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9995 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EastEnders | EastEnders | EastEnders is a British soap opera created by Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since 1985. Set in Albert Square in the East End of London in the fictional borough of Walford, the programme follows the stories of local residents and their families as they go about their daily lives. Initi... |
9996 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embroidery | Embroidery | Embroidery is the craft of decorating fabric or other materials using a needle to apply thread or yarn. Embroidery may also incorporate other materials such as pearls, beads, quills, and sequins. In modern days, embroidery is usually seen on caps, hats, coats, overlays, blankets, dress shirts, denim, dresses, stockings... |
9997 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20Mitchell%20Bannister | Edward Mitchell Bannister | Edward Mitchell Bannister (November 2, 1828 – January 9, 1901) was an oil painter of the American Barbizon school. Born in Canada, he spent his adult life in New England in the United States. There, along with his wife Christiana Carteaux Bannister, he was a prominent member of African-American cultural and political c... |
10000 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel | Eiffel | Eiffel may refer to:
Places
Eiffel Peak, a summit in Alberta, Canada
Champ de Mars – Tour Eiffel station, Paris, France; a transit station
Structures
Eiffel Tower, in Paris, France, designed by Gustave Eiffel
Eiffel Bridge, Ungheni, Moldova, designed by Gustave Eiffel
Eiffel Bridge, Láchar, Spain, built by the s... |
10002 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil%20Kraepelin | Emil Kraepelin | Emil Wilhelm Georg Magnus Kraepelin (; ; 15 February 1856 – 7 October 1926) was a German psychiatrist.
H. J. Eysenck's Encyclopedia of Psychology identifies him as the founder of modern scientific psychiatry, psychopharmacology and psychiatric genetics.
Kraepelin believed the chief origin of psychiatric disease to be... |
10003 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evoluon | Evoluon | The Evoluon is a conference centre and former science museum erected by the electronics and electrical company Philips at Eindhoven in the Netherlands in 1966. Since its construction, it has become a landmark and a symbol for the city.
The building is unique due to its very futuristic design, resembling a landed flyin... |
10004 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational%20essentialism | Educational essentialism | Educational essentialism is an educational philosophy whose adherents believe that children should learn the traditional basic subjects thoroughly. In this philosophical school of thought, the aim is to instill students with the "essentials" of academic knowledge, enacting a back-to-basics approach. Essentialism ensure... |
10005 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive%20education | Progressive education | Progressive education is a pedagogical movement that began in the late nineteenth century and has persisted in various forms to the present. In Europe, progressive education took the form of the New Education Movement. The term progressive was engaged to distinguish this education from the traditional curricula of the ... |
10006 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic%20musical%20instrument | Electronic musical instrument | An electronic musical instrument or electrophone is a musical instrument that produces sound using electronic circuitry. Such an instrument sounds by outputting an electrical, electronic or digital audio signal that ultimately is plugged into a power amplifier which drives a loudspeaker, creating the sound heard by the... |
10008 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrode | Electrode | An electrode is an electrical conductor used to make contact with a nonmetallic part of a circuit (e.g. a semiconductor, an electrolyte, a vacuum or air). Electrodes are essential parts of batteries that can consist of a variety of materials depending on the type of battery.
The electrophore, invented by Johan Wilcke,... |
10011 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistolary%20novel | Epistolary novel | An epistolary novel is a novel written as a series of documents. The usual form is letters, although diary entries, newspaper clippings and other documents are sometimes used, as are electronic documents such as recordings and radio, blogs, and e-mails. The word epistolary is derived from Latin from the Greek word ἐπισ... |
10013 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evidence-based%20medicine | Evidence-based medicine | Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is "the conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients." The aim of EBM is to integrate the experience of the clinician, the values of the patient, and the best available scientific information to guide decision-... |
10016 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End%20zone | End zone | The end zone is the scoring area on the field, according to gridiron-based codes of football. It is the area between the end line and goal line bounded by the sidelines. There are two end zones, each being on an opposite side of the field. It is bordered on all sides by a white line indicating its beginning and end po... |
10017 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ettore%20Ximenes | Ettore Ximenes | Ettore Ximenes (11 April 1855, Palermo 20 December 1926, Rome) was an Italian sculptor.
