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EDWA
EDWA is an acronym for Erbium-Doped Waveguide Amplifier. It uses a waveguide to boost a signal in optic fibers. See also Optical amplifier (aka EDFA) which amplifies optically. External links [Definition at PCmag] ..
Edwald
Edwald was Archbishop of York for a time, in the year 971. He resigned the See only months after his election. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Edwalton, Nottinghamshire
Edwalton is a suburb to the south of Nottingham, attached and conjoined to West Bridgford and Gamston. Edwalton contains some of Nottingham's most expensive real estate, with roads such as Melton Road, Croft Road and Village Street being particularly pricy. The Edwalton Hall is the largest prop..
Edward
Edward is an English given name. It stands for "guardian of prosperity". Short forms are Ed, Eddy, Eddie, Ted, Teddy and Ned. Edward may refer to: In nobility: Edward, the Black Prince, the eldest son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of HainaultEdward Balliol, pretender to the Scottish..
Edward's Long-clawed Mouse
The Edward's Long-clawed Mouse (Notiomys edwardsii) is the only species in the genus Notiomys . It is a New World rodent found in southern Argentina. References Contreras (1996). [Notiomys edwardsii]. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. ..
Edward, Count of Savoy
Edward (1284 - 1329), surnamed the Liberal, was the Count of Savoy from 1323 to 1329. He was married to Blanche (Bianca) of Burgundy and had a daughter, Joan (Giovanna), who married to John III the Good, duke of Brittany. but was childless |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern
Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern (5 October 1625, The Hague – 10 March 1663, Paris) was a son of Frederick V, Elector Palatine and Elizabeth of Bohemia. On April 24, 1645, Edward married Anna Gonzaga (1616 - 1684). She was a daughter of Carlo I, Duke of Mantua and Catherine of Lorraine. Ca..
Edward, Earl of Warwick
Edward (Plantagenet), Earl of Warwick, (February 25, 1475 – November 28, 1499) was the son of George, Duke of Clarence, and a potential claimant to the throne during the reigns of both King Richard III of England (1483-1485) and his successor, Henry VII of England (1485-1509). He was also a yo..
Edward, My Son
Edward, My Son is a 1949 film which tells the story of a man who will commit any crime in order to make his son a success, even driving away his wife in the process. It stars Spencer Tracy and Deborah Kerr. The movie was adapted by Donald Ogden Stewart from the play by Noel Langley and Robert Morl..
Edward, Prince of Wales
There have been seven people called Edward that have held the title Prince of Wales. In chronological order (with the dates they held the title) they were: Edward II of England (1301-1307)Edward the Black Prince (1330-1376)Edward of Westminster (1453-1471)Edward V of England (1470-1483)Edward of M..
Edward, the Black Prince
Effigy on the Black Prince's tomb in Canterbury Cathedral ..
Edwardian Baroque architecture
The term Edwardian Baroque refers to the Neo-Baroque architectural style of many public buildings built in the British Empire during the reign of Edward VII (1901–1910). The characteristic features of the Edwardian Baroque style were drawn from two main sources: the architecture of France..
Edwardian period
The Edwardian period or Edwardian era in the United Kingdom is the period 1901 to 1910, the reign of King Edward VII. It succeeded the Victorian period and is sometimes extended to include the period up to the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912, the start of World War I in 1914, or even the end of ..
Edwardo Sierra
Edwardo Sierra (born on April 15, 1982 in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic) is a minor league relief pitcher with the Chicago White Sox. Minor League Career In 1999, he was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Oakland Athletics. His minor league stats (through 2005): Year Team Win/Los..
Edwards
Edwards can refer to: Blake Edwards, American film directorPhil Edwards (1907-1971), Canadian track and field athleteTorri Edwards, American sprinterVero Wynne-Edwards (1906-1997), British zoologist The name John Edwards can refer to a number of people - see John Edwards The name Jonathan Edwards ..
Edwards's Pheasant
The Edwards's Pheasant, Lophura edwardsi, is a bird from the pheasant family Phasianidae that is endemic to the rainforests of Vietnam. It is a 58-67 cm long with red legs and facial skin. The male is a mainly blue-black bird with a crest, and the female is a drab brown bird. The alarm call is a ..
Edwards, Colorado
Edwards is a census-designated place (CDP) in Eagle County, Colorado, United States. The population was 8,257 at the 2000 census. Geography Edwards is in the center of Eagle County, on I-70. Edwards is located at [39°38′25″N, 106°35′32″W] (39.640178, -106.592325)[Geogra..
Edwards, Mississippi
Edwards is a town in Hinds County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,347 at the 2000 census. Geography Edwards is located at [32°19′51″N, 90°36′15″W] (32.330942, -90.604091)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the ..
Edwards, Missouri
Edwards is an unincorporated community in southeastern Benton County, Missouri. It is located on Missouri State Highway 7 about sixteen miles southeast of Warsaw. ..
Edwards, Ontario
Edwards is a community at the headwaters of Bear Brook in eastern Ontario, Canada. Edwards is within the City of Ottawa jurisdiction. Population: (2001) 402 ..
Edwardsburg, Michigan
Edwardsburg is a village in Cass County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,147 at the 2000 census. Edwardsburg is the birthplace of Becky Breisch, 2005 USA Outdoors discus throw champion and 8-time NCAA All American. Breisch graduated from Edwardsburg High School in 2001. Geogra..
Edwardsburgh/Cardinal, Ontario
Edwardsburgh/Cardinal is a township in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville of eastern Ontario. It includes the villages of Cardinal, Johnstown and Spencerville, as well as several smaller communities. Both Highway 416 and Highway 401 pass through the township. According to the Canada 2001 C..
Edwardsport, Indiana
Edwardsport is a town in Knox County, Indiana, United States. The population was 363 at the 2000 census. Geography Edwardsport is located at [38°48′41″N, 87°15′6″W] (38.811322, -87.251670)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, th..
Edwardstown, South Australia
Edwardstown is a suburb of Adelaide in the City of Marion. See also List of Adelaide suburbs Suburbs of the City of Marion Ascot Park | Bedford Park | Clovelly Park | Darlington | Dover Gardens | Edwardstown | Glandore | Glengowrie | Hallett Cove | Marino | Marion | Mitchell Park | Morphettvi..
Edwardstown railway station, Adelaide
Edwardstown railway station is a railway station on the Noarlunga railway line and Tonsley railway line, which is located in the inner southwestern Adelaide suburb of Edwardstown. It is located 7.9km by railway from the Adelaide Railway Station. It is of an island platform construction, with pedestr..
Edwardsville
Edwardsville is the name of several places in the United States and Wales: Edwardsville in Alabama,Edwardsville in Illinois,Edwardsville in Kansas,Edwardsville in Pennsylvania,Edwardsville, Wales. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same t..
Edwardsville, Alabama
Edwardsville is a town in Cleburne County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 186. Geography Edwardsville is located at 33°42'25.855" North, 85°30'38.016" West (33.707182, -85.510560)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town..
Edwardsville, Illinois
Edwardsville is a city in Madison County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 21,491. It is the county seat of Madison County[Geographic references#6GR6]. The City was named in honor of Ninian Edwards, Governor of the Illinois Territory and, later, Gove..
Edwardsville, Kansas
Edwardsville is a city in Wyandotte County, Kansas and is part of the "Unified Government" which contains Kansas City, Kansas, Bonner Springs, Kansas and Edwardsville, Kansas. The population was 4,146 at the 2000 census. Geography Edwardsville is located at [39°3′48″N, 94°48′52″W�..
Edwardsville, Pennsylvania
Edwardsville is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, two miles (3 km) west of Wilkes Barre and also adjacent to the boroughs of Kingston to the north and Larksville to the south. It is strictly a residential place, the population being 5,165 in 1900 and 8,407 in 1910. A substantial decrease in..
Edwardsville Intelligencer
The Edwardsville Intelligencer is a daily newspaper in Illinois based in Edwardsville. The paper is circulated in Edwardsville, Glen Carbon and nearby rural areas. It was founded in 1862 and was acquired by The Hearst Corporation in 1979. External links [Official website][Entry for..
Edwards (town), New York
Edwards is a town in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States. The population was 1,148 at the 2000 census. The village is named after Edward McCormack, a landowner. The Town of Edwards contains a village also called Edwards. The town is in the southwest part of the county. Contents 1&nb..
Edwards (village), New York
Edwards is a village in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States. The population was 465 at the 2000 census. The Village of Edwards is in the northeast corner of the Town of Edwards. The village is at the junction of Routes 19 and 24. Contents 1 History2 Geography3 Demographic..
Edwards Air Force Base
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Edwards Amasa Park
Edwards Amasa Park (December 29, 1808, Providence, Rhode Island - June 4, 1900) was an American Congregational theologian. He was the son of Calvin Park (1774-1847), a Congregational minister, professor from 1804 to 1825 at Brown University, and pastor at Stoughton, Massachusetts, in 1826 1840. The..
Edwards Aquifer
The Edwards Aquifer one of the most prolific artesian aquifers in the world. Located on the eastern edge of Texas' Edwards Plateau, it cycles about 500,000 gallons (1,900,000 liters) of water a year and directly serves about two million people. The Edwards Aquifer is also home to several unique an..
Edwards County
Edwards County is the name of several counties in the United States: Edwards County, IllinoisEdwards County, KansasEdwards County, Texas This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to cha..
Edwards County, Illinois
Edwards County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of 2000, the population is 6,971. Its county seat is Albion, Illinois6. Contents 1 Geography1.1 Adjacent Counties2 History3 Demographics4 Cities and towns Geography According to the U.S. Census Bure..
Edwards County, Kansas
Edwards County (ED) Counties in Kansas County seat Kinsley Largest city Kinsley Area—Total—Land—Water, % km² (622 mi²)1,611 km² (622 mi²)0 km² (0 mi²), 0.01% Population—Total (2000)—Density 3,4492/km&su..
Edwards County, Texas
Edwards County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of 2000, the population is 2,162. Its county seat is Rocksprings6. Edwards is named for Haden Edwards, an early settler of Nacogdoches, Texas. Contents 1 Geography1.1 Adjacent counties2 Demographics3 Cities a..
Edwards Creek, British Columbia
Edwards Creek is located in British Columbia. History In 1872 John T. Edwards, a successful Cariboo miner, bought the estate and stock of Adam P. Heffley, and later added neighbouring land. For a while he took over the name of the main creek as well, but in 1898 moved to Kamloops, and the name rever..
Edwards Gardens
Edwards Gardens is a botanical garden located on the southwest corner of Leslie Street and Lawrence Avenue East in Toronto, Ontario. It is a former estate garden featuring annuals, roses and wildflowers and an extensive rockery. It is located on Wilket Creek, one of the tributaries of the Don River..
Edwards Hall
The Edwards Hall is a 5,038-seat multi-purpose arena in Miami, Florida, USA. It hosts locals sporting events and concerts. It was opened in 1952. ..
Edwards Personal Preference Schedule
The Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (EPPS) is a forced choice, objective, non-projective personality inventory, derived from the theory of H. A. Murray, which measures the rating of individuals in fifteen normal needs or motives. On the EPPS there are nine statements used for each scale. Social..
Edwards Pierrepont
Alternate meaning: Pierpont Edwards Edwards Pierrepont (March 4, 1817–March 6, 1892) was an American statesman, jurist and lawyer. Born in North Haven, Connecticut, he graduated from Yale University and New Haven Law School, was admitted to the bar in 1840 and practiced law in Columbus, Ohi..
Edwards Plateau
The Edwards Plateau is a region of west-central Texas which is bounded by the Balcones Fault to the south and east, the Llano Uplift and the plains region to the north, and the Pecos River to the west. It consists primarily of limestone, with elevations ranging between 100 ft. and 3000 ft. The P..
Edwards Professor of Egyptian Archaeology and Philology
The Edwards Professor of Egyptian Archaeology and Philology is a university professorial chair held at University College London. Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie, 1892 - 1933Stephen Glanville, 1934 - 1946Walter Brian EmeryHarry S. SmithGeoffrey Thorndike MartinJohn Tait (present incumbent) ..
Edwards Professor of Medieval History, Glasgow
University of Glasgow Founded in 1955 as the Chair of Medieval History the name was changed in 1989 to commemorate the Glasgow scholar and antiquarian John Edwards (1846-1937). Professors of Medieval History/Edwards Professors of Medieval History Edward Lionel Gregory Stones MA PhD (1956)Alfred La..
Edwards River
Edwards River may refer to: The Edwards River in New ZealandThe Edwards River in Illinois in the United States This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point dire..
Edwards River (Illinois)
The Edwards River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, about 75 mi (120 km) long[link] in northwestern Illinois in the United States. It rises 3 mi (5 km) west of Kewanee in southeastern Henry County and flows generally westwardly into Mercer County, where it joins the Mississippi 2 m..
Edwards Run
Edwards Run is a tributary of the Cacapon River, belonging to the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay watersheds. The stream is located in Hampshire County in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. Edwards Run is named for Joseph Edwards and his family, whose plantation encompassed most of the stream. Geor..
Edwards Run Wildlife Management Area
The Edwards Run Wildlife Management Area is located on 397 acres two miles north of Capon Bridge on Cold Stream Road (CR 15) near Cold Stream in Hampshire County, West Virginia. Edwards Run WMA is owned by the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources. Edwards Run WMA primarily consists of low hi..
Edwards syndrome
Trisomy 18 or Edwards Syndrome (named after John H. Edwards who first described the syndrome in 1960) is a genetic disorder. It is the second most common trisomy after Down Syndrome. It is caused by the presence of three — instead of two — chromosomes 18 in a fetus or baby's cells. ..
Edwards Township, Michigan
Edwards Township is a township in Ogemaw County, Michigan, United States. The population was 1,390 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 92.5 km² (35.7 mi²). 90.6 km² (35.0 mi²) of it is land and 1.9 km² (0.7 mi²) of it (..
Edwards Township, Minnesota
Edwards Township is a township in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, United States. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 92.6 km² (35.7 mi²). 91.6 km² (35.4 mi²) of it is land and 1.0 km² (0.4 mi²) of it (1.04%) is water. Demographics As of th..
Edwards v. Aguillard
Edwards v. Aguillard, [482 U.S. 578] (1987) was a case heard by the Supreme Court of the United States. The Court ruled that a Louisiana law requiring that creation science be taught in public schools whenever evolution was taught was unconstitutional, because the law was specifically int..
Edwards v. California
Edwards v. People of State of California, [314 U.S. 160] (1941) was a United States Supreme Court case where a California law prohibiting the bringing of a non-resident "indigent person" into the state was struck down as unconstitutional. The so-called, "anti-Okie" law made it a misdemean..
Edwards v. Canada (Attorney General)
Edwards v. Canada (Attorney General) [1930] A.C. 124 – also known as the Persons' Case – is a famous Canadian/British constitutional case where it was first decided that women were eligible to sit on the Senate. The case, put forward by the Famous Five, went all the way to the..
Edwards v. South Carolina
Edwards v. South Carolina, 372 U.S. 229 (1963)[#endnote_citation], was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution forbade state government officials to force a crowd to disperse when they are otherwise legall..
Edward "Edge" Geraldine
Edward "Edge" Geraldine (sometimes called Prince Edge of Eblan) is a fictional, playable character from the Square Co., Ltd. RPG Final Fantasy IV. Edge is the royal prince of Eblan and the only heir to the throne. A brash and confident Ninja, he lives life to its fullest. Despite his cockiness, ..
Edward "Fast Eddie" Johnson Jr.
See Eddie Johnson (basketball) for the similarly-named NBA player born in 1959. Edward "Fast Eddie" Johnson, Jr. (born February 24 1955 in Ocala, Florida) is a former professional basketball player. A 6'2" guard from Auburn University, Johnson played 10 seasons (1977–1987) in the NBA as a me..
Edward "Lumpy" Stevens
Edward "Lumpy" Stevens (born 1735 at Send, Surrey; died 7 September 1819 at Walton-on-Thames, Surrey) was an English cricketer, generally regarded as the first great bowler in the game's history. How he came by his legendary nickname is uncertain but it may have been because he was adept at choosin..
Edward "Stubbs" Stubblefield
Edward "Stubbs" Stubblefield is a fictional undead and a rebel character and is the protagonist of Stubbs the Zombie in "Rebel Without a Pulse". Contents 1 Early Life1.1 Rise from the dead2 Awards for Stubbs3 Appearance Early Life In 1933, Stubbs is a travelling salesman ..
Edward "Ted" Fenwick Zuber
Contents 1 Edward Fenwick Zuber, 1932-2 Korean War Experience3 Gulf War - Operation Friction4 Post War Experience Edward Fenwick Zuber, 1932- Edward (Ted) Fenwick Zuber was born in 1932 in Montreal, Quebec. He first studied art at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Montreal, attend..
Edward "Ted" Smith
Ted Smith was an English coach famous for coaching SL Benfica. ..
Edward (ballad)
Edward is Child ballad 13 and a murder ballad, existing in several variants. Contents 1 Synopsis2 Adaptations3 See also4 External links Synopsis [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. A mother questions her son about the blood on his s..
Edward (Ed) A. Doherty
Ed Doherty was the head coach at four different universities. He started his head coaching career at Arizona State (1947-1950), before a one season stint with Rhode Island (1951), spent 2 years at Arizona (1957-1958), and then finished with Holy Cross. (1971-1975). Coach Ed Doherty finished his care..
Edward A'Beckett
There were 3 Edward A'Beckett's, all of whom played first-class cricket in Australia. Only one (Edward L A'Beckett) played in Tests. Edward Fitzhayley A'Beckett - (1836-1922) see: [link] Edward Lambert ("Ted") a'Beckett - (1907-1989) - played in 4 Tests between 1928-1931 see: [link&..
Edward A. Biery
Edward A. Biery is an American film editor. He has worked with director James Goldstone several times, editing such films as Swashbuckler, Rollercoaster and When Time Ran Out. He has also edited several TV programmes including; Kent State, Charles and Diana: A Royal Love Story, Calamity Jane and D..
Edward A. Brennan
Retired Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, Sears, Roebuck and Co. Currently on the Board of 3M. 3M Company [edit] Corporate Directors: Linda G. Alvarado | Edward A. Brennan | George W. Buckley (chairman) | Vance D. Coffman | Michael L. Eskew | Edward M. Li..
Edward A. Burkhalter
Edward A. Burkhalter Jr. (born in Roanoke) was a United States Navy vice admiral. He attended the U.S. Naval Academy and graduated in 1951. Burkhalter's Navy career was in intelligence and he served as Chief of Naval Intelligence, Defense Intelligence Agency Chief of Staff, and Director of the CIA..
Edward A. Deeds
Edward Andrew Deeds (12 March, 1874–July 1, 1960) was an engineer, inventor and industrialist. Born in 1874 near Granville, Ohio, he was graduated in 1897 from Denison University where he was valedictorian. He studied electrical engineering at Cornell University and later went to Dayton, Ohio as ..
Edward A. Hannegan
Edward Allen Hannegan (June 25, 1807 - February 25, 1859) was a United States Representative and Senator from Indiana. Born in Hamilton County, Ohio, he moved with his parents to Bourbon County, Kentucky the same year. He attended the public schools, studied law, taught school and worked as a farm h..
Edward A. Kawananakoa
Edward Kawananakoa was the patriarch of the present-day House of Kawananakoa, heirs to the throne of the Kingdom of Hawai'i. Edward A. Kawananakoa, formally Edward Abnel Keliiahonui Kawananakoa (October 2, 1924 - July 29, 1997) was a leader of the native Hawaiian community and by virtue of hi..
Edward A. Kelly
Edward A. Kelly of Chicago was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, 1931-43, 1945-47. He was a Democrat. ..
Edward A. LeLacheur Park
Edward A. Lelacheur Park is a stadium in Lowell, Massachusetts. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Lowell Spinners minor league baseball team. It opened in 1998 and holds 4,700 people. It is named for a local civic leader who spearheaded the initial redevelopment of Lo..
Edward A. O'Neal
Edward Asbury O'Neal (September 20 1818–November 20 1890) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War. Born in Madison County, Alabama, he later served as the Democratic Governor of Alabama from 1882 to 1886. He died in 1890 in Florence, Alabama. His son, Emmet O'Neal was governor ..
Edward A. Pease
Edward A. Pease served as a Republican Representative of Indiana's 7th U.S. Congressional District from January 1st, 1997 to December 31st, 2000. Pease is an Eagle Scout and has been honored as an adult with the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award and Silver Buffalo Award and is a former Chairman of th..
Edward A. Perry
Edward Aylesworth Perry (March 15, 1831 – October 15, 1889) was a general under Robert E. Lee during the American Civil War and the fourteenth governor of Florida. Born in Richmond, Massachusetts, Perry moved to Alabama in 1853 to teach and study law after briefly attending Yale University. H..
Edward A. Ross
Edward Alsworth Ross (1866-1951) was an American sociologist and a major figure of early criminology. He held the position of Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin. See also American Civil Liberties Union Works "Social Control" (1901)"Sin and Society" (1907)"Social Psychology" (19..
Edward A. Stevenson
Edward A. Stevenson (born June 15, 1831 in Lowville, New York – died July 6, 1895 in Monterey County, California) was governor of Idaho Territory from 1885 to 1889. Stevenson was the first resident of Idaho Territory appointed to the position. Stevenson was appointed governor by President Gro..
Edward A. Tovrea
Edward A. Tovrea (died 1932) was an eccentric Phoenix entrepreneur and socialite. Through the 1920s, Tovrea owned a meat packaging company in Phoenix. One of the most important meat companies in Phoenix, the Tovrea packaging company had a rather large fleet of trucks and a large presence in the mea..
Edward Abbaticchio
Edward James Abbaticchio (April 15, 1877 - January 6, 1957) was the first Major Leaguer of Italian ancestry. External links ["The Diamond Angle" article on Edward Abbaticchio] ..
Edward Abbey
Edward Paul Abbey (January 29, 1927 - March 14, 1989) was an American author and essayist noted for his criticism of public land policies and advocacy of environmental issues. His best-known works include the novel The Monkey Wrench Gang, which has been cited as an inspiration by radical environmen..
Edward Abraham
Sir Edward Penley Abraham (b in Southampton in June 1913; died on 8 May 1999, aged 85). Biochemist, instrumental in the development of penicillin. He attended King Edward VI School, Southampton before achieving a First in Chemistry at The Queen’s College, Oxford. After completing his doctorate i..
Edward Abramoski
Edward "Abe" Abramoski served as Head Athletic Trainer for the Buffalo Bills for 37 years. Prior to his stint in Buffalo, he was an athletic trainer at the University of Detroit, the Detroit Lions, and the United States Military Academy, and has long been recognized as a pioneer athletic trainer in ..
Edward Abramowski
Edward Abramowski (1868-1918) was a Polish philosopher, socialist, anarchist, and supporter of cooperatives. External links [Polish Philosophy Page: Edward Abramowski] ..
Edward Ackroyd
Edward Ackroyd (1810-1887), English manufacturer, was born into a textile manufacturing family in 1810, and when he died in 1887, he still owned the family firm. He inherited "James Ackroyd & Sons Ltd." from his father in 1847, and he became the owner of one of the country's largest worsted manufa..
Edward Acton
Edward Acton (d. 1707), was a captain in the Royal Navy, distinguished for services rendered to his country in the reign of Queen Anne. In Sir George Rooke's vigorous and intrepid attack of Gibraltar, he commanded the Kingston, one of the battleships which had been brought to bear against that formi..
Edward Adams
Edward Adams (February 24, 1824 - November 12, 1856) was an English naval surgeon and naturalist. Adams was born at Great Barton, near Bury St Edmunds. He became interested in natural history as a child. He qualified as a surgeon in April 1847, and in August of the same year became an assistant sur..
Edward Adeane
The Honourable (George) Edward Adeane, CVO, Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales 1979 to 1985. Adeane was born 1939, son of Michael Adeane, later Private Secretary to the Sovereign 1953-1972. He was educated at Eton College, and Magdalene College, University of Cambridge, where he graduated wi..
Edward Adelbert Doisy
Dr. Edward Adelbert Doisy (November 3, 1893 – October 23, 1986) was an American biochemist, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1943 with Henrik Dam for their discovery of vitamin K and its chemical structure. External link [Nobel Foundation Biography] Nobe..
Edward Adolphus Ferdinand Seymour, Earl St. Maur
Edward Adolphus Ferdinand Seymour, Earl St.Maur (17 July 1835 - 30 September 1869) was the eldest son of Edward Adolphus Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset. He was known as Lord Seymour until 1863 when his father was created Earl St. Maur of Berry Pomeroy and he adopted his father's new creation as a co..
Edward Adrian Wilson
Edward A. Wilson Dr. Edward Adrian Wilson ("Uncle Bill") (July 23, 1872 – March 29, 1912) was a notable English polar explorer, physician, naturalist and ornithologist. Contents 1 Early life2 Antarctica2.1 Terra Nova Expedition3 Trivia4 See also5 Externa..
Edward Aglionby
Edward Aglionby (1520— c. 1587), an old English poet, was educated at Eton, and elected to King's College, Cambridge, 1536, where he distinguished himself, and became a fellow and M.A. He was afterwards a justice of the peace in Warwickshire, and wrote a genealogy of Queen Elizabeth, for which..
Edward Aguilera
Edward Aguilera (born December 17, 1976) is a singer from Spain. Aguilera was a member of Puerto Rican boy band Menudo. Contents 1 Singing career2 Atfer Menudo3 See also4 External links Singing career Aguilera became the first, and so far only, European in the Menudo organi..
Edward Akufo-Addo
Name Akufo-Addo Other Names Edward Date of Birth 1906-06-26 Place Akropong-Akwapim, E Detailed Biography 26 June 1906 - 17 July 1979 Father: Williarn Martin Addo-Danquah Mother: Tboedora Amuafi Wife: Adeline Yeboakwa Akufo-Addo. Education and Career Pattern Achimota College, (won scholarship) ..
Edward Alacampe
Edward Alacampe (1581—6 February 1646), an English Jesuit, born in 1581, became a member of the English college at Rome in 1605. Three years later he entered the Society of Jesus; in 1614, at the new college in Liege. Afterwards, he held the office of procurator at Rome, and died in the house ..
Edward Albee
Edward Albee, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1961 Edward Franklin Albee III (born March 12, 1928) is an American playwright known for works including Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Zoo Story, and The Sandbox. His works are considered well-crafted and often unsympathetic examinations ..
Edward Albert
Edward Albert (also known as Edward Laurence Albert and occasionally Eddie Albert Jr.) (born February 20, 1951) is an American film and television actor. His father was the late Eddie Albert, a famous film and television actor. He has an adopted sister, Maria, who was not in show business. Edward i..
Edward Albert Pollard
Edward Albert Pollard (1828–1872), American journalist, was born in Nelson County, Virginia, on 27 February 1828. He graduated at the University of Virginia in 1849, studied law at the College of William and Mary, and in Baltimore (where he was admitted to the bar), and was engaged in newspa..
Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer
Sir Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer (1850, Hornsey, Middlesex – 1935) was an English physiologist who coined the word "insulin" after theorising that a single substance from the pancreas was responsible for diabetes mellitus. Schafer's Method of artificial respiration is named for him. Externa..
Edward Aldwell
Edward Aldwell (b. Jan. 30, 1938 in Portland, Oregon; d. May 28, 2006 in Valhalla, N.Y.) was an American pianist, music theorist and pedagogue. He was particularly renowned for his Bach interpretations, and he recorded several works, most notably the complete Well-Tempered Clavier on Nonesuch. ..
Edward Aleksander Raczyński
Edward Aleksander Raczyński --> Noble Family Raczyński Coat of Arms Nałęcz Parents Roger Maurycy RaczyńskiMaria Ernesta Gotschall Consorts Maria Beatrix KrasińskaRóża Potocka Children with Maria Beatrix KrasińskaKarol Roger Raczynskiwith Róża PotockaRoger Adam Raczy�..
Edward Alexander
This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Edward Porter Alexander, mathematician, author, and US Civil War soldier from ..
