User:Dawd/Charles Augustus Howell

Charles Augustus 'Owl' Howell (10 March, 1840 – 21 April 1890) was a Portuguese-born, British-based entrepreneur, art dealer and collector.

Howell was was born in Oporto, Portugal to an English father, Alfred William Howell, and a Portuguese mother.

Howell died from Pneumonic Pthises Asthemia at the Home Hospital, 16 Fitzroy Square, London on 21 April 1890.

--- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's story The_Adventure_of_Charles_Augustus_Milverton was based on Howell

Howell died in 1890 under circumstances as strange as any of Doyle's novels: His body was found close to a Chelsea public house with his throat posthumously slit, with a ten-shilling coin in his mouth. The presence of the coin was known to be a criticism of those guilty of slander.

(from The_Adventure_of_Charles_Augustus_Milverton Wikipedia article) --

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