Biography
Son of Antonio Ximenes and Giulia Tolentino, a Sicilian noble woman, Ettore Ximenes initially embarked on literary studies but then took up sculpture and attended the courses at the Palermo Academy of Fine Arts. After 1... |
10018 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsger%20W.%20Dijkstra | Edsger W. Dijkstra | Edsger Wybe Dijkstra ( ; ; 11 May 1930 – 6 August 2002) was a Dutch computer scientist, programmer, software engineer, systems scientist, science essayist, and pioneer in computing science. A theoretical physicist by training, he worked as a programmer at the Mathematisch Centrum (Amsterdam) from 1952 to 1962. A univer... |
10021 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational%20perennialism | Educational perennialism | Educational perennialism also infrequently referred to as Universal Curriculum is a normative educational philosophy. Perennialists believe that one should teach the things that are of everlasting pertinence to all people everywhere, and that the emphasis should be on principles, not facts. Since people are human, one... |
10024 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDMA | MDMA | 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), commonly known as ecstasy (E) or molly, is a psychoactive drug primarily used for recreational purposes. The desired effects include altered sensations, increased energy, empathy, as well as pleasure. When taken by mouth, effects begin in 30 to 45 minutes and last 3 to 6 hours.... |
10025 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag%20of%20Europe | Flag of Europe | The flag of Europe or the European flag is an official symbol used by the Council of Europe (CoE) – the regional organization representing Europe, as well as the European Union (EU), the union of 27 states. It consists of a circle of twelve five-pointed golden stars on a blue field.
The design was conceived in 1955, a... |
10026 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthem%20of%20Europe | Anthem of Europe | "Anthem of Europe" is the anthem used by two organisations, the Council of Europe to represent the whole of Europe, and the European Union. It is based on "Ode to Joy" from the final movement of Beethoven's 9th Symphony composed in 1823. The anthem is played on official occasions such as political or civil events.
His... |
10029 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline%20of%20the%20evolutionary%20history%20of%20life | Timeline of the evolutionary history of life | The timeline of the evolutionary history of life represents the current scientific theory outlining the major events during the development of life on planet Earth. In biology, evolution is any change across successive generations in the heritable characteristics of biological populations. Evolutionary processes give r... |
10030 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund%20Burke | Edmund Burke | Edmund Burke (; 12 January [NS] 1729 – 9 July 1797) was an ethnically Irish British statesman, economist, and philosopher. Born in Dublin, Burke served as a member of parliament (MP) between 1766 and 1794 in the House of Commons of Great Britain with the Whig Party after moving to London in 1750.
Burke was a proponent... |
10033 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early%20music | Early music | Early music generally comprises Medieval music (500–1400) and Renaissance music (1400–1600), but can also include Baroque music (1600–1750). Originating in Europe, early music is a broad musical era for the beginning of Western classical music.
Terminology
Interpretations of historical scope of "early music" vary. The... |
10035 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elfenland | Elfenland | Elfenland is a German-style board game designed by Alan R. Moon and published by Amigo Spiele in German and Rio Grande Games in English in 1998.
It is originally based on his earlier game Elfenroads (published by White Wind), but since Elfenroads took about four hours for a game, the play was simplified to reduce the ... |
10037 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euroscepticism | Euroscepticism | Euroscepticism, also spelled as Euroskepticism or EU-scepticism, means criticism of the European Union (EU) and European integration. It ranges from those who oppose some EU institutions and policies, and seek reform (Eurorealism, Eurocritical, or soft Euroscepticism), to those who oppose EU membership and see the EU a... |
10043 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimator | Estimator | In statistics, an estimator is a rule for calculating an estimate of a given quantity based on observed data: thus the rule (the estimator), the quantity of interest (the estimand) and its result (the estimate) are distinguished. For example, the sample mean is a commonly used estimator of the population mean.
