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Notable 18th-century autobiographies in English include those of Edward Gibbon and Benjamin Franklin.
Examples include Edward Elgar's Great is the Lord ( 1912 ) and Give unto the Lord ( 1914 ) ( both with orchestral accompaniment ), Benjamin Britten's Rejoice in the Lamb ( 1943 ) ( a modern example of a multi-movement anthem and today heard mainly as a concert piece ), and, on a much smaller scale, Ralph Vaughan Williams ' O taste and see ( 1952 ) ( written for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II ).
As of January, 2012, some commentators have characterized the unprecedented changes in the global economy as " turbo-capitalism " ( Edward Luttwak ), " market fundamentalism " ( George Soros ), " casino capitalism " ( Susan Strange ), " cancer-stage capitalism " ( John McMurtry ), and as " McWorld " ( Benjamin Barber ).
The term " Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis " is a misnomer, as Edward Sapir and Benjamin Lee Whorf never co-authored anything, and never stated their ideas in terms of a hypothesis.
Empirical research into the question has been associated mainly with the names of Benjamin Lee Whorf, who wrote on the topic in the 1930s, and his mentor Edward Sapir, who did not himself write extensively on the topic.
More recently Humboldt has also been credited as an originator of the linguistic relativity hypothesis ( more commonly known as the Sapir Whorf hypothesis ), developed by linguists Edward Sapir or Benjamin Whorf a century later.
* November 30 Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka ( king ) of Buganda, is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Benjamin Cohen, Governor of Uganda.
* November Crews on two ships commanded by Benjamin Hornigold and Edward Teach attack and capture the British-built French guineyman " Concorde " in the eastern Caribbean.
At least 20 pirate captains used Nassau or other places in the Bahamas as a home port during this period, including Henry Jennings, Edward Teach ( Blackbeard ), Benjamin Hornigold and Stede Bonnet.
Although Edward was not a diligent student — his true talents were those of charm, sociability and tact — Benjamin Disraeli described him as informed, intelligent, and of sweet manner.
His career was closely associated with the composer Edward Benjamin Britten.
The Lady Chablis ( born Benjamin Edward Knox March 11, 1957 ) is an American drag queen entertainer.
Benjamin Edward " Ben " Stiller ( born November 30, 1965 ) is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter, film director, and producer.
( Includes classic texts of kitsch criticism from authors like Theodor Adorno, Ferdinand Avenarius, Edward Koelwel, Walter Benjamin, Ernst Bloch, Hermann Broch, Richard Egenter, etc.
During the late 1800s and early 1900s, it was home to the Peconic School, an artist colony initially led by painters Benjamin Rutherfurd Fitz and Edward August Bell.
Early settlers of the time included Rouse Perry, Benjamin Brown, Jesse Brown and Joshua Brown, Elias Gilbert, Jabez French, Abraham Lane, Isaac Lane and Jacob Lane, Francis Briggs and Peleg Briggs, Jr., Edward Craft, David Southerland and John Griffin.
They had six children: three sons, Benjamin, Damian, and Orlando ; and three daughters, Rebecca Fitzgerald, wife of barrister Edward Fitzgerald, QC, Flora Fraser and Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni.
( His middle name is an acronym for " Robert Oscar Sam Edward Benjamin Ulysses David ," all the names suggested by members of Rob's and Laura's families in the episode " What's in a Middle Name ?".
Benjamin Denton comes to the town on a hiking trip, but his friend is killed by Tubbs and Edward.
* The unresolved issue of linguistic relativity ( associated with Edward Sapir and Benjamin Lee Whorf but actually brought to American linguistics by Franz Boas working within a theoretical framework going back to European thinkers from Vico to Herder to Humboldt ).
Entrepreneur and business executive alumni include Safra Catz ( President of Oracle Corporation ), David L. Cohen ( executive Vice-President of Comcast and former Chief of Staff to Philadelphia Mayor Ed Rendell, Scott Mead, former partner and managing director of Goldman Sachs, Peter Detkin ( co-founder of Intellectual Ventures, and former Vice-President and assistant general counsel at Intel ), Paul Haaga ( Vice Chairman of Capital Research and Management Company, a constituent company of the Capital Group Companies ), Sam Hamadeh ( founder of Vault. com ), Edward Benjamin Shils ( professor and founder of the first research center for entrepreneurial studies in the world ( at Wharton )), Gigi Sohn ( founder of Public Knowledge ), and Henry Silverman ( CEO of Cendant Corporation ).
This use of Spanglish in literary writing identifies a key piece of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesisRelativity conceptualized by scholars Franz Boas, Edward Sapir, and Benjamin Lee Whorf.
Lenneberg reargued extensively against the psychological implications of the work of Edward Sapir and Benjamin Lee Whorf, specifically in regards to the idea that language influences thought.
The salon was also visited by prominent British intellectuals, amongst them Adam Smith, David Hume, John Wilkes, Horace Walpole, Edward Gibbon, David Garrick, Laurence Sterne, and one American — Benjamin Franklin.

