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JOSE ECHEGARAY Y EIZAGUIRRE (1833– )

ECHELON (Fr. from ecltelle, ladder)

ECHIDNA, or PORCUPINE

ECHINUS (Gr. for " hedge-hog " or " sea-urchin ")

ECHIUROIDEA (Gr: 'xis, adder, and ovpa, tail)

ECHMIADZIN, or ITSMIADSIN

ECHO (Gr. I'Xw)

JOHANN MAIER ECK (1486-1543)

JOHANN PETER ECKERMANN (1792—1854)

KRISTOFFER ECKERSBERG (1783-1853)

JOSEPH HILARIUS ECKHEL (1737-1798)

ECKMUHL, or EGGMVRL

ECLECTICISM (from Gr. fr)

ECLIPSE (Gr. €uheo,tis, falling out of place, failing)

ECLOGITE (from Gr. EKXoyi, a selection)

ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY

ECSTASY (Gr. iarra(TLc, from i LarliU, put out of its place, alter)

ECUADOR (officially La Republica del Ecuador)

ECZEMA (Gr. EKE a, a cutaneous eruption)

GERARD EDELINCK (1649-1707)

LUCK OF EDEN HALL

SIR ASHLEY EDEN (1831-1887)

EDESSA (mod. , Vodena)

EDGAR, or EADGAR (c. 1050-c. 1130)

EDGECUMBE, or EDGECOMBE

HENRY ESSEX EDGEWORTH DE FIRMONT (1745-1807)

MARIA EDGEWORTH (1767-1849)

RICHARD LOVELL EDGEWORTH (1744-1817)

ANNE CHARLOTTE EDGREN 4EFFLER

EDHEM PASHA (c. 1815-1893)

EDICT (Lat. edictum, from e, out, and dicere, to say, speak)

EDINBURGHSHIRE, or MIDLOTHIAN

THOMAS ALVA EDISON (1847– )

EDITIONES PRINCIPES

EDITIONS AND LITERATURE

EDMUND DE MORTIMER (1351-1381)

EDMUND DE MORTIMER (1391-1425)

SAINT [EDMUND RICE] EDMUND (d. 1240)

EDMUND, or EADMUND (c. 980-1016)

GEORGE FRANKLIN EDMUNDS (1828– )

EDRIC, or EADRIC, STREONA (d. 1017)

EDWARD BICKERSTETH (1814—1892)

EDWARD FIENNES CLINTON

EDWARD GEOFFREY SMITH STANLEY

EDWARD HENRY STANLEY

EDWARD OLIVER WOLCOTT (1848-1905)

4TH EARL OF DORSET EDWARD SACKVILLE (1591-1652)

EDWARD SOMERSET

SIR HERBERT BENJAMIN EDWARDES (1819-1868)

AMELIA ANN BLANDFORD EDWARDS (1831-1892)

BELA BATES EDWARDS (18o2-1852)

BRYAN EDWARDS (1743–1800)

GEORGE EDWARDS (1693–1773)

HENRY THOMAS EDWARDS (1837–1884)

JONATHAN EDWARDS (1703—1758)

LEWIS EDWARDS (1806–1887 )

RICHARD EDWARDS (c. 1523–1566)

THOMAS CHARLES EDWARDS (1837–1900)

JOHN EDWIN (1749–1790)

GERBRAND VAN DEN EECKHOUT (1621-1694)

EFFENDI (a Turkish word, corrupted from the Gr. wive rjr, a lord or master)

MONUMENTAL EFFIGIES

PIERCE EGAN (1772-1849)

HANS EGEDE (1686–1758)

EGER (Czech, Cheb)

EGER (Ger. Erlau, Med. Lat. Agria)

AQIBA EGER (1761–1837)

SIR PHILIP DE MALPAS GREY EGERTON

EGG (O.E. aeg, cf. Ger. Ei, Swed. aegg, and prob. Gr. u,ov, Lat. ovum)

AUGUSTUS LEOPOLD EGG (1816-1863)

PRINCE HANS IILRICH VON EGGENBERG (1568-1634)

EDWARD EGGLESTON (1837–1902)

EGIN (Armenian Agn, " the spring ")

EGLANTINE (E. Frisian, egeltiere; Fr. aiglantier)

EARLS OF EGLINTON

EGMONT (EGMOND), LAMORAL, COUNT OF

EARLS OF EGMONT

EGOISM (from Gr. and Lat. ego, I, the 1st personal pronoun)