There a... |
10045 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald | Emerald | Emerald is a gemstone and a variety of the mineral beryl (Be3Al2(SiO3)6) colored green by trace amounts of chromium or sometimes vanadium. Beryl has a hardness of 7.5–8 on the Mohs scale. Most emeralds are highly included, so their toughness (resistance to breakage) is classified as generally poor. Emerald is a cyclosi... |
10046 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erie%20Canal | Erie Canal | The Erie Canal is a canal that traverses east–west through upstate New York, eastern United States, as part of the cross-state route of the New York State Canal System (formerly known as the New York State Barge Canal). It was built to create a navigable water route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes Basin, ori... |
10048 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol | Ethanol | Ethanol (also called ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol, drinking alcohol, or simply alcohol) is an organic chemical compound. It is a simple alcohol with the chemical formula C2H6O. Its formula can be also written as −− or (an ethyl group linked to a hydroxyl group), and is often abbreviated as EtOH. Ethanol is a volatile... |
10049 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric%20Clapton | Eric Clapton | Eric Patrick Clapton (born 1945) is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter, widely regarded as one of the most important and influential guitarists of all time. Clapton ranked second in Rolling Stones list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and fourth in Gibsons "Top 50 Guitarists of Al... |
10053 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E2 | E2 | E2, e2, E02, E.II, e or E-2 may refer to:
Biology and medicine
Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme, a protein component of proteasome-mediated protein degradation
E2 regulatory sequence for the insulin gene
Levuglandin E2
Prostaglandin E2, an abortifacient
Prostaglandin E2 receptor, a human gene
E02 : Subclinical iodi... |
10055 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etiology | Etiology | Etiology (pronounced ; alternatively: aetiology or ætiology) is the study of causation or origination. The word is derived from the Greek (aitiología) "giving a reason for" (, aitía, "cause"; and , -logía). More completely, etiology is the study of the causes, origins, or reasons behind the way that things are, or th... |
10065 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empirical%20formula | Empirical formula | In chemistry, the empirical formula of a chemical compound is the simplest whole number ratio of atoms present in a compound. A simple example of this concept is that the empirical formula of sulfur monoxide, or SO, would simply be SO, as is the empirical formula of disulfur dioxide, S2O2. Thus, sulfur monoxide and dis... |
10067 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Episcopal%20polity | Episcopal polity | An episcopal polity is a hierarchical form of church governance ("ecclesiastical polity") in which the chief local authorities are called bishops. (The word "bishop" derives, via the British Latin and Vulgar Latin term *ebiscopus/*biscopus, from the Ancient Greek epískopos meaning "overseer".) It is the structure used... |
10068 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Episcopal | Episcopal | Episcopal may refer to:
Of or relating to a bishop, an overseer in the Christian church
Episcopate, the see of a bishop – a diocese
Episcopal Church (disambiguation), any church with "Episcopal" in its name
Episcopal Church (United States), an affiliate of Anglicanism based in the United States
Episcopal conference, ... |
10070 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East%20Slavic%20languages | East Slavic languages | The East Slavic languages constitute one of the three regional subgroups of Slavic languages. These languages are currently spoken natively throughout Eastern Europe and extend eastwards to Siberia and the Russian Far East; while being also spoken as a lingua franca in many regions of Caucasus and Central Asia. Speaker... |
10071 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth%20Gracen | Elizabeth Gracen | Elizabeth Ward Gracen (born Elizabeth Grace Ward, April 3, 1961) is an American actress and beauty pageant contestant who won the title of Miss America in 1982.
Early life and education
Elizabeth Grace Ward was born on April 3, 1961, in Ozark, Arkansas, the daughter of Patricia Hampe, a nurse, and Jimmy Young Ward, ... |
10073 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epicurus | Epicurus | {{Infobox philosopher
| name = Epicurus
| image = Epikouros BM 1843.jpg
| caption = Roman marble bust of Epicurus
| region = Western philosophy
| birth_date = February 341 BC
| birth_place= Samos, Greece
| death_date = 270 BC (aged about 72)
| death_place= Athens, Greece
| era = Hellenistic philosophy
| school_tra... |
10074 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epitaph | Epitaph | An epitaph (; ) is a short text honoring a deceased person. Strictly speaking, it refers to text that is inscribed on a tombstone or plaque, but it may also be used in a figurative sense. Some epitaphs are specified by the person themselves before their death, while others are chosen by those responsible for the burial... |
10075 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigram | Epigram | An epigram is a brief, interesting, memorable, and sometimes surprising or satirical statement. The word is derived from the Greek "inscription" from "to write on, to inscribe", and the literary device has been employed for over two millennia.
