Howard R. Hughes, Sr.
| Howard R. Hughes Sr. | |
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Howard Hughes Sr. in Houston, 1917
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| Born |
Howard Robard Hughes September 9, 1869 Lancaster, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | January 14, 1924 (aged 54) Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Burial place |
Glenwood Cemetery Houston, Texas, U.S. 29°45′56″N 95°23′07″W / 29.7656°N 95.3852°W |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Missouri Military Academy |
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| Occupation | Founder of Hughes Tool Company, businessman |
| Spouse(s) | Allene Stone Gano (m. 1904; d. 1922) |
| Children | Howard Robard Hughes Jr. (son) |
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| Relatives | Rupert Hughes (brother) |
Howard Robard Hughes Sr. (September 9, 1869 – January 14, 1924) was an American businessman and a founder of Hughes Tool Company. He invented the "Sharp–Hughes" rotary tri-cone rock drill bit during the Texas Oil Boom. He is best known as the father of Howard Hughes, the famous American business tycoon.
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 Moner Hughes (1837-1926). Hughes's older sister Greta, better known by her stage name Jeanne Greta, was a grand opera and concert singer. His younger brother, Rupert Hughes, was the famed novelist and screenwriter. Another brother, Felix Jr., was a baritone opera singer. Hughes was a classic entrepreneur, trying and failing at many things before eventually finding success. After spending his childhood and early adulthood in Keokuk, Iowa, he lived in various places such as New York City (where he was a member of the Harvard Club); Denver, Colorado; Joplin, Missouri; and Beaumont, Texas; before finally settling in Houston (where Howard Jr. was born).
Hughes Sr. was educated at Missouri Military Academy, in Mexico, Missouri. He then entered Harvard University in 1893, dropping out the next year.
After leaving Harvard in '94, I found myself in the Law School of the Iowa State University. It was my father's wish that I succeed him in his practice. Too impatient to await the course of graduation, I passed the examination before the Supreme Court of Iowa and began the practice of law. I soon found the law a too-exacting mistress for a man of my talent, and I quit her between dark and dawn, and have never since been back. I decided to search for my fortune under the surface of the earth.
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