edmund spenser

English poet who wrote an allegorical romance celebrating Elizabeth I in the Spenserian stanza (1552-1599) ;

edmund wilson

United States literary critic (1895-1972) ;

edna ferber

United States novelist; author of several popular novels (1887-1968) ;

edna millay

United States poet (1892-1950) ;

edna o'brien

Irish writer (born in 1932) ;

edna saint vincent millay

United States poet (1892-1950) ;

edo

the capital and largest city of Japan; the economic and cultural center of Japan ; a member of a west African people living in the tropical forest region of southern Nigeria ;

edouard lemaitre

Belgian cosmologist who proposed the big-bang theory of the origin of the universe (1894-1966) ;

edouard manet

French painter whose work influenced the impressionists (1832-1883) ;

edouard vuillard

French painter (1868-1940) ;

edp

automatic data processing by electronic means without the use of tabulating cards or punched tapes ;

edronax

an antidepressant drug that blocks the reuptake of norepinephrine ;

eds

a rapid automatic system to detect plastic explosives in passengers' luggage using X-ray technology and computers; designed for use in airports ;

edsel bryant ford

son of Henry Ford (1893-1943) ;

eduard buchner

German organic chemist who studied alcoholic fermentation and discovered zymase (1860-1917) ;

educatee

a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution ;

education

the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university) ; the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was carefully programmed"; "good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded" ; the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior); "a woman of breeding and refinement" ; the gradual process of acquiring knowledge; "education is a preparation for life"; "a girl's education was less important than a boy's" ; knowledge acquired by learning and instruction; "it was clear that he had a very broad education" ; the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979 ;

education department

the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979 ;

education secretary

the position of the head of the Education Department; "the post of Education Secretary was created in 1979" ; the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Education; "Carter appointed Shirley Hufstedler as the first Secretary of Education" ;

educational activity

the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was carefully programmed"; "good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded" ;

educational institution

an institution dedicated to education ;

educational program

a program for providing education ;

educationalist

a specialist in the theory of education ;

educationist

a specialist in the theory of education ;

educator

someone who educates young people ;

edutainment

entertainment that is intended to be educational ;

edvard grieg

Norwegian composer whose work was often inspired by Norwegian folk music (1843-1907) ;

edvard hagerup grieg

Norwegian composer whose work was often inspired by Norwegian folk music (1843-1907) ;

edvard munch

Norwegian painter (1863-1944) ;

edward

son of Edward III who defeated the French at Crecy and Poitiers in the Hundred Years' War (1330-1376) ; third son of Elizabeth II (born in 1964) ; King of England from 1272 to 1307; conquered Wales (1239-1307) ; King of England from 1307 to 1327 and son of Edward I; was defeated at Bannockburn by the Scots led by Robert the Bruce; was deposed and died in prison (1284-1327) ; son of Edward II and King of England from 1327-1377; his claim to the French throne provoked the Hundred Years' War; his reign was marked by an epidemic of the Black Plague and by the emergence of the House of Commons as the powerful arm of British Parliament (1312-1377) ; King of England from 1461 to 1470 and from 1471 to 1483; was dethroned in 1470 but regained the throne in 1471 by his victory at the battle of Tewkesbury (1442-1483) ; 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) ; King of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553; son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour; died of tuberculosis (1537-1553) ; King of England from 1901 to 1910; son of Victoria and Prince Albert; famous for his elegant sporting ways (1841-1910) ; King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972) ;

edward albee

United States dramatist (1928-) ;

edward antony richard louis

third son of Elizabeth II (born in 1964) ;

edward appleton

English physicist remembered for his studies of the ionosphere (1892-1966) ;

edward benjamin britten

major English composer of the 20th century; noted for his operas (1913-1976) ;

edward bouverie pusey

English theologian who (with John Henry Newman and John Keble) founded the Oxford movement (1800-1882) ;

edward calvin kendall

United States biochemist who discovered cortisone (1886-1972) ;

edward d. white

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) ;

edward douglas white jr.

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) ;

edward durell stone

United States architect (1902-1978) ;

edward estlin cummings

United States writer noted for his typographically eccentric poetry (1894-1962) ;