The presence of wit or sarcasm tends to distinguish non-poetic epigrams... |
10076 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El%20Cid | El Cid | Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (c. 1043 – 10 July 1099) was a Castilian knight and warlord in medieval Spain. Fighting with both Christian and Muslim armies during his lifetime, he earned the Arabic honorific al-sīd, which would evolve into El Cid ("the lord"), and the Spanish moniker El Campeador (“the champion”). He was born ... |
10078 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enjambment | Enjambment | In poetry, enjambment ( or ; from the French enjamber) is incomplete syntax at the end of a line; the meaning 'runs over' or 'steps over' from one poetic line to the next. Lines without enjambment are end-stopped. The origin of the word is credited to the French word enjamber, which means 'to straddle or encroach'.
In... |
10080 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20Convention%20on%20Nationality | European Convention on Nationality | The European Convention on Nationality (E.T.S. No. 166) was signed in Strasbourg on 6 November 1997. It is a comprehensive convention of the Council of Europe dealing with the law of nationality. The convention is open for signature by the member States of the Council of Europe and the non-member States which have part... |
10081 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English%20orthography | English orthography | English orthography is the system of writing conventions used to represent spoken English in written form, allowing readers to connect the graphemes to sound and to meaning. It includes English's norms of spelling, hyphenation, capitalization, word breaks, emphasis, and punctuation.
Like the orthography of most world ... |
10083 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86thelred%20the%20Unready | Æthelred the Unready | Æthelred II (Old English: Æþelræd, ; 966 – 23 April 1016), known as the Unready, was King of the English from 978 to 1013 and again from 1014 until his death in 1016. His epithet does not derive from the modern word "unready", but rather from the Old English unræd meaning "poorly advised"; it is a pun on his name, whi... |
10085 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20Elgar | Edward Elgar | Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, (; 2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestral works including the Enigma Variations, the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, conc... |
10086 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20Investment%20Fund | European Investment Fund | The European Investment Fund (EIF), established in 1994, is a financial institution for the provision of finance to SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises), headquartered in Luxembourg. It is part of the European Investment Bank Group.
It does not lend money to SMEs directly; rather it provides finance through priva... |
10087 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20Currency%20Unit | European Currency Unit | The European Currency Unit (, ; , ECU, or XEU) was a unit of account used by the European Economic Community and composed of a basket of member country currencies. The ECU came in to operation on 13 March 1979, and was assigned the ISO 4217 code. The ECU replaced the European Unit of Account (EUA) at parity in 1979, an... |
10088 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern%20Caribbean%20dollar | Eastern Caribbean dollar | The Eastern Caribbean dollar (symbol: EC$; code: XCD) is the currency of all seven full members and one associate member of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). The successor to the British West Indies dollar, it has existed since 1965, and it is normally abbreviated with the dollar sign $ or, alternati... |
10090 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythromycin | Erythromycin | Erythromycin is an antibiotic used for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections. This includes respiratory tract infections, skin infections, chlamydia infections, pelvic inflammatory disease, and syphilis. It may also be used during pregnancy to prevent Group B streptococcal infection in the newborn, as well ... |
10091 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental%20law | Environmental law | Environmental law is a collective term encompassing aspects of the law that provide protection to the environment. A related but distinct set of regulatory regimes, now strongly influenced by environmental legal principles, focus on the management of specific natural resources, such as forests, minerals, or fisheries. ... |
10093 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurostar | Eurostar | Eurostar is an international high-speed rail service connecting the United Kingdom with France, Belgium and the Netherlands. Most Eurostar trains travel through the Channel Tunnel between the United Kingdom and France, owned and operated separately by Getlink.
