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James Eric Drummond Perth, 16th earl of
James Eric Drummond Perth, 16th earl of 1876-1951, British diplomat. He was the first secretary-general of the League of Nations (1919-33) and ambassador to Rome (1933-39) and served (1939-40) as chief adviser on foreign publicity with the ministry of information. He succeeded to his earldom in 193...
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Eric Ambler
Eric Ambler 1909-98, English novelist. An advertising executive, he turned exclusively to writing after his realistic and innovative suspense novels became popular. Ambler has often been called the first thriller writer whose work succeeded as literature. His heroes are usually ordinary men who bec...
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Sweyn
Sweyn , c.960-1014, king of Denmark (986-1014), son of Harold Bluetooth. Although baptized, he reverted to paganism and rebelled against his father, who was killed in battle. Sweyn was expelled shortly after his accession by the Swedish king Eric the Victorious, but his subsequent marriage to Eric's...
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Edred
Edred or Eadred , d. 955, king of the English (946-55), son of Edward the Elder. He succeeded his brother Edmund and was faced with invasions of Danish Northumbria by Norsemen from Ireland and by Eric Bloodaxe of Norway. Edred finally reestablished control over Northumbria in 954, thus bringing ...
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Harold I
Harold I or Harold Fairhair, Norse Harald Haarfager, c.850-c.933, first king of Norway, son of Halfdan the Black, king of Vestfold (SE Norway). After succeeding his father, Harold initiated a series of battles against the other petty kings, climaxed by a great victory at Hafrs Fjord (872) tha...
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Norman Eric Kirk
Norman Eric Kirk 1923-74, New Zealand political leader. A Labour party member, he rose in New Zealand politics, entering Parliament in 1957, and becoming vice president (1963) and then president (1964) of the Labor party. In the Nov., 1972, elections Kirk's party gained a parliamentary majority and...
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Eric Rowland Gill
Eric Rowland Gill 1882-1940, English sculptor, wood engraver, typographer, and writer. His sculpture includes Stations of the Cross (Westminster Cathedral, London); Prospero and Ariel (Broadcasting House, London); and the war memorial at the Univ. of Leeds. Gill illustrated many books for the G...
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Eric Honeybrook Partridge
Eric Honeybrook Partridge 1894-1979, British lexicographer; b. New Zealand. He studied in Australia and at Oxford, taught briefly in England, and founded a small publishing company. For 50 years he devoted himself to the study of English and its correct usage, compiling 16 lexicons on such subjects...
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Vasa
Vasa , Pol. Waza, royal dynasty of Sweden (1523-1654) and Poland (1587-1668). Gustavus I , founder of the dynasty in Sweden, was succeeded by his sons Eric XIV (reigned 1560-68) and John III (reigned 1568-92). John III married the sister of Sigismund II of Poland, and their son was elected (158...
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Eric the Red
Eric the Red fl. 10th cent., Norse chieftain, discoverer and colonizer of Greenland. He left (c.950) Norway with his exiled father and settled in Iceland. A feud resulting in manslaughter led to his banishment (c.981) from Iceland for three years. He sailed c.982 to seek land reputed to lie W of Ic...
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