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Tree, Ellen
(Encyclopedia)Tree, Ellen: see Kean, Edmund.Smith, Kirby
(Encyclopedia)Smith, Kirby: see Smith, Edmund Kirby. ...Lowell, Amy
(Encyclopedia)Lowell, Amy, 1874–1925, American poet, biographer, and critic, b. Brookline, Mass., privately educated; sister of Percival Lowell and Abbott Lawrence Lowell. In 1912 she published A Dome of Many-Col...Lancaster, Edmund Crouchback, earl of
(Encyclopedia)Lancaster, Edmund Crouchback, earl of: see Lancaster, house of. ...Allenby, Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount
(Encyclopedia)Allenby, Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount ălˈənbē [key], 1861–1936, British field marshal. Educated at Sandhurst, he saw active service in Bechuanaland (1884–85) and Zululand (1888) a...Brown, Jerry
(Encyclopedia)Brown, Jerry (Edmund Gerald Brown, Jr.), 1938–, American political leader, b. San Francisco. The son of Edmund Gerald (Pat) Brown (1905–96), governor of California (1959–67), Brown abandoned ear...York, Edmund of Langley, duke of
(Encyclopedia)York, Edmund of Langley, duke of, 1341–1402, fifth son of Edward III of England. He was made (1362) earl of Cambridge, served on expeditions to Spain and France, and married (1372) Isabel, daughter ...Edmund, Saint, d. 869, king of East Anglia
(Encyclopedia)Edmund, Saint, d. 869, king of East Anglia (855–869). He was supposedly martyred by the invading Danes for his adherence to Christianity. His shrine was at Bury St. Edmunds. Feast: Nov. 20. ...Bates College
(Encyclopedia)Bates College, at Lewiston, Maine; coeducational; founded 1855 as Maine State Seminary, chartered as a college 1864. It was the first Eastern college to admit women students. The Edmund S. Muskie Arch...Mather, Cotton
(Encyclopedia)Mather, Cotton măᵺˈər [key], 1663–1728, American Puritan clergyman and writer, b. Boston, grad. Harvard (B.A., 1678; M.A., 1681); son of Increase Mather and grandson of Richard Mather and of Jo...Browse by Subject
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