The London terminus is London St Pancras International; th... |
10100 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox | Equinox | An equinox is traditionally defined as the time when the plane of Earth's equator passes through the geometric center of the Sun's disk. This occurs twice each year, around 20 March and 23 September. In other words, it is the moment at which the center of the visible Sun is directly above the equator.
The word is deri... |
10101 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene%20Wigner | Eugene Wigner | Eugene Paul "E. P." Wigner (, ; November 17, 1902 – January 1, 1995) was a Hungarian theoretical physicist who also contributed to mathematical physics. He obtained American citizenship in 1937, and received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963 "for his contributions to the theory of the atomic nucleus and the elementary... |
10103 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroweak%20interaction | Electroweak interaction | In particle physics, the electroweak interaction or electroweak force is the unified description of two of the four known fundamental interactions of nature: electromagnetism and the weak interaction. Although these two forces appear very different at everyday low energies, the theory models them as two different aspec... |
10104 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elara | Elara | Elara may refer to:
Elara (mythology), mother of the giant Tityos in Greek mythology
Elara (moon), a moon of Jupiter named after Elara
Elara (timeshare), a building on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S
Ellalan, or Eḷāra, a member of the Tamil Chola dynasty and monarch of the Anuradhapura Kingdom
"Elar... |
10105 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erasmus%20Reinhold | Erasmus Reinhold | Erasmus Reinhold (22 October 1511 – 19 February 1553) was a German astronomer and mathematician, considered to be the most influential astronomical pedagogue of his generation. He was born and died in Saalfeld, Saxony.
He was educated, under Jacob Milich, at the University of Wittenberg, where he was first elected dea... |
10106 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake | Earthquake | An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes can range in size from those that are so weak that they cannot be felt to those violent enough to propel object... |
10110 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor%20of%20Japan | Emperor of Japan | The Emperor of Japan is the monarch and the head of the Imperial Family of Japan. Under the Constitution of Japan, he is defined as the symbol of the Japanese state and the unity of the Japanese people, and his position is derived from "the will of the people with whom resides sovereign power". Imperial Household Law g... |
10111 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor | Emperor | An emperor (from , via ) is a monarch, and usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. Empress, the female equivalent, may indicate an emperor's wife (empress consort), mother (empress dowager), or a woman who rules name in her own right (empress regnant). Emperors are generally recogniz... |
10113 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egalitarianism | Egalitarianism | Egalitarianism (), or equalitarianism, is a school of thought within political philosophy that builds from the concept of social equality, prioritizing it for all people. Egalitarian doctrines are generally characterized by the idea that all humans are equal in fundamental worth or moral status. Egalitarianism is the d... |
10115 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expert%20witness | Expert witness | An expert witness, particularly in common law countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia, and the United States, is a person whose opinion by virtue of education, training, certification, skills or experience, is accepted by the judge as an expert. The judge may consider the witness's specialized (scientific, tech... |
10116 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endocytosis | Endocytosis | Endocytosis is a cellular process in which substances are brought into the cell. The material to be internalized is surrounded by an area of cell membrane, which then buds off inside the cell to form a vesicle containing the ingested material. Endocytosis includes pinocytosis (cell drinking) and phagocytosis (cell eati... |
10118 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra%20Abbot | Ezra Abbot | Ezra Abbot (April 28, 1819, Jackson, MaineMarch 21, 1884, Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an American biblical scholar.
Life and writings
Abbot was born at Jackson, Maine, April 28, 1819; son of Ezra and Phebe Abbot. He was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy and graduated from Bowdoin College in 1840. In 1847, at the r... |
10119 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin%20Abbott%20Abbott | Edwin Abbott Abbott | Edwin Abbott Abbott (20 December 1838 – 12 October 1926) was an English schoolmaster, theologian, and Anglican priest, best known as the author of the novella Flatland (1884).
