Tag: Biography
Sergei Eisenstein Sergei Eisenstein (1898-1948), Russian film director. In the 1920’s he pioneered new techniques of film editing, producing a number of films noted for their beautifully composed scenes …
Dwight D.Eisenhower Dwight D.Eisenhower (1890-1969), US general and 34th president of the US. Having graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point in 1915, he commanded a tank training centre …
Albert Einstein Albert Einstein (1879-1955), US physicist, of German birth. He studied in Switzerland, becoming a Swiss citizen in 1901. In 1905, while working in the Berne Patent Office, …
Gustave Eiffel Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923), French engineer. Eiffel specialized in metal construction, building a number of iron bridges as well as the huge locks for the Panama Canal. For …
Paul Ehrlich Paul Ehrlich (1854-1915), German bacteriologist. After obtaining his medical degree at Leipzig (1878), Ehrlich worked with Emil Adolf von Behring to find a cure for diphtheria. In …
Edward the Confessor Edward the Confessor (1004-66), King of England from 1043. The second son of Ethelred the Unready, he grew up in Normandy. He devoted much of his …
Edward VIII Edward VIII (1894-1972). King of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. He succeeded to the throne on the death of his father, George V, in January 1936. How-ever, …
Edward VII Edward VII (1841-1910), King of Great Britain and Ireland, eldest son of Queen Victoria. After the death of Prince Albert in 1861, Victoria retired from public life …
