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Stanley, Edward Henry
(Encyclopedia)Stanley, Edward Henry: see Derby, Edward Henry Stanley, 15th earl of. ...Wood, Edward Frederick Lindley
(Encyclopedia)Wood, Edward Frederick Lindley: see Halifax, Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st earl of. ...Stanley, Edward George Geoffrey Smith
(Encyclopedia)Stanley, Edward George Geoffrey Smith: see Derby, Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, 14th earl of. ...Godwin
(Encyclopedia)Godwin or Godwine both: gŏdˈwĭn [key], d. 1053, earl of Wessex. He became chief adviser to King Canute, was created (c.1018) an earl, and was given great wealth and lands. After Canute's death (103...Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (table)
(Encyclopedia)Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel ...Garnett, Richard
(Encyclopedia)Garnett, Richard, 1835–1906, English librarian and author. From 1851 until his retirement in 1899 he was connected with the British Museum, which he served with great distinction. Besides writing vo...Dowden, Edward
(Encyclopedia)Dowden, Edward douˈdən [key], 1843–1913, English critic, b. Ireland. He is best known as a Shakespearean scholar and as a biographer of Shelley (1886). ...Prince Edward Island, University of
(Encyclopedia)Prince Edward Island, University of, at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada; provincially supported; coeducational; founded 1969 with the merger of Prince of Wales College (est. 1834) and St. ...Edward the Martyr
(Encyclopedia)Edward the Martyr, c.962–978, king of the English (975–78), son of Edgar by his first wife. Despite the opposition of some of the nobles, Edward succeeded his father to the throne and was crowned....Shore, Jane
(Encyclopedia)Shore, Jane, or Elizabeth Shore, d. 1527?, mistress of Edward IV of England. The wife of William Shore, a goldsmith, she became c.1470 mistress to Edward IV and exerted a great influence over the king...Browse by Subject
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