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HOVEY 68 HOWARD In 1836 he defeated the Mexicans at San Jacinto, which resulted in the inde- pendence of Texas, and he was elected president of the new republic. In 1845 Texas entered the Union, and Houston was chosen United States senator. He was elected governor of Texas in 1859; and was deposed for adherence to the Union in 1861. He died in Huntsville, Tex., July 25, 1863. HOVEY, EDMUND OTIS, an Ameri- can geologist; born in New Haven, Conn., in 1862. He graduated from Yale in 1884, and afterward studied in Germany. He served as principal and superintend- ent of schools for several years and in 1886 was appointed assistant in the mineral ogical. laboratory of the Sheffield Scientific School. He left this to be- come principal of the Waterbury, Conn., high school, serving until 1892. In 1894 he was appointed assistant curator of the American Museum of Natural History and in 1910 was made curator of the Geological Department of that institute. He was assistant of the United States Geological Survey in 1890 and again from 1901 to 1906. He published many papers on geological subjects and tech- nical journals. He was also the author of "Martinique and St. Vincent" (1902) ; "1902-1903 Eruptions of Mt. Pelee" <1903). He was a member of many sci- entific societies. HOVEY, RICHARD, an American poet; born in Illinois in 1864. He wrote: "Launcelot and Guenevere"; "Gran- dolfo," a tragedy; "Songs from Vaga- bondia"; "More Songs from Vagabondia" (with Bliss Carman) ; "The Laurel," an ode; "Seaward"; etc. He died in 1900. HOWARD, one of the oldest families of England. The principal are : Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey, and third Duke of Norfolk, an eminent statesman and naval and military commander, distin- guished at the battle of Flodden, 1488- 1554. Edward, a younger brother of the preceding, and admiral of England, killed in action with the French in 1512. Henry, Earl of Surrey, eldest son of Thomas, the first polite writer of love verses in the English tongue, beheaded on a charge of high treason, 1516-1546. Henry, 2d son of the poet, and Earl of Northampton, a man of letters, impli- cated in the murder of Overbury, 1539- 1614. Charles, known as Lord Effing- ham and Earl of Nottingham, and grand- .son of the Duke of Norfolk, commander of the channel fleet on the invasion of England by the Spanish Armada, 1536- 1624. Thomas, Earl of Arundel, and earl marshal in the reign of Charles I., diplomatist and antiquary, died 1646. Henry, his 2d son, and 6th Duke of Nor- folk, by whom the Arundelian marbles, collected by his father, were presented to the University of Oxford, about 1668. Charles, 11th Duke of Norfolk, and for- merly Earl of Surrey, known as a states- man in opposition to Lord North and Pitt, 1746-1815. HOWARD, ERONSON, an American playwright; born in Detroit, Mich., Oct. 7, 1842. He was connected with several newspapers in New York City, 1867- 1872. Among his successful plays are: "Saratoga" (1870); "The Banker's Daughter" (1878); "Young Mrs. Win- throp" (1882); "The Henrietta" and "Met by Chance" (1887) ; "Shenandoah" (1889); "Aristocracy" (1892); "Peter Stuyvesant" (with Brander Matthews) ; etc. He died Aug. 4, 1908. HOWARD, CATHERINE, 5th wife of Henry VIII.; born about 1520, was the daughter of Edmund Howard, 3d son of the second Duke of Norfolk. She was married, in 1540, to the king; but two years afterward he sent her to the scaf- fold under pretext of unfaithfulness. HOWARD, FRANCIS, a British art- ist. He was born in 1874, and was educated at St. Edmund's and St. Augustine's Roman Catholic colleges, and in Germany, at Geneva and Paris. Studied art in Paris and London; was art critic of "Weekly Sun"; and organ- ized in 1898 International Society of Sculptors, Painters, and Gravers. He was art chairman at Jamestown Exposi- tion in 1907, and from that year to 1920 has organized many art exhibitions, in which he has been represented. His publications include: "Illustrated Cata- logue of the Second National Loan Ex- hibition" (woman and child in art), and a large number of biographical and other catalogues. HOWARD, SIR HENRY, a British diplomat. He was born in 1843, and became attache in the diplomatic service in 1865, In 1869 he was promoted 3d secretary, in 1873 2d secretary, and in 1885 1st secretary. He became secretary of embassy in 1890, minister plenipoten- tiary in 1894, and envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary in 1896. He has served in the United States, the Netherlands, Guatemala, Greece, Den- mark, China, Russia, and France. He received the Jubilee Medal in 1897 and the Coronation Medal in 1902. In 1896- 1908 he was British minister at The Hague and Luxemburg. During the Eu- ropean War he was sent as minister plenipotentiary in British mission to the Pope, remniriing from 1914 to 1916.