Edward Alexander Colquhoun
Edward Alexander Colquhoun was mayor of Hamilton, Ontario from 1897 to 1898. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Edward Alexander MacDowell
Edward Alexander MacDowell (1861-1908), American musical composer, was born in New York City on December 18, 1861. His father, an Irishman of Belfast, had emigrated to America shortly before his birth. He had a varied education in music, first under Spanish-American teachers, and then in Europe, a..
Edward Allen (Australian politician)
Edward Allen was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. ..
Edward Allen (disambiguation)
A number of historical men have been called Edward Allen, as: Edward P. Allen (1839—1901) American politicianEdward Patrick Allen (born in 1853) Roman Catholic theologian in the USAEdward Alleyn (1566—1626) English actor ..
Edward Allen Carter, Jr.
Edward Allen Carter, Jr. (1916-1963) was U.S. Army staff sergeant who earned the Medal of Honor for his heroic acts, above and beyond the call of duty, in March 1945 during World War II. He was one of seven African-American soldiers who were belatedly awarded the Medal of Honor on January 13, 199..
Edward Allen Talbot
Edward Allen Talbot, (b. 1796 – d. January 6, 1839), the eldest son of Richard Talbot was a strong leader in the immigration venture that his father led to Canada in 1818. He had a career that spanned many interests. Neither he nor his brother, John Talbot was suited for the pioneer life of ..
Edward Alleyn
Edward Alleyn (September 1 1566 – November 25 1626), English actor, was a major figure of the Elizabethan theatre and founder of Dulwich College and Alleyn's School. He was born in Bishopsgate, London, the son of an innkeeper. Edward Alleyn Known to contemporaries as "Ned", his surname..
Edward Allman-Smith
Brigadier Edward Percival Allman-Smith (1886-1969) was a member of the silver medal-winning Ireland field hockey team at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. He went on to become Deputy Director Medical Services Palestine and Trans-Jordan (1941-42). See also Hockey at the 1908 Summer Olympics ..
Edward Almond
Edward Mallory Almond (December 12, 1892 – June 11, 1979) was an American military officer best known as the commander of the United States Army X Corps during the Korean War. Born in Luray, Virginia, Almond graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1915 and became an infantry office..
Edward Aloysius Kenney
Edward Aloysius Kenney was a US Representative from New Jersey. He was born in Clinton, Worcester County, Mass., August 11 1884 and attended the public schools. He graduated from Clinton High School in 1902, from Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., in 1906, and from the law department of New Yo..
Edward Altman
Edward I. Altman (born 1941) is a Professor of Finance at New York University`s Stern School of Business. Altman is known for the development of the Z-Score formula, which he published in 1968. The Z-Score for Predicting Bankruptcy is a multivariate formula for a measurement of the financial heal..
Edward Andrade
Edward Neville Da Costa Andrade (December 27, 1887 - June 6, 1971), was an English physicist, writer and poet. He studied for a doctorate at the University of Heidelberg and then had a brief but productive spell of research with Ernest Rutherford at Manchester in 1914. They worked to show the wave..
Edward Andrews
Andrews in the Twilight Zone episode "Third from the Sun" Edward Andrews (October 9, 1914 - March 8, 1985) was an American actor, most familiar today for his role as Howard Baker in Sixteen Candles. He was born in Griffin, Georgia, the son of a minister. He began acting on stage in 1926 and h..
Edward and Mrs Simpson
Edward And Mrs. Simpson was a British television series made by Thames Television for ITV. The series, broadcast in 1978, dramatises the abdication crisis involving the British Royal Family in 1936 when King Edward VIII gives up his title and throne to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson. Edwar..
Edward Angus Powell Jr
Edward Angus Powell, Jr, (b. April 1, 1950) is the current president of the United Service Organizations (USO), a volunteer organization that provides morale and recreational services to members of the United States military worldwide. A native of Richmond, Virginia, he was nominated by President Cl..
Edward Anhalt
After working as a journalist and documentary filmmaker for Pathe and CBS-TV, Edward Anhalt (1914 - 2000) teamed with his wife Edna Anhalt, nee Richards, during World War II to write pulp fiction. (Edna was one of his five wives.) After the war, they graduated to writing screenplays for thrillers,..
Edward Applebaum
Edward Applebaum (b. September 28, 1937) is an American composer of contemporary classical music. He holds a B.A. (1962), M.A. (1963), and Ph.D. (1966) from the University of California, Los Angeles. He teaches composition at the Shepherd School of Music Rice University in Texas. He has also taug..
Edward Arber
Edward Arber (December 4, 1836 - 1912), was an English academic and writer. Arber was born in London. From 1854 be 1878 he worked as a clerk in the Admiralty; from 1878 to 1881 he lectured in English, under Prof. H. Morley, at University College London; and from 1881 to 1894 he was professor of Eng..
Edward Archer
The American hip hop musician Edward Archer performs as Special Ed. Edward Walker Archer (December 12, 1871 - July 1, 1940), Australian politician. Archer gained election to the Australian House of Representatives electoral Division of Capricornia on an Anti-Socialist platform on December 12, 1906..
Edward Ardizzone
Edward Jeffrey Irving Ardizzone (16 October, 1900 - 8 November, 1979) was a writer and illustrator, especially of children's books. His best known work is the Tim series, featuring the maritime adventures of the eponymous young hero. The first book, Tim and the Brave Sea Captain, was published in 1..
Edward Arnold
Edward Arnold can refer to: Edward Arnold (actor)Eddy Arnold (country singer) This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. ..
Edward Arnold (actor)
Arnold in City That Never Sleeps Edward Arnold (February 18, 1890 - April 26, 1956) was an American actor, known to play unique characters. He was born on the Lower East Side of New York City as Gunther Edward Arnold Schneider, the son of Christian German immigrants Carl Schneider and Elizabet..
Edward Arnold (publisher)
Edward Arnold Publishers Ltd is a British publishing house with its head office in London, United Kingdom. The firm has been publishing books for over 100 years. It is a member of the Hodder Headline group. Edward Arnold publishes books and journals for students, academics and professionals. ..
Edward Arthur Butler
Colonel Edward Arthur Butler, (July 4, 1843 - April 16, 1916), was an English ornithologist and British Army officer. He is commemorated in the scientific specific name for Hume's Owl, Strix butleri. Butler was born at Coton House, Warwickshire and studied at Eton. He joined the army at the age of ..
Edward Arunah Dunlop
Edward Arunah Dunlop was a Canadian politician. He served as a Conservative Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Renfrew North from 1903 to 1934, and later as provincial treasurer from 1930 to 1933. He previous served as a Minister Without Portfolio and member of various committees, in..
Edward Ashael Birge
Edward Ashael Birge (September 7, 1851–June 9, 1950) was a professor and administrator at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was one of the pioneers of the study of limnology, the study of lakes. He served as acting president of the university from 1900 to 1903 and as president from 1918 to ..
Edward Ashmore
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Edward Ashmore (born 1919) is a former senior Royal Navy officer. Sir Edward Ashmore served in the Royal Navy from 1938 to 1977, ending his service in the highest posts available. In 1971 in the rank of Admiral, he was the last Commander-in-Chief Western Fleet for the la..
Edward Askew Sothern
Edward Askew Sothern (April 1, 1826–January 21, 1881), English actor known for his comic roles. Sothern was born in Liverpool, the son of a merchant. He began acting as an amateur, and in 1849 drifted into a professional engagement with a dramatic company at Saint Helier in Jersey, where he ..
Edward Atkinson
Edward Atkinson (February 10 1827 - 1905) was a founder of the Anti-Imperialist League He was born in Brookline, Massachusetts. In the decade before the Civil War, Atkinson was a successful entrepreneur as an executive of some of the leading cotton mills of New England. Later he was head of the ..
Edward August
Edward Arthur August (May 15, 1860—?) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1915 to 1922, as a member of the Liberal Party. August was born in Toronto, Ontario, and was educated at Horning Mills in the same province. He worked as a canner, ..
Edward Augustus Bond
Sir Edward Augustus Bond KCB (31 December 1815–2 January 1898) was an English librarian. He was born at Hanwell, the son of a schoolmaster. He was educatod at Merchant Taylors school, and in 1832 obtained a post in the [[Public Record Office. In 1838 he became an assistant in the manuscript d..
Edward Augustus Freeman
Edward Augustus Freeman (August 2, 1823 - March 16, 1892) was an English historian. He was born at Harborne, now a suburb of Birmingham, lost both his parents in infancy, was brought up by a grandmother, and was educated at private schools and by a private tutor. Even as a boy, he was interested in..
Edward Augustus Holyoke
Edward Augustus Holyoke (August 1, 1728-March 31, 1829) was an educator and physician. A son of the Reverend Edward Holyoke, a former President of Harvard, Edward Augustus graduated from that college in 1746. He opened a medical practice in 1748 and practiced for 73 more years, until retiring in 1..
Edward Augustus Inglefield
Sir Edward Augustus Inglefield (March 27, 1820 – September 4, 1894) was a Royal Naval officer who led one of the searches for the missing Arctic explorer John Franklin during the 1850s. In doing so, his expedition charted previously unexplored areas along the northern Canadian coastline, inclu..
Edward Aveling
Edward Bibbens Aveling (29 November, 1849 – 2 August, 1898) was an English Marxist and partner of Eleanor Marx, the daughter of Karl Marx. Biography Aveling was born on 29 November, 1849 in Stoke Newington. He was at Harrow School, and in 1867 he began to study medicine at University College ..
Edward Aves
Edward Aves (born 1972) is an English author who has written a travel guidebook on Sri Lanka titled "Footprint Sri Lanka." ..
Edward B. Butler
Edward B. Butler (1853-1928), was a businessman, art collector and artist. Before establishing himself in the American art scene in the early part of the 20th Century, Butler made his fortune in his mail order company, Butler Brothers. With his wealth he collected works by the 19th Century Americ..
Edward B. Cole
Edward Ball Cole (23 September 1879 - 18 June 1918) was an officer in the United States Marine Corps during World War I. Cole was born in Boston, Massachusetts. One of the United States' leading experts on machine guns, he received a direct commission in the Marine Corps in World War I. Major Cole ..
Edward B. Lewis
Edward B. Lewis (May 20, 1918 – July 21, 2004) was an American geneticist, the winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Medicine. Lewis was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and graduated from E.L. Meyers High School. He received a B.A. from the University of Minnesota in 1938, where he worked on..
Edward B. McKenna
Edward B. McKenna was a Democratic member of the Michigan state senate, 1933-34. ..
Edward B. Miller
Edward B. Miller (b. August 22, 1971, Baltimore, Maryland), is Deputy Chief of Staff to Maryland's Republican Governor Robert Ehrlich. Biography Miller received a B.A. in history from the University of Pennsylvania in 1993, and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2000. He work..
Edward B. Pond
Edward B. Pond (September 7, 1833-April 22, 1910) was a Democratic politician from California. He was the democratic Mayor of San Francisco from 1887 to 1891. In 1890, he ran for Governor of California under the democratic ticket, but lost to Henry Markham. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Edward B. Roberts
Edward B. Roberts is an American technology writer and academic figure, and a high-tech entrepreneur and investor. His Entrepreneurs in High-Technology: Lessons from MIT and Beyond (Oxford University Press, 1991) won the Association of American Publishers Award for Outstanding Book in Business and M..
Edward B. Rust Jr.
Edward B. Rust Jr. is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Bloomington, IL. He is also president and chief executive officer of State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, State Farm Life Insurance Company and other principal State Farm affil..
Edward B. Titchener
Edward Bradford Titchener, D.Sc., Ph.D., LL.D., Litt.D. (1867-1927) was an Englishman and a student of Wilhelm Wundt before becoming a professor of psychology and founding the first psychology laboratory in the United States at Cornell University. He was educated in Europe. He would put his own spi..
Edward Babiuch
Edward Babiuch (born 1927) was a Polish Communist political figure. He served as the Prime Minister of Poland in 1980. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Edward Bach
--> Dr Edward Bach (September 24, 1886 - November 27 1936) developed Bach flower remedies, a form of alternative medicine inspired by the classical homeopathic traditions. Biography Bach grew up in Birmingham, studied medicine at the University College Hospital, London and obtained a Diploma of Pu..
Edward Backhouse Eastwick
Edward Backhouse Eastwick (1814 - July 16, 1883), British Orientalist, was born a member of an Anglo-Indian family. Educated at Charterhouse and at Oxford, he joined the Bombay infantry in 1836, but, owing to his talent for languages, was soon given a political post. In 1843 he translated the Persi..
Edward Backwell
Edward Backwell (c.1618 – 1683) was an English goldsmith, financier, and politician. The son of Barnaby Backwell, of Leighton Buzzard, he became a resident of London, and was apprenticed to Thomas Vyner as a goldsmith in 1635. Like other goldsmiths of the era, he was also a banker and played a ro..
Edward Bagnall Poulton
Sir Edward Bagnall Poulton, DSc, MA, FRS (January 27 1856 — November 21 1943) was a British zoologist. He was a Darwinian and an associate of Alfred Russel Wallace. He won the Royal Society's Darwin Medal in 1914 and the Linnean Society's Linnean Medal in 1922. --> Contents 1 Biog..
Edward Baily
Edward Peter Baily (St John's Wood, London 18 January 1852 - Tupsley, Herefordshire 21 January 1941) was an English cricketer. Edward Baily was educated at Harrow and Cambridge University. He represented Cambridge University (being awarded two blues) in nine matches (1872-1874) and Middlesex in fir..
Edward Baines
Edward Baines (1774-1848), English newspaper-proprietor and politician, was born in 1774 at Walton-le-Dale, near Preston, Lancashire. He was educated at the grammar schools of Hawkshead and Preston, and at the age of sixteen was apprenticed to a printer in Preston. After remaining there for four yea..
Edward Bairstow
Sir Edward Cuthbert Bairstow was born in Huddersfield on August 22, 1874 and died in York on May 1, 1946. He was an English organist and composer in the Anglican church music tradition. He studied under John Farmer, Balliol College, Oxford, and while articled under Frederick Bridge of Westminster A..
Edward Baker Lincoln
Edward "Eddie" Baker Lincoln (March 10 1846 – February 1 1850) was the second son of Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln. His was named after Lincoln friend Edward Dickinson Baker. Little is known about Eddie's life, but some sources bring forth a surviving story of the son whom his parents c..
Edward Baldwin, 4th Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
Edward Alfred Alexander Baldwin, 4th Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (born 3 January 1938) is a British educator and Crossbench elected hereditary peer in the House of Lords. Lord Baldwin of Bewdley was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he studied modern languages and law. Before ente..
Edward Baldwin Whitney
Edward Baldwin Whitney, (1857-1911) was an American lawyer and judge. He graduated from Yale College, 1878; Judge William H. Taft, United States circuit court was one of his classmates. After Yale he went on to the Columbia Law School and was admitted to the bar of New York, 1880; managing clerk, B..
Edward Ball
Edward Ball (March 21, 1888 - June 24, 1981) was a powerful figure in business and politics in Florida for decades. Ball's sister Jessie (1884-1970) became the third wife of Alfred I. du Pont (1864-1935) in 1921, and through this connection Ball soon became closely associated with du Pont's busines..
Edward Balliol
Edward Balliol, (also known as Edward de Baliol), was a pretender to the Scottish throne during the reign of David II. From time to time he was able to establish a temporary hold on Scotland with English military aid; but with little native support his rule was transient and unstable. Contents ..
Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park
Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park is one of Florida's State Parks. This 6,000 acre (24 km²) wildlife sanctuary, located in north Florida, south of Tallahassee, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and designated a National Natural Landmark. It has three nature trail systems w..
Edward Bamford
Photo submitted by Luigi Sartorel Edward Bamford VC, DSO (28 May 1887–30 September 1928) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth military forces. He was 30 ..
Edward Bancroft
Edward Bancroft (January 9, 1744 – September 8, 1820) was an American physician and double agent in the American Revolution. Born in Westfield, Massachusetts, he worked as a spy for Benjamin Franklin when he was secretary to the American Commission in Paris. He was also a spy for the British...
Edward Banfield
For Edward C. Banfield, American political scientist, click here. Edward Banfield was the late 19th Century British executive of Argentine railroad company Gran Ferrocarril Sur. The village of Banfield in the Buenos Aires Province was named after him. ..
Edward Bannerman Ramsay
Edward Bannerman Ramsay (1793 - 1872), a clergyman of the Scottish Episcopal Church, and Dean of Edinburgh in that communion from 1841, has a place in literature by his Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character, which had gone through 22 editions at his death. It is a book full of the engaging pe..
Edward Barber
Edward Barber Edward Barber (June 10, 1893, Hertfordshire—March 12, 1915) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was 21 years old, and a Pri..
Edward Barnes
Sir Edward Barnes (1776–1838), British soldier who became governor of Ceylon. Barnes joined the 47th Regiment of Foot in 1792, and quickly rose to field rank. He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in 1807, and colonel in 1810, and two years later went to the Peninsula to serve on Wellington's..
Edward Barradall
Edward Barradall served as mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia from 1736 to 1737. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Edward Barrett-Lennard
Edward Barrett-Lennard is the name of the following people: Edward Pomeroy Barrett-Lennard (1799-1888), early settler in Western AustraliaDr. Ed Barrett-Lennard, authority on saltland pastures in Australia This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with t..
Edward Barron Chandler
Edward Barron Chandler Edward Barron Chandler (August 22, 1800 – February 6, 1880) was a New Brunswick politician and lawyer from a United Empire Loyalist family. Chandler moved from Nova Scotia to New Brunswick to study law and remained in the colony. In 1827 he was elected to the prov..
Edward Bartlett
Edward Bartlett (1836 - 1908) was an English ornithologist. He was the son of Abraham Dee Bartlett. Bartlett accompanied Henry Baker Tristram to Palestine in 1863-64, and collected in the Amazon basin and Peru in 1865-69. He was curator at the Maidstone Museum from 1875 to 1890. Species named afte..
Edward Bartlett (cricketer)
Edward BartlettWest Indies (WI) Batting style Right-handed batsman (RHB) Bowling type - Tests First-class Matches 5 42 '''Runs scored 131 1,581 Batting average 18.71 23.25 100s/50s 0/1 1/8 Top score 84 109 Balls bowled 0 0 Wickets 0 0 Bowl..
Edward Barton
Edward Barton is a Manchester poet, artist and musician, known for his eccentric stage performances and use of home-made instruments. He is probably best known for composing the song It's a Fine Day, originally released as a single by Jane in 1983, but later to become a UK chart hit when Opus III c..
Edward Bates
Edward Bates (September 4, 1793–March 25, 1869) was a U.S. lawyer and statesman. Born in Belmont, Virginia, he attended school in Maryland and served in the War of 1812. He moved to St. Louis, Missouri Territory in 1814 and there studied law, earning admittance to the bar in 1817, and servi..
Edward Battel
Edward Battel was a British cyclist. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. Battel competed in the 333 metres, 100 kilometres, and road races. His best result was in the road race, an 87 kilometre race from Athens to Marathon and back. He placed third in that race. In the 333 metr..
Edward Baugh
Edward Alston Cecil Baugh (born 10 January, 1936) is a Jamaican poet and scholar, recognised as an authority on the work of Derek Walcott. He was born in Port Antonio, Jamaica, and began writing poetry at Titchfield High School. He won a scholarship to study English literature at the University Col..
Edward Bawden
Edward Bawden CBE Royal Academy (1903-1989) was a British painter, illustrator and graphic artist. During the Second World War, Edward Bawden served as one of the official war artists for Britain. He made many evocative watercolor paintings recording the war effort in Iraq. His paintings show the ..
Edward Bayda
The Chief Justice of the Canadien province of Saskachewan. ..
Edward Beale McLean
Edward Beale McLean (1889 – 1941) was the publisher and owner of the Washington Post from 1916 until 1933. Born into a publishing fortune founded by his paternal grandfather, Washington McLean, he was the only child of John Roll McLean, owner of the Washington Post and the Cincinnati Enquir..
Edward Bear
Edward Bear is a folk-rock group from Canada that formed in 1966 and signed with Capitol Records in 1969. Most of their chart successes were in the early '70s before disbanding in 1974. Their band name is derived from A.A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh, whose 'proper' name is Edward Bear. Their top single..
Edward Beetham
Sir Edward Betham Beetham (1905-1979) served as Governor of Trinidad and Tobago between 1955 and 1960. He presided over the transition to elected internal self-government. Beetham was the last British colonial governor. The Beetham Highway in Port of Spain is named after him. |- style="text-ali..
Edward Belcher
Sir Edward Belcher 27th February, 1799 – 18th March, 1877) was a British naval officer and explorer. He is the great-grandson of Governor Jonathan Belcher. His wife, Diana Jolliffe, was the step-daughter of Captain Peter Heywood. Belcher was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia and entered the royal..
Edward Bellamy
Edward Bellamy, circa 1889. Edward Bellamy (March 26, 1850–May 22, 1898) was an American author, most famous for his utopian novel set in the year 2000, Looking Backward, published in 1888. Edward Bellamy was born in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts. He attended Union College, but did no..
Edward Bellasis
Edward Bellasis (1852-1922) was a long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. He was the son of another Edward Bellasis, a Serjeant-at-Law. His heraldic career began in 1873 when he was appointed Bluemantle Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary. In 1882, he was promoted to the office of ..
Edward Bellingham
Sir Edward Bellingham (d. 1549), lord deputy of Ireland, was a son of Edward Bellingham of Erringham, Sussex, his mother being a member of the Shelley family. As a soldier he fought in France and elsewhere, then became an English member of parliament and a member of the privy council, and in 1547 t..
Edward Benjamin Cushing
Edward Benjamin Cushing (1862-1924), while president of Texas A&M University in 1912, personally bankrolled the fledgling college. His money and campaign prevented a Texas A&M consolidation with the University of Texas at Austin. ..
Edward Benlowes
Edward Benlowes (July 12 1603–December 18 1676) was an English poet, son of Andrew Benlowes of Brent Hall, Essex. He matriculated at St Johns College, Cambridge University, in 1620, and on leaving the university he made a prolonged tour on the continent of Europe. He was a Roman Catholic in mi..
Edward Bennett Williams
Edward Bennett Williams (May 31, 1920 – August 13, 1988) was a Washington, D.C. trial attorney who owned several professional sports teams. His represented many high profile clients including Frank Sinatra, financier Robert Vesco, spy Igor Melekh, Jimmy Hoffa, organized crime figure Frank C..
Edward Berkowitz
Professor Edward D. Berkowitz is the Chairman of the History Department at George Washington University. A graduate of Princeton University, Berkowitz received his Master's and Doctoral degrees in American History from Northwestern University. His area of special expertise is the history of Social ..
Edward Bernays
Cover of Bernays' 1928 book, Propaganda. Edward Bernays (November 22, 1891 - March 9, 1995) is regarded by many as the "father of public relations," although some people believe that title properly belongs to some other early PR practitioner, such as Ivy Lee. Born in Vienna, Bernays was both..
Edward Bernds
Edward Bernds (July 12, 1905 - May 20, 2000) was an American director born in Chicago, Illinois. While in his junior year in Lake View High School, he and several friends formed a small radio clique and obtained amateur licenses. In the early 1920's there was considerable prestige for an amateur o..
Edward Berridge
Edward Berridge is a writer who mostly works in British small press comics, as well as work with the Judge Dredd Megazine. With artist Bryan Coyle, he is one-half of the creative team behind the Death Camp Jones (DCJ) imprint that publishes Pony School and Action Stations! He is also the Script Edit..
Edward Berry
Rear Admiral Sir Edward Berry, 1st Baronet KCB (1768 – 13 February 1831), was an officer in Britain's Royal Navy primarily known for his role as flag captain of Rear Admiral Horatio Nelson's ship HMS Vanguard at the Battle of the Nile, prior to his knighthood in 1798. He had a long and prestig..
Edward Berwick
Edward Berwick (died 1877) was an Irish lawyer and educationalist, and served as President of Queen's College Galway from 1850 until 1877. Berwick was the son of the Rev. Edward Berwick, a Church of Ireland clergyman who was rector of the parish of Esker, County Dublin. Educated at Trinity College ..
Edward Bickersteth
Edward Bickersteth (1786 - 1850), English evangelical divine, brother of Henry, Baron Langdale, master of the rolls (1836-1851), and uncle of Robert Bickersteth, bishop of Ripon (1857-1884), was born at Kirkby Lonsdale. He practised as a solicitor at Norwich from 1812 to 1815. In 1816 he took order..
Edward Biddle
Edward Biddle (1738-1779) was an American soldier, lawyer, and statesman from Pennsylvania. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1774 and 1775. Edward was the son of William (1698-1756) and Mary (Scull) (1709-1790) Biddle. He was born in 1738 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and had nine b..
Edward Bingham
Photo submitted by Simon Manchee The Honourable Edward Barry Stewart Bingham VC OBE (born 26 July 1881 in Bangor, County Down, Ireland — 24 September 1939) served in the Royal Navy during the First World War and was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions in engaging the German flee..
Edward Bird
Edward Bird (1772 - 1819) was an English genre painter born in Wolverhampton, he settled in Bristol. Among his works are the Choristers Rehearsing, the Field of Chevy Chase and the Day after the Battle which was pronounced his masterpiece. Reference This article incorporates text from the public d..
Edward Bishop
Edward Stanley Bishop, Baron Bishopston (3 October 1920 - 19 April 1984) was a British Labour Party politician. Bishop was educated at South Bristol Central School, Merchant Venturers' Technical College and Bristol University. He was an aeronautical design draughtsman. He contested Bristol West in ..
Edward Bishop Dudley
Gov. Edward B. Dudley Edward Bishop Dudley (15 December 1789 - 30 October 1855) was the Whig governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1836 to 1841. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1829 to 1831. Preceded by:Richard Dobbs Spaight, Jr. Governor of North Ca..
Edward Blake
For the comic book character, see Comedian (comics). Dominick Edward Blake, PC, QC (October 13 1833 – March 1 1912), (known as Edward Blake) was Premier of Ontario, Canada, from 1871 to 1872 and leader of the Liberal Party of Canada from 1880 to 1887. He is the only non-interim federal Libe..
Edward Bland
Edward Bland (b. 1926) is an American composer and musical director. He studied at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago. Among his compositions is a concerto for electric violin and chamber orchestra. He has composed scores for A Raisin in the Sun (1989) and A Soldier's Story (1984), made..
Edward Blore
Buckingham Palace as completed by Blore in 1850. It was later refaced and altered by Sir Aston Webb in 1913 Entrance to the Alupka Palace Edward Blore (1787 - 1879) was a 19th century British architect and antiquary. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Some sources claim he was origina..
Edward Blount
Edward Blount (or Blunt) (1565–1632?), was the printer, in conjunction with Isaac Jaggard, of Mr William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories and Tragedies. Published according to the true Originall Copies (1623), it is usually known as the first folio of Shakespeare. It was produced under the d..
Edward Blyth
Edward Blyth. Edward Blyth (December 23, 1810 - December 27, 1873) was an English zoologist and chemist. He is known as one of the founders of Indian zoology. Blyth was born in London in 1810. In 1841 he travelled to India to become the curator of the museum of the Royal Asiatic Society of B..
Edward Boatner
Edward Boatner (1898—1981) was an African American composer who wrote many popular concert arrangements of Negro spirituals. Contents 1 Biography2 Music2.1 Notable arrangements2.2 Notable compositions3 References4 External links Biography Boatner was educated..
Edward Bocking
Edward Bocking was a purported descendant of King Boca who founded Bocking. Bocking is associated with Braintree, Essex. Father Bocking was a controversial monk during the rein of King Henry VIII. He attended Oxford where he received B.D. in 1513 and a D.D. in 1518. He served as the Warden of Canter..
Edward Bodel
Edward Bodel (born 1926) was an American figure skater. He competed in ice dance with Carmel Waterbury Bodel, and the pair was married in 1949. The Bodels won the gold medal at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships three times and captured the bronze medal at the 1954 World Figure Skating Champion..
