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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 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..