Biography
Edwin Abbott Abbott was the eldest son of Edwin Abbott (1808–1882), headmaster of the Philological School, Marylebone, and his wife... |
10120 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma%20Abbott | Emma Abbott | Emma Abbott (December 9, 1850 – January 5, 1891) was an American operatic soprano and impresario known for her pure, clear voice of great flexibility and volume.
Early life
Emma Abbott was born in 1850 in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of the struggling Chicago musician Seth Abbott and his wife, Almira (née Palmer). ... |
10121 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimetheus%20%28disambiguation%29 | Epimetheus (disambiguation) | Epimetheus was a Titan in Greek mythology.
Epimetheus may also refer to:
Epimetheus (moon), a moon of Saturn
1810 Epimetheus, an asteroid
See also
Epimitheus, a ballet by Russell Ducker premiered by the Barcelona Ballet |
10125 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor%20Sh%C5%8Dmu | Emperor Shōmu | was the 45th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Shōmu's reign spanned the years 724 through 749, during the Nara period.
Traditional narrative
Before his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne, his personal name (imina) is not clearly known, but he was known as Oshi-hiraki Toyosakura-hi... |
10126 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor%20Kanmu | Emperor Kanmu | , or Kammu, was the 50th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Kanmu reigned from 781 to 806, and it was during his reign that Japanese imperial power reached its peak.
Traditional narrative
Kanmu's personal name (imina) was . He was the eldest son of Prince Shirakabe (later known as Emp... |
10128 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth%20I | Elizabeth I | Elizabeth I (7 September 153324 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. Sometimes referred to as the Virgin Queen, Elizabeth was the last of the five monarchs of the House of Tudor.
Elizabeth was the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, his second wife, who was ex... |
10129 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enceladus%20%28disambiguation%29 | Enceladus (disambiguation) | Enceladus is a moon of Saturn.
Enceladus may also refer to:
Gaia Enceladus, the remains of a dwarf galaxy that merged with the Milky Way
Enceladus (giant), one of the Gigantes in Greek mythology
Enceladus, son of Aegyptus, in Greek mythology
USS Enceladus (AK-80), an American cargo ship |
10130 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor%20Jimmu | Emperor Jimmu | was the legendary first emperor of Japan according to the Nihon Shoki and Kojiki. His ascension is traditionally dated as 660 BC. In Japanese mythology, he was a descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu, through her grandson Ninigi, as well as a descendant of the storm god Susanoo. He launched a military expedition from... |
10133 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias%20Boudinot | Elias Boudinot | Elias Boudinot ( ; May 2, 1740 – October 24, 1821) was a lawyer and statesman from Elizabeth, New Jersey who was a delegate to the Continental Congress (more accurately referred to as the Congress of the Confederation) and served as President of Congress from 1782 to 1783. He was elected as a U.S. Congressman for New J... |
10134 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic%20spectrum | Electromagnetic spectrum | The electromagnetic spectrum is the range of frequencies (the spectrum) of electromagnetic radiation and their respective wavelengths and photon energies.
The electromagnetic spectrum covers electromagnetic waves with frequencies ranging from below one hertz to above 1025 hertz, corresponding to wavelengths from thous... |
10136 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expert%20system | Expert system | In artificial intelligence, an expert system is a computer system emulating the decision-making ability of a human expert.
Expert systems are designed to solve complex problems by reasoning through bodies of knowledge, represented mainly as if–then rules rather than through conventional procedural code. The first exper... |
10139 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20de%20Vere%2C%2017th%20Earl%20of%20Oxford | Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford | Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (; 12 April 155024 June 1604) was an English peer and courtier of the Elizabethan era. Oxford was heir to the second oldest earldom in the kingdom, a court favourite for a time, a sought-after patron of the arts, and noted by his contemporaries as a lyric poet and court playwright, b... |
10141 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erinyes | Erinyes | The Erinyes (; sing. Erinys , ; , pl. of , Erinys), also known as the Furies, were female chthonic deities of vengeance in ancient Greek religion and mythology. A formulaic oath in the Iliad invokes them as "the Erinyes, that under earth take vengeance on men, whosoever hath sworn a false oath". Walter Burkert suggests... |
10142 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquess%20of%20Aberdeen%20and%20Temair | Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair | Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, in the County of Aberdeen, in the County of Meath and in the County of Argyll, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 4 January 1916 for John Hamilton-Gordon, 7th Earl of Aberdeen.
