Herbert Edmund Howard

Herbert Edmund Howard (16 June 1900 – 1963), who wrote novels under the pen name R. Philmore, was a history schoolmaster at Alderman Newton's School for Boys in Leicester, England. He influenced a generation of students that included several of the most distinguished historians and literary figures in the English language of the twentieth century. Among them were C. P. Snow, J. H. Plumb, Rupert Hall, and Neil McKendrick. He was recognized as a popular writer of detective crime fiction and as a frequent participant on radio quiz programmes. His work at Bletchley Park during World War II was posthumously acknowledged.