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Houghton

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Noun

1. henry oscar houghton, houghton

United States publisher who founded a printing shop that became an important book publisher (1823-1895)

2. houghton

a town in northwest Michigan on the Upper Peninsula

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Houghton

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noun
a town in N England, in Sunderland unitary authority, Tyne and Wear: coal-mining. Pop: 36 746 (2001)

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Houghton

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American publisher who founded (1852) the printing office that became the Houghton Mifflin Company.

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