me during my illness while his brother and sister quite neglected me".Fayetteville Bulletin
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Howell, Benjamin Hunting 1875 births Year of death missing Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge Cambridge University Boat Club rowers American male rowers

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