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Edinburgh International Book Festival
The Edinburgh International Book Festival is a literary festival held each August in Edinburgh, Scotland. Founded in 1983, it hosts writers and readers through talks and debates.
Edinburgh International Festival
Edinburgh International Festival (EIF), founded 1947 by Rudolf Bing, is Edinburgh's curated August festival of music, opera, theatre and dance, distinct from the open-access Fringe; directed since 2022 by Nicola Benedetti.
Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival
The Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival is an annual ten-day jazz and blues festival held in Edinburgh each July, founded in 1978 by Mike Hart.
Edinburgh Napier University
Edinburgh Napier University, formerly Napier Technical College (1964) and Napier University (1992), is a public university in Edinburgh, Scotland, named after mathematician John Napier; over 20,000 students, three campuses, top Scottish modern university in THE rankings 2027.
Edinburgh of the Seven Seas
Edinburgh of the Seven Seas, known locally as the Settlement, is the capital and only village on Tristan da Cunha, generally regarded as the world's most remote settlement.
Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale
The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) is a 10-item self-report questionnaire screening for depression during pregnancy and postnatally, the most widely used such screening tool.
Edinburgh Review
The Edinburgh Review was a British quarterly review of books, politics, and ideas, published in Edinburgh from 1802 to 1929 and the leading organ of Whig opinion.
Edinburgh Trams
Edinburgh Trams, also known as the Edinburgh tramway, is the tram system serving Edinburgh, Scotland, running from Edinburgh Airport through the city center to Leith and Newhaven.
Edinburgh Vaults
Edinburgh Vaults, also called the South Bridge Vaults, are about 120 stone chambers built into the 1788 South Bridge arches, used for storage, then slum housing, sealed by the mid-1800s, rediscovered in the 1980s, and now visited by guided tour only.
Edinburgh Waverley railway station
Edinburgh Waverley railway station, also known as Waverley station, is the principal national railway station of Edinburgh, Scotland, with 23 million passenger journeys in 2024-25.
Edinburgh Zoo
Edinburgh Zoo, Royal Zoological Society of Scotland zoological park on Corstorphine Hill, Edinburgh; opened 22 July 1913 by Thomas Gillespie; 82 acres, over 2,500 animals; housed UK's only giant pandas 2011-2023; WildGenes genetics lab.
Edinger–Westphal nucleus
The Edinger–Westphal nucleus (E-W nucleus), described by Edinger in 1885 and Westphal in 1887, is a midbrain cell group whose preganglionic neurons control pupil constriction and lens accommodation.
Edinho (footballer, born 1970)
Edinho, Edson Cholbi do Nascimento (born 1970, Santos), son of Pelé, Brazilian goalkeeper for Santos and Ponte Preta, later coach, convicted in 2014 of money laundering and drug-trafficking association.
Edinson Cavani
Edinson Cavani (El Matador), Uruguayan striker born 1987 in Salto; Napoli, PSG (record 200 goals, six Ligue 1 titles), Manchester United, Valencia, Boca Juniors; Uruguay's second-highest scorer with 58 goals in 136 caps, 2011 Copa América winner.
Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima (エディオンピースウイング広島)
Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima (エディオンピースウイング広島, E-Peace) is a 28,520-seat soccer stadium in Hiroshima, opened February 1, 2024 as Sanfrecce Hiroshima's J1 home ground, EDION naming rights through January 2034.
Edip Cansever
Edip Cansever (Ömer Edip Cansever, 1928–1986) was a Turkish poet of the İkinci Yeni movement known for dramatic poems with named characters, such as Ben Ruhi Bey Nasılım.
Ediriweera Sarachchandra
Ediriweera Sarachchandra, born Eustace Reginold de Silva, was a Sri Lankan playwright and university teacher who created modern Sinhala theater, best known for his 1956 play Maname.
Edirne
Edirne (Adrianople), city in Turkish Thrace; Ottoman capital 1361-1453; home of the Selimiye Mosque (1568-1575, Sinan's masterpiece, UNESCO site since 2011) and the Kırkpınar wrestling festival.
Edison (energy company)
Edison S.p.A. is an Italian energy company headquartered in Milan, founded in 1884 and controlled by the French utility EDF since 2012, with leading positions in Italian electricity and gas.
EDISON (EV project)
EDISON was a Danish research project, running from 2009 to 2011, that developed smart-charging and vehicle-to-grid technology for electric vehicles and demonstrated it on the island of Bornholm.
Edison Chen
Edison Chen (陳冠希, born 1980, Vancouver) is a Canadian-Hong Kong singer, actor, and fashion designer who debuted with Emperor Entertainment Group in 2000, starred in Infernal Affairs, and co-founded the Hong Kong streetwear brand CLOT and the Juice stores with Kevin Poon.
Edison Chen photo scandal
Edison Chen photo scandal (陳冠希裸照事件, Sexy Photos Gate), January 2008 Hong Kong privacy breach: intimate photos of actor Edison Chen with female celebrities leaked from his computer, triggering arrests, his showbiz exit, and privacy-law debates.
Edison cylinder phonograph
The Edison cylinder phonograph is a family of sound-recording machines introduced by Thomas Edison in 1877 and made until 1929, recording sound as vertical grooves on wax and celluloid cylinders.
Edison Disc Record
The Edison Disc Record, sold as the Edison Diamond Disc, is an audio disc record made by Thomas A. Edison, Inc. from 1911 to 1929, played only on Edison phonographs.
Edison Electric Institute
The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) is the trade association representing all U.S. investor-owned electric companies, whose members serve nearly 250 million Americans. Founded in 1933, it is headquartered in Washington, D.C.
Edison International
Edison International is a California-based holding company whose principal subsidiary, Southern California Edison, serves about 5.28 million electric customers across central, coastal, and southern California.
Edison Lighthouse
Edison Lighthouse, British pop act built by songwriters Tony Macaulay and Barry Mason around session singer Tony Burrows; their 1970 hit "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" topped the UK chart for five weeks and reached the US Top 5.
Edison Motors
Edison Motors Ltd. is a privately owned Canadian clean technology company in Donald, British Columbia, founded in 2021 by loggers Chace Barber and Eric Little to build diesel-electric hybrid trucks.
Edison Partners
Edison Partners is a growth-equity venture capital firm headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey, that makes minority and control investments in fintech, healthcare IT, and vertical SaaS and AI companies.
Edison Records
Edison Records was the record label of Thomas Edison's phonograph companies, which made cylinder records from the late 1880s and Diamond Disc records from 1912 until recording ceased in 1929.