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Howe, Richard Howe, Earl (sh) and meal worm (medicine)


Howe, Richard Howe, Earl (sh)




born March 8, 1726, London, Eng.
died Aug. 5, 1799

English admiral who commanded the British fleet to victory in the Battle of the First of June (1794) in the French Revolutionary Wars.

As vice admiral (from 1775), he commanded in North America (1776-78), defeating French attempts to take Newport, R.I. After returning to England, he commanded the Channel fleet against the French and Spaniards and served as first lord of the Admiralty (1783-88). In 1793 he again commanded the Channel fleet. His victory against the French on June 1, 1794, provided an example of tactical excellence for his successors, including Horatio Nelson.


meal worm (medicine)


meal worm


The larva of beetles of the genus Tenebrio; both larvae and adults are important pests, destroying flour, meal, and Other cereal products; they are also intermediate hosts of nematodes of the genus Gongylonema, and of various tapeworms of the genus Hymenolepis.