Howitt may refer to:
Surname
Notable people with the surname Howitt include:
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Alfred Howitt (politician)
Sir Alfred Bakewell Howitt CVO (11 February 1879 – 8 December 1954) was an English medical doctor who became a Conservative Party politician.
Early life and medical career
Howitt was born in Nottingham, the youngest son of Dr Francis Howitt, ...
(1879–1954), English medical doctor and politician
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Alfred William Howitt
Alfred William Howitt , (17 April 1830 – 7 March 1908), also known by author abbreviation A.W. Howitt, was an Australian anthropologist, explorer and naturalist. He was known for leading the Victorian Relief Expedition, which set out to e ...
(1830–1908), Australian anthropologist and naturalist
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Anna Mary Howitt
Anna Mary Howitt, Mrs Watts (15 January 1824 – 23 July 1884) was an English Pre-Raphaelite painter, writer, feminist and spiritualist. Following a health crisis in 1856, she ceased exhibiting professionally and became a pioneering drawing me ...
(1824–1884), English painter, writer and feminist
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Bobby Howitt
Robert Gibb Howitt (15 July 1925 – 31 January 2005) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Sheffield United and Stoke City.
Career
Howitt started his career in Scotland at Vale of Clyde and Partick Thistle before mov ...
(1925–2005), Scottish footballer
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Dann Howitt
Dann Paul John Howitt (born February 13, 1964) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played college baseball at Cal State Fullerton, graduating in 1986 and was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 18th round of the 1986 ...
(born 1964), American baseball player
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Dave Howitt
David John Howitt (born 4 August 1952) is an English former professional footballer who made 194 appearances in the Football League playing for Birmingham City, Bury, Workington and Aldershot.
Howitt was born in Birmingham. When he left Hodge ...
(born 1952), English footballer
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David Howitt (entrepreneur) (born 1968), American business consultant
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Dennis Howitt
Dennis Howitt is a British psychologist. He is a reader in Applied Psychology at Loughborough University and the author of numerous psychology textbooks.Davies, Graham (November 29, 2002)Interested in a life of crime?''Times Higher Education'' He ...
, British psychologist
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Godfrey Howitt
Godfrey Howitt (8 October 1800 – 4 December 1873), entomologist, was born in Heanor in Derbyshire to Thomas Howitt. Thomas had farmed a few acres of land at Heanor and joined the Society of Friends on his marriage with Phoebe Tantum, a member ...
(1800–1863), English-born Australian botanist and doctor
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Hugh Howitt
Because of the damage to health due to smoking in the United Kingdom it may be the first country to ban sales of cigarettes to people born after 2008.
A smoking ban in England, making it illegal to smoke in all enclosed workplaces in England, c ...
, English pub landlord
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Mary Howitt
Mary Howitt (12 March 1799-30 January 1888) was an English poet, the author of the famous poem '' The Spider and the Fly''. She translated several tales by Hans Christian Andersen. Some of her works were written in conjunction with her husband, ...
(1799–1888), English poet and author
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Peter Howitt
Peter Howitt (; born 5 May 1957) is a British actor and film director.
Biography
Early life
Howitt was born on 5 May 1957, the son of Frank Howitt, a renowned Fleet Street journalist who, in 1963, broke the infamous Profumo Scandal by get ...
(born 1957), English actor and film director
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Peter Howitt (set decorator)
Peter Howitt (1928 - 22 September 2021) was an English set decorator. He was nominated for four Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction.
Partial filmography
As set decorator
:''Academy Award nominations in bold''
* ''Anne of the T ...
(born 1928), English set decorator
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Peter Howitt (economist)
Peter Wilkinson Howitt (born May 31, 1946) is a Canadian economist. He is the Lyn Crost Professor of Social Sciences at Brown University. Howitt is a Fellow of the Econometric Society since 1994 and a Fellow of Royal Society of Canada since 199 ...
(born 1946), Canadian economist
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Richard Howitt (disambiguation) Richard Howitt may refer to:
* Richard Howitt (poet)
Richard Howitt (1799–1869) was a British poet.
Life
Howitt was born in Heanor in Derbyshire in 1799, was the son of Thomas Howitt and Phoebe Tantum. William Howitt, the writer, was his elde ...
, multiple people
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Samuel Howitt
Samuel Howitt (1756/57–1822) was an English painter, illustrator and etcher of animals, hunting, horse-racing and landscape scenes. He worked in both oils and watercolors.
Life and work
Howitt was a member of an old Nottinghamshire Quak ...
(1765–1822), English artist
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Steve Howitt
Steven S. Howitt is the current member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the 4th Bristol district.
See also
* 2019–2020 Massachusetts legislature
* 2021–2022 Massachusetts legislature
The 192nd Massachusetts General Court i ...
, American politician
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Thomas Cecil Howitt
Thomas Cecil Howitt, OBE (6 June 1889 - 3 September 1968) was a British provincial architect of the 20th Century. Howitt is chiefly remembered for designing prominent public buildings, such as the Council House and Processional Way in Nottingha ...
(1889–1968), English architect
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William Howitt
William Howitt (18 December 1792 – 3 March 1879), was a prolific English writer on history and other subjects. Howitt Primary Community School in Heanor, Derbyshire, is named after him and his wife.
Biography
Howitt was born at Heanor, Derbysh ...
(1792–1879), English author
Other uses
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Howitt, Queensland, a locality in the Shire of Carpentaria, Queensland, Australia
See also
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Howatt Howatt is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Charlie Howatt, Green Party of Canada candidate in the 2006 Canadian federal election
*Cornelius Howatt (1810–1895), farmer and political figure in Prince Edward Island
*Garry Howatt ...
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Hiwatt
Hiwatt is a British company that manufactures amplifiers for electric guitars and electric basses. Starting in the late 1960s, together with Marshall and Vox, Hiwatt contributed to the sonic image popularly termed "British sound".
History
O ...
, British company
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Howat Howat is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Alexander Howat (1876–1945), Scottish-born American coal miner and labor leader
*Cameron Howat (born 1985), Australian rules footballer
*Gerald Howat (1928–2007), British writer, hi ...
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Howittia
''Howittia'' is a genus of plant containing the single species, ''Howittia trilocularis'', commonly known as blue howittia, and is endemic to Australia. It is a tall shrub found growing in shaded valleys and on rainforest edges, it has hairy le ...
, plant genus
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