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   Howard Robard Hughes Sr. (September 9, 1869 – January 14, 1924) was an American businessman and inventor who founded the Hughes Tool Company. He invented the "Sharp–Hughes" two-cone rotary drill bit during the Texas Oil Boom .

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3. www.click2houston.com › houston-life › 2020/01/14Houston History: Howard Hughes Sr., the Houstonian that ...

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   Jan 14, 2020 · Howard R. Hughes Sr. (KPRC) HOUSTON – Meet Howard Robard Hughes Sr., the man that changed the oil industry. Born in Lancaster, Missouri and raised in Keokuk, Iowa, Hughes would follow...

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   Howard Robard Hughes Jr. (December 24, 1905 – April 5, 1976) was an American aerospace engineer, business magnate, film producer, investor, philanthropist, and pilot. [2] . He was best known during his lifetime as one of the richest and most influential people in the world.

5. www.chron.com › local › historyHoward Hughes Sr. changed oil industry, and Houston, forever

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   Jun 1, 2016 · Howard Hughes Sr. changed oil industry, and Houston, forever His innovative two-cone drill bit openedvast untapped reservoirs of crude By Mark Collette , Reporter Updated June 2, 2016 2:58...

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6. jpt.spe.org › twa › part-1-the-legacy-of-the-hughesPart 1—The Legacy of the Hughes Family: Howard Hughes Sr.

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   Mar 4, 2024 · Explore the history of Howard Hughes Sr., inventor of the two-cone roller bit, in Part 1 of this two-part series highlighting the Hughes family legacy in the oil and gas industry. March 4, 2024 By Timilehin Adegbamigbe

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   This bit’s ancestor, the two-cone rotary rock drill bit, was invented by Howard Robard Hughes, Sr., an Iowa boy who drifted to southeast Texas in the wake of the Spindletop discovery and...

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   Who was Howard Hughes?

   • Hughes was the father and namesake of Howard Hughes (Howard Robard Hughes Jr.) the American business tycoon and founder of Hughes Aircraft . Howard Robard Hughes Sr. was born on September 9, 1869, in Lancaster, Missouri, the son of Jean Amelia ( née Summerlin; 1842–1928) and Judge Felix Turner Hughes (1837-1926).

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   Who was Howard Robard Hughes?

   • Howard Robard Hughes Jr. was the only child of Allene Stone Gano (1883–1922) and of Howard R. Hughes Sr. (1869–1924), a successful inventor and businessman from Missouri. He had English, Welsh and some French Huguenot ancestry, and was a descendant of John Gano (1727–1804), the minister who allegedly baptized George Washington.

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   How did Howard Hughes Sr die?

   • Howard Hughes Sr. died of a heart attack in 1924. Their deaths apparently inspired Hughes to include the establishment of a medical research laboratory in the will that he signed in 1925 at age 19. Howard Sr.'s will had not been updated since Allene's death, and Hughes Jr. inherited 75% of the family fortune.

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   When was Howard Hughes republished?

   • Republished in 1998, Vienna, VA: Charles Barton, Inc. ISBN 0-9663175-0-5. Barlett, Donald L. and James B. Steele. Empire: The Life, Legend and Madness of Howard Hughes. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1979. ISBN 0-393-07513-3, republished in 2004 as Howard Hughes: His Life and Madness. Bellett, Gerald.

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9. www.wikiwand.com › en › Howard_RHoward R. Hughes Sr. - Wikiwand

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   Howard Robard Hughes Sr. was an American businessman and inventor who founded the Hughes Tool Company. He invented the "Sharp–Hughes" two-cone rotary drill bit during the Texas Oil Boom. Hughes was the father and namesake of Howard Hughes the American business tycoon and founder of Hughes Aircraft.