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Terence Francis (Terry) Eagleton: compared with the best of them on July 11, though I leave you to deconstruct that phrase and assets its merits for yourself. Lancs Uni website here
Umberto Eco (born January 5, 1932, Alessandria, Italy;died February 19 2016): confirming that “ecology” is not “the study of the works of Umberto Eco”, though it may include the naming of roses, on Sept 18. His website here
David Edgar: the heir of Brecht on May 10, and also mentioned re John Lewis on May 16; bio here
Thomas Egerton: publishing “By A Lady” on Oct 30; the full tale, at her museum, here
Johann Gottfried Eichhorn (1752-1827) green traffic-lighted on Oct 10
Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969): planned the Bay of Pigs on Nov 13
Paulus von Eitzen (1521-1598): Lutheran bishop of Schleswig, got sneezed on by the plague on March 12
Lieutenant William Ekenhead of the HMS Salsette, accompanied Byron across the Hellespont on May 3; map and route here; drowning in captaincy as the end of his sad tale, here
Elijah bar Aaron Judah Baal Shem (no Tov) of Chelm (circa 1520-1583): confusing the reader on March 11 by Banville incorrectly giving him the same sobriquet as the “Besht” (Ba’al Shem Tov – “Master of the Good Name” though shouldn’t that acronym be translated too: how about “the besht of the besht”, with the Chelmische Rebbe still good, but not quite in Israel ben Eliezer’s league?); and as to who he was, Elijah bar Aaron Judah: born circa 1700 in western Ukraine - might be interesting to contrast two websites, this, because they regard him as their founder, and this, which simply encyclopedias him as one more piece of history. He gets his mention on Oct 10
Michael Elkins: authored "Forged In Fury" on August 3. His obituary from "The Guardian" here
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (born April 29 1899; died May 24 1974): gets his trumpet blown by Joni Mitchell on Jan 5
Keith Emerson, Greg Lake and Carl Palmer: ruining Mussorgsky on June 2; their own website here - and a shame really, because they were really rather good and I was a big fan back in my teens
Robert Emmet (born March 4 1778; executed by hanging on September 20 1803): led the struggle for independence from Britain on April 24 and the Eirish page
Erasistratus of Ceos (lived circa 250 BCE): understood blood circulation but couldn’t prove it, which is why he is on Nov 14, but not on Jan 1 or the Scientific Achievements list
Levi Shkolnik in Kiev, Levi Eshkol in Israel: Israel’s third Prime Minister (after David Ben Gurion and Moshe Sharett) on May 3 - try here (interesting website in itself!]
Euclid of Alexandria (325-265 BCE): decidedly minor in Ohio on Jan 2; stuck on amber on Aug 5
Edgar “Taff” Evans, Petty officer, 2nd class, R.N (1876-1912): took part in Scott's 1901-1904 Discovery Expedition on March 17, where he was particularly relied on for the sledging operations (that’s sledging in the snow-travellers’ usage, not the Australian cricket-cheaters’). Bio here. This goes with “Little Bowers” on Jan 17 (I am not including him on the Pseudonyms page because I disparage that nickname and will not repeat it)
Jane Eyre: unsuitable for Casanova on April 2
Hans Eysenck (1916-1977): referenced, rather than actually theorising personality, on Nov 22 – bio here
Gaspar de Ezpeleta: June 27
Ezra (Azar-Yahu) ben Sera-Yahu: referenced on March 5; fully historicised, translated and commentaried in “The Book of the Return from Exile” section of The BibleNet; Ezra 7:1-6 will give you his entire family tree
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