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Houghton

[ hoht-n ]

noun

  1. Henry Oscar, 1823–95, U.S. publisher.


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He is the author of The Evil Hours: A Biography of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt).

Used by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harrcourt Publishing Company.

Used by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

Houghton Hall Revisited, Houghton Hall, King's Lynn, England, May 17–September 29.

The day the restraining order was issued, Houghton wrote a plea on his Facebook page.

The next letter is to Mrs. Houghton, who, it will be remembered, was the only daughter by Mr. Evans's first marriage.

It does not appear that any wheat-ears are taken to the westward of Houghton Bridge, which stands on the river Arun.

One of the first gardens planted in this simple though still formal style, was my father's at Houghton.

Dr. Houghton employed the time to complete his vaccinations.

I illustrate my report of this part of the route by a map protracted by Dr. Houghton.

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