Family history
Baronetcy of Haddo
The Gordon family descends from John Gordo... |
10147 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East%20Coast%20Swing | East Coast Swing | East Coast Swing (ECS) is a form of social partner dance. It belongs to the group of swing dances. It is danced under fast swing music, including rock and roll and boogie-woogie.
Yerrington and Outland equated East Coast Swing to the New Yorker in 1961. Originally known as "Eastern Swing" by Arthur Murray Studios, the... |
10148 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst%20Kaltenbrunner | Ernst Kaltenbrunner | Ernst Kaltenbrunner (4 October 190316 October 1946) was a high-ranking Austrian SS official during the Nazi era and a major perpetrator of the Holocaust. After the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in 1942, and a brief period under Heinrich Himmler, Kaltenbrunner was the third Chief of the Reich Security Main Office (... |
10150 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engelbert%20Dollfuss | Engelbert Dollfuss | Engelbert Dollfuss (, ; 4 October 1892 – 25 July 1934) was an Austrian politician who served as Chancellor of Austria between 1932 and 1934. Having served as Minister for Forests and Agriculture, he ascended to Federal Chancellor in 1932 in the midst of a crisis for the conservative government. In early 1933, he dissol... |
10151 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.%20T.%20A.%20Hoffmann | E. T. A. Hoffmann | Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (commonly abbreviated as E. T. A. Hoffmann; born Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann; 24 January 177625 June 1822) was a German Romantic author of fantasy and Gothic horror, a jurist, composer, music critic and artist. His stories form the basis of Jacques Offenbach's opera The Tales of Hoffma... |
10152 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erasmus | Erasmus | Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (; English: Erasmus of Rotterdam or Erasmus; 28 October 1466 – 12 July 1536) was a Dutch philosopher and Catholic theologian who is considered one of the greatest scholars of the northern Renaissance. As a Catholic priest, he was an important figure in classical scholarship who wrote in a... |
10153 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopedia%20Brown | Encyclopedia Brown | Encyclopedia Brown is a series of books featuring the adventures of boy detective Leroy Brown, nicknamed "Encyclopedia" for his intelligence and range of knowledge. The series of 29 children's novels was written (one co-written) by Donald J. Sobol, with the first book published in 1963 and the last published posthumou... |
10158 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire | Empire | An empire is a "political unit" made up of several territories and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant center and subordinate peripheries". Narrowly defined, an empire is a sovereign state called an empire and whose head of state is an emperor (an example being the Roman Empire); but n... |
10160 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final%20Solution | Final Solution | The Final Solution (, ) or the Final Solution to the Jewish Question (, ) was a Nazi plan for the genocide of Jews during World War II. The "Final Solution to the Jewish question" was the official code name for the murder of all Jews within reach, which was not restricted to the European continent. This policy of delib... |
10163 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eusebius%20%28disambiguation%29 | Eusebius (disambiguation) | Eusebius (AD 263 – 339; also called Eusebius of Caesarea and Eusebius Pamphili) was a Roman historian, exegete and Christian polemicist.
Eusebius (; Greek Εὐσέβιος "pious" from eu (εὖ) "well" and sebein (σέβειν) "to respect") may also refer to:
Eusebius of Esztergom, Hungarian priest, hermit, founder of the Order of... |
10164 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurystheus | Eurystheus | In Greek mythology, Eurystheus (; , ) was king of Tiryns, one of three Mycenaean strongholds in the Argolid, although other authors including Homer and Euripides cast him as ruler of Argos.
Family
Eurystheus was the son of King Sthenelus and Nicippe (also called Antibia or Archippe), and he was a grandson of the hero... |
10165 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects%20unit | Effects unit | An effects unit or effects pedal is an electronic device that alters the sound of a musical instrument or other audio source through audio signal processing.
