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E4

E4

Advertising and media

E4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation. The "E" stands for entertainment and the channe

ESPN

ESPN

Advertising and media

ESPN is an American multinational basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (

Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart

Born: July 24, 1897 Atchison, Kansas Died: c. 1937 American pilot and women's rights activist The American aviator Amelia Earhart rema...

George Eastman

George Eastman

Born: July 12, 1854 Waterville, New York Died: March 14, 1932 Rochester, New York American inventor, industrialist, and businessman ...

EasyJet

EasyJet

Auto and Transport

EasyJet plc, styled as easyJet, is a British low-cost airline group headquartered at London Luton Airport. It operates domestic and international scheduled services on over 1,

Just Eat

Just Eat

Consumer goods

Just Eat is an online food order and delivery platform. It was founded in 2001 in Kolding, Denmark, as a food delivery company, and later headquartered in London, United Kingd

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Shirin Ebadi

Human-rights activist Born in 1947, in Hamadan, Iran; daughter of Mino Ebadi; married to Javad Tavassolian (an electrical engineer); children: two daughters. Educa...

Shirin Ebadi

Shirin Ebadi

1947 • Hamadan, Iran Lawyer, human rights activist Before October of 2003, most people outside of Iran—and many people inside that coun...

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Richard Eberhart

Born Richard Ghormley Eberhart, April 5, 1904, in Austin, MN; died after a brief illness, June 9, 2005, in Hanover, NH. Poet and educator. The works of Richard Eberhart brought him fame an...

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Christine Ebersole

Actress Born February 21, 1953, in Chicago, IL; daughter of Robert (an engineer) and Marian (a psychiatric social worker) Ebersole; married Peter Bergman (an actor), 1976 (d...

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Buddy Ebsen

Born Christian Rudolph Ebsen, April 2, 1908, in Belleville, IL; died of pneumonia, July 6, 2003, in Torrance, CA. Actor and dancer. Buddy Ebsen's career spanned more than 60 years, encompa...

The Echo

The Echo

Advertising and media

The Echo, formerly known as the Evening Echo, is an Irish morning newspaper based in Cork. It is distributed throughout the province of Munster, although it is primarily read in its base city of Cork.

Liverpool Echo

Liverpool Echo

Advertising and media

Liverpool Echo is a newspaper published by Trinity Mirror North West & North Wales – a subsidiary company of Reach plc and is based in St Paul's Square, Liverpool, M

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Marc Ecko

Fashion designer and business executive Born Marc Milecofsky, in 1972, in New Jersey; married Allison; children: one daughter. Education: Attended Ru...

Capital Economics

Capital Economics

Economy

Capital Economics is an independent economic research consultancy based in London. The company produces written pieces of economic research as well as offering consultancy services, seminars, con

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Gerald M. Edelman

American neuroscientist, professor, and author Gerald M. Edelman (born 1929) won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1972 at the age of 43. He went on to achieve equal pro...

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Gertrude Ederle

Born Gertrude Caroline Ederle, October 23, 1905, in New York, NY; died November 30, 2003, in Wyckoff, NJ. Record-setting swimmer. In 1926, American Gertrude Ederle became the first woman t...

The University of Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh

Science and education

The University of Edinburgh (Scots: University o Edinburgh, Scottish Gaelic: Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; abbreviated as Edin. in post-nominals) is a&nb

Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison

Born: February 11, 1847 Milan, Ohio Died: October 18, 1931 West Orange, New Jersey American inventor The American inv...

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Althea Maria Brown Edmiston

Althea Maria Brown Edmiston (1874–1937) was an African-American missionary who spent more than 30 years serving a Presbyterian mission in the Belgian Congo in Africa in the early p...

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