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Robertson Howard (1847–1899) was a doctor and attorney who is best known as one of the six co-founders of Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity. ==Early Life== Howard was born December 11, 1847 to Flodoardo R. Howard and Lydia Maria (Robertson) Howard, in Brookeville, Maryland.〔Ancestry.com. Web: District of Columbia, Find A Grave Index, 1790-2012 (on-line ). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi: accessed 15 February 2013.〕 〔http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=HO&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=9&GScntry=4&GSsr=1481&GRid=49402363&〕 His mother was a descendant of Quakers, and his father's family had ancestral ties to the Howard family of England,〔http://www.pikes.org/History.aspx?pid=3&spid=49〕 including the likes of Catherine Howard. When Howard was three his father moved the family to Washington, DC, 〔Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census (on-line ). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.〕 where he purchased a plot of land directly across from Ford's Theatre and established a medical office. Today the site is occupied by Washington's largest department store. Although his father was tied to the Howard family of England, his relations with the mainland quickly deteriorated. As a child he attended Brookeville Academy, an institution founded in 1808 by his ancestors. 〔http://www.pikes.org/History.aspx?pid=3&spid=49〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robertson Howard」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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