Edward Boland
Edward Patrick Boland (October 1, 1911 - November 4, 2001) was a politician from the state of Massachusetts. Boland was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. He graduated from Boston College. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1939-40, and Hampden County Register of Dee..
Edward Bond
--> Edward Bond (born July 18 1934) is an English playwright, theatre director, theorist and screenwriter. He is the author of the play Saved (1965), the production of which was instrumental in the abolition of theatre censorship in the UK. His highly controversial work has met with extremes of rea..
Edward Bonham Carter
Edward Bonham Carter (b. 1960/61) is a leading British merchant banker. He was appointed Chief Investment Officer of Jupiter Asset Management in 1999. He has appeared on Working Lunch, a BBC finance programme. His father was Raymond Bonham Carter, and his sister is Helena Bonham Carter. External..
Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom
The Right Honourable Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom PC (December 12 1837–November 19 1898), was a British Conservative politician. Political career Lathom was the son of Hon. Richard Bootle-Wilbraham, MP, eldest son of Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Baron Skelmersdale. He succeeded..
Edward Borron
Edward Barnes Borron (December 6, 1820 – April 23, 1915) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Algoma in the Canadian House of Commons from 1874 to 1878. He was a member of the Liberal Party. External links [Synopsis of federal political experience from the ..
Edward Boscawen
Edward Boscawen Edward Boscawen (August 19, 1711 – January 10, 1761) was a British (Cornish) admiral. Boscawen was the third son of Hugh Boscawen, 1st Viscount Falmouth. He entered the Navy early, and in 1730 distinguished himself at the taking of Porto Bello. Over his career, his aggre..
Edward Bouchet
Edward Alexander Bouchet (September 15 1852 – October 28 1918) was an African American physicist who is most notable for having been the first African American to earn a Ph.D. from an American university. He graduated from Yale University in 1874 (as the first black person to graduate from Y..
Edward Bouverie Pusey
Pusey aged about 75 Edward Bouverie Pusey (August 22, 1800 - September 16, 1882), was an English churchman, and one of the leaders of the Oxford Movement. He was born in the village of Pusey near Oxford. His father was Philip Bouverie (d. 1828), a younger son of Jacob Bouverie, 1st Viscount ..
Edward Bowen
There is also an article on radar expert Edward George Bowen Edward Ernest Bowen (born 1836 in Glenmore, County Wicklow, Ireland -died in 1901 Moux, Cote D'Or, France) was an influential schoolmaster at Harrow School from 1859 until his death. Bowen believed that boys must be interested in his l..
Edward Bowes
Edward Bowes (14 June 1874–14 June 1946), better known as Major Bowes, was an American radio personality, who achieved celebrity as the creator and host of radio's best-known talent show Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour, which was heard over the CBS Radio Network from 1934 until 1952. Follow..
Edward Boyle
Edward Charles Gurney Boyle, Baron Boyle of Handsworth CH PC (31 August 1923–28 September 1981) was a British Conservative politician. Boyle was the eldest son of Sir Edward Boyle, 2nd Baronet and succeeded to his father's baronetcy in 1945. He was educated at Eton and graduated from Christ ..
Edward Braddock
General Edward Braddock General Edward Braddock (1695? – July 13, 1755) was a British soldier and commander-in-chief for North America during the actions at the start of the French and Indian War. He was born in Perthshire, Scotland, about 1695, the son of Major-General Edward Braddock (..
Edward Braddon
Sir Edward Braddon Rt Hon Sir Edward Nicholas Coventry Braddon PC KCMG (11 June 1829 – 2 February 1904), Australian politician, was the Premier of Tasmania from 1894 to 1899, and was a Member of the First Australian Parliament in the House of Representatives. Braddon was a Tasmanian delegat..
Edward Bradford
This article is about a person. See Bradford (disambiguation) for other entries about Bradford. Colonel Sir Edward Ridley Colborne Bradford Bt GCB GCVO KCSI ADC (27 July 1836–13 May 1911) was a British Indian Army officer who later served as Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, head of ..
Edward Bradley
There are a few persons with the name Edward Bradley: Edward Bradley (writer) (1827-1889) — novelist and clergymanEdward Bradley (politician) (1808-1847) — U.S Representative from MichiganEd Bradley — CBS news reporter This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of article..
Edward Bradley (politician)
Edward Bradley (April 1808–August 5, 1847) was a U.S. Representative from the state of Michigan. Bradley was born in East Bloomfield, New York and attended the common schools and the local academy in Canandaigua. He was associate judge of the common pleas court of Ontario County in 1836. He ..
Edward Bradley (writer)
Edward Bradley (1827–1889) was an English novelist and clergyman. He wrote under the name of Cuthbert M. Bede a few novels and tales, Fairy Fables (1858), Glencraggan (1861), Fotheringhay (1885), etc. His most popular book was The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, on the experiences of an Oxford un..
Edward Bramwell Clarke
Professor Edward Bramwell Clarke (1875-1934) introduced rugby union to students at Keio University in Japan in 1899, with help from a fellow Cambridge University graduate named Tanaka Ginnosuke. Clarke wanted to give his students something constructive to do to avoid them idling and wasting "the lov..
Edward Brandt, Jr.
Edward Brandt, Jr. was the Acting Surgeon General of the United States from 1981 to 1982. |- style="text-align: center;" Edward N. Brandt, Jr MD PhD was Assistant Secretary for Health in the Department of Health and Human Services from 1981 through 1984. Dr. Brandt was born in Oklahoma ..
Edward Bransfield
Edward Bransfield (1785 – 1852) was a master in the Royal Navy and arguably the discoverer of the continent of Antarctica. Contents 1 Early life2 Antarctica3 Later life4 See also5 References Early life Edward Bransfield was born in Ballinacurra, County Cork, Irelan..
Edward Brayshaw
Edward Brayshaw (born 1930, died 28 December 1990) was a British actor. His television roles include the part of Rochefort in the 1966 miniseries The Three Musketeers and 1967's The Further Adventures of the Three Musketeers. He is probably most recognised for playing Harold Meaker in Rentaghost. ..
Edward Breitung
Edward Breitung (November 10, 1831–March 3, 1887) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Breitung, the son of John M. Breitung, a Lutheran minister, was born in the city of Schalkau in the Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen, Germany (now in the Sonneberg of Thuringia). He attended the College..
Edward Bronfman
Edward Maurice Bronfman (November 1, 1927 – April 4, 2005) was a Canadian businessman, philanthropist, and member of the Bronfman family. Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Allan Bronfman and the nephew of Samuel Bronfman, founder of Seagram, he founded with his brother, Peter Bronfman, Edp..
Edward Brongersma
Edward Brongersma (August 31, 1911 – April 22, 1998) was a doctor of law and for a number of years a member of the Dutch Eerste Kamer ("First Chamber" or Senate), and chairman of the Eerste Kamer's Judiciary Committee (1969–1977). Edward Brongersma was born in Haarlem, the Netherlands, ..
Edward Brooke
Edward William Brooke III (born October 26, 1919) is an American politician and was the first African American to be elected by popular vote to the United States Senate when he was elected as a Republican from Massachusetts in 1966, defeating his Democratic opponent, Endicott Peabody, 58%-42%. Bor..
Edward Brooker
The Honourable William Edward Brooker (born January 4, 1891 in London; died June 18, 1948 in Hobart) was an Australian Labor Party politician. He became the Premier of Tasmania on December 19, 1947; while Robert Cosgrove was facing charges. He died on the 18 June, 1948, shortly after returning the P..
Edward Brooks
Edward Brooks was also the name of a timber magnate who built the residence known as Eastcliff Edward Brooks was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Content..
Edward Brophy
Edward Brophy (born February 27, 1895 in New York, New York; died May 27, 1960 in Pacific Palisades, California) was an American voice-over artist and character actor known for portraying gangsters, and was the voice of Timothy Q. Mouse from the 1941 Disney animated film Dumbo. External links ..
Edward Brown
Edward Brown is the name of more than one person of note: Edward Brown - a politician from Manitoba, CanadaEdward Brown - a former MP for the Bath constituency in the United Kingdom.Edward TJ Brown - an American political activist that has written about Iraqi law.Reverend Edward Brown - a character..
Edward Brown (Manitoba politician)
Edward Brown was a Manitoba politician. He served briefly as leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party (1906-07), and was later a cabinet minister in Tobias C. Norris's government (1915-1922). Brown made his electoral debut in the provincial campaign of 1903, narrowly losing to Conservative Hugh Armstr..
Edward Bruce
Edward Bruce (Edubard a Briuis as he was known in medieval Gaelic), (c. 1275 – October 14, 1318) was King of Ireland and Earl of Carrick. He was the younger brother of Robert I of Scotland, and supported his brother in the struggle for the crown of Scotland, then pursued a claim in Ireland. ..
Edward Bruce, 10th Earl of Elgin
Edward James Bruce, 10th Earl of Elgin, 14th Earl of Kincardine KT, CMG, TD JP (9 June 1881 – 27 November 1968) was the son of Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin. On 5 January 1921, he married Hon. Katherine Elizabeth Cochrane, daughter of the Thomas Cochrane, 1st Baron Cochrane of Cu..
Edward Bruce Hamley
Sir Edward Bruce Hamley KCMG KCB (April 27, 1824 – August 12, 1893), British general and military writer, youngest son of Vice-Admiral William Hamley, was born on the 27th of April 1824 at Bodmin,Cornwall, and entered the Royal Artillery in 1843. He was promoted captain in 1850, and in 1851 w..
Edward Bryant
Edward Winslow Bryant Jr. (born August 27,1945) is a science fiction and horror writer sometimes associated with the Dangerous Visions series of anthologies that bolstered The New Wave. Bryant was born in White Plains, New York. However, he was raised on a cattle ranch in Wyoming. He had strong roo..
Edward Budgen
Edward Budgen was a well known provisions merchant and resident of Egham. He was a generous benefactor of the Church of England. He helped found a mission hall (1919) and then helped found the church construction (1928) of St. Pauls. He left an endowment shared among Guildford diocese (5/8th), St ..
Edward Bullard
Sir Edward Crisp Bullard (September 21, 1907 - April 3, 1980) was a geophysicist born into a wealthy brewing family in Norwich, England . Those who knew him referred to him as "Teddy." In the 1930s he received his PhD as a nuclear physicist. He studied under Ernest Rutherford at the Cavendish Labora..
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
The Lord LyttonNovelist and politician Edward George Earl Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (May 25, 1803–January 18, 1873) was an Englishnovelist, playwright, and politician. Lord Lytton was a florid, popular writer of his day, who coined such phrases as “The pen is mightier than the s..
Edward Bunker
Edward Bunker (born December 31, 1933, died July 19, 2005, in Los Angeles, California) was an American author of crime fiction, screenwriter, and actor. He wrote numerous books, some of which have been filmed. Bunker was a bright but troublesome child, who spent much of his childhood in different ..
Edward Bunting
Edward Bunting (1773-1843) was an Irish musician and folk song collector. Bunting was born in County Armagh, and was sent to study music at Drogheda at the age of 7. At age 11 he was apprenticed to William Ware, organist at St. Anne's church in Belfast, and lived with the family of Henry Joy McCra..
Edward Burch
Edward Burch (born June 9, 1968 in Centreville, Illinois, near his home town of Dupo, Illinois) is a Chicago and Champaign, Illinois-based musician and journalist. As a guitarist, he is a founding member of alternative country band The Kennett Brothers and, as a suitcase player, of the quasi-skiffle..
Edward Burdette Backus
Edward Burdette Backus (1888 - 1955) was an American Unitarian minister and humanist. External links http://www.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/burdettebackus.htmlhttp://www.harvardsquarelibrary.org/unitarians/backus.htmlhttp://www.evolvefish.com/fish/product226.html ..
Edward Burgess Butler
Edward Burgess Butler (December 16, 1853 - February 20, 1928), was the founder of Butler Brothers department stores. Contents 1 Biography2 Titles3 References4 External link Biography He was born in 1853 in Lewiston, Maine to Manly Orville Butler and Elizabeth Howe. He had a..
Edward Burleson
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. Bennett Edward Burleson (December 15 1798–December 26 1851) was a soldier, general, and statesman in the state of Missouri, the Republic of Texas, and later the U.S. state of Texas. Known as the "Old Indian Fighter", Burleson was a veteran of the War of 1..
Edward Burleson (disambiguation)
Edward Burleson may refer to: Edward Burleson (1798–1851), soldier, general, statesman in the Republic of Texas and State of TexasEdward Burleson (Confederate soldier) ..
Edward Burne-Jones
Love Among the Ruins, by Edward Burne-Jones. Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones (August 28, 1833-June 17, 1898) was a British artist, closely associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, and largely responsible for bringing the Pre-Raphaelites into the mainstream of the British art world, whil..
Edward Burnett Taylor
Edward Burnett Taylor (1832-1917) was a British anthropologist that devised the term animism (the faith in the individual soul or anima of all things, and natural manifestations). He considered animism as the first phase of development of religions. E. B. Taylor is considered representative of cult..
Edward Burnett Tylor
Edward Burnett Tylor. Sir Edward Burnett Tylor (October 2 1832–January 2 1917), the English anthropologist, was born at Camberwell, London, the son of Joseph Tylor and Harriet Skipper. Alfred Tylor, the geologist, was an elder brother. His parents were members of the Society of Friends..
Edward Burns
This article concerns the actor born in 1968; for the one best known starting in 1958, see Edward Byrnes. For other people named Burns, see Burns (disambiguation). Edward Burns Edward Burns Jr. (born January 29, 1968) is an American actor, producer, writer, and director. Burns was born in Wo..
Edward Burra
Edward Burra (29 March 1905 – 22 October 1976) was an British painter, draughtsman and printmaker, best known for his depictions of the urban underworld, black culture and the Harlem scene of the 1930s. Alrhough not openly gay, Burra also, for his time, possessed a decidedly camp sensibility and i..
Edward Burrough
Edward Burrough (1634 - 1663) was an early British Quaker leader and controversialist. He is regarded as one of the Valiant Sixty, early Quaker preachers and missionaries. Burrough was educated in the Church of England, but became a Presbyterian before converting to Quakerism. He heard George Fox ..
Edward Burtynsky
Edward Burtynsky is a photographer and artist. He was born in 1955 in St. Catharines, Ontario. He studied at the Ryerson Polytechnic University, where he obtained a B.A. in photographic arts, and at the Niagara College, where he obtained a diploma in graphic arts. His work appears in a number of mus..
Edward Butler
Edward Butler (1823-1879), was born in Kilkenny, Ireland. He became a journalist and supported the Young Ireland, editing the Galway Vindicator. In 1852, he emigrated to Sydney, Australia. He wrote for the Sydney press, practiced law, occupyied a seat in Parliament and became a member of the Legisl..
Edward Buttingham
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Edward Byles Cowell
Professor Edward Byles Cowell (January 231826 - February 9 1903) was a noted translator of Persian poetry and the first professor of Sanskrit at Cambridge University. Cowell was born in Ipswich, and became interested in Oriental languages at the age of fifteen, when he found a copy of Sir William ..
Edward Byllynge
Edward Byllynge was a governor of New Jersey from 1680 to 1687, when he died in England. Byllynge had bought a large section of land in New Jersey with the Quakers. Byllynge was an unpopular governor with the settlers of New Jersey. He never even stepped foot on the tract of land he owned. In 1681..
Edward Byrnes
Edward Byrnes, an American actor, was born Edward Byrne Breitenberger on July 30, 1933, in New York of German and Irish extraction. His alcoholic father died when he was 13. He changed his surname to Byrnes, which was his maternal grandfather's surname and appeared in the movie Marjorie Morningstar..
Edward B Ellington
Edward B Ellington (1845-1914) was a British hydraulic engineer. He was managing director of the Hydraulic Engineering Co of Chester and one of the founders, as well as Chief Engineer and Manager, of the London Hydraulic Power Company. He invented the hydraulic balance lift (US: elevator) and the ..
Edward C. Aldridge Jr.
Edward C. Aldridge Jr. (born 1938) has served in many top U.S. Defense Department and defense industry jobs, including as the 16th Air Force secretary from June 1986 until 1988. From 1988 to 1992, he was president of the Electronic Systems Company division of McDonnell Douglas, and later became CEO..
Edward C. Banfield
Edward C. Banfield (1916-1999) was a distinguished political scientist, best known as the author of The Moral Basis of a Backward Society (1958), and The Unheavenly City (1970). One of the leading conservative scholars of his generation, Banfield was an adviser to Republican presidents (Nixon, Ford..
Edward C. Delevan
Edward C. Delevan (1793-1871) was a wealthy businessman who devoted much of his fortune to promoting the temperance movement. He helped establish the American Temperance Union; attacked the use of wine in Christian communion; established a temperance hotel in Albany, New York; traveled to Europe to ..
Edward C. Eicher
Edward C. Eicher served as chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission between 1941 and 1942 and also served as a member from 1938-1942. ..
Edward C. Elliott Hall of Music
The Edward C. Elliott Hall of Music is located on the Purdue University campus in West Lafayette, Indiana. With a seating capacity of 6,025, it is one of the largest proscenium theaters in the world. The facility is named after Edward C. Elliott (1874-1960), who served as President of Purdue Unive..
Edward C. Gallagher (wrestling)
OAMC Coach Ed Gallagher Edward C. Gallagher was the Oklahoma A&M wrestling coach from 1916-1940. With his knowledge of physical principles like leverage and stress along with anatomy he all but invented the modern style of wrestling. He remains one of the most successful coaches in NCAA athlet..
Edward C. Lawson
Edward C. Lawson is an American civil rights activist, who was the defendant in the landmark case of Kolender v. Lawson, in which the United States Supreme Court ruled that a police officer could not arrest a citizen merely for refusing to present identification documents. ..
Edward C. Marshall
Edward Colston Marshall (June 29, 1821-July 9, 1893) was a Democratic congressman from California's 1st district. He served as California attorney general from 1883 to 1887. External links [Congressional biography] |- style="text-align: center;" |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Edward C. Meyer
Edward Charles Meyer (born December 11, 1928) was a U.S. Army general. Born in St. Marys, Pennsylvania, he graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1951. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the infantry. Meyer served as Chief of Staff of the US Army from 1979 to 1983. He reti..
Edward C. Moran, Jr.
Edward Carleton Moran, Jr. (December 29, 1894-July 12, 1967) was an American politician from Maine. A graduate of Bowdein and a veteran of the first World War, he ran for governor of Maine in 1928 and 1930. He was elected to two terms as a congressman from 1933 to 1937. He did not run in 1936 and se..
Edward C. Pierce
Edward Charles Pierce (3 Jan. 1930-4 July 2002) was a politician and physician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Pierce was born in the town of Three Rivers, in St. Joseph County, Michigan. He moved with his family to Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1940 at the age of ten and, after serving in the U.S. Air ..
Edward C. Prado
Edward C. Prado (b. June 7, 1947 in San Antonio, Texas) is currently a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in May 1969 and received his Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree in 1972 from The University of Texas School of Law. ..
Edward C. Prescott
Edward C. Prescott Edward C. Prescott, born 26 December 1940 in Glens Falls, New York, received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 2004, sharing the award with Finn E. Kydland, "for their contributions to dynamic macroeconomics: the time consistency of economic policy and the driving for..
Edward C. Reed High School
Reed High |- class="hiddenStructure" ! Motto | |- ! Established | Winter, 1974 |- ! Type | Public |- class="hiddenStructure" ! Affiliations | |- class="hiddenStructure" ! President | |- class="hiddenStructure" ! Principal | |- class="hiddenStructure" ! Headmaster | |- class="hiddenStruct..
Edward C. Smith
Edward C. Smith may refer to: Edward Curtis Smith, a Governor of VermontEdward Clarke Smith, a mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire ..
Edward C. Stokes
Edward Casper Stokes (December 22, 1860 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – November 4, 1942) was an American Republican Party politician, who served as the 32nd Governor of New Jersey, from 1905 to 1908. Stokes was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1860. Stokes was elected to the New Jersey ..
Edward C. Tolman
Edward Chace Tolman (1886 - 1959) was an American psychologist. He was most famous for his studies on behavioral psychology. Born in West Newton, Massachusetts, brother of CalTech physicist Richard Chace Tolman, Edward C. Tolman studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and received his..
Edward C. Walthall
Edward Cary Walthall (April 4, 1831 - April 21, 1898) was a United States Senator from Mississippi. Born in Richmond, Virginia, he moved to Mississippi as a child, attended St. Thomas Hall in Holly Springs, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1852 and commenced practice in Coffeeville. He was el..
Edward Cahill
Rev. Fr Edward J. Cahill, S.J. (1868 - 1941) was an Irish Jesuit priest and academic, born in Ballingrane, Co. Limerick. He was educated in Theology at Maynooth, and ordained a priest in 1897. In 1924 he joined the staff of the Jesuit Milltown Park Institute in Dublin as Professor of Church History,..
Edward Cahn
Edward L. Cahn (February 12 1899 - August 25 1963) was an American film director. He is best known for directing Our Gang comedies from 1939 to 1943, and a long line of other short subjects and b-movies afterwards. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and died on August 25 1963 in Hollywood, Californi..
Edward Caird
Edward Caird while a professor at the University of Glasgow. Edward Caird (March 23, 1835 – November 1, 1908), philosopher, younger brother of the theologian John Caird, was born at Greenock, Scotland, and educated at the University of Glasgow and Oxford University , where he became Fellow a..
Edward Cairns Officer
Edward Cairns Officer (1871 - 1921) was an Australian artist. Officer was born at Murray Downs, Swan Hill, Victoria. He was the third son of Suetonius Officer and his wife, a daughter of the Rev. Adam Cairns. His grandfather, Sir Robert Officer, was speaker of the Tasmanian house of assembly for ma..
Edward Cakobau
Ratu Sir Edward Tuivanuavou Tugi Cakobau (1908 - 1973) was a Fijian chief and statesman, who played a major role in Fijian politics in the years that preceded and followed independence in 1970. As Minister for Labour in the first post-independence government, Cakobau had to contend with a docker's ..
Edward Calvert
For the 20th century musician see Eddie Calvert. Edward Calvert (1799 - 1883) was an English engraver and painter. He was born in Appledore in Devon and, after a spell in the Navy, studied art at Plymouth and the Royal Academy. His early visionary work was greatly inspired by William Blake, and he..
Edward Calvin Kendall
Edward Calvin Kendall (March 8, 1886 – May 4, 1972) was an American chemist who, together with Philip S. Hench and Tadeus Reichstein, won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1950 for research on the structure and biological effects of adrenal cortex hormones. He was credited for the..
Edward Canby
Major General E.R.S Canby Edward Richard Sprigg Canby (November 9 1817 – April 11 1873) was a career U.S. Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War and Indian Wars. Contents 1 Early life2 Early military career3 Civil War4 Post War assignments5 ..
Edward Canfor-Dumas
Edward Canfor-Dumas (1957-), commonly known as 'The Enigma', is an award-winning TV scriptwriter and novelist. After winning a scholarship to Latymer Upper School, Hammersmith, he read English Literature at New College, Oxford. Soon after, he started penning scripts for popular television series suc..
Edward Capehart O'Kelley
Edward Capehart O'Kelley (1858—January 13, 1904) will forever be remembered as "the man who murdered Jesse James' murderer." A book entitled Ed O'Kelley: The Man Who Murdered Jesse James' Murderer was written by Judith Ries, a great-great niece of O'Kelley's. Edward's last name has been misspelle..
Edward Capell
Edward Capell (June 11, 1713 – February 24, 1781), English Shakespearian critic, was born at Troston Hall () in Suffolk. Through the influence of the Duke of Grafton he was appointed to the office of deputy-inspector of plays in 1737, with a salary of £200 per annum, and in 1745 he was made ..
Edward Capern
Edward Capern (January 21, 1819 - June 5, 1894), English poet, was born at Tiverton, Devonshire. From an early age he worked in a lace factory, but owing to failing eyesight he had to abandon this occupation in 1847 and he was in dire distress until he secured an appointment to be "the Rural Postma..
Edward Caraballo
Edward Caraballo (born c. 1962) was an American videographer and journalist. He was arrested while documenting Jack Idema and his vigilante group in Afghanistan. He was sentenced to a two-year term in an Afghan jail. In late April 2006 he was released two months early under a presidential decree. ..
Edward Cardinal Clancy
Edward Bede Clancy was Archbishop of Sydney from 1983 to 2001. He was made a Cardinal in 1988. |- style="text-align: center;" *** ..
Edward Cardinal Egan
Edward Michael Cardinal Egan (born April 2, 1932) is a bishop of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. He currently serves as the twelfth bishop and ninth archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York. Born and raised in the Chicagoland region in Oak Park, Illinois, Egan attended local scho..
Edward Cardinal MacCabe
Edward Cardinal MacCabe (14 Feb 1816 - 11 Feb 1885) was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin from 1879 until his death. He was ordained a priest in 1839 He was consecrated Titular Bishop of Gadara on 26 June 1877. He was then created Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina by Pope Leo XIII on 27 March 1882..
Edward Cardinal Mooney
Styles of Edward Cardinal Mooney Reference style His Eminence Spoken style Your Eminence Informal style Cardinal See Detroit Edward Cardinal Mooney (May 9, 1882 - October 25 1958) was a U.S. cardinal, elevated to that position in 1946. Born in Mount Savage, Maryland, his family moved to Y..
Edward Cardwell
This is about the English theologian; for the British politician, see Edward Cardwell, 1st Viscount Cardwell. Edward Cardwell (1787 - May 23, 1861) was an English theologian also noted for his contributions to the study of English church history. In addition to his scholarly work, he filled various..
Edward Cardwell, 1st Viscount Cardwell
Edward Cardwell, 1st Viscount Cardwell (July 24, 1813–February 15, 1886) was a prominent British politician in the Peelite and Liberal parties during the middle of the 19th century. Cardwell grew up in Liverpool and took his degree from Balliol College, Oxford in 1835. His early career was as..
Edward Carlson
Edward Carlson (June 4, 1911 - April 3, 1990), was a successful businessman, and Seattle civic leader. Carlson was born in Tacoma, Washington from humble beginnings and helped his single mother make ends meet as a child by working as an attendant at a gas station as well as other odd jobs. Carlson ..
Edward Carpenter
Edward Carpenter in 1875. Edward Carpenter (29 August 1844 – 28 June 1929) was an English socialist poet, anthologist, and an early homosexual activist. Contents 1 Early life2 Influence and activism3 Death4 Notes5 Works6 External links Early life Born in Bri..
Edward Carrere
Born in Mexico, Edward Carrere (1906 - 1984) first hit Hollywood in 1947, making his debut as an art director on "My Wild Irish Rose". He garnered his first Academy Award nomination two years later for the Errol Flynn epic "The Adventures of Don Juan". Throughout the late 40s and the 50s he worked..
Edward Carrington
Edward Carrington (1748–1810) was an American soldier and statesman from Virginia. He was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Continental Army, serving as Quartermaster to General Nathanael Greene’s Southern campaign. He commanded artillery at the Battle of Hobkirk’s Hill and the Battle of Yorktow..
Edward Carrington Cabell
Edward Carrington Cabell (February 5, 1816-February 28, 1896) was the first US Representative from Florida. Born in Richmond, Virginia; attended Washington College (now Washington and Lee University), Lexington, Virginia in 1832 and 1833 and Reynolds' Classical Academy in 1833 and 1834; was graduat..
Edward Carson, Baron Carson
Edward CarsonHMSO image Edward Henry Carson, Baron Carson, PC (9 February 1854 – 22 October, 1935) was a leader of the Irish Unionists, a barrister and a judge. Contents 1 Early life2 Politics3 Wilde trial4 Unionism5 Cabinet member6 Judge7 Later year..
Edward Carter
Edward Carter may refer to one of the following people: Edward A. Carter, Jr. (c. 1917-1963), U.S. Army Medal of Honor recipient for actions during World War IIEdward Carter (Canada), Canadian politician ..
