About Harold Howitt
Lived 1886 – 1969 (aged 83). Harold Howitt was an accountant.
Sir Harold Gibson Howitt (5 October 1886 – 30 November 1969) was an English accountant who had a distinguished military career during the First World War and who undertook a long series of important public service commissions. Notable among these was his report on the reorganisation of the British pig industry.
Howitt was born in Nottingham, the son of Arthur Gibson Howitt. He was educated at Uppingham School.
Selected publications Development of pig production in the United Kingdom: report of the Advisory Committee on Development of Pig Production in the United Kingdom, HMSO, 1955
The main conclusions of the "Howitt Report" were that UK pig farmers should focus on three main breeds: the Welsh pig, British Landrace and the Large White pig in order to compete with European pig farmers.
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English accountant
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Harold Howitt was born on 5 October 1886.
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Harold Howitt died on 30 November 1969.
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