Henry Howard (historian) Henry Howard (historian) Born at Corby Castle in Cumberland on 2 July 1757, into a Roman Catholic family, he was eldest son of Philip Howard (1730–1810) of Corby Castle, who wrote "Scriptural History of the Earth and of Mankind" (London, 1797). His mother was Anne, daughter of Henry Witham of Cliff, Yorkshire. Howard was educated at the college of the English Benedictines at Douay, and for a short time in 1774 studied at the University of Paris. On 17 December 1774 Howard entered the Theresian Academy in Vienna, and there became a friend of Montecuccoli and Marsigli. He left Vienna
Howard County, Nebraska Howard County, Nebraska Howard County is a county located in the state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 census, the population was 6,274. Its county seat is St. Paul. The county was formed in 1871 and named after the Union General Oliver Otis Howard. Howard County is part of the Grand Island, NE Metropolitan Statistical Area. In the Nebraska license plate system, Howard County is represented by the prefix 49 (it had the 49th-largest number of vehicles registered in the state when the license plate system was established in 1922). According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a