Edward Cashman
Judge Edward Cashman is a state district court judge in the State of Vermont. Judge Cashman was heavily debated in January 2006 for handing out a 60-day jail sentence for an admitted child rapist who, over the course of four years, consistently raped a girl who was six-years-old at the time the as..
Edward Castronova
Edward Castronova is Associate Professor of Telecommunications at Indiana University Bloomington as of fall 2004, previously Associate Professor of Economics in the College of Business and Economics at California State University, Fullerton. He obtained a BS in International Affairs from Georgetown ..
Edward Cave
Edward Cave, (February 27 1691 – January 10 1754), was a printer, editor and publisher. In The Gentleman's Magazine he created the first general-interest "magazine" in the modern sense. The son of a cobbler, Cave was born in Rugby, Warwickshire and attended the grammar school there, but was e..
Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire
Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire, KG (May 6 1895 – November 26 1950), known as Marquess of Hartington (1908–1938), was Member of Parliament for West Derbyshire from 1923 to 1938 and a Minister in Winston Churchill's wartime..
Edward Chamberlin
Edward H. Chamberlin (1899-1967) was an American economist. Chamberlin was born on May 18, 1899 in La Conner, Washington. Chamberlin studied first at the University of Iowa (where he was influenced by Frank H. Knight), then pursued graduate-level studies at the University of Michigan, eventually rec..
Edward Champlin
Edward Champlin is a Professor of Classics, Cotsen Professor of Humanities, and Master of Butler College at Princeton University. He teaches Roman history, Roman law, and Latin literature and has written several books regarding these subjects. He is also the co-editor of The Cambridge Ancient Histor..
Edward Chan
Edward Chan King San, SC, (Chinese: 陳景生) (born 1950) was chairman of Hong Kong Bar Association from 2003 to 2005. Chan was graduated in The University of Hong Kong in 1972. He became a barrister of Hong Kong and United Kingdom in 1975. |width=25% align=center|Preceded by:Alan Leong |width=2..
Edward Chandler
Edward Chandler is the name of: Edward Barron Chandler, Lieutenant-Governor of New BrunswickEdward Chandler (bishop), an Anglican Bishop This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to chan..
Edward Chandos Leigh
Hon E Chandos LeighEngland (ENG) Batting style Right-handed batsman (RHB) Bowling type Left arm bowler First-class record Matches 16 '''Runs scored 215 Batting average 9.77 100s/50s 0/1 Top score 62 Balls bowled 0 Wickets 0 Bowling average 0 wi..
Edward Channing
Edward Perkins Channing (born: 15 June 1856, Massachusetts, U.S. - died: 7 January 1931) was an American historian educated at Harvard University, where he was a professor from 1883 to 1929. His best known work, A History of the United States, is regarded as one of the most complete and accurate a..
Edward Chapman
Edward Chapman may refer to one of the following people: Edward Thomas Chapman, Welsh World War II Corporal.Eddie Chapman, British Double agent code name Zig-Zag during World War II.Eddie Chapman (footballer), West Ham United player and club secretary.Ed Chapman, British artist, best known for mosai..
Edward Charles Gilbert
Personal Life Edward Gilbert was born in Whipps Cross Hospital, London on March 18 1989. During childhood he suffered from gender identity disorder and he often found that he did not fit in with the rest of the boys at school. At the age of 13 he decided that he was in fact a teenage girl trapped in..
Edward Charles Grenfell, 1st Baron St Just
Edward Charles Grenfell, 1st Baron St Just (1870 - 1941) was an English banker and politician. His father, Henry Riversdale Grenfell, was Governor of the Bank of England between 1881 and 1883. In 1904 Grenfell became a partner in the firm of J. S. Morgan & Co., later renamed as Morgan, Grenfell ..
Edward Charles Pickering
Edward Charles Pickering (July 19 1846 – February 3 1919) was an American astronomer and physicist, brother of William Henry Pickering. Along with Carl Vogel, Pickering discovered the first spectroscopic binary stars. He wrote Elements of Physical Manipulations (2 vol., 1873–76). Pick..
Edward Charles Titchmarsh
Edward Charles ("Ted") Titchmarsh (born 1 June 1899 in Newbury died 18 January, 1963 at Oxford) was a leading British mathematician. He was educated at King Edward VII School (Sheffield) and Balliol College, Oxford, where he began his studies in October 1917. He was known for work in analytic n..
Edward Chichester, 1st Viscount Chichester
Edward Chichester, 1st Viscount Chichester (1568) - (July 8, 1648) was the younger brother of Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Chichester. He was knighted in 1616, and after his brother's death in 1625 was in his memory ennobled as Viscount Chichester, of Carrickfergus in the County of Antrim, and Baron..
Edward Chichester, 4th Marquess of Donegall
Edward Chichester, 4th Marquess of Donegall (June 11, 1799) - (January 20, 1889) was born in Great Cumberland Place, London, and was educated at Eton and Trinity College Dublin, graduating BA in 1822. He served as Church of Ireland Dean of Raphoe from 1831 to 1871, and succeeded his elder brother as..
Edward Chichester, 6th Marquess of Donegall
Edward Chichester, 6th Marquess of Donegall (1903 - 1975) was President of the Middlesex County Automobile Club from 1964 until his death in 1975. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Edward Chris von Muir
This article is about the character named Edward in the English release of Final Fantasy IV; you may be looking for the article Edward "Edge" Geraldine Edward Chris Von Muir (sometimes called Edward Damcyan, Prince Edward, or by the original version of his name Gilbart) is a fictional, playable ch..
Edward Ciągło
Edward Ciągło (born October 15, 1953 in Gołkowice Dolne) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 9470 votes in 14 Nowy Sącz district, candidating from Liga Polskich Rodzin list. See also Members of Polish Sejm 2005-2009 External links [Edward Ciągło ..
Edward City
Edward City is a fictional metropolis of the American mid-west in the videogame Dino Crisis. It is also Shares similarites to Raccon city form Resident Evil In other Media Is the capital city of the fictional country of Edward City. ..
Edward Clark
Edward Clark may refer to: Edward Daniel Clarke (1769-1822), English mineralogist and traveller.Edward Clark (governor) (1815-1880), governor of Texas.Edward Clark (manufacturer) (d. 1882), a founder of the Singer Sewing Machine CompanyEdward Clark (printer) (1864-1926), Scottish publisher and phil..
Edward Clarke Cabot
Edward Clarke Cabot (August 17 1818-January 5 1901) was a Boston architect and watercolor painter. Cabot was born to Samuel and Eliza (Perkins) Cabot. He married Martha Eunice Robinson on July 7 1842, in Boston, and Louisa Winslow Sewall on October 13 1873 in Melrose, Massachusetts. He designed th..
Edward Clarke Smith
For the Governor of Vermont, see Edward Curtis Smith. Edward Clarke Smith (October 24, 1864 - August 25, 1924), was mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire in 1911 and 1912. He was the son and grandson of previous Manchester mayors Isaac W. Smith and Hiram Brown, respectively. Smith was born in Manchest..
Edward Clark (architect)
Edward Clark was Architect of the Capitol from 1865 to 1902. Born: August 15, 1822, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Died: January 6, 1902, Washington, D.C. Appointed by President Andrew Johnson, August 30, 1865 Died in office, January 6, 1902 Edward Clark was Thomas U. Walter's student, chief assistant..
Edward Clark (Australian politician)
Edward Clark was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. ..
Edward Clark (cricketer)
For other people named , see {{{1. Nobby ClarkEngland (ENG) Batting style Left-hand bat Bowling type Left-arm fast Tests First-class Matches 8 338 '''Runs scored 36 1971 Batting average 9.00 6.25 100s/50s -/- -/- Top score 10 30 Balls bowled 1931 ..
Edward Clark (governor)
This article concerns the Confederate governor of Texas. For information on other people of the same name, see Edward Clark. Edward Clark (April 1, 1815 – May 4, 1880) was a Governor of Texas during the American Civil War. Born in New Orleans, Clark moved to Texas in 1842 and set up a law..
Edward Clark (manufacturer)
For other people named , see {{{1. Edward Clark (d. 1882) was a founder of the Singer Sewing Machine Company, along with his business partner of Isaac Merritt Singer. Together they began investing in real estate in the 1870's and built The Dakota, an apartment house at 72nd Street and Central Park ..
Edward Clark Potter
Edward Clark Potter (November 26, 1857 - June 21, 1923) was an American sculptor. Born in New London, Connecticut, he grew up in Enfield, Massachusetts where he lived with his mother Mary and sister Clara. There he went to local schools. At 17, due to his mother's wish that he become a minister,..
Edward Clay
Sir Edward Clay KCMG is currently the British High Commissioner to Kenya. In 2005 he received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Sunderland. ..
Edward Cline
Edward Cline is a novelist and essayist, best known for his Sparrowhawk series of novels, which take place in England and Virginia before the American Revolutionary War. He is also the author of First Prize and Whisper the Guns. Outside of his work as a novelist, Cline is known for his writings on e..
Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln
Arms of the 1st Earl of Lincoln Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln (1512 – 16 January 1585) was an English admiral during the 16th century. Born in Scrivelsby in Lincolnshire in 1512 to Thomas Clinton, 8th Baron Clinton and Mary Clinton, Baroness Clinton (née Poynings), the then Lo..
Edward Clodd
Edward Clodd (1840-07-01 – 1930) was an English banker, writer and anthropologist. Born to a Baptist family, his parents wished him to become a minister, but he declined and instead went into banking. He worked for the London Joint Stock Bank from 1872 to 1915. Clodd was an early follower of..
Edward Clyde Benfold
Edward Clyde Benfold (January 15, 1931 - September 5, 1952) was a United States Navy sailor who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Korean War. He was killed in action while serving with the 1st Marine Division, as a Hospitalman Third Class. Born in Staten Islan..
Edward Cock
Edward Cock (1805-1892), British surgeon, was a nephew of Sir Astley Cooper, and through him became at an early age a member of the staff of the Borough Hospital in London, where he worked in the dissecting room for thirteen years. Afterwards he became in 1838 assistant surgeon at Guy's Hospital, wh..
Edward Cocker
Edward Cocker (1631–1672) was an English engraver, who also taught writing and arithmetic. Cocker was the reputed author of the famous Arithmetick, the popularity of which has added a phrase ("according to Cocker") to the list of English proverbialisms. He is credited with the authorship and..
Edward Codrington
Admiral Edward Codrington Sir Edward Codrington (April 27 1770 – April 28 1851) was a British admiral, hero of the Battle of Trafalgar and the Battle of Navarino. Contents 1 Early life and career2 Service in the ..
Edward Coke
Sir Edward Coke Sir Edward Coke (pronounced "cook") (1 February 1552–3 September 1634), educated at Norwich School, was an early English colonial entrepreneur and jurist whose writings on the English common law were the definitive legal texts for some 300 years. He became a Member of Pa..
Edward Coke, 7th Earl of Leicester
Edward Douglas Coke, 7th Earl of Leicester was born on 6 May 1936. He is the son of Anthony Louis Lovel Coke, 6th Earl of Leicester and Moyra Joan Crossley. He married, firstly, Valerie Potter, daughter of Leonard A. Potter, on 28 April 1962. He and Valerie Potter were divorced in 1985. They had th..
Edward Coleman
Edward Coleman (d. January 12, 1839) was the founder of the Forty Thieves and one of New York's most notorious villains, for the murder of his wife and popular Five Points character known as "The Pretty Hot Corn Girl". An early New York gangster, Coleman was the original leader of the Forty Thieve..
Edward Coles
Edward Coles (December 15, 1786 – July 7, 1868) was governor of Illinois, serving from 1822 to 1826. He was born in 1786 in Albermarle County, Virginia and died in 1868 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His brother-in-law was John Rutherford, who served as governor of Virginia. Coles County, Illino..
Edward Coletti
Edward Coletti is an American poet living in the Sonoma County, California area. Born in New York, Edward moved to Santa Rosa when he returned from the Vietnam War. He is a graduate of Georgetown University and completed a Masters in Creative Writing at California State University, San Francisco ..
Edward Colquhoun Charlton
Edward Colquhoun Charlton (June 15, 1920- April 21, 1945) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was 24 years old, and a Guardsman in the 2nd Bn., Irish ..
Edward Colston
Edward Colston (2 November 1636 – 11 October 1721) was a Bristol-born English merchant and philanthropist. Much of his wealth, although used often for generous purposes, was acquired through the trade and exploitation of slaves. He was born 2 November 1636 in Temple Street, Bristol, the eldes..
Edward Combes
Edward Combes was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. ..
Edward Condon
Edward Condon Edward Uhler Condon (March 2 1902 – March 26 1974) was a distinguished nuclear physicist, a pioneer in quantum mechanics, a participant in the development of radar and nuclear weapons in World War II, research director of Corning Glass, director of the National Bureau of S..
Edward Conlon
Edward Conlon (born 1965) is a New York policeman who wrote Blue Blood, a set of biographical notes about his eight years in the NYPD. Conlon wrote a Cop's Diary column for the New Yorker under the pen name Marcus Laffey. Conlon's book achieved recognition prior to its publication due to the one mi..
Edward Connery
Edward Connery (born July 13, 1933 in St. Boniface, Manitoba) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1986 to 1992, and a cabinet minister in the Progressive Conservative government of Gary Filmon from 1988 to 1991. Connery was educated at ..
Edward Constant II
Edward Constant II (born 1942/43) is a former Professor of History at Carnegie Mellon University, and a convicted violent felon. He earned his doctorate from Northwestern University in 1977, and since 1976 had been a member of the Carnegie Mellon history department. He was noted for his publication..
Edward Conway, 1st Viscount Conway
Sir Edward Conway, 1st Viscount Conway (1564-1631) was the son and heir of Sir John Conway of Arrow. He commanded a foot regiment at the sack of Cadiz in 1596, where he was knighted. He then served as governor of Brill in the Netherlands, where his daughter Brilliana (who married Robert Harley (15..
Edward Conze
Part of a onBuddhism History of Buddhism Timeline of Buddhism Buddhist councils Foundations Four Noble Truths Noble Eightfold Path The Five Precepts Nirvāna · Three Jewels Buddhism In Depth Three marks of existence Skandha · Karma · Dharma Samsara · Rebirth..
Edward Cooney
Irish evangelist Edward Cooney (11 February, 1867 in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland - 1960) was a preacher and the founder of a Protestant Christian sect known as the Cooneyites. Cooney is buried in Mildura, Victoria, Australia. References Roberts, Patricia, 1990, "The Life and Ministry of Edward C..
Edward Cooper
For the Madison Square Garden celebrity, see Dancing Harry. Edward Cooper (May 4, 1896 - August 19, 1985) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was 21 y..
Edward Coote Pinkney
Edward Coote Pinkney (1802-1828) was an American poet, lawyer, arts professor, editor and Navy sailor. He was born in London, where his father was U.S. ambassador. He wrote a number of light, graceful short poems, but fell a victim to ill-health and a morbid melancholy at the age of twenty-five. Hi..
Edward Copleston
Edward Copleston (1776-1849), English bishop, was born at Offwell in Devonshire, and educated at Oxford. He was elected to a tutorship at Oriel College in 1797, and in 1800 was appointed vicar of St Mary Hall, Oxford. As Oxford Professor of Poetry (1802-1812) he gained a considerable reputation by h..
Edward Cornwallis
Edward Cornwallis (1713-1776) was a British military officer, known as “the Founder of Halifax”. He was born in London, the sixth son of Charles, fourth Baron Cornwallis, and Lady Charlotte Butler, daughter of the Earl of Arran2. The Cornwallis family possessed large estates in Suffolk and t..
Edward Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon (1553 creation)
Edward Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon (c. 1527 - September 18, 1556) was the only son of Henry Courtenay, 1st Marquess of Exeter and his second wife Gertrude Blount. His maternal grandparents were William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy and his third wife Ines de Benegas. Edward was a paternal second cous..
Edward Courtney Boyle
(Gallaher Cigarette Cards) Cdr. Boyle aboard E14. Edward Courtney Boyle was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Educated at Cheltenham College, ..
Edward Cowan
Edward James McKenzie Cowan was born on 16 June, 1982. Cowan is a cricketer who plays for the British Universities, New South Wales and Oxford UCCE teams. He is a left handed batsman who debuted in 2005 for the NSW Speedblitz Blues Cricket side. Edward earned his place in the State side after four..
Edward Craggs-Eliot, 1st Baron Eliot
Edward Craggs-Eliot, 1st Baron Eliot was born 'Edward Eliot' in London on July 8 1727 to Richard Eliot (c.1694 – November 19 1748) and Harriot Craggs (c.1704 – January 1769), the illegitimate daughter of the Privy Counsellor and Secretary of State, James Craggs (April 9 1686 – March 2 ..
Edward Craigie
Edward John Craigie (5 September 1871 - 17 January 1966) was a Single Tax League member of the South Australian House of Assembly. Born and raised in Moonta, South Australia, the son of Scottish parents, Craigie left school aged 11, initially working as an office boy before stints as a baker and bu..
Edward Craven Hawtrey
Edward Craven Hawtrey (May 7, 1789 - January 27, 1862), was an English educationalist. He was born at Burnham in Norfolk, the son of the vicar of the parish. He was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge, and in 1814 was appointed assistant master at Eton under Dr John Keate. In 18..
Edward Craven Walker
Edward Craven Walker (1918 - August 15, 2000) Born in Singapore he was the inventor of the psychedelic Lava Lamp. Walker said of its mesmerizing motions, "If you buy my lamp, you won't need drugs... I think it will always be popular. It's like the cycle of life. It grows, breaks up, falls down and t..
Edward Creighton
Edward Creighton (August 31, 1820 – November 5, 1874) was a prominent businessman in the early history of Omaha, Nebraska. Creghton was born on a farm in Belmont County, Ohio. In the 1840s, he became involved in the freight shipping and telegraph businesses; by 1856, he had become one of th..
Edward Cross
Edward Cross (11 November 1798–6 April 1887), was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Arkansas. Edward Cross was born in Hawkins County, Tennessee, and he attended public schools during his youth. He studied law and was admitted to the bar. In..
Edward Crossley
Edward Crossley (1841 or 1842 – January 21 1905) was a British businessman, politician and astronomer. He inherited his family's carpet manufacturing business (John Crossley & Sons) from his father when he was 27. He was the Liberal MP for Sowerby Bridge from 1885 to 1892. He was also m..
Edward Cullinan
Edward Cullinan, CBE (born 17th July 1931) is a British architect. Cullinan was educated at Cambridge University, the Architectural Association and UC Berkeley before working for Denys Lasdun where he designed the student residences for East Anglia University. Cullinan's practise, Edward Cullinan ..
Edward Curtis (disambiguation)
Edward Curtis may be: Edward Curtis (1801-1856) PoliticianEdward Sheriff Curtis Photographer This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the inten..
Edward Curtis (politician)
See also: Edward Curtis (disambiguation) Edward Curtis (October 25, 1801 - August 2, 1856), was a Representative from New York; born in Windsor, Vt., October 25, 1801; was graduated from Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., in 1821; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1824 and commenced practice ..
Edward Curtis Smith
Edward Curtis Smith (January 5, 1854-April 6, 1925) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Vermont. He was a Republican. Son of John Gregory Smith (Governor of Vermont 1863-65). He was married to Annie Bailey on October 3, 1888. they had four children; James Gregory, Edward Fairchild, Cu..
Edward Czesak
Edward Czesak (born February 22, 1951 in Tarnów) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 7529 votes in 15 Tarnów district, candidating from Prawo i Sprawiedliwość list. See also Members of Polish Sejm 2005-2009 External links [Edward Czesak - parliamen..
Edward D. Crippa
Edward D. Crippa (April 8, 1899–October 20, 1960) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Wyoming. Crippa was born in Rock Springs, Sweetwater County, Wyoming. During World War I, Crippa served as a private in the United States Army. Crippa served as a councilman of Rock..
Edward D. DiPrete
Edward Daniel DiPrete (born July 8, 1934), U.S. Republican Party politician, He served as Governor of Rhode Island from 1985 to 1991, and was defeated for reelection by former federal prosecutor Bruce Sundlun in 1990. He was born in Cranston, Rhode Island. He graduated from the College of the Holy ..
Edward D. Freis
Edward D. Freis (May 13, 1912 - February 1, 2005) was an American physician and researcher, who received the Albert Lasker Award for his studies of the treatment of hypertension. Born in Chicago, Illinois to Lithuanian immigrant parents, he had his eyes set on becoming an actor. After a few shows,..
Edward D. Head
Most Rev. Edward D. Head (died March 29, 2005) was the 11th Bishop of Buffalo, New York. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Edward D. Hoch
Edward Dentinger Hoch (born February 22, 1930 in Rochester, New York) is a prolific American writer of detective fiction. Although he has written several novels, he is primarily known for his vast short story output. Hoch (pronounced hoke) began writing in the 1950s; his first story appeared in 19..
Edward D. Jones
Edward D. Jones, Sr. (July 29, 1893-1982) was an investment banker born in St. Louis. He was graduated from Bellefontaine High School in Bellefontaine, Ohio in 1913, then from New York University in 1916. After graduating from NYU, Jones was employed by N. W. Halsy & Company in New York, which sent..
Edward D. Miller
Edward D. Miller, former President and Chief Executive Officer of AXA Financial, Inc., is a Director of American Express. Mr. Miller served as President and Chief Executive Officer of AXA Financial, Inc., a U.S.-based financial services organization providing asset management, financial advisory an..
Edward D. Roberts
Edward D. Roberts (July 18, 1864-August 4, 1920) was California State Treasurer, 1911-1915. External links [Political Graveyard] ..
Edward D. Swift
Edward D. Swift was an American astronomer. He was the son of the astronomer Lewis Swift. His father discovered many comets, and Edward Swift followed in his footsteps by co-discovering the periodic comet 54P/de Vico-Swift-NEAT. External link [Photo] ..
Edward D. Taussig
Edward David Taussig (November 20 1847 — January 29 1921) was a decorated Rear Admiral in the United States Navy. He is best remember for being the officer to claim Wake Island during the Spanish-American War, as well as recapturing and serving briefly as Governor of Guam, to restore order on ..
Edward Dahlberg
Edward Dahlberg (July 22 1900 – February 27 1977) was an American novelist and essayist. Dahlberg was born in Boston to Lizzie Dalberg. Mother and son wandered the southern and western United States until 1905, when she opened a barber shop in Kansas City. In April 1912 Dahlberg was sent to the J..
Edward Daly
Edward Daly may be: Edward Daly (executed) (1891-1916), Irish nationalist and rebel officer in the Easter RisingEdward Daly (bishop) (born 1933), Roman Catholic Bishop of Derry, Ireland ..
Edward Daly (bishop)
For other people named Edward Daly, see Edward Daly Edward Daly (1933 - ) was Catholic bishop of Derry from 1974 to 1993. Coming from Belleek, County Fermanagh, he was a boarder at St. Columb's College in Derry. He studied for the priesthood in the Irish College in Rome. Before taking on the role ..
Edward Daly (soldier)
Edward Daly For other people of the same name, see Edward Daly. Edward "Ned" Daly (28 February, 1891 – 4 May, 1916) was commandant of Dublin's 1st battalion during the Easter Rising of 1916. He was the youngest man to hold that rank, and one of the youngest executed in the aftermath. ..
Edward Daniel Clarke
Edward Daniel Clarke (June 5, 1769 - March 9, 1822), English mineralogist and traveller, was born at Willingdon, Sussex, and educated first at Tonbridge. In 1786 he obtained the office of chapel clerk at Jesus College, Cambridge, but the loss of his father at this time involved him in difficulties...
Edward Dannreuther
Edward Dannreuther (November 4 1844 – February 12 1905) was a German pianist resident from 1863 in England. He was a champion of Wagner, and founded the London Wagner Society in 1872. An enthusiast for new music, he was an important influence on the composer Hubert Parry. External links ..
Edward Davey
Edward Davey Edward Jonathan "Ed" Davey (born 25 December 1965) British politician He is the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Kingston and Surbiton. He is currently the party's Shadow Trade and Industry Secretary. Born in Annesley-Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire where he was educated Not..
Edward David Smout
Sgt Edward David (Ted) Smout (January 5, 1898 - June 2004) was a World War I veteran. Born in Brisbane (Queensland, Australia), he joined the Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC) at the age of 17, lying about his age to enlist. He was awarded France's highest honour, the Legion d'Honneur in 1998 an..
Edward Davies
Edward Davies (1756-1831), known as 'Celtic' Davies, was a Welsh writer involved in the recovery and re-invention of druidic tradition, alongside Iolo Morganwg. He was the curate of Olveston, Gloucestershire. Works Celtic Researches on the Origin, Traditions and Languages of the Ancient Britons (1..
Edward Davison
Edward Lewis Davison (1898–1970) was a Scottish poet and critic, born in Glasgow. He emigrated to the U.S. and became an academic at the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he was involved in the Colorado Writers 1937 conference. The poet Peter Davison is his son. He was widely published..
Edward Davy
Edward Davy (June 16, 1806 – January 26, 1885), was an English physician, scientist, and inventor who played a prominent role in the development of telegraphy. Davy published Outline of a New Plan of Telegraphic Communication in 1836 and carried out telegraphic experiments the following year. In..
Edward Davy Wedge
Edward Davy Wedge (1777-1852) colonist in Van Diemen’s Land and the Port Phillip District of Australia. Family Wedge was the brother of the surveyor and explorer John Helder Wedge. He was born in 1777 the oldest son of Charles Wedge of Shudy Camps (1746-1842) a prosperous farmer and surveyor,..
Edward Deas Thomson
Sir Edward Deas Thomson (June 1 1800 - July 16 1879) was an Australian administrator, politician and chancellor of the University of Sydney. Thomson was born at Edinburgh. His father Sir John Deas Thomson, was accountant-general to the navy and married Rebecca, daughter of John Freer. Their son was..
Edward DeCelle
Edward Brooks DeCelle, is an American museum curator. Gallery Owner, Curator, and Fine Art Collector. Perhaps best known for his curation of the 1979 exhibit at 80 Langston Street in San Francisco entitled "Censored" showcasing the works of Robert Mapplethorpe, DeCelle is regarded as heavily influe..
Edward Deering Mansfield
Edward Deering Mansfield (1801-80) was an American author, born in New Haven, Conn. He graduated at West Point in 1818, but declined to enter the army and studied at Princeton from which he graduated in 1822. In 1825 he was admitted to the Connecticut bar. He afterward removed to Cincinnati, ..
Edward Delaney
Wolfe Tone The famine memorial behind Wolfe Tone Edward Delaney is an Irish sculptor born in Claremorris in County Mayo in 1930. Edward Delaney attended the National College of Art and Design in Dublin and, supported by the Arts Council, studied casting in Germany. He represented Ire..
Edward Denison
Edward Denison (1840-1870) was a British philanthropist, known for his self-denying benevolent labours in the East End of London. External links [Picture of Edward and Louisa Mary Denison] This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. ..
Edward Devotion School
The Edward Devotion Elementary School is an elementary school located in at 345 Harvard Street, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA. The school was founded in 1894 on land bequeathed to the town by Edward Devotion (1667–1744), and is probably named for his eponymous grandfather (1621–1685) ..
Edward de Bono
Edward de Bono (born May 19 1933) is a psychologist and physician. De Bono writes prolifically on subjects of lateral thinking, a concept he is believed to have pioneered and now holds training seminars in. Dr. de Bono is also a world-famous consultant who has worked with companies like Coca-cola an..
Edward de Souza
De Souza as Harry Hunter in Hammer's The Phantom of the Opera (1962) Edward de Souza (born September 4, 1932) is a British character actor. He is well-known for the films The Phantom of the Opera and Kiss of the Vampire, both made for Hammer Studios in 1962. Perhaps his most famous role, howeve..
Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford
Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (April 12, 1550 – June 24, 1604), Elizabethan literary figure, was born at Castle Hedingham to John de Vere, 16th Earl of Oxford and Margery Golding. He is most famous today as the alleged author of the works of William Shakespeare, a claim which a large ..
