Harry Howard (mayor)

Sir Henry Rudolph Harry Howard (1890–1970) was the mayor of the City of Perth from 1955 until 1964.

Early life

He was born in Manchester, England in 1890.[1]

City of Light

During his time as mayor, he encouraged the people of Perth to switch on their lights as astronaut John Glenn passed overhead in an orbiting spacecraft so that he was able to see the city; Perth was subsequently known world-wide as the City of Light.[2][3][4]

References
  1. http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/146709/20140825-0859/adb.anu.edu.au/biography/howard-sir-henry-rudolph-harry-12992.html Australian Dictionary of Biography entry by Jenny Gregory of UWA
  2. http://www.perth.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/City%20of%20Light%20catalogue.pdf
  3. Howard, Harry Sir (1962), Account by Lord Mayor of Perth of his visit to New York to attend celebrations in honour of astronaut John Glenn, 28.2.1962 - 9.3.1962, retrieved 1 May 2016
  4. [Visit of Sir Harry Howard, Lord Mayor of Perth, to Kansas City, U.S.A.], 1963, retrieved 1 May 2016



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