EARLS OF EGREMONT

EGRESS (Lat. egressus, going out)

EGYPT AND WESTERN

CHRISTIAN GOTTFRIED EHRENBERG (1795-1876)

EHRENBREITSTEIN

JULIUS EICHBERG (1824-1893)

FREIHERR VON JOSEPH EICHENDORFF (1788-1857)

JOHANN GOTTFRIED EICHHORN (1752-1827)

KARL FRIEDRICH EICHHORN (1781-1854)

KARL EDUARD VON EICHWALD (1795-1876)

EIDER (Icelandic, idur)

EINHARD (c. 770–840)

DAVID EINHORN (1809—1879)

EISENBERG (Isenberg)

EISENERZ (" Iron ore ")

EISLEBEN (Lat. Islebia)

EISTEDDFOD (plural Eisteddfodau)

EJECTMENT (Lat. e, out, and jacere, to throw)

KONRAD EKHOF (1720-1778)

EKRON (better, as in the Septuagint and Josephus, ACCARON, 'AKhapWV)

ELBA (Gr. AiWaXla; Lat. Ilva)

ELBE (the Albis of the Romans and the Labe of the Czechs)

ELBURZ, or ALBURZ (from O. Pers. Hara-bere-zaili, the " High Mountain ")

ELDAD BEN MAHLI

ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)

ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

JOHN SCOTT ELDON

JOSE DE ELDUAYEN

ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE (c. 1122-1204)

ELECAMPANE (Med. Lat. Enula Campana)

ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

ELECTORAL COMMISSION

ELECTORS (Ger. Kurfursten, from Kilren, O.H.G. kiosan, choose, elect, and Furst, prince)

ELECTRA ('HMKTpa)

ELECTRIC EEL (Gymnotus electricus)

ELECTRICAL (or ELECTROSTATIC) MACHINE

ELECTRICITY SUPPLY

ELECTROCHEMISTRY

ELECTROCUTION (an anomalous derivative from " electroexecution "; syn. " electrothanasia ")

ELECTROKINETICS

ELECTROLYSIS (formed from Gr. Xbety, to loosen)

ELECTROMAGNETISM

ELECTROMETALLURGY

ELECTROTHERAPEUTICS

ELECTRON ELECTRUM (Gr. ijXei rpov, amber)

ELEGIT (Lat. for " he has chosen ")

ELEMENT (Lat. elementum)

ELEPHANTA ISLE (called by the natives Gharapuri)

ELEPHANTIASIS (Barbadoes leg; Boucnemia)

ELEUTHEROPOLIS (Gr. 'EXEvOiparats, " free city ")

LIFTS ELEVATORS

ELEVENTH EDITION VOLUME

ELF (O. Eng. aelf; cf. Ger. Alp, nightmare)

SIR EDWARD ELGAR (1857– )

EARLS OF ELGIN AND KINCARDINE

ELGINSHIRE, or MORAY (Gaelic " among the sea-board men ")

ELI (Hebrew for "high"? i Sam. chaps. i.-iv.)

ELIAS LEVITA (1469-1549)

JOHN ELIAS (1774-1841)

JEAN BAPTISTE ARMAND LOUIS ELIE DE BEAUMONT

ELIJAH (a Hebrew name meaning " Yah[weh] is God ")

ELIJAH DELMEDIGO (1460-1497)

ELIJAH WILNA, or ELIJAH BEN SOLOMON

CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834– )

JOHN ELIOT (1604-1690)

SIR JOHN ELIOT (1592-1632)

PHILOSOPHICAL SCHOOL OF ELIS

ELISAVETPOL (formerly Ganja, alternative names being KENJEH and KANGA)

ELISHA (a Hebrew name meaning " God is deliverance ")

ELIXIR (from the Arabic al-iksir, probably an adaptation of the Gr. Eilpiov, a powder used for drying wounds, from Opbs, dry)

ELIZABETH (1533-1603)

ELIZABETH (1596-1662)

ELIZABETH (1635–1650)

ELIZABETH WHITLOCK (1761-1836)

ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)

ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)

ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )

ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS

SAINT ELIZABETH (1207-1231)

ELIZABETHAN STYLE

GEORGE RICHARDS ELKINGTON (1801-1865)

ELLA (d. c. 514)

1ST BARON EDWARD LAW ELLENBOROUGH (1750-1818)

EARL OF EDWARD LAW ELLENBOROUGH (1790-1871)

