P. H. Newby Author, friend and colleague Anthony Thwaite in his obituary states: "P. H. Newby was one of the best English novelists of the second half of the century." P. H. Newby Percy Howard Newby CBE (25 June 1918 – 6 September 1997) was an English novelist and broadcasting administrator. He was the first winner of the Booker Prize, his novel "Something to Answer For" having received the inaugural award in 1969. P.H. Newby, known as Howard Newby, was born in Crowborough, Sussex on 25 June 1918 and was educated at Hanley Castle Grammar School in Worcestershire, and St Paul's College of
Newby O. Brantly Newby O. Brantly Newby Odell Brantly (April 13, 1905 – July 19, 1993) was an American inventor, engineer and entrepreneur who founded the Brantly Helicopter Corporation. Born in Newport, Texas, Newby Brantly was the son of William Franklin and Ida Mae Brantly. He married Emma Dean Armstrong in 1932. After she died in 1968, he married Virginia Beth Hackler in 1969 and they had a daughter, Lynne Susan. The National Pilots Association named him 1961 "Pilot of the Year". His inventions, amongst others, were a knitting machine for Penn Elastic Company (US-Patent 2067900 of 1935), a pumpjack (US-Patent 4534168 of