Common effects include distortion/overdrive, often used with electric guitar in electric blues and rock music; dynamic effects such as volume pedals and compress... |
10166 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enron | Enron | Enron Corporation was an American energy, commodities, and services company based in Houston, Texas. It was founded by Kenneth Lay in 1985 as a merger between Lay's Houston Natural Gas and InterNorth, both relatively small regional companies. Before its bankruptcy on December 2, 2001, Enron employed approximately 29,00... |
10168 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eusebius%20of%20Alexandria | Eusebius of Alexandria | Eusebius of Alexandria is an author to whom certain extant homilies are attributed.
Biography
Nothing is known of the author. In all events, he was not a patriarch of Alexandria, as is affirmed in an early biography, written by one Johannes, a notary, and stating that Eusebius was called by Cyril to be his successor i... |
10169 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eusebius%20of%20Angers | Eusebius of Angers | Eusebius (Bruno) of Angers (died September 1, 1081) was bishop of Angers, France.
He first appears in the historical record as bishop of Angers at the synod of Rheims in 1049, and for a long time had been an adherent of Berengar's doctrine of the Lord's Supper. As such he was highly regarded by Berengar himself and by... |
10172 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eusebius | Eusebius | {{Infobox saint
| honorific_prefix= Saint
| name = Eusebius of Caesarea
| image = St. Eusebius T'oros Roslin Gospels.png
| caption = Icon portrait of the church historian Eusebius of Caesarea as a saint from T'oros Roslin Gospel manuscript in Armenia dated 1262
| titles = The Father of Church History
| venerated_in = S... |
10174 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empiricism | Empiricism | In philosophy, empiricism is a theory that states that knowledge comes only or primarily from sensory experience. It is one of several views of epistemology, along with rationalism and skepticism. Empiricism emphasizes the role of empirical evidence in the formation of ideas, rather than innate ideas or traditions. Ho... |
10175 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estampie | Estampie | The estampie (, Occitan and , ) is a medieval dance and musical form which was a popular instrumental and vocal form in the 13th and 14th centuries. The name was also applied to poetry .
Musical form
The estampie is similar in form to the lai, consisting of a succession of repeated notes . According to Johannes de Gro... |
10176 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimental%20cancer%20treatment | Experimental cancer treatment | Experimental cancer treatments are mainstream medical therapies intended to treat cancer by improving on, supplementing or replacing conventional methods (surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, and immunotherapy). However, researchers are still trying to determine whether these treatments are safe and effective treatments.... |
10181 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emission | Emission | Emission may refer to:
Chemical products
Emission of air pollutants, notably:
Flue gas, gas exiting to the atmosphere via a flue
Exhaust gas, flue gas generated by fuel combustion
Emission of greenhouse gases, which absorb and emit radiant energy within the thermal infrared range
Emission standards, limits on poll... |
10183 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental%20movement%20in%20the%20United%20States | Environmental movement in the United States | The organized environmental movement is represented by a wide range of non-governmental organizations or NGOs that seek to address environmental issues in the United States. They operate on local, national, and international scales. Environmental NGOs vary widely in political views and in the ways they seek to influenc... |
10184 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmentalist | Environmentalist | An environmentalist is a person who is concerned with and/or advocates for the protection of the environment. An environmentalist can be considered a supporter of the goals of the environmental movement, "a political and ethical movement that seeks to improve and protect the quality of the natural environment through c... |
10186 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern%20Orthodox%20Church | Eastern Orthodox Church | The Eastern Orthodox Church, also called the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 220 million baptized members. It operates as a communion of autocephalous congregations, each governed by its bishops and adherents in local synods. The church has no central doctrinal or governmenta... |
10190 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eusebius%20of%20Nicomedia | Eusebius of Nicomedia | Eusebius of Nicomedia (; ; died 341) was an Arian priest who baptized Constantine the Great on his deathbed in 337. A fifth-century legend evolved that Pope Saint Sylvester I was the one to baptize Constantine, but this is dismissed by scholars as a forgery 'to amend the historical memory of the Arian baptism that the ... |
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