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Lowe, Edmund

actorBirthplace: San Jose, Calif.Born: 1892Died: 1971

Edmund Muskie

Name at birth: Edmund Sixtus MuskieA former governor of Maine, Edmund Muskie was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1958 and served until 1980. Edmund Muskie grew up in Maine, graduated from Bates College…

Edmund Burke

The Question: I am looking for the person who said, "All that is needed for evil to thrive is for good people to do nothing." I have searched Bartlett's…

Edmund Fitzgerald

Edmund Fitzgerald of Wisconsin wasn’t as famous as his name became, thanks to the 1975 sinking of a ship named after him. The tragedy inspired a 1976 hit song by Gordon Lightfoot, the ballad, “The…

Edmund Germer

Edmund GermerBorn: 1901Birthplace: Berlin, Germany High-pressure mercury vapor lamp; fluorescent light—The incandescent lamp is rather inefficient, converting only about 6% of its energy…

Mortimer, Sir Edmund de

(Encyclopedia) Mortimer, Sir Edmund de, 1376–1409, English nobleman; youngest son of Edmund de Mortimer, 3d earl of March. In 1398 when young Edmund, the 5th earl, nephew of Sir Edmund, succeeded to…

feud

(Encyclopedia) feud, formalized private warfare, especially between family groups. The blood feud (see vendetta) is characteristic of those societies in which a strong central government either has…

Beaufort, Edmund

(Encyclopedia) Beaufort, Edmund: see Somerset, Edmund Beaufort, 2d duke of.