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Edmund Ironside

(Encyclopedia)Edmund Ironside, d. 1016, king of the English (1016), son of Æthelred the Unready. Contrary to the wishes of his father, he married (1015) the widow of Siferth, a Danish thane, and was accepted as ru...

Dulac, Edmund

(Encyclopedia)Dulac, Edmund dyo͞olăkˈ [key], 1882–1953, French illustrator of English books. He is known for his imaginative, colorful illustrations of the Arabian Nights (1907), Shakespeare's Tempest (1908), ...

Calamy, Edmund

(Encyclopedia)Calamy, Edmund kălˈəmē [key], 1600–1666, English Presbyterian preacher. In 1636 his opposition to the observance of certain church ceremonies forced his withdrawal as lecturer at Bury St. Edmund...

Edmund Crouchback

(Encyclopedia)Edmund Crouchback: see Lancaster, house of. ...

Ruffin, Edmund

(Encyclopedia)Ruffin, Edmund rŭfˈĭn [key], 1794–1865, American agriculturist, one of the Southern fire-eaters, b. Prince George co., Va. His interest in improving impoverished land led him to become a pioneer ...

Husserl, Edmund

(Encyclopedia)Husserl, Edmund ĕtˈmo͝ont ho͝osˈərl [key], 1859–1938, German philosopher, founder of the phenomenological movement (see phenomenology). He was professor at Göttingen and Freiburg and was grea...

Kirby-Smith, Edmund

(Encyclopedia)Kirby-Smith, Edmund: see Smith, Edmund Kirby. ...

Prothero, Rowland Edmund

(Encyclopedia)Prothero, Rowland Edmund: see Ernle, Rowland Edmund Prothero, 1st Baron. ...

Gunter, Edmund

(Encyclopedia)Gunter, Edmund, 1581–1626, English mathematician and astronomer, educated at Westminster School, London, and Christ Church, Oxford. He invented (1618) a small portable quadrant and discovered (1622)...

Randolph, Edmund

(Encyclopedia)Randolph, Edmund, 1753–1813, American statesman, b. Williamsburg, Va.; nephew of Peyton Randolph. He studied law under his father, John Randolph, a Loyalist who went to England at the outbreak of th...