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21 matches to Edmund
Annual Register. 1759-. English political record. Burke.
Burke, Edmund. 1729-97. English conservative writer, traditionalist political philosopher. Advocated emancipation of American colonies. Founded Annual Register 1758. Reflections on Revolution in France 1790.
Campion, Edmund. 1540-81. English Jesuit martyr. Denounced Anglican church.
Cartwright, Edmund. 1743-1823. Power loom 1785.
Edmund, St. -870. King of Anglia. Martyred. Remains moved to Bury St. Edmunds 903.
Edmund, St. c1175-1240. Archbishop of Canterbury, 1233-. Won reforms from Henry III.
Edmund I. 921-46. King of England 939-. Recaptured north England from Norse. Monastic revival.
Edmund II Ironside. c993-1016. English King 1016. Defeated by Canute 1016, kept Wessex.
Edmunds Law. 1882. US bans polygamy.
Halley, Edmund. 1656-1742. English astronomer who explained comets 1705. First meteorological chart 1686.
Hillary, Sir Edmund. 1919-2008. New Zealand, first to climb Mt. Everest, 1953, with Tenzig Norgay.
Husserl, Edmund. 1859-1938. German philosopher. Phenomenology.
Kean, Edmund. 1789-1833. English Shakespearean actor.
Malone, Edmund. 1741-1812. English Shakespearean scholar. Exposed W Ireland.
Mortimer. English royal family. Edmund’s royal marriage 14C led to 15C Yorkist claims vs Henry IV. Edward IV.
Phenomenology. Philosophy. Analysis of phenomena without preconceptions by conscious mind. Husserl.
Pole, Edmund de la. 1472-1513. Yorkist claimant to British throne. Beheaded.
Smith, Edmund. 1824-93. Last Confederate general to surrender 1865.
Spenser, Edmund. 1552-99. English poet: Faerie Queen 1590. “The poet’s poet”.
Tenzig Norgay. c1914-86. Sherpa. Climbed Everest with Hillary, 1953.
Wilson, Edmund. 1895-1972. US essayist, critic. Triple Thinkers 1938. Wound and the Bow 1941.