Edgar Howard Jr., 87, died Dec. 23 at Crosslands Retirement Community in Kennett Square. Formerly of East Norriton, he was born in Bradford, R.I. the son of the late Irene (nee Wilks) and Edgar Howard. He received a B.S. in Chemistry from Brown University in 1943, a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry form University of Illinois in 1946 and was a Post Doctoral fellow at ...