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Edward H. Sargent
Edward H. (Ted) Sargent is a scientist at Northwestern University working on colloidal quantum dots, perovskite solar cells, and CO2 electroreduction, after a long career at the University of Toronto.
Edward H. Simpson
Edward H. Simpson (1922–2019) was a British statistician and civil servant who gave his name to Simpson's index of diversity and Simpson's paradox, then worked in the UK Civil Service until 1982.
Edward H. Spicer
Edward H. Spicer was an American anthropologist at the University of Arizona whose Cycles of Conquest (1962) synthesized four centuries of conquest in the greater Southwest.
Edward H. Sussenguth
Edward H. Sussenguth was an American computer scientist and IBM researcher, a Harvard-trained National Academy of Engineering member who won the 1989 IEEE Simon Ramo Medal.
Edward H. Wagner
Edward H. Wagner is an American physician and health services researcher, emeritus professor at the University of Washington, best known for developing the Chronic Care Model for chronic illness care.
Edward Hamilton (veterinarian)
Edward (Eddie) Hamilton, DVM, is an American veterinarian and life-science investor who co-founded SAB Biotherapeutics of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and served as its executive chairman until its 2021 Nasdaq listing.
Edward Hardwicke
Edward Cedric Hardwicke (1932-2011), English actor, son of Sir Cedric Hardwicke; played Dr Watson opposite Jeremy Brett in Granada's Sherlock Holmes (1986-1994) and Captain Pat Grant in Colditz.
Edward Hayes Plumptre
Edward Hayes Plumptre (1821–1891) was an English Anglican theologian, biblical scholar, and hymn writer who taught at King's College London, served as Dean of Wells, and helped revise the Bible.
Edward Heath
Edward Heath (1916-2005), 'Ted' Heath, British Conservative Prime Minister 1970-74 who led the UK into the European Economic Community, signed the 1972 Treaty of Accession, and fell in the February 1974 'Who governs Britain?' election after the three-day week.
Edward Heffron
Edward James "Babe" Heffron (1923-2013) was a World War II paratrooper of Easy Company, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne, who fought at Market Garden and Bastogne, co-wrote Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends, and was portrayed in HBO's Band of Brothers by Robin Laing.
Edward Herbert (American biochemist)
Edward Herbert (1926–1987) was an American molecular biologist who discovered proopiomelanocortin, the precursor of ACTH and beta-endorphin, and founded the Vollum Institute in Portland, Oregon.
Edward Herrmann
Edward Herrmann (Edward Kirk Herrmann, 1943-2014), American stage, film, and television actor; Tony winner for Mrs. Warren's Profession, Emmy winner for The Practice, FDR in Eleanor and Franklin and Annie, and Richard Gilmore on Gilmore Girls.
Edward Hibbert
Edward Hibbert (born 1955) is an American-born English actor and literary agent, best known as food critic Gil Chesterton on Frasier (1994-2004, 29 episodes) and the 2024 revival, and an agent at Donadio & Olsen.
Edward Hicks
Edward Hicks (1780–1849) was an American Quaker minister and self-taught folk painter of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, known for his many Peaceable Kingdom paintings, which were rediscovered in the 1930s.
Edward Hinds
Edward Hinds is a British physicist, Fellow of the Royal Society, who pioneered ultracold-atom physics, made the first Casimir–Polder force measurement, and directed Imperial College London's Centre for Cold Matter.
Edward Hitchcock
Edward Hitchcock (1793–1864) was an American geologist, paleontologist, and Congregational clergyman who served as third president of Amherst College and pioneered the study of fossil footprints.
Edward Hoover
Edward A. Hoover (1942–2023) was an American veterinarian and virologist at Colorado State University who developed the first successful feline leukemia virus vaccine and led chronic wasting disease research.
Edward Hopper
Edward Hopper (1882–1967), American realist painter and printmaker of urban solitude and New England light; Nighthawks (1942), Early Sunday Morning (1930), House by the Railroad, first MoMA acquisition.
Edward Hore
Edward Hore (born 17 November 1849, Knightsbridge) was a British yachtsman of the Royal London Yacht Club who won 1900 Paris Olympic gold in the 3-10 ton class aboard Bona Fide and bronze in the 10-20 ton class aboard his yacht Laurea.
Edward I of England
Edward I of England, Longshanks or Hammer of the Scots (1239–1307), reigned 1272–1307: conquered Wales, reformed law, developed Parliament, expelled the Jews in 1290, and warred in Scotland.
Edward I. Altman
Edward I. Altman is an American financial economist at NYU Stern best known as the creator of the Altman Z-score, a bankruptcy-prediction model published in 1968.
Edward I. Ginns
Edward I. Ginns is an American neurologist who directs the Lysosomal Storage Disorders Treatment and Research Center at UMass Chan Medical School, known for Gaucher disease research.
Edward I. Moses
Edward I. Moses is an American laser plasma physicist who built and directed the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore, winning the 2009 Edward Teller Medal.
Edward I. Solomon
Edward I. Solomon is an American inorganic chemist, the Monroe E. Spaght Professor Emeritus at Stanford, known for spectroscopic studies of metal active sites in enzymes and catalysts.
Edward II (1991 film)
Edward II (1991) is Derek Jarman's modern-dress film adaptation of Christopher Marlowe's play, starring Steven Waddington, Andrew Tiernan, and Tilda Swinton; a New Queer Cinema landmark that won the Teddy Award at Berlin and changed the play's ending.
Edward II of England
Edward II (Edward of Caernarfon, 1284–1327), King of England 1307–1327, fourth son of Edward I; deposed by Isabella of France and Roger Mortimer, murdered at Berkeley Castle; known for Gaveston, the Ordinances of 1311, and defeat at Bannockburn.
Edward III of England
Edward III (Edward of Windsor, 1312–1377), king of England 1327–1377: initiated the Hundred Years' War in 1337, won Sluys, Crécy, and Poitiers, founded the Order of the Garter, and presided over plague-era parliamentary England.
Edward Irving
Edward Irving (1792–1834) was a celebrated Scottish preacher whose London ministry drew huge crowds until his 1832 deposition for unorthodox views of Christ's human nature, a forerunner of the Catholic Apostolic Church.
Edward IV of England
Edward IV (1442–1483), first Yorkist king of England, reigned 1461–70 and 1471–83. Won the throne at Towton, married Elizabeth Woodville, was briefly deposed by Warwick, restored in 1471, and rebuilt royal finances.
Edward J. Barlow
Edward J. Barlow (1920–2010) was an American electrical engineer elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1968, who led air-defense studies at RAND and Titan rocket development at the Aerospace Corporation.