WILLIAM ELLERY (1727 — 1820)

ELLICE (LAGOON) ISLANDS

ELLICHPUR, or ILLICHPUR

JOHN ELLIOTSON (1791-1868)

EBENEZER ELLIOTT (1781–1849)

ELLIPSE (adapted from Gr. EXkei 'tc, a deficiency, iXXeirely, to fall behind)

ELLIS (originally SHARPE), ALEXANDER JOHN (1814-189o)

GEORGE ELLIS (1753-1815)

ROBINSON ELLIS (1834- )

SIR HENRY ELLIS (1777-1869)

WILLIAM ELLIS (1794 – 1872)

ROBERT WILLIAM ELLISTON (1774--1831)

OLIVER ELLSWORTH (1745–1807)

THOMAS ELLWOOD (1639—1714)

ELMACIN (ELMAKIN or ELMACINUS), GEORGE (c. 1223-1294)

ELMALI (" apple-town ")

HARVEY LONSDALE ELMES (1813-1847)

JAMES ELMES (1782-1862)

THOMAS ELMHAM (d. c. 1420)

PETER ELMSLEY (1773—1825)

SAINT ELOI [ELIGIus] (588-659)

MOUNTSTUART ELPHINSTONE (1779-1859)

WILLIAM ELPHINSTONE (1431-1514)

ELSINORE (Dan. Helsingor)

FANNY ELSSLER (1810-1884)

CHARLES ISAAC ELTON (1839–1900)

ELTVILLE (ELFELD)

SYNOD OF ELVIRA

RICHARD THEODORE ELY (1854— )

SIR THOMAS ELYOT (c. 1490-1546)

KARL ELZE (1821–1889)

EMANATION (Lat. emanatio, from e-, out, manare, to flow)

EMBALMING (Gr. 06Xaaµov, balsam; Ger. Einbalsamiren; Fr. embaumement)

EMBARGO (a Spanish word meaning " stoppage ")

EMBEZZLEMENT (A.-Fr. embesilement, from beseler or besillier, to destroy)

EMBLEM (Gr. Eµ3Xysa, something put in or inserted, from EµfiiXAew, to throw in)

EMBLEMENTS (from O. Fr. emblavence de bled, i.e. corn sprung up above ground)

EMBRACERY (from the O. Fr. embraseour, an embracer, i.e. one who excites or instigates, literally one who sets on fire, from embraser, to kindle a fire; " embrace," i.e. to hold or clasp in the arms, is from O. Fr. em-bracer, Lat.'in and bracchia, arms)

EMBROIDERY (M.E. embrouderie, from O. Fr. embroder, Mod. Fr. broder)

EMBRYOLOGY 2 AND

EMBRYOLOGY OF NERVOUS

EMERITUS (Lat. from emereri, to serve out one's time, to earn thoroughly)

RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803-1882)

WILLIAM EMERSON (1701-1782)

EMERY (Ger. Smirgel)

EMETICS (from Gr. inerucos, causing vomit)

EMIGRATION (from Lat. emigrare; e, ex, out of, and migrare, to depart)

EMIN PASHA [EDUARD SCHNITZER] (1840-1892)

EMINENCE (Lat. eminentia)

EMINENT DOMAIN (Lat. eminens, rising high above surrounding objects: and dominium, domain)

MICHAIL EMINESCU (1849-1889)

THOMAS EMLYN (1663–1741)

EMMANUEL PHILIBERT (1528–1580)

EMMANUEL, or IMMANUEL

EMMERICH (the ancient Embrica)

ROBERT EMMET (1778-1803)

THOMAS ADDIS EMMET (1764-1827)

DANIEL DECATUR EMMETT (1815-1904)

UBBO EMMIUS (1547–1625)

EBENEZER EMMONS (1800-1863)

NATHANAEL EMMONS (1745–1840)

EMPEDOCLES (c. 490–430 B.C.)

EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

EMPHYSEMA (Gr. Eµ / vuav to inflate)

EMPIRICISM (from Gr. Eµrretpor, skilled in, from sreipa, experiment)

EMPORIUM (a Latin adaptation of the Gr. Eµabpuov, from f)

SIR RICHARD EMPSON (d. 1510)

EMPYEMA (from Gr. iv, within, and srvov, pus)

EMPYREAN (from the Med. Lat. empyreus, an adaptation of the Gr. €p1rvpos, in or on the fire, avp)