Edward Dicey
Edward Dicey (1832-1911), English writer, son of T.E. Dicey of Claybrook Hall, Leicestershire. Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took mathematical and classical honours, he became an active journalist, contributing largely to the principal reviews. He was called to the bar in 1875,..
Edward Dickinson
Edward Dickinson (January 1 1803 - June 16 1874) was a Massachusetts politician. He is best known as the father of famous poet Emily Dickinson; their family home in Amherst, the Dickinson Homestead, is now a museum. Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, where he attended public schools and ..
Edward Dickinson Baker
Edward Dickinson Baker (February 24, 1811 – October 21, 1861) was an English-born American politician, lawyer, military leader. In his political career, Baker served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois and later as a U.S. Senator from Oregon. A long-time close friend of U.S. P..
Edward Digges
Edward Digges was born at Chilham Castle, Kent, England on March 29, 1620 and died at his Bellfield Plantation, in York County, Virginia on March 15, 1674/5. He was the fourth son of Sir Dudley Digges (1583-1638) and Mary Kempe (1583-?). Sir Dudley was the Master of the Rolls for King Charles I and..
Edward Divers
Dr. Edward Divers M.D. D.Sc. F.R.S. was born on November 27th 1837, and died on April 8th 1912 at his home in Kensington, London. Divers received his early education at the City of London School and the Royal College of Chemistry. In 1854 he was appointed as teaching assistant and demonstrator at Q..
Edward di Lorenzo
--> Edward di Lorenzo is a screenwriter with a cult following among fans of Gerry Anderson's science fiction TV series [[Space: 1999]]. He also wrote for series Miami Vice and The Wild Wild West. Writing for the big screen, The Idolmaker (1980) has been his greatest commercial success so far, al..
Edward Djerejian
Edward P. Djerejian is a former US diplomat, currently Director of the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University. Born in New York, he graduated from Georgetown University in 1960. He served in the US Army in Korea for the next two years, and then joined the Foreign Service..
Edward Dmytryk
--> Edward Dmytryk (September 4, 1908 - July 1, 1999) was an American film director who was amongst the Hollywood 10, a group of blacklisted film industry professionals who served time in prison for being in contempt of Congress during the McCarthy era red scare. Although born in Grand Forks, Bri..
Edward Dodwell
Edward Dodwell (1767 - 13 May 1832) was an English traveller and a writer on archaeology. He belonged to the same family as Henry Dodwell the theologian, and was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. Dodwell travelled from 1801 to 1806 in Greece, and spent the rest of his life for the most part ..
Edward Dolnick
Edward Dolnick is an American writer, formerly the chief science writer at the Boston Globe. He has been published in the Atlantic Monthly, the New York Times Magazine, the Washington Post, among other publications. He is married and has two children. ..
Edward Donald Bellew
150px Edward Donald Bellew (October 28, 1882, Bombay, February 1, 1961, Kamloops, British Columbia), Captain of the 7th Bn British Columbia Regiment, CEF was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be ..
Edward Donovan
Edward Donovan (1768 - 1837) was an English writer, traveller and amateur zoologist. Born in Cork, Ireland, Donovan was the founder of the London Museum and Institute of Natural History, which contained his extensive natural history collection. The collection was sold at auction in 1817. Donovan w..
Edward Dorrien Newbolt
EDWARD DORRIEN NEWBOLT (1843-1889), Colonel of the Dorset Regiment The son of the Revd William Robert Newbolt of Somerton, Somerset, Edward Newbolt left Abingdon School for Army Tutors. He joined the 36th Regiment in 1838, and exchanged as Lieutenant to the 54th Regiment (Dorset). Newbolt then went..
Edward Doubleday
Edward Doubleday (1810 Epping - 1849 London) was an English entomologist mainly interested in Lepidoptera. He is best known for Doubleday, E. & Westwood, J.O. The Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera: comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habits and transformations, and a catalogue of the ..
Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu
Edward John Barrington Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu (born October 20, 1926) is a British peer known for founding the National Motor Museum. Montagu was born in London, and inherited his Peerage in 1929 at the age of two, when his father John Walter Edward Douglas-Scott-Monta..
Edward Douglass White
Edward Douglass White (3 November 1845 – 19 May 1921), American politician and jurist, was a United States Senator, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and the ninth Chief Justice of the United States. He was best known for formulating the rule of reason standard of ..
Edward Douglass White Sr.
Edward Douglass White Sr. (March, 1795 – April 18, 1847) was Governor of Louisiana and a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He served five terms (albeit non-consecutive) in Congress as a Whig. White was born in Nashville, Tennessee. He was elec..
Edward Douglas Brown
Edward Douglas Brown (VC, CB) (born Kassouli, Dagshai, India, March 6, 1861, died March 3 1940, London) was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Contents 1 Deta..
Edward Dow
Edward Ingo Dow (born September 13, 1904; died December 23, 1992) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1959 to 1962, from 1966 to 1968, and from 1968 to 1969. Dow arrived in Boissevain, Manitoba in 1915, and became a promi..
Edward Dowden
Edward Dowden (May 3, 1843 - April 4, 1913), was an Irish critic and poet. He was the son of John Wheeler Dowden, a merchant and landowner, and was born at Cork, three years after his brother John, who became Bishop of Edinburgh in 1886. Edward's literary tastes emerged early, in a series of essay..
Edward Dozier
Edward P. Dozier was a Pueblo Native American anthropologist who studied Native Americans and the peoples of northern Luzon in the Philippines. He is an important figure in both anthropology and linguistics. Source ["Edward P. Dozier", URL accessed 05/29/06] ..
Edward Drake Building
The Edward Drake Building represents one of the best examples of modernist architecture in Canada's National Capital Region. Located in Ottawa, Ontario, the building was designed by D.G. McKinstry and constructed between 1961 and 1964. It originally served as the headquarters of the Canadian Broad..
Edward Drax Free
Edward Drax Free, D.D. (1764 - 1843) was a very badly behaved cleric in Sutton, Bedfordshire who was removed from his living at the parish in 1830. Free was the youngest son of a clergyman and earned his B.A., M.A., B.D. and D.D. before being appointed a fellow of his college. It is alleged tha..
Edward Drinker Cope
Edward Drinker Cope Edward Drinker Cope (July 28, 1840–April 12, 1897) was an American paleontologist and comparative anatomist. Cope was born in Philadelphia to Quaker parents. At an early age he became interested in natural history, and in 1859 communicated a paper on the Salamandrid..
Edward Drummond
Edward Drummond was a civil servant and Personal Secretary to Robert Peel, the British Prime Minister. He was shot by Daniel M'Naghten who mistook him for Robert Peel. In spite of medical treatment, he died a few days after the shooting took place. Daniel M'Naghten was later trialed but found innoce..
Edward Drummond Libbey
Edward Drummond Libbey (1854-1925) is the father of the glass industry in Toledo, Ohio, where he opened the Libbey Glass Company in 1888. Was also the founder of the Toledo Museum of Art in 1901 and was a large influence on the town of Ojai California. External Links [Libbey.com] ..
Edward Duffield Neill
Edward Duffield Neill (1823-1893) was an American author and educator Neill was born at Philadelphia. After studying at the University of Pennsylvania for some time, he enrolled at Amherst College and graduated from it, then studied theology at Andover. After ordination as a Presbyterian mini..
Edward Duffy
Edward Duffy was a South African athlete. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. Duffy was a semifinalist (top 17) in the 100 metres at the 1908 Olympic Games, winning the first heat with a time of 11 3⁄5 seconds. Duffy took third place in semifinal 3, losing to James Rector, th..
Edward Dunlop
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ernest Edward "Weary" Dunlop, KStJ, AC, CMG, OBE, (July 12, 1907 – July 2, 1993) was an Australian surgeon who was renowned for his leadership whilst being held prisoner by the Japanese during World War II. He was born in Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia. After a childh..
Edward Dunlop (horse trainer)
Edward Dunlop is a British thoroughbred race-horse trainer. Dunlop was born Oct. 20, 1968 to British champion trainer John Dunlop and his wife. Educated at Eton, he began his career on stud farms in Ireland and Kentucky before completing the National Stud student course in Sydney, Australia. Upo..
Edward Durell Stone
Edward Durell Stone (1902 Fayetteville, Arkansas - 1978 New York City) was an American modernist twentieth century architect. Stone attended Harvard and MIT and established his own firm in New York in 1936. After a period of strict interpretation of International Style, in the 1950s Stone departed..
Edward Dutton Cook
Edward Dutton Cook (January 30, 1829 - September 11, 1883), English dramatic critic and author, was born in London, the son of a solicitor. He was educated at King's College School, London, and, after four years in his father's office, obtained a situation in the London office of a railway company,..
Edward du Cann
Sir Edward Dillon Lott du Cann, (born May 1924) was a British Conservative politician. Du Cann was educated at Colet Court, Woodbridge School and St. John's College, Oxford. He became a company director. In 1951, du Cann contested Walthamstow West without success, and failed to win at Barrow-in-Fu..
Edward Dwelly
Edward Dwelly was a Scottish Gaelic lexicographer. He is generally believed to have created the authoritative dictionary in that language, and his work, although arguably never bettered in Scotland has been an immense influence on Irish lexicography. Born in Southern England near Arundel, he became..
Edward Dwyer
Photo submitted by Paul Hinckley Photo by Terry Macdonald Edward Dwyer was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was 19 years old, and a Priva..
Edward Dwyer (baseball)
Edward James Dwyer (1897-1951) was a right-handed pitcher, who played for the New York Yankees and Cincinnati Reds. In 1919, while pitching for the Yankees in a game against the Detroit Tigers, he threw a baseball 98 miles an hour, the fastest speed recorded at the time. Dwyer died in 1951 due to ac..
Edward Dyer
Sir Edward Dyer (October, 1543 – May, 1607), was an English courtier and poet. The son of Sir Thomas Dyer, Kt., he was born at Sharpham Park, Somerset. He was educated, according to Anthony Wood, either at Balliol College, Oxford or at Broadgates Hall (later Pembroke College, Oxford), but le..
Edward Dyson
Edward George Dyson (1865-1931), was born at Morrisons near Ballarat in March 1865. His father, George Dyson, arrived in Australia in 1852 and after working on various diggings became a mining engineer, his mother came from a life of refinement in England. The family led a roving life during Dyson's..
Edward E. Gyatt
redirect[[Template:Portal]]Edward Earl Gyatt (4 September 1921 – 7 August 1942) was a U.S. Marine killed during World War II. Born in Syracuse, New York, Gyatt enlisted in the Marine Corps on 28 January 1942. He was killed in action while serving with the 1st Marine Raider Battalion during ..
Edward E. Jones
Edward Ellsworth Jones (1927-1993) was an influential social psychologist who worked at Duke University for most of his career, then moving to Princeton University in 1977. He earned his Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Harvard University. Much of Jones' work is centered on the attribution process, ..
Edward E. Kramer
Edward E. Kramer was born on March 20, 1961 in Brooklyn, New York. He is an American editor and author of numerous science fiction, fantasy, and horror works, and co-founded the Dragon*Con fan convention in Atlanta. As of 1979, he lives near Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Contents 1 Biography2 ..
Edward E. Moore
Edward E. Moore was the first person to represent the sixth district of the Los Angeles City Council under the new charter in 1925. He served until 1927. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Edward E. Simbalist
Edward E. Simbalist (5 September 1943 - 12 March 2005) was a role-playing game designer. Two of the most famous games he designed are Chivalry & Sorcery and Space Opera. He was Canadian and lived in Edmonton. "With love and sorrow Anne Simbalist announces the passing of her dear son. Edward is p..
Edward E. Simmons
Edward E. Simmons Jr. (1911 in Los Angeles, California – May 18, 2004, in Pasadena, California) was an electrical engineer and the inventor of the bonded wire resistance strain gauge. Simmons attended the California Institute of Technology, where he received a B.S. in 1934 and an M.S. in 1936..
Edward E. Smith Memorial Award
The Edward E. Smith Memorial Award for Imaginative Fiction (the Skylark) is presented annually by NESFA to some person, who, in the opinion of the membership, has contributed significantly to science fiction, both through work in the field and by exemplifying the personal qualities which made the la..
Edward E. Willey
Edward E. Willey (died July 17, 1986) of Richmond, Virginia was a pharmacist who was a State Senator from 1952 to 1983 and served as Senate Majority Leader in the Virginia General Assembly. He was also the father-in-law of Kathleen Willey, who was a figure in the Lewinsky scandal in 1998 (after the ..
Edward E. Willey Bridge
Edward E. Willey Bridge is a highway bridge which crosses the upper James River (above the fall line at Richmond) in the western portion of Henrico County, Virginia. It carries Chippenham Parkway (also known as Virginia State Highway 150) between Parham Road in Henrico and the southwestern portion o..
Edward E. Willey Jr.
Edward E. Willey Jr. (died November 29, 1993) was a lawyer and real estate investor based in Richmond, Virginia. Edward E. Willey Jr. was the son of Edward E. Willey Sr., a Richmond pharmacist who was a member of the Virginia General Assembly for 30 years (1952-1983), and became Senate Majority Le..
Edward Eagar
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Edward Eager
Edward McMaken Eager (1911 – October 23, 1964) was an American author who made a distinct contribution to children's literature by introducing a theme of magic into the lives of ordinary children. Contents 1 Biography2 Theatrical Works3 Literature3.1 Book Descriptions4 ..
Edward Earl Johnson
Edward Earl Johnson (1961 – May 20, 1987) was an African American convicted murderer executed by the U.S. state of Mississippi. He was convicted of the murder of white policeman, J.T. Trest and the assault of a sixty-nine-year-old white woman, Sally Franklin. Throughout his 8 years on "Death Row" ..
Edward Ede
EDWARD LEE EDE (1834-1908), cricketer, Hampshire CCC Edward Ede was the twin brother of George Matthew Ede, under whose biography he is covered. ..
Edward Edson Lee
Edward Edson Lee (born September 2 1884 in Meriden, Illinois; died September 28 1944 in Rockford, Illinois), who wrote under the pen name of Leo Edwards, was a popular children's literature author in the 1920s and 1930s. Lee had a difficult childhood, dropping out of school to go to work in his ear..
Edward Edwards
For the US Senator, see Edward I. Edwards. Admiral Edward Edwards (1742-1815) was a British naval officer best known as being the captain of HMS Pandora, which was sent in pursuit of the HMAV Bounty mutineers. Edwards succeeded (with the help of former Bounty midshipman Thomas Hayward) in finding ..
Edward Edward Wotton
Edward Edward Wotton (1492-1552) English physician created with starting the modern study of zoology, by separating out much of the fanciful and folkloric additions that had been added over time to the body of zoological knowledge. Gesner was partly responsible for Insectorum, sive, Minimorum anim..
Edward Eggleston
Edward Eggleston Edward Eggleston (December 10, 1837 - September 4, 1902), was a historian and novelist. Born at Vevay, Indiana, he became a Methodist minister. He wrote a number of tales, some of which, especially the "Hoosier" series, attracted much attention. Among these are The Hoosier Sch..
Edward Elers Delaval Henderson
Edward Elers Delaval Henderson was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was 38 years old, and a T/Lieutenant Colonel in The North Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince..
Edward Elgar
Sir Edward Elgar Sir Edward Elgar, 1st Baronet, OM, GCVO (2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer. One of his first major orchestral works, Enigma Variations, was greeted with acclaim. He also composed oratorios, chamber music, symphonies and instrumental concertos...
Edward Elias Sassoon
Sir Edward Elias Sassoon, 2nd Baronet (6 January 1853 – 2 December 1924) was a businessman from the Sassoon banking family. He succeeded to the Baronetcy on the death of his brother Jacob Elias Sassoon in 1916. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Edward Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans
Edward Granville Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans, GCB , DL , LL.D , PC (29 August 1798–7 October 1877) was a British politician. He was born in Plymouth, Devon, on August 29 1798 to William Eliot, 2nd Earl of St Germans (April 1 1767 - January 19 1845) and his first wife, Georgina Augusta Leves..
Edward Eliot, Lord Eliot
Edward John Cornwallis Eliot (April 2 1827 – December 3 1864) was born in London to Edward Granville Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans and his wife Jemima Cornwallis. He was educated at Eton College from 1839–1843, and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on October 21 1844. From January ..
Edward Ellice
There have been two British politicians named Edward Ellice: Edward Ellice (1783-1863) - merchant and politician, and a prime mover behind the Reform Bill of 1832,Edward Ellice (1810-1880) - son of the above, also a Whig politician. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of ..
Edward Ellice (merchant)
Edward Ellice, the elder, (1781-1863) was a British merchant and politician. He was educated at Winchester and at Marischal College, Aberdeen. He engaged in the Canada fur trade from 1803, and amalgamated the North-west, "X.Y.", and Hudson's Bay companies in 1821. He was Member of Parliament for C..
Edward Ellice (Scottish politician)
Edward Ellice (1810-1880) was a Scottish Liberal politician. He was the eldest son of Edward Ellice, from his first marriage to Hannah Althea Grey, the youngest sister of Earl Grey, and was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1832, he was appointed as Private Secretary to L..
Edward Ellington
Edward Ellington can refer to: Edward "Duke" Ellington, an American jazz composer, pianist and bandleader.Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Edward Ellington, a British Chief of the Air StaffThis is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ..
Edward Ellsberg
Edward Ellsberg (November 21, 1891 - January 24, 1983) was an officer in the U.S. Navy and a popular author. Ellsberg was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and grew up in Colorado. He graduated from the US Naval Academy, B.Sc, 1914; the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, M.Sc., 1920; and the ..
Edward Elwyn Jones
Edward Elwyn Jones is a Welsh conductor and organist. Life and work Edward Jones studied music at Cambridge University, where he was Organ Scholar of Emmanuel College. He was also the conductor of three university orchestras. Upon moving to the United States in 1998, Jones served firstly as Orga..
Edward Emerson Barnard
Edward Emerson Barnard (December 16, 1857 – February 6, 1923) was an American astronomer. He was commonly known as E. E. Barnard, and was recognized as a gifted observational astronomer. He was born in Nashville, Tennessee to Reuben Barnard and Elizabeth Jane Barnard (née Haywood), and had ..
Edward Emerson Simmons
Edward Emerson Simmons (1852-1931), American artist, was born at Concord, Massachusetts, on the 27th of October 1852. He graduated from Harvard College in 1874, and was a pupil of Lefebvre and Boulanger in Paris, where he took a gold medal. He was awarded the prize by the Municipal Art Society of ..
Edward England
Edward England, born Edward Seegar in Ireland, was a famous African coast and Indian Ocean pirate from 1717 to 1720. The ships he sailed on included the Pearl and later the Fancy, for which England exchanged the Pearl in 1720. His flag was the classic Jolly Roger with a skull above two crossed t..
Edward Entwistle
Edward Entwistle, born 1815 in Tyldesley, Greater Manchester was the world's first driver of a passenger train. Apprenticed as an engineer at the age of 11, he worked at the Bridgewater Trust works, where the Rocket locomotive was under construction. When the work was completed, George Stephenson ..
Edward Erie Poor
Edward Erie Poor (born February 5, 1837) served as Vice-President and then President of the National Park Bank from 1895-1900, succeeding Ebenezer K. Wright, and being succeeded by Richard Delafield. He was an advocate of the gold standard. He was born in Boston. ..
Edward Eriksen
Edweard Eriksen was a sculptor. Perhaps his most famous work is the Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen, which was completed in 1913. ..
Edward Ettingdene Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
Edward Ettingdene Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges, KG, GCB, GCVO, PC, MC (4 August 1892 – 27 August 1969) was a British civil servant. Born in Yattendon in Berkshire, Bridges was the son Robert Seymour Bridges, later Poet Laureate, and Mary Monica Waterhouse, daughter of the architect Alfred Wat..
Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans
Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans KCB DSO (October 28, 1881 - August 20, 1957), known as "Teddy" Evans, was a British naval officer and Antarctic explorer. He served as second-in-command on Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated expedition to the South Pole in 1911-1912 and as cap..
Edward Evanson
Edward Evanson (April 21, 1731-September 25, 1805), was a controversial English clergyman. He was born at Warrington, Lancashire. After graduating at Emmanuel College, Cambridge and taking holy orders, he spent several years as curate at Mitcham in Surrey. In 1768 he became vicar of South Mimms nea..
Edward Evarts
Edward Vaughan Evarts (1926–1985) was the neuroscientist who pioneered single-unit recordings frow the brain of awake, behaving monkeys. Evarts received his undergraduate degree at Harvard College and an M.D. degree from Harvard Medical School in 1948. Evarts undertook an internship at Boston'..
Edward Everett
Edward Everett Edward Everett (April 11, 1794 – January 15, 1865) was a Whig Party politician from Massachusetts. Everett was elected to the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate, and also served as President of Harvard University, United States Envoy Extraordi..
Edward Everett Eslick
Edward Everett Eslick was a American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 7th congressional district of Tennessee. He was born on April 19, 1872 near Pulaski, Tennessee in Giles County. He attended public schools and Bethel College at Russellville, Kentucky. ..
Edward Everett Hale
Edward Everett Hale (April 3, 1822 – June 10, 1909) was an American author and Unitarian clergyman. Hale was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Nathan Hale (1784-1863), proprietor and editor of the Boston Daily Advertiser, nephew of Edward Everett, the orator and statesman, and gran..
Edward Everett Horton
Edward Everett Horton (March 18, 1886 – September 29, 1970) was an American character actor with a long career including motion pictures, theater, radio, television and voice work for animated cartoons. Edward Everett Horton was born in Brooklyn, New York. He was named for his grandfather, Edward..
Edward Everett Nourse
Edward Everett Nourse, D.D. (December 24, 1863-1929) was an American Congregational theologian, born at Bayfield, Wis. He studied at the College and the Academy at Lake Forest, Illinois, at Macalester College in Minnesota, Hartford Theological Seminary (1891), and in Europe at the University of Jena..
Edward F.W. Ellis
Edward Fortescue Warrington Ellis, Sr. (April 15, 1819 – April 6, 1862) was a politican, lawyer and American Civil War officer who died while leading his unit on the first day of the Battle of Shiloh. He was also a Freemason, having served as Worshipfull Master of the lodge he belonged to unti..
Edward F. Albee Foundation, Inc.
The Edward F. Albee Foundation was started by its namesake, playwright Edward Albee, in 1967, after revenue from his play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? proved abundant. The foundation, which operates from Montauk on Long Island in a large, white converted barn, was created with the intent of aidi..
Edward F. Arn
Edward Ferdinand Arn (May 19, 1906–January 22, 1998) was the governor of the U.S. state of Kansas from 1951 to 1955. He grew up in Kansas City, Kansas and retired to Wichita to practice law. He became active in local politics and served as Chairman of the Wyandotte County Republicans follo..
Edward F. Cline
Edward F. Cline (November 7, 1892–May 22, 1961) was a screenwriter, actor and director. He was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin and died in Hollywood. Selected filmography 1949 Jiggs and Maggie in Jackpot Jitters - Screenwriter1948 Jiggs and Maggie in Society - Screenwriter, Director1948 Jiggs and..
Edward F. Cox
Edward Ridley Finch Cox, born in Suffolk County, New York, is a lawyer who is most well known as the son-in-law of Richard M. Nixon and as a possible candidate for the 2006 New York Senate race, running against Hillary Clinton. He is the scion of two old American families, the Finchs and the Coxs...
Edward F. Daas
Edward F. Daas was an American amateur journalist. In the beginning of the 20th century Daas was elected President of United Amateur Press Association. He held the post from 1907 to 1916. Resources ..
Edward F. Moore
Edward F. Moore (born November 23, 1925 in Baltimore, Maryland) was a professor of mathematics and computer sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1966 until he retired in 1985. He was a pioneer of Automata theory and introduced what are now know as Moore machines, named after him. ..
Edward F. Noyes
Edward Follansbee Noyes (October 3, 1832 - September 4, 1890) was a Republican politician from Ohio. Noyes served as the 30th Governor of Ohio. Noyes served in the Union Army during the Civil War. He was elected to the governorship in 1871, serving one two-year term between 1872-1874. Noyes later s..
Edward F. Rector
Edward "Ed" F. Rector (September 28, 1916 - April 26, 2001) was a colonel in the United States Air Force, a fighter ace, and a member of the Flying Tigers. External links [Gathering of Eagles Biography][Arlington Cemetery Burial] ..
Edward F. Sands
Edward F. Sands (Edward Snyder) (1894-????) was a mysterious figure in early Hollywood history, best known for his possible role in the murder of director William Desmond Taylor in 1922. Links to the Murder Victim, Aftermath Sands had been employed as Taylor's personal assistant, serving as a chef..
Edward F. Spence
Edward F. Spence was a two-term mayor of Los Angeles from December 9, 1884 to December 14, 1886. He also served as Vice-President of First National Bank. He began his political career in the California Legislature and before that was Treasurer in Nevada[link]. ..
Edward F. Walker
Edward F. Walker (1852-1918) was a minister and general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene. ..
Edward Fairfax
Edward Fairfax (1580? - 1635) was a translator, the natural son of Sir Thomas Fairfax and thus a half-brother of Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron. Fairfax lived at Fuystone, near Knaresborough, England in peace and prosperity. His translation of Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered, for which..
Edward Falco
Edward Falco is an American author. His novel Wolf Point and short stories Sabbath Night in the Church of the Piranha were both published by [Unbridled Books] in 2005. Falco’s In the Park of Culture, a collection of short fictions from [The University of Notre Dame Press] a..
Edward Falkingham
Commodore-Governor Edward Falkingham (1683 (England)-September 18 1757) was an officer in the Royal Navy and the Governor of Newfoundland. Falkingham was promoted to the rank of captain in 1713, and went on to command various vessels in both the Baltic and the Mediterranean. In 1718 he commanded HM..
Edward Feigenbaum
Edward Albert Feigenbaum (born January 20, 1936) is a computer scientist working in the field of artificial intelligence. He is often called the "Father of Expert Systems." Feigenbaum completed his undergraduate degree, and a Ph.D., at Carnegie Mellon University. He received the ACM Turing Award..
Edward Feild
Bishop Edward Feild (1801 – 1876) educator and second Bishop of Newfoundland, born Worcester, England. Educated Rugby, Wadham College and Queen's College, Oxford, England. Before entering the Church of England priesthood Feild was a mathematician by academic training. As an Oxford undergradu..
Edward Felix Baxter
Photo by Evan Quick Felix Baxter Edward Felix Baxter (18 September 1885—18 April 1916) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was born in..
Edward Felten
Edward William Felten (born March 25, 1963) is a professor of computer science and public affairs at Princeton University. Felten has done a variety of computer security research, including groundbreaking work on proof-carrying authentication and work on security related to the Java programming ..
Edward Fenton
Edward Fenton (d. 1603) was an English navigator, son of Henry Fenton and brother of Sir Geoffrey Fenton. He was a native of Nottinghamshire. In 1577 he sailed, in command of the Gabriel, with Sir Martin Frobisher's second expedition for the discovery of the Northwest Passage, and in the following ..
Edward Fenwick
Bishop Edward Dominic Fenwick, O.P. (1768-1832) was born August 19, 1768 in St. Mary's County, on the Patuxent river, Maryland (then a colony). At the age of 16 whe was educated at the College of Bornheim, near Antwerp, Belgium. Upon completion of his studies he entered the Dominican Order and ent..
Edward Fiennes-Clinton, 18th Earl of Lincoln
Edward Horace Fiennes-Clinton, 18th Earl of Lincoln (February 23 1913–2001) was an Australian engineer and miner. In 1989, upon the death of the last Duke of Newcastle, a very distant relative, he was informed by a British newspaper that he had inherited the ancient Earldom. Although he subseq..
Edward Fincke
Lt. Col. Edward Michael "Mike" Fincke, USAF (born March 14 1967 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American astronaut, who spent April to October, 2004, on board the International Space Station as flight engineer. Fincke is fluent in Japanese and Russian. Contents 1 Education2 Organiz..
Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk
Arms of the Duke of Norfolk Edward William Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk DL (born 2 December 1956) is the premier duke and earl of England, and currently holds the hereditary title of Earl Marshal, given to successive Dukes of Norfolk since 1672. Edward was educated at Ampleforth, a ..
Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Glossop
Edward George Fitzalan-Howard, 1st Baron Howard PC (20 June 1818 – 1 December 1883) was a British Liberal politician and Member of Parliament for several constituencies. Fitzalan-Howard was the second son of Henry Charles Howard, 13th Duke of Norfolk and Lady Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower. H..
Edward Fitzball
Edward Fitzball (1792–27 October 1873) was an English dramatist, whose real patronymic was Ball, was born at Burwell, Cambridgeshire. He was educated in Newmarket, was apprenticed to a Norwich printer in 1809. He produced some dramatic pieces at the local theatre, and eventually the marked suc..
Edward Fitzgerald
Edward Fitzgerald may refer to: Lord Edward FitzGerald, Irish revolutionaryEdward FitzGerald (poet)Edward Fitzgerald (adviser)Edward Fitzgerald (Texas politician) See also SS Edmund Fitzgerald ..
Edward FitzGerald, 7th Duke of Leinster
Edward FitzGerald, 7th Duke of Leinster (6 May 1892 – 8 March 1976), known as Lord Edward FitzGerald before 1922 was Ireland's Premier Peer of the Realm. The third son of the 5th Duke, he unexpectedly inherited the Dukedom from his eldest brother, the 6th Duke, his father's second son, Lord De..
Edward Fitzgerald (adviser)
Edward Joseph Fitzgerald was an American who worked for the War Production Board during World War II and was an adviser to Senator Claude Pepper. He was also allegedly a member of the Perlo group of Soviet spies. Fitzgerald's name in Venona project decrypt 588 New York to Moscow, 29 April 1944, wa..
Edward FitzGerald (poet)
Edward FitzGerald (full name Edward Marlborough FitzGerald) (March 31, 1809–June 14, 1883) was an English writer, best known as the poet of the first and most famous English translation of Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. He was born Edward Purcell, at Bredfield House in Suffolk. His father, J..
Edward Fitzgerald Beale
US Brigadier General Edward Fitzgerald "Ned" Beale (February 4, 1822 – April 22, 1893) is best known for his carrying out former Secretary of War Jefferson Davis' "US Camel Corps" experiment in the Coachella Valley of California. He was later appointed Surveyor General of California and Nevad..
Edward FitzRoy
Captain Edward Algernon FitzRoy PC (24 July 1869–3 March 1943) was a Conservative politician who served as Speaker of the British House of Commons from 1928 until his death. FitzRoy was the second son of the 3rd Baron Southampton. As a boy, He served as a Page of Honour to Queen Victoria. A..
Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne
Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne (October 12, 1853–May 24, 1937) was an American politician. Born in 1853 in Watertown, Connecticut, a Democrat, he was inaugurated as the 31st mayor of Chicago on April 5, 1905; he served until 1907. He was the governor of Illinois from 1913 to 1917. He died in 1937 in..
Edward Flatau
Edward Flatau Born on December 27 1868 Birth place Płock, Poland Died on June 7 1932 Place of death Warsaw, Poland Edward Flatau was Polish neurologist. His work greatly impacted the developing field of neurology. He established neurobiologic and neuropathological sciences ..
Edward Fletcher
Edward (Ted) Joseph Fletcher (25 February 1911 - 13 February 1983) was Labour Party (UK) Member of Parliament (MP) for Darlington from 1964 until his death in 1983. His Labour successor, Oswald O'Brien, was MP for just a matter of weeks before he lost to the Conservatives in the general election. ..
Edward Flood
Edward Flood was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. ..
Edward Floyd
Edward Floyd was impeached and sentenced by the House of Commons in 1621 for speaking disparagingly of Frederick V, Elector Palatine. His brother John (1572-1649) was an English Jesuit. ..
Edward Foljambe, 5th Earl of Liverpool
The Right Honourable Edward Peter Bertram Savile Foljambe, 5th Earl of Liverpool (b. 14 November 1944) is a British peer and Conservative politician. Liverpool is the son of Captain Peter George William Savile Foljambe and Elizabeth Joan Flint. In 1969, at the age of 24, he succeeded his great-unc..
Edward Forbes
Edward Forbes. Edward Forbes (February 12, 1815 - November 18, 1854), British naturalist, was born at Douglas, in the Isle of Man. Contents 1 Early years2 Travels3 Scholarly years4 Final years5 Bibliography6 References Early years While still a child, when not..
Edward Forchion
R. Edward Forchion (Born July 23, 1964), also known as NJWEEDMAN, is a perennial candidate for various New Jersey elected offices. Most recently, Forchion ran for Governor of New Jersey in 2005, although losing to Democratic candidate Jon Corzine. Forchion identifies himself as a member of the Uni..
Edward Ford
Sir Edward William Spencer Ford, GCVO, KCB, ERD, DL (born 24 July 1910) was a courtier in the Royal Household of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II. Educated at Eton College and at New College, Oxford, Edward Ford was tutor to King Farouk of Egypt from 1936–37. He was called to the Bar, ..
Edward Forrest Moore
Edward Forrest Moore (1925-2003) was a theoretical computer scientist. He was the first to use the type of Finite State Machine that is most commonly used today, the Moore FSM. With Claude Shannon he did seminal work on computability theory and making reliable circuits using less reliable relays. H..
Edward Forty-Hands
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Edward Foss
Edward Foss (October 16, 1787 - July 27, 1870) was an English lawyer and biographer. He was born in London. He became a solicitor, and on his retirement from practice in 1840, devoted himself to the study of legal antiquities. His Judges of England (9 vols., 1848-1864) was regarded as a standard w..
Edward Foster
Edward Foster was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was 31 years old, and a Corporal in the 13th Bn., The East Surrey Regiment, British Army during the ..
Edward Foster (cricketer)
Edward John Foster (born 21 January 1985 in Banbury, Oxfordshire) is an English cricketer: a left-handed opening batsman and occasional wicket-keeper on the staff of Worcestershire for the 2006 season. He has played a number of matches for the county at second-XI level, as well as appearing for Shro..
Edward Fowler
Edward Fowler (1632 - August 26, 1714) was an English churchman, Bishop of Gloucester from 1691 until his death. He was born at Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, and was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, later moving to Trinity College, Cambridge. He was successively rector of Norhill, Bedfo..
Edward Fox
There have been several well-known individuals named Edward Fox, including: Edward Fox (bishop) (c.1496–1538), an English clergymanEdward Fox (jurist) (born 1815), an American judgeEdward Fox (actor) (born 1937), an English actorEdward Fox (author) (born 1958), an American author This is a &#..
Edward Fox (actor)
Edward Fox OBE (born 13 April, 1937) is an English stage, film and television actor. He is generally associated with the role of an upper-class Englishman. Biography He was born as Edward Charles Morrice Fox in Chelsea, London to the theatrical agent Robin Fox and actress Angela Worthington. He i..
Edward Fox (author)
Edward Lyttleton Fox (born 1958 in New York), resident in London, UK, is an Author from the USA. Author of three books: Obscure Kingdoms Journeys to distant royal courts Palestine Twilight the murder of Dr Albert Glock and the archaeology of the Holy Land The Hungarian who walked to heaven A..
Edward Fox (bishop)
Edward Fox (c. 1496 – May 8, 1538) was an English churchman, Bishop of Hereford. He was born at Dursley in Gloucestershire, and may have been related to Richard Fox. He was educated at Eton College and at King's College, Cambridge. After graduating in 1520, he was made secretary to Cardinal ..
Edward Fox (jurist)
Edward Fox (June 10, 1815—Dec. 14, 1881) was the fourth United States District Judge for the District of Maine. A pre-eminent trial lawyer with an extensive practice, Judge Fox had served as City Solicitor for Portland, Maine and a state legislator prior to his appointment to the Court. A nativ..
Edward Francis Hutton
Edward Francis Hutton (September 7, 1875, New York City - July 11, 1962, Westbury, Long Island, New York) was an American financier and co-founder of E. F. Hutton & Co.. Edward Hutton was born to James Laws Hutton, who left an Ohio farm to work in New York City. At the age of 37 Hutton's father d..
Edward Francis Rimbault
Edward Francis Rimbault (1816 - 1876), English organist and author. Co-founded the Musical Antiquarian Society in 1840.Composed the refrain to O Happy Day, That Fixed My Choice (1854).Co-authored The Organ: Its History and Construction (1855).Authored Early English Organ Builders and Their Works (..
Edward Francis Searles
Edward Francis Searles (July 4, 1841 — 1920) was an interior and architectural designer. Searles was born on July 4, 1841, in Methuen, MA to Jesse Gould Searles (1805 - 1844) and Sarah Littlefield Searles. His father worked in a local cotton mill and operated a small farm. In 1887 Searles..
Edward Frankland
Sir Edward Frankland (January 18, 1825 – August 9, 1899) was an English chemist. Frankland was born at Churchtown, near Lancaster. After attending Lancaster Royal Grammar School, he spent six years as an apprentice to a druggist in that town. In 1845 he went to London and entered Lyon Playf..
Edward Franklin Albee
Edward Franklin Albee I, father of Edward Franklin Albee IIEdward Franklin Albee II vaudeville theatre chain ownerEdward Franklin Albee III (born March 12, 1928) playwright and grandson of Edward Franklin Albee II This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associate..
Edward Franklin Albee II
Edward Franklin Albee II (October 8, 1857 – March 11, 1930) was a vaudeville impresario, and the adoptive grandfather of Edward Franklin Albee III, the playwright. He was born in Machias, Maine to Edward Franklin Albee I. He toured with P.T. Barnum as a ticket collector, then in 1885 he partn..
Edward Frederick Kelaart
Lieutenant Colonel Edward Frederick Kelaart (1818 - August 31, 1867) was a Ceylonese-born physician and naturalist. Kelaart served in the Ceylon Medical Service. He was in Gibraltar from 1843 to 1845. He was an active member of the Ceylon branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. He was the author of P..
Edward Frederick Knight
Edward Frederick Knight was an English barrister and writer about sailing. In 1889 Knight sailed to the island of Trindade off the coast of Brazil in a 64 foot cutter named the Alerte. He was in search of treasure. He wrote the book [The Cruise of the Alerte] about his journey with det..
Edward Frederick Robert Bage
Edward Frederick Robert Bage (1888 - May 7 1915) was an engineer in the Royal Australian Engineers. He joined the army in 1909 after graduating at university with civil engineering. After returning from the Australasian Antarctic Expedition in 1912, where he served as astronomer, recorder of times a..
Edward Frederic Benson
Edward Frederic Benson (July 24, 1867 – February 29, 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist and short story writer, known professionally as E.F. Benson. His friends called him Fred. E.F. Benson was born at Wellington College in Berkshire, the fifth child of the headmaster, Edwar..
Edward Fredkin
Edward Fredkin was an early pioneer of digital physics (in recent work he uses the term digital philosophy (DP)). His main contributions include his work on reversible computing and cellular automata. While Konrad Zuse's book Calculating Space (1969) mentioned the importance of reversible computatio..
Edward Fry
Sir Edward Fry (1827-1918), a judge on the British Court of Appeal (1883-1892) and also an arbitrator on the International Permanent Court of Arbitration. He was a Quaker, son of Joseph Fry (1795-1879) and Mary Ann Swaine. He was called to the bar in 1854, took silk in 1869 and became a judge i..
Edward Fuller
Edward Canfield Fuller (4 September 1893 – 12 June 1918) was an officer in the United States Marine Corps and the son of General Ben Hebard Fuller. Born in Hamilton, Virginia, Fuller was a member of the Naval Academy class of 1916, and was commissioned in the Marine Corps upon graduation. C..
Edward Fuller (cricketer)
Eddie FullerSouth Africa (RSA) Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling type Right-arm fast-medium Tests First-class Matches 7 59 '''Runs scored 64 1062 Batting average 8.00 15.17 100s/50s -/- -/4 Top score 17 69 Balls bowled 1898 13715 Wickets 22..
Edward Fuller (Mayflower)
Edward Fuller crossed the Atlantic on the Mayflower with his wife and his son, Samuel. Also accompanying the family, was Edward's brother Dr. Samuel Fuller. Edward Fuller was the twenty-first signer of the Mayflower Compact. Both Edward Fuller and his wife died during the first winter in Plymouth. ..
Edward Furlong
Edward Furlong Edward Furlong (born Edward Walter Furlong on August 2, 1977 in Glendale, California) is an American actor best known for playing young John Connor in the film [[Terminator 2: Judgment Day]] and Danny Vinyard in American History X. Contents 1 Biography2 Career3 ..
Edward G. "Ned" Randolph
Edward G. "Ned" Randolph, Jr., is a veteran Democratic Party politician who has served five terms as the mayor of Alexandria in central Louisiana. Randolph was previously a member of the Louisiana State House of Representatives (1972-1976) and the Louisiana State Senate (1976-1984). Contents 1&nb..
Edward G. Begle
Edward Griffith Begle (27 November 1914 - 2 March 1978) was a mathematician best known for his role as the director of the School Mathematics Study Group (SMSG), the primary group credited for developing what came to be known as The New Math. Begle was a topologist and a researcher in mathematics e..
Edward G. Biester, Jr.
Edward George Biester, Jr.(Born January 5, 1931) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. edward Beister was born in Trevose, PA. He graduated from the George School, in Newtown, PA in 1948, Wesleyan University in 1952, and Temple University School of Law in..
Edward G. Boyle
The career of set decorator Edward G. Boyle 91899 - 1977) really kicked off in the early 30s, when he started working on the first of over 100 films. His successful filmography includes such interesting credits as an uncredited assist on the wartorn old South in Victor Fleming’s classic “Gone Wi..
Edward G. Breen
Edward Grimes Breen (born June 10 1908, in Dayton, Ohio; died May 8 1991, in Dayton, Ohio) was an American politician of the Democratic party. Ed Breen was born in the Phillips House, a fine old hotel in Dayton, Ohio. He was the son of John P. Breen, manager of the Phillips House. Breen attended ..
Edward G. Budd
Edward Gowen Budd (1870–1946) was an American inventor and businessman. Budd was born in Delaware in 1870. He studied engineering in Philadelphia in 1888. In 1899, he transferred his knowledge of pressed steel to the railroad industry. He worked with the Pullman Company on a contract for Pennsyl..
Edward G. Loring
Edward Greely Loring (1802-1890) was a Massachusetts judge who ignited controversy by ordering that Thomas Sims and Anthony Burns be forced back into slavery under the federal Fugitive Slave Law of 1850. Loring served as the probate judge of Suffolk County, Massachusetts, and as the U.S. commission..
Edward G. Pitka Sr. Airport
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Edward G. Robinson
Edward Goldenberg Robinson (December 12, 1893 – January 26, 1973) was an American stage and film actor, of Romanian origin. Edward G. Robinson. Born Emanuel Goldenberg to a Yiddish-speaking Jewish family in Bucharest, he emigrated with his family to New York in 1903. He attended Townse..
Edward G. Winter
Edward Winter is a noted journalist and author about chess. Winter is a chess historian based in Switzerland. He summarizes his goal as improving chess history by "providing new information that is accurate and exposing old information that isn't". He had done so mostly in his long-running chess c..
Edward Gallagher
For other people named Edward or Ed Gallagher, see Ed Gallagher Edward Gallagher (born 1873; died May 28, 1929) was a Vaudeville actor and half the act Gallagher and Shean. Their story was told in an animated movie "Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean" in 1931. Born in San Francisco he made a name for him..
Edward Gardner
Sir Edward Lucas Gardner, QC (10 May 1912 - 2 August 2001) was Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Billericay from 1959 to 1966, for Fylde South (1970-1983) and for Fylde (1983 until 1987, when he retired). Sources Times Guide to the House of Commons 1983www.angeltowns.com ..
Edward Gardner Lewis
Edward Gardner Lewis (1869 - 1950) was a flamboyant and controversial promoter, magazine publisher, political activist, and founder of two utopian colonies -- University City, Missouri, and Atascadero, California. Lewis (commonly known as "E.G. Lewis") was born in Connecticut, and came to St. Louis..
Edward Garmatz
Edward Alexander Garmatz (February 7, 1903—July 22, 1986), a democrat, was a U.S. Congressman who represented the 3rd congressional district of Maryland from 1947 to 1973. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Garmatz attended the public schools and Polytechnic Institute. He engaged in the electric..
Edward Garnett
Edward Garnett (1868–1937) was an English writer, critic and a significant and personally generous literary editor, who was instrumental in getting D. H. Lawrence's Sons and Lovers published. His father Richard Garnett (1835-1906) was a writer and librarian at the British Museum. His wife was Cons..
Edward Garnier
-->Edward Henry Garnier QC (born October 26, 1952) British barrister and politician He is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Harborough Edward Garnier was born in Germany, the son of a British Army colonel, was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire and Jesus College, Oxford where he was..
Edward Gawler Prior
The Honourable Edward Gawler Prior, PC (Dallowgill near Ripon, England May 21, 1854 – December 12, 1920 Victoria, British Columbia) was a mining engineer and politician in British Columbia. Prior moved to the province in 1873 to work for a mining company and later founded a hardware and machin..
Edward Gayer Andrews
Edward Gayer Andrews was a Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1872. He was born in New Hartford, New York (Oneida County) 7 August 1825. He was educated at Cazenovia Seminary, Cazenovia, New York, and at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut (B.A., 1847). He was ordained ..
Edward Gaylord
Edward Lewis Gaylord (May 28, 1919–April 27, 2003) was a billonaire businessman who built a media empire that included The Oklahoman, the Nashville Network TV Channel, and the Country Music Television Channel (CMT). Gaylord inherted the Daily Oklahoman and other family assets worth 50 millio..
Edward Gaylord Bourne
Edward Gaylord Bourne, Ph. D. (1860-1908) was an American historian, born at Strykersville, New York, and educated at Yale where he graduated with high honors in 1883. Publications Bourne published many critical papers on historical subjects. One of them, "The Legend of Marcus Whitman," is genera..
Edward Gent
Sir Gerrard Edward James Gent (1895-1948) was the first Governor for the Malayan Union which established on 1st April 1946 in Kuala Lumpur. He remained in office until his death. He was instrumental in the formation of the Malayan Union. ..
Edward George, Baron George
Edward George Edward Alan John George, Baron George, GBE, PC, (born 1938), known as Eddie George, or "Steady Eddie", was Governor of the Bank of England from 1993 to 2003. After attending Dulwich College and learning Russian at the Joint Services School for Linguists during his National Servi..
Edward George Bowen
Edward George 'Taffy' Bowen, CBE, FRS (14 January, 1911 – 12 August, 1991) was a British physicist who made a major contribution to the development of radar and so helped win both the Battle of Britain and the Battle of the Atlantic. Contents 1 Early years2 Ground-based radar3 Ai..
Edward George Honey
Edward George Honey (1885 – 1922) was an Australian soldier and journalist who is often credited with having conceived the idea of a moment of silence on Armistice Day (now known as Remembrance Day). Honey was educated at Caulfield Grammar School in Melbourne, and served briefly during World War I..
Edward German
Sir Edward German (17 February 1862 – 11 November 1936) was an English musician and composer. He was born German Edward Jones in Whitchurch and studied at the Royal Academy of Music. He was musical director of the Globe Theatre and composed popular music for plays such as Richard III, Nell Gyw..
Edward Gibbon
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Edward Gibbon (1737-1794). Edward Gibbon (May 8, 1737Gibbon's birthday is on May 8 1737 according to the ..
Edward Gibbon Wakefield
Edward Gibbon Wakefield Edward Gibbon Wakefield (20 March, 1796 – May 16, 1862) was the driving force behind much of the early colonization of South Australia, and later New Zealand. Wakefield, who married in 1816 Eliza Prattle (1799 – 1820), was the eldest son of Edward Wakefield ..
Edward Gibson
Edward George Gibson, Ph.D., (born November 8 1936) is a former NASA astronaut. Contents 1 Personal2 Education3 Organizations4 Special honors5 Experience6 NASA experience7 Post-NASA and later work8 External links Personal Gibson was born November 8, 1936,..
Edward Gibson, 1st Baron Ashbourne
Edward Gibson, 1st Baron Ashbourne (September 4, 1837 - May 22, 1913) was an Irish lawyer and Lord Chancellor of Ireland. He was born in Dublin and educated at Trinity College, graduating BA in 1858. He was also an Auditor and a Gold Medallist of the College Historical Society, and became its presid..
Edward Gierek
Edward Gierek (January 6 1913 - July 29 2001) was a Polish Communist politician. He was born in Zagórze, outside of Sosnowiec. He lost his father to a mining accident in a pit at the age of four. His mother married again and emigrated to northern France, where he was raised. He joined the French..
Edward Gilbert
Edward Gilbert (circa 1819 - August 2, 1852) was a Democratic California Politician. He served as Representative from the second district in the 31st Congress (1849-1851). External links [Congressional biography] ..
Edward Gilmore
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Edward Ginzton
Edward Leonard Ginzton (December 27, 1915–August 13 1998) was a famous Ukrainian-American physicist. Ginzton was awarded the IEEE Medal of Honor in 1969 for "his outstanding contributions in advancing the technology of high power klystons and their application, especially to linear particle a..
Edward Givens
Edward Givens Edward Galen (Ed) Givens Jr (January 5, 1930 - June 6, 1967) was a NASA astronaut selected in the 1966 'Original 19' group. He briefly served on the Apollo 7 support crew before being killed in an automobile accident while driving his Volkswagen home from a meeting of the Societ..
Edward Glaeser
Edward L. Glaeser (born May 1, 1967) is an economist. He was educated at Collegiate School in New York City before obtaining his B.A. in economics from Princeton University and his PhD in economics from the University of Chicago. Glaeser joined the faculty of Harvard in 1993, where he is currently F..
Edward Gnehm
Edward "Skip" Gnehm Edward William Gnehm, Jr., also known as Edward "Skip" Gnehm (born November 10, 1944 in Carrollton, Georgia), was lately the U.S. ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and is now a faculty member at George Washington University's Elliott School of International Af..
Edward Goldsmith
Edward ('Teddy') Goldsmith (born 1928 in Paris, France) is an Anglo-French environmentalist and eco-philosopher. The eldest son of Major Frank Goldsmith, and elder brother of billionaire Sir James Goldsmith, Edward Goldsmith was the editor of The Ecologist magazine from its foundation in 1969 until..
Edward Gomez
redirect[[Template:Portal]]Private First Class Edward Gomez (1932-1951) was a United States Marine who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor — the United States' highest decoration for valor — for gallantly sacrificing his life to save the lives of four fellow-Marines on his machi..
Edward Gonzalez Carroll
Edward Gonzalez Carroll (January 7, 1972 - January 1, 2000) of Wheeling, West Virginia was an American Bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 1972. He was ordained an elder in 1935 in the former Methodist Church, serving as a Pastor of churches in Maryland, West Virginia and New York. ..
Edward Goodrich Acheson
Edward Goodrich Acheson (March 9, 1856 - July 6, 1931) was a American chemist. Born in Washington, Pennsylvania, he was the inventor of carborundum, and later a manufacturer of carborundum and graphite. Thomas Edison put him to work on September 12, 1880 at his Menlo Park, NJ laboratory under John K..
Edward Gordon, Baron Gordon of Drumearn
Edward Strathearn Gordon, Baron Gordon of Drumearn (1814) - 21 August 1879) was a Scottish judge and politician. Educated at the University of Glasgow and Edinburgh University he was called to the Scottish bar in 1835. He was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland from 1866 to 1867, and Lord Adv..
Edward Gordon Craig
Edward Henry Gordon Craig (16 January 1872-29 July 1966), usually known as Gordon Craig, was a British actor, producer, director and scenic designer. The illegitimate son of the architect Edward Godwin and actress Ellen Terry, Craig was born Edward Godwin 16 January 1872, in Railway Street, Steven..
Edward Gorey
Edward St. John Gorey (February 22, 1925–April 15, 2000) was a writer and artist noted for his wry, macabre illustrated books. Contents 1 Biography2 Books3 Legacy4 Pseudonyms5 References6 External Links Biography Born in Chicago, Gorey came from a colorful fam..
Edward Gornt
Edward Gornt is a character in James Clavell's novel Gai-Jin. He is the illegitimate son of Morgan Brock through Kristian Gornt, and it is through Gornt that Brock's descendants continued to flourish in Asia. His great-grandson Quillan Gornt was a major character in Noble House. ..
Edward Gottlieb
Edward Gottlieb (September 15, 1898 – December 7, 1979) was one of the founding members of the Basketball Association of America and the former owner and coach of the Philadelphia Warriors. The Kyiv, Ukraine native was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame as a contributor on April 20, 1972. E..
Edward Graham
Thomas Edward (Ted) Graham, Baron Graham of Edmonton (born 26 March 1925) is a Labour politician. He was Member of Parliament for Edmonton from 1974 to 1983, when he lost the seat to Dr Ian Twinn as part of Labour's landslide election defeat that year. Graham had served as a government whip from 1..
Edward Gramlich
Edward M. Gramlich (born July 18, 1939) is a professor of economics at the University of Michigan and a former member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve. Gramlich graduated from Williams College in 1961 and received a master's degree in 1962 and a Ph.D. in economics in 1965 from Ya..
Edward Granville Browne
Edward Granville Browne Edward Granville Browne (1862–1926) born in Stouts Hill, Uley, Gloucestershire, England, was a British orientalist who published numerous articles and books of academic value, mainly in the areas of history and literature. His works are respected for their schol..
Edward Green
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Edward Greenspan
Edward L. Greenspan (born February 28, 1944, Niagara Falls, Ontario) is a Canadian lawyer. He is one of the most famous defence lawyers in Canada, owing to several high-profile clients. A graduate of the Osgoode Hall Law School (1968), Greenspan is the senior partner of the Toronto law firm of Gre..
Edward Greenspon
Edward Greenspon (born 26 March, 1957) is the editor-in-chief of The Globe and Mail newspaper, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 2002, he assumed the position at a turning point in the paper's history, and, during his tenure, has instituted several sectional revamps. Greenspon is a former edit..
Edward Greeves
Edward Greeves (November 1, 1903 - April 15, 1963) was the winner of the inaugural Brownlow Medal in 1924, for the Best and fairest player in the Australian Football League. He played with the Geelong Football Club. Played 124 games Geelong 1923 - 31, 1933. Wore jumper number 20. He was known by..
Edward Gregson
Edward Gregson was born in Sunderland, England, in 1945. Biography Edward Gregson is one of Britain’s most respected composers; one who writes with a fresh and distinct tonal voice. His unshakable handling of structure and natural melodic lines stand out as two consistent markers throughout his..
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon
Rt. Hon. Sir Edward Grey Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon KG, 3rd Bt, PC (April 25, 1862 – September 7, 1933), better known as Sir Edward Grey was a British politician and ornithologist. A relation of the Prime Minister Lord Grey, of Reform Bill fame, Grey grew up in the old ..
Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology
The Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology (EGI), at Oxford University is an academic body which conducts research in ornithology and the general field of evolutionary ecology and conservation biology, with an emphasis on understanding organisms in natural environments. It is named in honour of ..
Edward Griffith
Edward Griffith (1790 - 1858) was a British naturalist and solicitor. He wrote General and Particular Descriptions of the Vertebrated Animals (1821) and translated Georges Cuvier's Règne animal, making considerable additions (1827–35). ..
Edward Grigg, 1st Baron Altrincham
Edward William Macleay Grigg, 1st Baron Altrincham, KCVO, KCMG, DSO, MC (1879–1955) was a British colonial administrator and politician. Born in Madras, he was a scholar at Winchester College and at New College, Oxford. He worked on the staff of The Times from 1903-5 and as head of colonial depa..
Edward Grillo
Edward Grillo (, – November 14, 1978) was a member of a Gambino crew headed by soldier Roy DeMeo. Career Edward 'Danny' Grillo was recruited by Gambino capo Roy DeMeo in 1976, shortly after completing a prison sentence for hijacking. Having known DeMeo years prior through Mafia-connected Can..
