Challen, Howard
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Variants
- Challen, H. (Howard)
Additional Information
Birth Date
- 1836?
Death Date
- 1903-07
Birth Place
- Kentucky
Associated Language
- English
Occupation
(itoamc) Booksellers
(itoamc) Printers
(itoamc) Publishers
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Sources
- found: The fairy of the moonbeam, or, Karl's queer stories, 1885:t.p. (Howard Challen)
- found: Uniform trade list circular, 1866:t.p. (Howard Challen; publisher at Philadelphia)
- found: Google Books, via WWW, Nov. 29, 2021:Publisher's weekly, Aug. 1, 1903, p. 210 (Howard Challen; publisher and bookseller; educated at Woodward College, Cincinnati, and Bethany College, Va.; in 1854 entered the book business in Philadelphia with his father, Rev. James Challen, as James Challen & Son; by 1867 he was conducting the business alone at 1308 Chestnut St. under his own name, and shortly after removed to New York where he continued in business; b. Lexington, Ky., June 15, 1836; died in New York, July 17, 1903; remains taken to Cincinnati for interment)
- found: Find a Grave, via WWW, Nov. 29, 2021(Howard Challen, 1838-1903; note: data from gravestone photograph; interred at Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati)
- found: Ancestry, via WWW, Nov. 29, 2021:New York, New York, U.S., Extracted Death Index (Howard Challen; d. 10 July 1903, Manhattan, age 72)
- found: FU files(19th century publisher in New York)
- found: MWA/NAIP files, Nov. 29, 2021(access point: Challen, Howard; variant: H. Challen; note: secondary sources give year of birth as 1836, which is supported by his stated age in the 1850 (age 13), 1870 (age 34) and 1880 (age 44) U.S. Federal censuses, but gravestone has 1838)
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Change Notes
- 2006-03-13: new
- 2021-11-30: revised
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