Edward and Britten
These traditions, including the cultural strands drawn from the United Kingdom's constituent nations and provinces, have continued to evolve in distinctive ways through the work of such composers as Arthur Sullivan, Gustav Holst, Edward Elgar, Hubert Parry, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Benjamin Britten.
** Benjamin Britten ( conductor ), Edward Chapman, David Willcocks ( choir directors ), the Bach Choir, Highgate School Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra & Choir for Britten: War Requiem
** Benjamin Britten ( conductor ), Edward Chapman, David Willcocks ( choir directors ), the Bach Choir, Highgate School Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra & Choir for Britten: War Requiem
* Donald Mitchell, " Britten, ( Edward ) Benjamin, Baron Britten ( 1913 1976 )", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004.
" Britten, ( Edward ) Benjamin ".
In the English canon, he also recorded songs by Edward Elgar, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Arthur Butterworth and of course Benjamin Britten.

Edward and Baron
The title of Baron Abergavenny, in the Nevill family, dates from Edward Nevill, 3rd Baron Bergavenny ( d. 1476 ), who was the youngest son of Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland by his second wife Joan Beaufort, daughter of John of Gaunt, first Duke of Lancaster.
His direct male descendants ended in 1387 in Henry Nevill, 6th Baron Bergavenny, but a cousin, Edward Nevill, 8th Baron Bergavenny ( d. 1622 ), was confirmed in the Barony in 1604.
Kevin Kiernan argues that Nowell most likely acquired it through William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, in 1563, when Nowell entered Cecil ’ s household as a tutor to his ward, Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford.
Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer also fought at Poitiers under The Black Prince.
His son, the fourth Baron, held office in the Conservative administration of Edward Heath and was later a Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords.
* Baron, John, " The Life of Edward Jenner with illustrations of his doctrines and selections from his correspondence ".
* The Coming Race ( 1871 ) ( reprinted as Vril: The Power of the Coming Race ) by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton PC ( 25 May 1803 18 January 1873 ), was an English politician, poet, playwright, and novelist.
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* 1705 Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer ( d. 1781 )
* 1878 Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, Irish writer ( d. 1957 )
* 1911 Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton, English geographer and politician ( d. 1994 )
In a note prefixed to the Collected Edition of his wife's poems, Robert Browning tells us that " On the early death of his father, he ( Edward Moulton ) was brought from Jamaica to England when a very young child, as ward to the late Chief Baron Lord Abinger, then Mr. Scarlett, whom he frequently accompanied in his post-chaise when on pursuit.
The Queen Mother, Henrietta Maria, briefly regained the castle, with the earls of Monmouth acting as stewards once again, but after her death Charles II gave the castle to Sir Edward Hyde, whom he created Baron Hyde of Hindon and Earl of Clarendon.
He then took Edward and his younger brother, nine-year-old Richard, Duke of York, to the Tower of London, in accordance with advice given by Baron Hastings.
Edward James Eliot, oldest son of the 1st Baron Eliot, in 1785 ; one child.
** Edward Plunkett, Baron Dunsany, Irish author ( b. 1878 )
* August 20 Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, English diplomat, poet, and philosopher ( b. 1583 )
** Sir Edward Boyle, Baron Boyle of Handsworth, British Conservative cabinet minister ( b. 1923 )
* July 24 Edward Plunkett, Baron Dunsany, Irish author ( d. 1957 )
* July 12 Edward Sutton, 4th Baron Dudley ( b. 1525 )
* March 3 Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, English diplomat, poet, and philosopher ( d. 1648 )
* September Edward Sutton, 5th Baron Dudley ( d. 1643 )

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