Edward Grim
Edward Grim was a clerk from Cambridge who was visiting Canterbury Cathedral on Tuesday 29 December 1170 when Thomas Becket was murdered. He subsequently researched and published a book, Vita S. Thomae (Life of Thomas Becket), published in about 1180, which is today known chiefly for a short section..
Edward Guilford
Sir Edward Guilford (alternative spelling Guildford) (born about 1474 Offington, Sussex, England; d. 1534) was Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. Edward was the son of Richard Guilford and Anne De Pympe. Richard was the son of John Guilford and Alice Waller.* Other children of Richard Guilford and ..
Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh
Edward Cecil Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh, KP, GCVO, FRS (November 10 1847 - October 7 1927) was an Irish philanthropist and businessman. He was born in Dublin, the third son of Sir Benjamin Guinness, 1st Baronet, and younger brother of Arthur Guinness, 1st Baron Ardilaun. Educated at Trinity Coll..
Edward H. Ahrens
redirect[[Template:Portal]]PFC Edward Henry Ahrens (4 November 1919 – 8 August 1942) served in the Marine Raiders in the Battle of Guadalcanal. Ahrens — born on 4 November 1919 in Dayton, Kentucky — enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on 3 February 1942 in Cincinnati, Ohi..
Edward H. Anderson
Edward H. Anderson is the author of the biography titled The Life of Brigham Young. The book is an account written sixteen years following Brigham Young's death in 1877. In this volume, Brigham Young's activities during his early church years are discussed; his close relationship with Joseph Smith;..
Edward H. Bersoff
Edward H. Bersoff is the President, CEO and founder of BTG, Inc. Prior to founding BTG in 1982, Bersoff was President of CTEC, Inc. Previously, as an officer in the U.S. Army, he was assigned to the NASA Electronics Research Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He taught mathematics at New York Uni..
Edward H. Brooks
Edward Hale Brooks (April 25, 1893 – October 10, 1978) was a decorated officer in the United States Army and a veteran of World War I, World War II and the Korean Conflict. He received the Distinguished Service Cross for valor as a young officer in World War I and commanded the 2nd Armored..
Edward H. Deets
Edward H. Deets is a rear admiral in the United States Navy. A cryptology specialist, Deets recently was the Commanding Officer of the Center for Cryptology at Corry Station in Pensacola, Florida. Deets is currently the Vice Commander of the Naval Network Warfare Command based in Norfolk, Virginia...
Edward H. East
Edward Hazzard East, commonly known as E. H. East (October 1, 1830 – November 12, 1904) served as Secretary of State for the U.S. state of Tennessee from 1862-1865, having been appointed by Andrew Johnson, the military governor of the state under Union occupation during the American Civil War...
Edward H. Hinchey
Edward H. Hinchey (??-July 14 1936) was mayor of Ottawa in 1912. Hinchey worked in the weights and measures department of the federal government. He was first elected to city council in 1909. He replaced Charles Hopewell as mayor for a short period between June 21 and July 2 in 1912. He died in Ot..
Edward H. Hobson
Edward Henry Hobson (July 11, 1825 – September 14, 1901) was a merchant, banker, politician, tax collector, railroad executive, and an officer in the United States Army in the Mexican War and American Civil War. He is most known for his determined pursuit of the Confederates during Morgan's Ra..
Edward H. Johnson
Edward Hibbard Johnson (born 1846?) was an inventor and business associate of American inventor Thomas Alva Edison. He was involved in many of Edison's projects, and was a partner in an early organization which evolved into the General Electric Company, one of the largest Fortune 500 companies in th..
Edward H. Levi
Edward H. Levi Edward Hirsch Levi (June 26, 1911 – March 7, 2000) was an American academic leader, scholar, and statesman. Levi was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son and grandson of rabbis. He received his A.B. Phi Beta Kappa at the University of Chicago in 1932 and later his J.D. at the ..
Edward H. Moore
Edward Hall Moore (November 19, 1871 - September 2, 1950) was a United States Senator from Oklahoma. Born on a farm near Maryville, Missouri, he attended the public schools and Chillicothe Normal School. He taught school in Nodaway, Atchinson, and Jackson Counties, and graduated from the Kansas Ci..
Edward H. Rollins
Edward Henry Rollins (October 3, 1824 - July 31, 1889) was a United States Representative and Senator from New Hampshire. Born in Somersworth, New Hampshire (now Rollinsford), he attended the common schools and academies in Dover, New Hampshire and South Berwick, Maine. He engaged in mercantile purs..
Edward H. Schafer
Edward Hetzel Schafer, (1913-1991) was a leading historian of Tang Dynasty China. He wrote ground-breaking works such as The Golden Peaches of Samarkand: A study of Tang exotics (ISBN 0520054628) and The Vermilion Bird: T'ang images of the South. Schafer graduated from the Department of Oriental L..
Edward H. Sebesta
Edward Henri Sebesta is an anti-neo-Confederate activist and researcher from Dallas, Texas. He has written for a variety of publications, spoken in person, and been quoted as an expert on the movement by several media sources, such as Pacifica Radio and Salon.com. Contents 1 Beliefs2 ..
Edward H. Thompson
Edward H. Thompson is the name of: Edward H. Thompson (painter) UK artistEdward Herbert Thompson US diplomat and archaologist See also: Edward Thompson ..
Edward H. Thompson (painter)
Edward H. Thompson (1879 - 1949) was born in Cumbria and went against the wishes of his parents to become a painter. In his lifetime he painted as many as ten thousand paintings and most of them of the Lake District. Known as Ted, he had an interest in painting from an early age when he spotting s..
Edward H. Watson
Edward Howe Watson (February 28, 1874 – January 7, 1942) was a United States Navy officer, who infamously led a squadron of destroyers aground off Point Honda on the California coast in 1923. He was born in Frankfort, Kentucky, the son of Commander John Crittendon Watson, USN. He graduated fr..
Edward Hagarty Parry
Edward Hagarty Parry (born on April 24, 1855 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a former English international footballer. He played 3 times for England from 1879-1882. He scored once. ..
Edward Hake
Edward Hake (fl. 1579), English satirist, was educated under John Hopkins, the part-author of the metrical version of the Psalms. He dwelt at Gray's Inn and Barnard's Inn, London. In the address To the Gentle Reader prefixed to his Newes out of Powles Churchyard ... Otherwise entitled Syr Nummus (2..
Edward Hall
Edward Hall (also Halle; c. 1498-1547), English chronicler and lawyer, was born about the end of the 15th century, being a son of John Hall of Northall, Shropshire. Educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge, he became a barrister and after-wards filled the offices of common sergeant of the cit..
Edward Hallett Carr
Edward Hallett Carr (28 June 1892 – 5 November 1982) was a British historian, international relations theorist, and fierce opponent of empiricism within historiography. Carr was born in London to an middle-class family, and was educated at the Merchant Taylors' School in London, and Trinity Coll..
Edward Hallowell
Edward Hallowell (1808 - 1860) was an American herpetologist and physician. He studied and practiced medicine in Philadelphia. He also was a renowned herpetologist who described 55 new species of reptiles. Publications in the Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. "Description of new species of African ..
Edward Hamersley
Edward Hamersley may refer to: Edward Hamersley (1810–1874), pastoralist in Western Australia;his son Edward Hamersley (1835–1921), also a pastoralist in Western Australia. ..
Edward Hamersley (Jnr)
Edward Hamersley Edward Hamersley (1 September 1835 or 18361–14 January 1921) was a Western Australian pastoralist, and a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for nearly ten years. Edward Hamersley was born in Paris on 1 September 1835. In 1837 his family emigrated to Weste..
Edward Hamersley (Snr)
Edward Hamersley (25 March 1810–26 November 1874) was an early settler in colonial Western Australia. He became a successful and wealthy pastoralist, and a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council. The Hamersley family became one of the most prominent families in the colony. Edward ..
Edward Hamilton Aitken
Edward Hamilton Aitken (born 16 August 1851 in Satara, India, died 25 April 1909 Edinburgh) was a humorist, naturalist and a writer especially on the wildlife of India. He was well known to Anglo-Indians by the pen-name of Eha. Eha was born at Satara in the Bombay Presidency on August 16 1851. His..
Edward Hand
Edward Hand (December 31, 1744 –September 3, 1802) was a physician, Major General in the United States Army, Congressman and farmer. He commanded troops in some of the key battles of the American Revolution, including Bunker Hill and Trenton. As Adjutant General of the Continental Army, he..
Edward Hanlon
For the baseball player and manager, see Ned Hanlon. Edward Michael Hanlon (1887-1952), was Premier of Queensland from 1946 to 1952. Often known as "Ned" Hanlon, he was born in Brisbane, where he lived throughout his life. After leaving school, he worked in the railways, and soon became a union off..
Edward Harcourt
Edward Venables Vernon Harcourt (October 10, 1757 - February 5, 1847) was an English clergyman who was Bishop of Carlisle from 1791 to 1807, and then Archbishop of York until his death. He was the third son of the George Venables-Vernon, 1st Lord Vernon (1710-1780), and took the name of Harcourt al..
Edward Hardman
Edward Townley Hardman (6 April 1845–30 April 1887) was a geologist who played a key role in the discovery of Western Australia's Kimberley goldfields. Edward Hardman was born in Drogheda in County Louth, Ireland on 6 April 1845. He graduated in mining from the Royal College of Science in Dublin..
Edward Hardwicke
Edward Hardwicke (born August 7, 1932; sometimes credited as Edward Hardwick) is a British actor, the son of Sir Cedric Hardwicke and actress Helena Pickard. Hardwicke was born in London, and studied acting at RADA. He had made his film debut as a teenager, but remained very much in his father's ..
Edward Hargitt
Edward Hargitt (May 3, 1835 – March 19, 1895) was a Scottish ornithologist. Hargitt was an expert on woodpeckers, and was the author of the monograph on Picidae for the Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. ..
Edward Hargraves
Edward Hammond Hargraves (October 7 1816–1891) was a gold prospector who found gold in Australia in 1851, starting the Australian gold rush. Hargraves was born at Gosport, Hampshire, England, son of Lieutenant John Edward Hargraves and his wife Elizabeth. He had travelled to California durin..
Edward Harkness
Edward Stephen Harkness (1874 - 1940) was an American philanthropist. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, one of three children born to Anna Richardson and her husband Stephen V. Harkness, a harnessmaker who invested with John D. Rockefeller and became the second-largest shareholder in Standard Oil. (Hi..
Edward Harold Browne
Edward Harold Browne (1811 - 1891) was a Bishop of the Church of England. The second son of Col. Robert Browne of Morton House, in Buckinghamshire, and of Sarah Dorothea Steward, he was educated at Eton and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. After securing his B.A. in 1832, he won the Crosse theological ..
Edward Harper
Contents 1 The launching of broadcasting in Ceylon2 Colombo Radio3 Eighty Years of Broadcasting in Sri Lanka4 See also5 External links The launching of broadcasting in Ceylon Edward Harper was an engineer who travelled to Colombo in 1921 to work in the Ceylon Telegraph D..
Edward Harrelson
Edward Harrelson's personal insignia. is character from the Cosmic Era timeline of the fictional Gundam anime metaseries. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Background Edward Harrelson was born in C.E. 43, and by 28, he became a fighter pilot for ..
Edward Harrigan
Edward Harrigan (October 26, 1844 - 1911) was an American actor, playwright, and composer. Harrigan was born in New York, New York. He made his first acting appearance in San Francisco in 1867, and soon afterwards formed a stage partnership with Tony Hart, whose real name was Anthony Cannon. As "Ha..
Edward Harrington Jennings
Edward Harrington Jennings (born February 18, 1937) was the 10th President of The Ohio State University from September 1, 1981 to August 31, 1990 and also the acting (interim) president from July 1, 2002 until October 1, 2002 after William English Kirwan left the office. |- style="text-align: ..
Edward Harris, 4th Earl of Malmesbury
The Right Honourable Edward James Harris, 4th Earl of Malmesbury (April 12 1842–May 19 1899), was a British peer, the son of Admiral Sir Edward and the grandson of James Harris, 2nd Earl of Malmesbury. He married Sylvia Georgina Stewart, on 16 November 1870 and they had two children: James ..
Edward Harrison Taylor
Edward Harrison Taylor (April 23, 1889 - June 16 1978) was an American herpetologist from Kansas. He was born in Maysville, Missouri and studied at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, graduating with a B.A. in 1912. Subsequently, he went to the Philippines, where at first he held a teache..
Edward Harris (ornithologist)
Edward Harris (September 7, 1799 - June 8, 1863) was an American farmer and amateur naturalist. Son of a farmer, Harris grew up near to Philadelphia. He met the ornithologist John James Audubon in 1824 after which the two men became close friends, Harris providing Audubon with some financial assi..
Edward Hart
Edward ("Eddie") James Hart (born April 24, 1949) is a former American athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Born in Martinez, California, Eddie Hart won, as an University of California student, the NCAA championships in 100 yd in 1970. At the US Olympic Tri..
Edward Hartman
Edward E. Hartman (photo by NC Dept. of Corrections) Edward Ernest Hartman (August 25 1964 – October 3 2003) was convicted of the 1993 murder of Herman Smith, Jr. and was executed in 2003 by the State of North Carolina at Central Prison in Raleigh, North Carolina. Hartman confessed to ..
Edward Harwood
Edward Harwood, Doctor of Divinity, put the New Testament into "the vest of modern elegance" in 1769. The result was the worst of the florid and general 18th century prose style. Here is the Lord's Prayer: O thou great governor and parent of universal nature (God) who manifestest thy glory to the b..
Edward Harwood (of Darwen)
Edward Harwood (of Darwen) (1707-87) was an English composer of hymns, anthems and songs. His setting of Alexander Pope's The Dying Christian (Vital spark of heav'nly flame) was enormously popular at one time and was widely performed at funerals. References ..
Edward Haskell
Integral Theory Integral theorists: Clare Graves, Don BeckKen Wilber Integral themes: AQALIntegral ecologyIntegral politicsIntegral psychology Influences on integral theory: James Mark BaldwinJean GebserJürgen HabermasErich JantschRupert Sheldrake Integral artists: Alex GreyStuart DavisSaul Willi..
Edward Hasted
Edward Hasted (31 December1732–1812), the author of The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent was born in London, the son of Edward Hasted by his wife Ann of Sutton-at-Hone near Dartford, Kent. Hasted's grandfather, Joseph Hasted (1662–1732), had been employed as chief..
Edward Haughey, Baron Ballyedmond
Dr. Edward Enda Haughey, Baron Ballyedmond OBE (b. January 5, 1944) is a Northern Irish businessman and politician. Haughey was educated by the Christian Brothers in Dundalk, County Louth. He married Mary Gordon Young in 1972, by whom he had two sons and a daughter. Haughey emigrated to the Unite..
Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke
Edward, Lord Hawke Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, (February 21 1705 – October 16 1781) was a naval officer of the Royal Navy. Born in London, he joined the navy in 1720, but did not see fighting until the Battle of Toulon in 1744. during the War of the Austrian Succession he was promot..
Edward Hay, 13th Marquess of Tweeddale
Edward Douglas John Hay, 13th Marquess of Tweeddale (August 6, 1947 - February 1, 2005), a Scottish aristocrat best known for his speech in the House of Lords debate (1996) on the Bosnian civil war. Edward Douglas John Hay was born on 6 Aug 1947 the elder of twin sons. He was educated at Milton A..
Edward Hayes Plumptre
Edward Hayes Plumptre (August 6, 1821 – February 1, 1891), English divine and scholar, was born in London, United Kingdom. A scholar of University College, Oxford, he graduated with a double-first class in 1844, and in the same year he was elected Fellow of Brasenose College. He was ordained ..
Edward Haytley
Edward Haytley (fl 1740 - 1761) was an English master painter of the 18th century. He is not as widely known as many of his contemporaries, but nonetheless produced some notable pieces. Two of his works are shown at right, as examples of "the conversation piece," which was a form popular with t..
Edward Headlam Greenhow
Dr. Edward Headlam Greenhow, ( 1814 - April 22, 1888) was an English physician. right Physician, epidemiologist, sanitarian, statistician, clinician and lecturer. He was arguably the first "Green", a century before the term was invented. Dr. Greenhow was a consulting physician to the Middle..
Edward Heath
For other people named , see |- style="text-align: center;" |- style="text-align: center;" |- style="text-align: center;" |- style="text-align: center;" External links The Guardian [Obituary][Heath, Edward Chronology] ..
Edward Heath (disambiguation)
Edward Heath can refer to a number of people:- Edward Heath, British Prime Minister from 1970-74Edward Heath (mayor of New Orleans), mayor of New Orleans from 1867 to 1868.Ted Heath (bandleader) a British bandleader, mainly popular during the 1950s. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation]..
Edward Heath (mayor of New Orleans)
For other people of this name see Edward Heath (disambiguation) Edward Heath was mayor of New Orleans from March 27 1867 to June 10 1868. His tenure came during the Reconstruction of Louisiana, and required a stronger personality than he brought to the office. During his term, he faced budgetary and..
Edward Hebern
Edward Hugh Hebern (April 23, 1869 – February 10 1952) was an early inventor of rotor machines, devices for encryption. He got a patent in 1919, shortly before three others patented (in other countries) much the same thing. They were Arthur Scherbius in Germany, Hugo Koch in the Netherlands, a..
Edward Heitmann
Edward Ernest Heitmann (3 June 1878–30 January 1934), Australian politician, was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1904 to 1917, then a member of the Australian House of Representatives until 1919. Edward Heitmann was born in California Gully, Bendigo, Victoria on 3 J..
Edward Hempstead
Edward Hempstead (June 3, 1780 – August 10, 1817) was an American lawyer, pioneer, and one of the early settlers in the new Louisiana Purchase in 1805. He was the delegate in the U.S. House for the Missouri Territory from 1812 to 1814. Accident Hempstead died after an accident when he was t..
Edward Henry
Sir Edward Richard Henry, 1st Baronet GCVO KCB CSI (26 July, 1850 – 19 February, 1931) was the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (head of the Metropolitan Police of London) from 1903 to 1918. His commission saw the introduction of police dogs to the force (a development which he reg..
Edward Henry Bradby
Rev. Edward Henry Bradby (1827-1893) was a classicist. Academic timeline Educated at Rugby School and Balliol College, Oxford (1845)Canon of St. AlbansPrincipal at Hatfield College, Durham University (1852)House Master at Harrow (1853-1868)Headmaster of Haileybury School (1868-1883) Bradby retire..
Edward Henry Carroll Long
Edward Henry Carroll Long (September 28, 1808 – October 16, 1865) was an American politician. Born in Princess Anne, Maryland, Long attended the common schools and graduated from Yale College in 1828. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1830, and commenced practice in Princess Anne. ..
Edward Henry Davey
Edward Henry Davey (January 19, 1854 – March 10, 1911) architect and politician born St. John’s is best known, along with his brother George, as builders of the city of St. John's after the great fire of 1892. Davey educated at the Central School in St. John’s underwent an apprenticeship ..
Edward Henry Palmer
Edward Henry Palmer (August 7, 1840–August 1882) was an English orientalist, He was born in Cambridge as the son of a private schoolmaster. He was educated at the Perse School, and as a schoolboy showed the characteristic bent of his mind by picking up the Romany tongue and a great familiarit..
Edward Henry Potthast
Edward Henry Potthast (1857 – 1927) was an American Impressionist painter. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. From June 10, 1879 to March 9, 1881 he studied with Thomas Satterwhite Noble. He later studied at the Royal Academy in Munich with the American-born instructor Carl Marr. After returning to..
Edward Henry Scudamore-Stanhope, 12th Earl of Chesterfield
Edward Henry Scudamore-Stanhope, 12th Earl of Chesterfield in the County of Derby and Baron Stanhope, in the County of Nottingham, in the peerage of England (9 February, 1889 – 2 August, 1952) He was the only son of the Honorable Evelyn Theodore Scudamore-Stanhope, the fifth and youngest son of ..
Edward Henry Trotter
Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Henry Trotter, DSO (1 December 1872-8 July 1916), was a British Army officer who commanded the 18th Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment) during the First World War. He was born in London, the son of Major-General Sir Henry Trotter and Lady Trotter, who maintained an..
Edward Henty
Edward Henty (1810-1878); pioneer, first permanent settler in Victoria, Born in West Tarring, Sussex, England. The date of birth usually given is 10 March 1809, but the death notice in the Argus on 15 August 1878 stated he was in his sixty-ninth year, and the date of birth given on his tombstone ..
Edward Hepple
Edward Hepple is an Australian actor and scriptwriter. Perhaps best known for his television appearances, his credits include: Skippy the Bush Kangaroo, Contrabandits, Vega 4, Division 4, Matlock Police, Prisoner, The Flying Doctors and A Country Practice. He has written scripts for television p..
Edward Herbert
This article is about the member of Parliament under James and Charles I. For his son, who served as Lord Chancellor under James II, see Edward Herbert (judge). Sir Edward Herbert (c. 1591-1658), was a member of parliament under James I and Charles I, and the cousin of Edward Herbert, Baron Herbe..
Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury
Edward Herbert, portrait by Isaac Oliver(1560–1617) Edward Herbert, Baron Herbert of Cherbury (March 3, 1583 – August 20, 1648) was a British soldier, diplomat, historian, poet and religious philosopher. He was the eldest son of Richard Herbert of Montgomery Castle (a member of a..
Edward Herbert (judge)
Sir Edward Herbert (c. 1648–1698), titular Earl of Portland, was made Chief Justice of the King's Bench in 1685 in succession to Jeffreys. It was Sir Edward who declared for the royal prerogative in the case of Godden v. Hales, asserting that the Kings of England, being sovereign princes, coul..
Edward Herbert Thompson
Edward Herbert Thompson (28 September, 1856 - 11 May, 1935) was a United States born archaeologist and diplomat. Edward H. Thompson was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. Initially inspired by the books of John Lloyd Stephens, Thompson devoted much of his career to study of the Maya civilization. In..
Edward Herrmann
--> Edward Herrmann (born July 21, 1943 in Washington, D.C.) is one of the most recognizable character actors in American television and movies. Herrman is well known for his uncanny portrayal of American president Franklin Delano Roosevelt in "Eleanor and Franklin" (1976, TV), the made-for-TV ..
Edward Heyman
Edward Heyman (14 March 1907 in New York — 16 October 1981 in Jalisco, Mexico) was an American musician and lyricist. He studied at the University of Michigan where he had an early start on his career writing college musicals. After graduating from college Heyman moved back to New York City w..
Edward Hibbert
Edward Hibbert (born September 9, 1955 on Long Island, New York) is an American actor. He was raised in England, where he attended London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. He returned to the U.S. in the mid-1980s. He has one sister. He is probably best known for his recurring role on Frasier as..
Edward Hicks
"Peaceable Kingdom" (c. 1834) by Edward Hicks Edward Hicks (April 4, 1780 - August 23, 1849) was a folk and naïve (primitive) artist and devout Quaker (member of the Religious Society of Friends). Contents 1 Life and work2 Gallery of major works3 Selected works and where ..
Edward Higgins
Edward Higgins (November 26, 1864 – December 14, 1947) was the 3rd General of The Salvation Army (1929-1934). He was born Edward John Higgins in Highbridge, Somerset, England. His father became a much revered Commissioner in the Army's ranks, and travelled extensively in the interests of the ..
Edward Higgins White
Edward Higgins White, II (Lt.Col , USAF) (November 14, 1930 – January 27, 1967) was an American astronaut. Contents 1 Physical description2 Early years3 NASA4 Death5 Legacy6 White in the movies7 Notes8 External links Physical description Weight:..
Edward Higham
Edward Higham Edward Henry Higham (26 July 1846–20 April 1885) was a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 1880 to 1884. The son of a baker, Edward Higham was born in Brackley, Northamptonshire, England on 26 July 1846. In 1853 his family emigrated to Western Australia,..
Edward Highmore
Edward Highmore (born 3 April 1961 in Kingston-Upon-Thames, Surrey, England) is an actor, best known for playing Leo Howard in the 1980s BBC drama Howards' Way. He also appeared in Doctor Who, playing Malkon in the 1984 serial Planet of Fire. He is the father of young actor Freddie Highmore, who ..
Edward Hill
Edward Hill can refer to: Edward Hill (US) (1835–1900), an officer in the US Army during the American Civil War who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Cold Harbor.Edward Hill (UK), a British officer who founded Rookwood HospitalEdward Hill (painter), member of the..
Edward Hill (US)
Edward Hill (13 April 1835 – 23 October 1900) was an officer in the United States Army during the American Civil War who was awarded the Medal of Honor. Hill was born on 13 April 1835 in Liberty, New York. On 1 June 1864, as the Captain of Company K, 16th Michigan Infantry during the Battle of..
Edward Hilton Young, 1st Baron Kennet
Edward Hilton Young, 1st Baron Kennet (1879-1960), was a British politician and writer. Originally a Liberal, Young was first elected as an MP in 1915, became Financial Secretary to the Treasury in 1921 and Chief Whip for the Lloyd George Liberals in 1922. He was made a Privy Counsellor in 1922. Y..
Edward Hincks
Edward Hincks Edward Hincks (August 19, 1792 - December 3, 1866), Irish Assyriologist and one of the decipherers of Mesopotamian cuneiform. The eldest son of a distinguished Protestant minister, Edward Hincks was born in Cork on 19 August 1792. He was educated at home by his father and later ..
Edward Hirsch
Edward Hirsch (born 1950) is an American poet and academic who wrote a best seller about reading poetry. He now teaches at The University of Houston Creative Writing Program in Texas. Contents 1 Life2 Works2.1 Poetry2.2 Non-fiction3 External links4 References Life ..
Edward Hitchcock
Edward Hitchcock (24 May 1793 – 27 February 1864) was the third President of Amherst College, from 1845 to 1854. Born to poor parents, he attended newly-founded Deerfield Academy and in 1821 was ordained as a Congregationalist pastor. A few years later he left the ministry to become Professo..
Edward Hoagland
Edward Hoagland (born December 21, 1932 in New York, New York, USA) is an author best known for his nature and travel writing. Hoagland's non-fiction has been widely praised by writers such as John Updike, who called him "the best essayist of my generation."Duffy, John J & Hand, B Samuel . The Vermo..
Edward Hobart Seymour
Edward Hobart Seymour (1840-1929). Sir Edward Hobart Seymour, OM (30 April 1840–2 March 1929) was a British Admiral of the Fleet. He was the grandson of Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour and nephew of Admiral Sir Michael Seymour. He was educated at Radley College and Eastman's Naval Acad..
Edward Hocking
Edward Hocking was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. ..
Edward Hodges Baily
Edward Hodges Baily (March 10, 1788 - May 22, 1867) - (sometimes mis-spelt Bailey) was a British sculptor who was born in Bristol. His father, who was a celebrated carver of figureheads for ships, destined him for a commercial life, but even at school the boy showed his natural taste and talents b..
Edward Holland, Jr.
Edward "Eddie" Holland, Jr. (born October 30 1939 in Detroit, Michigan) is an African American singer, songwriter and record producer. Although Holland was an early Motown artist who recorded minor hits such as "Jamie", he started working behind the scenes due to stage fright. He is best known as ..
Edward Holyoke
Edward Holyoke (June 26, 1689 – June 1, 1769) was an early American clergyman and educator. He studied at Harvard College (B.A., 1705; M.A., 1708) and served as Congregational minister in Marblehead, Massachusetts. In 1737 he was appointed president of his alma mater and served in that posit..
Edward Hooper
Edward Hooper is a British journalist best known for reading a 1992 article in Rolling Stone magazine by freelance journalist Tom Curtis that described a theory that AIDS was inadvertently caused in the late 1950's in the Belgian Congo by Hilary Koprowski's testing of an oral polio vaccine (OPV) on ..
