Edward Thatch, n.
an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718)
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Edward V, n.
King of England who was crowned at the age of 13 on the death of his father Edward IV but was immediately confined to the Tower of London where he and his younger brother were murdered (1470-1483)
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Edward VI, n.
King of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553; son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour; died of tuberculosis (1537-1553)
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Edward VII, n.
King of England from 1901 to 1910; son of Victoria and Prince Albert; famous for his elegant sporting ways (1841-1910)
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Edward VIII, n.
King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)
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Edward Vernon Rickenbacker, n.
the most decorated United States combat pilot in World War I (1890-1973)
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Edward Vincent Sullivan, n.
United States host on a well known television variety show (1902-1974)
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Edward Weston, n.
United States photographer(1886-1958)
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Edward White, n.
United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft; noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921)
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Edward Williams Morley, n.
United States chemist and physicist who collaborated with Michelson in the Michelson-Morley experiment (1838-1923)
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Edward Winslow, n.
English colonial administrator who traveled to America on the Mayflower and served as the first governor of the Plymouth Colony (1595-1655)
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Edward Wyllis Scripps, n.
United States newspaper publisher who founded an important press association; half-brother of James Edmund Scripps (1854-1926)
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Edward Young, n.
English poet (1683-1765)
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Edward the Confessor, n.
son of Ethelred the Unready; King of England from 1042 to 1066; he founded Westminster Abbey where he was eventually buried (1003-1066)
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Edward the Elder, n.
king of Wessex whose military success against the Danes made it possible for his son Athelstan to become the first king of all England (870-924)
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Edward the Martyr, n.
King of England who was a son of Edgar; he was challenged for the throne by supporters of his half-brother Ethelred II who eventually murdered him (963-978)
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Edwardian, adj.
of or relating to or characteristic of the era of Edward VII in England
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Edwardian, n.
someone belonging to (or as if belonging to) the era of Edward VII
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Edwards, n.
American theologian whose sermons and writings stimulated a period of renewed interest in religion in America (1703-1758)
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Edwin, n.
king of Northumbria who was converted to Christianity (585-633)
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Edwin Arlington Robinson, n.
United States poet; author of narrative verse (1869-1935)
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Edwin DuBois Hayward, n.
United States writer (1885-1940)
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Edwin Herbert Land, n.
United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one step photographic process (1909-1991)
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Edwin Hubble, n.
United States astronomer who discovered that (as the universe expands) the speed with which nebulae recede increases with their distance from the observer (1889-1953)
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Edwin Powell Hubble, n.
United States astronomer who discovered that (as the universe expands) the speed with which nebulae recede increases with their distance from the observer (1889-1953)
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Edwy, n.
King of England who was renounced by Northumbria in favor of his brother Edgar (died in 959)
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Eelam, n.
the independent state that the Tamil Tigers have fought for
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Eero Saarinen, n.
United States architect (born in Finland) (1910-1961)
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Efrem Zimbalist, n.
United States violinist (born in Russia) (1889-1985)
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Egadi Islands, n.
a group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean
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