Edward Hopkins
Edward Hopkins was born in 1600 in Shropshire, England. Edward joined the New Haven Colony in 1637. 2 months later he moved to Hartford, Connecticut and became its first proprieter. In 1639 he became one of several Assistants to the General Court. Then, in 1640 Hopkins was elected Governor of the C..
Edward Hopper
Nighthawks. 1942. Art Institute of Chicago. Edward Hopper (July 22, 1882 – May 15, 1967) was an American painter best remembered for his eerily realistic depictions of solitude in contemporary American life. Born in Nyack, New York, Hopper studied commercial art and painting in New Yor..
Edward Hordern
Edward Hordern (1941 - May 2, 2000) was perhaps the world's leading authority on sliding block puzzles, and was renowned for his puzzle solving abilities. Hordern had an extensive mechanical puzzle collection and was an author on the topic of mechanical puzzles. His best known book is "Sliding Piec..
Edward Horsman
Edward Horsman (1807 - November 30, 1876), was a British politician. He was the son of a well-to-do gentleman of Stirling, Scotland, and was related on his mother's side to the Earl of Stair. He was educated at Rugby School and Cambridge University, and was called to the Scottish bar in 1832, but ..
Edward Howard
This may refer to: A centenarian Roman Catholic archbishop in Oregon; see Edward Howard (bishop)A naval officer who became Lord High Admiral and received the Garter; see Edward Howard (admiral)The 1800 winner of the Copley Medal; see Edward Howard (scientist) This is a [disambiguationdisambigu..
Edward Howard, 9th Duke of Norfolk
Edward Howard, 9th Duke of Norfolk was born 5 June 1685/6 the son of Lord Thomas Howard (bef1662-1689), who was the son of Henry Howard 6th Duke of Norfolk, and Mary Elizabeth Savile (bef1667-1732). He succeeded to the title of 18th Baron Furnivall and of 9th Duke of Norfolk in 1732, after the dea..
Edward Howard (admiral)
Sir Edward Howard, (1476/1477-25 April 1513), Knight of the Garter, son of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk and Elizabeth Tilney, younger brother to Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk. Edward was the first of the Howards to win fame as a great admiral, beginning his naval career very young (partic..
Edward Howard (bishop)
Edward Daniel Howard (November 5, 1877–January 2, 1983) was born in Cresco, Iowa and became Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop of Davenport, Iowa before being transferred to Oregon in 1926. When he became archbishop of his historic see it was still called Oregon City, but in 1928 the name was ch..
Edward Howe Forbush
Edward Howe Forbush (April 28, 1858 – March 7, 1929) was a noted Massachusetts ornithologist and a prolific writer, best known for his book Birds of New England. Born in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1858, he was a precocious naturalist. His family moved to West Roxbury, when he was seven. As an ..
Edward Howland Robinson Green
Colonel Green's Mansion at Round Hill with Buzzards Bay in the foreground. Colonel Edward Howland Robinson Green (August 22, 1868 - June 8, 1936) Popularly known as Colonel Green, he was the son of the so-called "Witch of Wall Street", renowned miser Hetty Green, and the heir to her fortune of..
Edward Huber
Edward Huber (September 1 1837 in Dover, Indiana - August 26 1904 in Marion, Ohio) was an inventor and industrialist. Edward established his role in the modernization of American agriculture when he invented a “revolving hay rake” in the mid 1800’s that allowed one man to do in three hours wh..
Edward Hudson
See also Edward Hudson (magazine owner). Edward Hudson (1743 – 4 October, 1821) was born in Castlemartyr, County Cork, Ireland. Hudson was an eminent dentist, at a time when dentistry was still very much a fledgling practice. Edward created a "Preservative and other Dentifrices" for the betterin..
Edward Hudson (magazine owner)
See also Edward Hudson (1743–1821). Edward Hudson was the founder of Country Life magazine in 1897. Country Life was an early lifestyle magazine. Edward Hudson was the owner of Lindisfarne Castle and a number of other Lutyens houses, including Deanery Gardens in Sonning, designed and built 1899�..
Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen, 1st Baron Brabourne
Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen, 1st Baron Brabourne, PC (April 29, 1829-6 February, 1893) was a British Liberal politician. Born Edward Hugessen Knatchbull, he was the younger son of Sir Edward Knatchbull, 9th Baronet, of Mersham Hatch, who twice served as Paymaster-General, and Fanny Catheri..
Edward Hughes
Father Edward Albert Hughes (August 28, 1918 - October 12, 1980) was a Roman Catholic priest who served as an assistant pastor from June 16 1948 to June 18 1960 at St. James Church in Mt. Rainier, Maryland. He also served as an exorcist. He attempted his first exorcism in 1949 at the Georgetown Un..
Edward Hughes (admiral)
Sir Edward Hughes (c. 1720-1794), British admiral, entered the Royal Navy in 1735, and four years later was present at Porto Bello. In 1740 he became lieutenant, and in that rank served in the Cartagena expedition of 1741, and at the indecisive Battle of Toulon (1744). In HMS Warwick he was present..
Edward Hughes (disambiguation)
Edward Hughes may refer to: Edward Hughes, exorcistEdward Hughes (admiral) ..
Edward Hull
Edward Hull may refer to: Sir Edward Hull, Tudor knightEdward Hull (geologist), Irish geologist. redirect [[Template:Disambig]]..
Edward Humes
Edward Humes is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and published crime-fiction and non-fiction writer. Contents 1 Biography2 Books2.1 Non-fiction2.2 True crime3 External links Biography Humes was born in Philadelphia and attended Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachuse..
Edward Humphries
Edward Humphries was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of Gosford between the 1965 and 1971 state elections. ..
Edward Hunloke
Edward Hunloke was a governor of West Jersey during 1690. He became governor after Edmund Andros, governor of the Dominion of New England, was sent to England to stand trial. See also List of Governors of New Jersey ..
Edward Hunter
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. Edward Hunter (also known as Billy Banjo) June 2, 1885 - December 6, 1959 was a Scottish born socialist active in both Scotland and New Zealand. He was a trade union organiser, politician and a writer, and played a considerable role in the development of s..
Edward Hunter (disambiguation)
Edward Hunter is the name of the following persons Edward Hunter (also known as Billy Banjo) 1885 -1959), a Scottish born socialist active in both Scotland and New Zealand.Edward Hunter, a British journalistEdward Hunter (US Army) (1839- ) American army officer This is a [disambiguationdisambi..
Edward Hunter (US Army)
Edward Hunter (1839–??) was an American soldier, born at Gardiner, Maine. He graduated at the United States Military Academy, West Point, in 1865, and was commissioned a second lieutenant. He served under various senior officers throughout his career. He became major in 1888, and lieutenant co..
Edward Hussey-Montagu, 1st Earl of Beaulieu
Edward Hussey-Montagu, 1st Earl of Beaulieu (1721 – 25 November 1802) was a British peer and politician. Born Edward Hussey, he was the son of Irish parents, James Hussey and Catherine née Parsons (a daughter of the 1st Viscount Rosse). In 1743 he married Lady Isabella Montagu, a daughter..
Edward Hutton
Edward Hutton may refer to: Edward Francis Hutton (1875–1962), American financierEdward Hutton (army) (1848–1923), Canadian and Australian military commanderEdward Hutton (writer) (1875–1969), British author ..
Edward Hutton (army)
Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Thomas Henry Hutton, KCB, KCMG (1848–1923) was a British born, Canadian military commander from 1898–1901. Previous to his Canadian experience, Hutton served in New South Wales from 1893–1896. Able, energetic, with a keen sense of publicity, Hutton delivered ..
Edward Hutton (writer)
Edward Hutton (1875 - 1969) was a British author of travel books and various Italian subjects. Works [[England of My Heart: Spring]]Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa (With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson)Ravenna, a Study References Project Gutenberg External links ..
Edward Hyde
Edward Hyde may refer to several different people, including: Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (1609-1674), English historian and statesmanEdward Hyde (c. 1650-1712), Governor of North Carolina, 1711-1712Edward Hyde, Lord Cornbury (1661-1723), Governor of New York and New Jersey, 1701-1708Edward ..
Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon
Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (February 18, 1609–December 9, 1674) was an English historian and statesman. Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon Hyde was the third son of Henry Hyde of Dinton and Purton, Wiltshire, a member of a family for some time established at Norbury, Cheshire. ..
Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon
Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, also known by the courtesy title of Lord Cornbury (November 28, 1661 - March 31, 1723) was Governor of New York and New Jersey and perhaps best known for the claims of him cross-dressing while in office. Portrait claimed to be Lord Cornbury, unconfirmed. ..
Edward Hyde (c. 1650-1712)
Edward Hyde (c. 1650-1712), Governor of North Carolina, 1711-1712 ..
Edward Hyde Clarendon
There are several people Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon: Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of ClarendonEdward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendonredirect[[Template:Disambig]]..
Edward I
Edward I was the name of two monarchs: Edward I of England (1239–1307).Edward of Portugal (Portuguese: Duarte de Portugal; 1391–1438). This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to ch..
Edward I. Edwards
thumb Edward Irving Edwards (December 1, 1863–January 26, 1931) served as the 37th Governor of New Jersey from 1920 to 1923 and as Senator from 1923 to 1929. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1863, Edwards attended the Jersey City public schools..
Edward II
Edward II can refer to: King Edward II of Englandthe play based on his life by Christopher Marlowe, Edward II (play)the film based on the play directed by Derek Jarman, Edward II (film)Edward II (band), a British reggae/folk band. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of a..
Edward III (play)
The Reign of King Edward III is an Elizabethan play often attributed to William Shakespeare. It was first printed anonymously in 1596. However, since the eighteenth century, the possibility that all or part of it is the work of Shakespeare has been debated. Contents 1 Attributions2 Syn..
Edward III of England
For the play, see Edward III (play). Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377) was one of the most successful English kings of medieval times. His fifty-year reign began when his father, Edward II of England, was deposed on 25 January 1327, and lasted until 1377. Among his immediate prede..
Edward II (band)
Edward II (aka Edward II and the Red Hot Polkas and EII) were a UK band which played a fusion of reggae and folk music. They went through several line-up changes but were a seven-piece for much of their career.They split up in 1999. At various stages, members of the band included T Carthy, Glen La..
Edward II (disambiguation)
The name Edward II has been used more than once: In history, Edward II was the name of an English king. See: Edward II of England In music Edward II is the name of a band. See: Edward II (band) In theatre Edward II is the name of a play by Christopher Marlowe. See: Edward II (play) In film Edwar..
Edward II (film)
Edward II is a film by Derek Jarman based on the play Edward II by Christopher Marlowe. The plot revolves around Edward II of England's (Steven Waddington) infatuation with Piers Gaveston (Andrew Tiernan), which proves to be the downfall of both of them, thanks to the machinations of Mortimer (N..
Edward II (play)
Edward II is an Elizabethan play written by Christopher Marlowe. It is one of the earliest English history plays. The play telescopes practically the whole of Edward II's reign into a single narrative. Beginning with the recall of his lover, Piers Gaveston, from exile; and ending with his son Edwa..
Edward II of England
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Edward II, (April 25, 1284 – September 21, 1327), of Caernarvon, was King of England from 1307 until dep..
Edward Irving
This article or section seems not to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia entry.Please improve the article or discuss proposed changes on the talk page. See Wikipedia's [Guide to writing better articlesguide to writing better articles] for suggestions. Edward Irving (A..
Edward Irving Wortis
Edward Irving Wortis (born December 23, 1937), better known by the pen name Avi, is a prominent American author of children's books and a winner of the Newbery Honor and Newbery Medal. Biography Avi and his twin sister Emily Wortis Ledier were born in New York City to Joseph Wortis, a psychiatrist,..
Edward Isaac Golladay
Edward Isaac Golladay was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 5th congressional district of Tennessee. He was born in Lebanon, Tennessee in Wilson County on September 9, 1830. He attended the common schools and graduated from the literary departm..
Edward Isherwood
Some of the information in this has not been [Verifiabilityverified] and might not be reliable. It should be checked for inaccuracies and modified as needed, [cite sourcesciting sources]. Edward Isherwood (born October 24, 1980 in Kemptown, UK) was a major figure in the Young B..
Edward Israel
Edward Israel' (1859-1884) was an astronomer and polar explorer. Contents 1 Early Years2 The Polar Expedition3 Burial Place4 External Links5 References Early Years Israel was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan on July 1, 1859. He was the son of Mannes and Tillie Israel, the fi..
Edward Ives
Edward Riley Ives (September 13, 1839 - 1918) was an American toymaker from Connecticut. He married Jennie Blakeslee in 1866, and with the help of his father in law and brother in law, he founded the Ives Manufacturing Company two years later in 1868 in Plymouth, Connecticut. It became one of the la..
Edward IV of England
Edward IV (April 28, 1442 – April 9, 1483) was King of England from March 4, 1461 to April 9, 1483, with a break of a few months in the period 1470–1471. Contents 1 Biography2 Children3 Was Edward illegitimate?4 Evidence of illegitimacy5 Edward IV in Fiction..
Edward I of England
Edward I (June 17, 1239 – July 7, 1307), popularly known as "Longshanks" because of his 6 foot 2 inch (1.88 m) frame and the "Hammer of the Scots" (his tombstone, in Latin, read, Hic est Edwardvs Primus Scottorum Malleus, "Here lies Edward I, Hammer of the Scots"), achieved fame as the monarc..
Edward J. Adams
Edward J. Adams (1887-November 22, 1921) was an American criminal and bank robber throughout the 1900s up until the early 1920s. Contents 1 Early life2 Murder & Kansas City3 Midwest crime spree4 Downfall5 References Early life Born W.J. Wallace in Hutchinson, Kansas, Ad..
Edward J. Ballard
Edward J. Ballard (about 1790 – 1 June 1813) was an officer in the United States Navy during the War of 1812. Ballard was appointed a Midshipman 24 February 1809. He was killed during the engagement between Chesapeake and HMS Shannon 1 June 1813. His commission as a Lieutenant was issued befo..
Edward J. Bloustein
Edward J. Bloustein (born 1925, in New York City New York—9 December, 1989 in the Bahamas) was the seventeenth President of Rutgers University) serving from 1971 to 1989. Born in New York City, Bloustein, graduated from James Monroe High School in the Bronx in 1942 and served in the United St..
Edward J. Bloustein Distinguished Scholar
The Edward J. Bloustein Distinguished Scholar is intended to recognize the highest achieving graduating high school students in New Jersey and to reward these students with awards that are granted regardless of need. Students are selected on the basis of the following criteria: class rank of one, ..
Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
The Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy of Rutgers University serves as a center for the theory and practice of planning and public policy scholarship. The school is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and was named for former Rutgers President Edward J. Bloustein. Through i..
Edward J. Blythin
Edward J. Blythin (October 10, 1884–February 14, 1958) was an American politician and jurist of the Republican party who served as the 46th mayor of Cleveland, Ohio. Welsh-born Blythin began his professional career in the coal industry of his native country, working as a bookkeeper. In 1906, ..
Edward J. Bonin
Edward John Bonin (December 23, 1904 – December 20, 1990) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Edward Bonin was born in Hazleton, PA. He served in the United States Navy from 1922 to 1926. He graduated from Wyoming Seminary in Kingston, PA in 1929..
Edward J. C. Kewen
Edward J.C. Kewen (November 2, 1825-1879) was a California politician and the first Attorney General of California. He was also District Attorney of Los Angeles from 1859-1861. External links [Brief biography with picture] |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Edward J. DeBartolo
redirect [[Template:Inappropriate tone]] Edward John DeBartolo, Jr. (born November 6, 1946 in Youngstown, Ohio) is an American businessman who developed shopping malls as part of his father's (Edward J. DeBartolo, Sr.) organization, and is probably best known as the former owner of the five-time Sup..
Edward J. Dunphy
Edward John Dunphy (1856-1926) ofNew York City was a U.S. Representative fromNew York from 1889 to 1895. He was a Democrat. ..
Edward J. Elsaesser
Edward Julius Elsaesser was an American congressman who represented the state of New York. He was born in Buffalo, New York, USA on March 10, 1904 and graduated from the law school of the University of Buffalo in 1926. He was admitted to the bar in 1927 and began practicing law in Buffalo. He ser..
Edward J. Emering
Edward J. Emering is the author of "Orders, Decorations and Badges of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam," Viet Cong and the "[[National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam: A Photographic Reference]]". External links [Official website of Edward J. Emering][Vietnam books by Ed..
Edward J. Flanagan
You may also be looking for Edward S. Flanagan, a state senator from Vermont. Edward J. Flanagan Edward Joseph Flanagan (July 13, 1886 – May 15, 1948) was a priest of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. He was the founder of what is arguably the most famous orphanage, the ..
Edward J. Flynn
Edward J. Flynn of the Bronx, New York was a member of New York state assembly from 1918 to 1921. Flynn was the Bronx County Sheriff from 1922 to 1925. He was the chair of Bronx County Democratic Party in 1922 and from 1939 to 1945. ..
Edward J. Gardner
Edward Joseph Gardner (August 7, 1898–December 7, 1950) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio’s third congressional district. Edward J. Gardner was born in Hamilton, Ohio, the son of Edward Gardner and his wife Mary. His father came from Ireland as a child; h..
Edward J. Gay
Edward J. Gay may refer to: Edward James Gay (1816-1889), a United States Representative from LouisianaEdward James Gay (1878-1952), a United States Senator from Louisiana and grandson of Edward James Gay ..
Edward J. Green
Edward J. Green is an American economist best known for his contributions to the theory of dynamic contracts. Green received his Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University in 1977. He has previously taught at Princeton University and worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, and is currently P..
Edward J. Gurney
Edward John Gurney (January 12 1914 – May 14 1996) was an American politician from Florida, where he served as a Representative and a Senator. He was a member of the Republican Party. Gurney was born in Portland, Maine. He attended public schools and went on to Harvard Law School in 1938. He wa..
Edward J. Hoffman
Edward J. Hoffman, (1942 - July 1, 2004) who helped invent the first human PET scanner, a commonly used whole-body scanning procedure for detecting diseases like cancer. Hoffman with Michael Phelps developed the PET scanner in 1973 at Washington University in St. Louis. In 1975 he moved to the Uni..
Edward J. King
Edward Joseph King (born May 11, 1925) was the Governor of the U.S. state of Massachusetts from 1979 to 1983. Born in 1925 in Chelsea, Massachusetts, a graduate of Boston College and Bentley College, King played professional football as a guard with the All-America Football Conference Buffalo Bill..
Edward J. Livingstone
Edward J. Livingstone (September 12 1884 - September 11, 1945) was the founder of the Toronto Blueshirts, a predecessor of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the NHL. Livingstone was born in Toronto, Ontario as the youngest of three children. He played junior and intermediate hockey with the St. George's ..
Edward J. Mason
Edward J. Mason (May 8 1912—February 3 1971) was a writer for radio, who worked on a number of ground-breaking serials and co-created two of the British Broadcasting Corporation's longest-running radio panel games. He was co-writer, with Geoffrey Webb, of Dick Barton, the BBC's first daily ra..
Edward J. McElroy
Edward J. McElroy (March 17, 1941) is president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and an AFL-CIO vice president. McElroy was born in Providence, Rhode Island to Edward J. McElroy, Sr. and and his wife Clara (Angelone) on March 17, 1941. He graduated with an A.B. degree in education from ..
Edward J. Nanson
Edward John Nanson, 1850-1936, was born in England and received his professional education at Trinity College from 1870-1874. In 1875 he was appointed Professor of Mathematics at the University of Melbourne, in the state of Victoria, Australia where he immigrated. He is known for devising Nanson'..
Edward J. O'Hare
Edgar Joseph O'Hare (he used "Edward" later in life), aka "Easy Eddie" (* September 5, 1893 – † November 8, 1939), was a lawyer in St. Louis and later in Chicago, where he began working with Al Capone, and later helped federal prosecutors convict Capone of tax evasion. In 1939, a week b..
Edward J. Orton, Jr.
Edward J. Orton Jr. (October 8, 1863, New York – February 10, 1932, Columbus, Ohio) Orton graduated from Ohio State University with an Engineer of Mines degree in 1884 In 1894, Orton was appointed the first Chairman of Ceramic Engineering at Ohio State University, the first ceramic engineering..
Edward J. Orton, Sr.
Edward J. Orton Sr. (March 9, 1829 - October 16, 1899) was the first President of The Ohio State University. Orton was a Professor of Geology from 1873-1899 and Ohio's State Geologist from 1882 until his death in 1899. Orton Sr. suffered a partially paralyzing stroke in 1891, but continued to wo..
Edward J. Perkins
Edward Joseph Perkins (born 1928), U.S. diplomat. He served as U.S. Ambassador to Liberia, South Africa, and the United Nations 1992-1993. He was later Director of the US State Department's Diplomatic Corps. Currently he teaches at the University of Oklahoma. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Edward J. Phelan
Edward Joseph Phelan (1888 – 1967) fourth Director-General of the International Labour Office, serving from 1941 to 1948, during most of which time the ILO was temporarily relocated to Montréal from Geneva. Phelan was one of the authors of the Declaration of Philadelphia. ..
Edward J. Poreda
Coach Edward John Poreda H’70 has devoted 50 years, and touched the lives of countless youth along the way, to the sport of Cross Country. In December of 2003, “Coachie” as his runners fondly call him capped off his 50th season as the head of the Lawrenceville School’s cross country program..
Edward J. Riegelmann
Edward J. Riegelmann (c.1870-1941) of Brooklyn, Kings County, New York Democrat. Borough president of Brooklyn, New York, 1918-1924; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1920 (alternate), 1924 (alternate), 1940; Justice of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1925-1940. Died Ja..
Edward J. Ruppelt
Edward J. Ruppelt (1922 - 1960) was a United States Air Force officer probably best-known for his involvement in Project Blue Book, a formal governmental study of unidentified flying objects. He is generally credited with coining the term "unidentified flying object", to replace the terms "flying sa..
Edward J. Valauskas
Edward J. Valauskas (born October 3, 1950) is an American librarian, educator, and Internet publisher. Valauskas is the Follett Chair at the School of Library and Information Science at Dominican University of Illinois. He teaches a variety of graduate classes including Internet Publishing, Interne..
Edward Jablonski
Edward Leon Jablonski A Polish soccer midfield player, who represented both Cracovia Krakow and Polish National Team. Born in 1919, Jablonski is one of few players, who participated in games of the national team both before and after Second World War. Altogether, he took part in 3 international fr..
Edward Jackson Lowell
Edward Jackson Lowell (1845–1894), a grandson of Francis Cabot Lowell, graduated at Harvard College in 1867, was admitted to the Suffolk county (Mass.) bar in 1872, and practised law for a few years. He wrote The Hessians and the Other German Auxiliaries of Great Britain in the Revolutionary W..
Edward Jackson Marshall Middle School
Edward Jackson Marshall Middle School was opened in 1957 on Maryland Avenue in Plant City, Florida. The school is named in honor of Edward Jackson Marshall, who was the first African American to serve as a school trustee in the Plant City, Florida area. The school mascot is the Dragon. External ..
Edward Jacob
Edward Jacob was a writer and mayor from Kent, the son of Edward Jacob, surgeon of Canterbury, mayor of that city in 1727, who died in 1756. He married twice. His first wife was Margaret Rigden, whom he married on 4th September 1739, she being the daughter of John Rigden of Canterbury. She was bapti..
Edward Jacobson
Edward Jacobson (Born 17 June 1891, New York City - Died 25 October 1955, Kansas City, Missouri) was a Jewish American businessman. He was also a U.S. Army associate, business partner, and friend of President Harry S. Truman. When Jacobson first heard about what was happening to the Jews in German..
Edward James
For other people named , see {{{1. Edward James (1907 - 1984) was a millionaire Scottish, art patron and surrealist who moved to Mexico in 1947 to grow orchids. After the orchids were destroyed by a freak snowstorm in 1962, he decided to switch to experiments in architecture. He built a monument to..
Edward James (disambiguation)
This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Articles about people called Edward James include: Edward James, Scottish art ..
Edward James (historian)
For other people named , see {{{1. Edward James is Professor of Medieval History at University College, Dublin. He received a BA (Oxon) 1968; DPhil (Oxon) in 1975. He was a Lecturer, then College Lecturer, at the Department of Medieval History, University College Dublin from 1970-1978. He was a Lec..
Edward James Eliot
Edward James Eliot (August 24 1758 – September 20 1797), Member of Parliament, was born in Cornwall, the son of Edward Craggs-Eliot (1727 – 1804), politician, created Baron Eliot in 1784. He went to Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1775, becoming friends with the future Prime Minister, Wi..
Edward James Gay
Edward James Gay may refer to: Edward James Gay (1878-1952), a U.S. Senator from LouisianaEdward James Gay (1816-1889), a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana ..
Edward James Gay (1878-1952)
For the member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana, see Edward James Gay (1816-1889). Edward James Gay (May 5, 1878 - December 1, 1952) was a United States Senator from Louisiana. Born on Union Plantation in Iberville Parish, he attended Pantops Academy (Charlottesville, Virginia) th..
Edward James Gibson Holland
Edward James Gibson Holland ( February 2, 1878, Ottawa - June 18, 1948, Cobalt, Ontario) was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Contents 1 Details2&n..
Edward James Montagu-Stuart-Wortley
The Honourable Edward James Montagu-Stuart-Wortley was a British general during the First World War who is best remembered as the first British general to be dismissed during the Battle of the Somme. On 1 June, 1914, Major General Montagu-Stuart-Wortley became GOC of the British 46th (North Midland..
Edward James Olmos
Edward James Olmos as Commander William Adama on Battlestar Galatica Edward James Olmos (born February 24, 1947) is an American actor. He was born in East Los Angeles, California to a Southern Baptist Mexican immigrant with 1/4 Hungarian Jewish ancestry (the family name was originally Olmosh)..
Edward James Reed
Sir Edward James Reed (1830-1906) was the Chief Constructor of the Royal Navy from 1863 until 1870. Following his resignation he became a member of Parliament and author. ..
Edward James Roye
Edward James Roye (February 3, 1815 - 1872) was a American-Liberian political figure. Edward Roye was born into a prosperous family in Newark, Ohio, in the United States. His father, John Roye, managed a ferry across the Wabash River at Terre Haute, Indiana and, by conservative spending, acquire..
Edward James Salisbury
Sir Edward James Salisbury, (1886-1978), was a British botanist in the early part of the Twentieth Century. He was director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew from 1943 to 1956. In 1946, he was made a knight. Published works The Living Garden, 1936The Reproductive Capacity of Plants, 1942Flowers ..
Edward James Saunderson
Edward James Saunderson (1 October 1837 - 21 October 1906) was an Irish politician. He was born at Castle Saunderson, County Cavan. He was the son of Alexander Saunderson, M.P. for Cavan (d. 1857), his mother being a daughter of the 6th Baron Farnham. The Irish Saundersons were a 17th century branc..
Edward James Stone
Edward James Stone (February 28, 1831–May 6, 1897) was a British astronomer. He was born in the Notting Hill section London to Roger and Elizabeth Stone. Educated at the City of London School, he obtained a studentship at King's College London, and in 1856 a scholarship at Queens' College, Ca..
Edward Jan Habich
Edward Jan Habich (b. January 31, 1835 in Warsaw - October 31, 1909 in Lima,Peru) was a Polish engineer and mathematician. Founder of the Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, a renowned engineering school in Lima, Peru. Also a member of the Peruvian Geographic Society and an Honorary Citizen of Per..
Edward Jayakody
Edward Jayakody Edward Jayakody (b. April 6, 1952) Popular Sri Lankan singer. Jayakody was born Jayakody Arachchige Don Edward Timothy Jayakody, the sixth child of Don Raphial Jayakody and Victoria Jayakody on April 6, 1952, in Hettimulla, Kegalle, Sri Lanka. His family was Catholic. Jayakody..
Edward Jay Epstein
Edward Jay Epstein, born in 1935, is an American investigative journalist but is best known today as a commentator on Hollywood economics. He was an early critic of the Warren Commission. Epstein attended Cornell University during the 1960s, where he received his BA. His Master's thesis, also ..