- Eleanor, wife of Henry II. of England.
- Eleatic School, of philosophy.
- Elecampane, plant.
- Elections, Parliamentary and municipal.
- Electricity.
- Electrolysis.
- Electro-Metallurgy.
- Electrometer.
- Elemi, resin.
- Elephant, ungulate animal.
- Elephanta Isle, India.
- Elephantiasis, disease.
- Eleusinia, Greek festival.
- Eleusis, town, Attica.
- Eleutheropolis, ancient town, Palestine.
- Elgin, or Morayshire, county, Scotland.
- Elgin, Seventh Earl of, collector of Elgin Marbles.
- Elgin and Kincardine, Earl of, governor-general of India.
- El-Golea, town, Algeria.
- Eli, priest and judge of Israel.
- Elias Levita, Jewish rabbi.
- Élie de Beaumont, J. B. A. L. L., French geologist.
- Elijah, or Elias, Hebrew prophet.
- Eliot, John, apostle of the Indians.
- Eliot, Sir John, English statesman.
- Elis, country & town, ancient Greece.
- Elisha, Hebrew prophet.
- Elizabeth, queen of England.
- Elizabeth, St, of Hungary.
- Elizabeth Petrovna, empress of Russia.
- Elizabeth, town, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Elizabethgrad, town, Russia.
- Elizabethpol, or Gansha, town, Russia.
- Elk, or Moose Deer (See Deer).
- Ellenborough, Lord, chief justice of England.
- Ellenborough, Earl of, governor-general of India.
- Ellesmere, Earl of, English litterateur.
- Ellichpur, district & town, India.
- Elliotson, John, English physician.
- Elliott, Ebenezer, corn-law rhymer.
- Ellis, George, English writer.
- Ellis, Sir Henry, English antiquary.
- Ellis, William, English missionary.
- Ellor, town, India.
- Ellora, town, India.
- Ellsworth, town, Maine, U.S.A.
- Ellwood, Thomas, English theological writer.
- Elm, tree.
- Elmacin, or Elmakyn, George, Egyptian historian.
- Elmes, Harvey Lonsdale, English architect.
- Elmes, James, English architect.
- Elmina, town, West Africa.
- Elmira, town, New York, U.S.A.
- El-Obeid, town, Kordofan, Africa.
- Éloi, St, bishop of Noyon.
- El Paso, town, Mexico.
- Elphinstone, Mountstuart, Indian statesman.
- Elphinstone, William, Scottish bishop and statesman.
- El Rosario, town, Mexico.
- Elsinore, town, Denmark.
- Elvas, town, Portugal.
- Ely, town, England.
- Elysium, of Greek mythology.
- Elyot, Sir Thomas, English scholar.
- Elzevir, family of Dutch printers.
- Emanuel, or Emmanuel, king of Portugal.
- Emanuel b. Salomon, Hebrew poet.
- Embalming, of dead bodies.
- Embankment, in engineering.
- Ember Days and Weeks.
- Embezzlement, in English law.
- Emblements, in English law.
- Embossing.
- Embroidery, pictorial needlework.
- Embrun, town, France.
- Embryology.
- Emden, town, Prussia.
- Emerald, precious stone.
- Émeric-David, Toussaint-Bernard, French archæologist.
- Emerson, William, English mathematician.
- Emery, mineral.
- Emetics, in medicine.
- Emeu, bird.
- Emigration.
- Emmaus, village near Jerusalem.
- Emmerich, town, Prussia.
- Emmet, Robert, Irish revolutionist.
- Emmet, Thomas Addis, Irish lawyer and revolutionist.
- Emmius, Ubbo, Dutch historian.
- Empedocles, Greek philosopher.
- Emperor, sovereign title.
- Emphysema, affection of the lungs.
- Empire.
- Empoli, town, Italy.
- Empyema, or Empyæma, medical term.
- Ems, town, Prussia.
- Enamel, glaze on metal.
- Encaustic Painting.
- Encaustic Tiles.
- Enchasing, or Chasing, industrial art.
- Encina, or Enzina, Juan del, Spanish dramatist.
- Encke, Johann Franz, German astronomer.
- Encyclopædia.
- Endive, esculent plant.
- Endor, ancient town, Palestine.
- Endowed Schools Acts.
- Endymion, of Greek mythology.
- Energy, in physics.
- Enfantin, Barthélemy Prosper, French socialist.
- Enfield, town, England.
- Enfield, town, Connecticut, U.S.A.
- Enfield, William, English miscellaneous writer.
- Engadine, valley, Switzerland.
- Engel, Johann Jakob, German writer.
- Engelbrechtsdatter, Dorthe, Norwegian poetess.
- Enghien, Duc d’, French prince.
- Engineering.
- England.
- England, Church of.
- English Bible.
- English Language.
- English Literature.
- Engraving.
- Enguera, town, Spain.
- Enkhuizen, town, Holland.
- Enlistment, in British army.
- Ennis, town, Ireland.
- Enniscorthy, town, Ireland.
- Enniskillen, town, Ireland.
- Ennius, Q., Roman poet and dramatist.
- Enoch, of Scripture.
- Enos, town, Turkey in Europe.
- Enriquez Gomez, Antonio, Spanish dramatist.
- Enschede, town, Holland.
- Entail, in law.
- Entomology, the science of insects (q.v.).
- Entozoa, internal parasites.
- Entrecasteaux, Joseph Antoine Bruni d’, French navigator.
- Enzio, king of Sardinia.
- Eon de Beaumont (Chevalier D’Eon), French adventurer.
- Eötvös, Jozef, Baron, Hungarian statesman and poet.
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- Epaminondas, Theban general.
- Épée, Charles-Michel, Abbé de l’, teacher of deaf-mutes.
- Eperies, or Presova, town, Hungary.
- Epernay, town, France.
- Ephemeridæ, family of insects.
- Ephesians, Epistle to the.
- Ephesus, ancient town, Asia Minor.
- Ephori, Greek magistrates.
- Ephorus, Greek historian.
- Ephraem Syrus, early Christian writer.
- Ephraim, of Scripture.
- Epicharmus, Greek poet.
- Epictetus, Greek philosopher.
- Epicurus, Greek philosopher.
- Epidamnus (Durazzo), ancient town, Illyricum.
- Epidaurus, ancient town, Argolis, Greece.
- Epidaurus, ancient towns, Laconia, Greece, & Illyricum.
- Epigoni, in Greek mythology.
- Epigrams.
- Epilepsy, disease.
- Epimenides, Greek poet.
- Épinal, town, France.
- Épinay, Madame d’, French authoress.
- Epiphanius, St, early Christian writer.
- Epiphany, church festival.
- Epiphytes, plants growing on others (See Botany).
- Epirus, district, Greece.
- Episcopacy.
- Episcopius, Simon, Dutch theologian.
- Epitaph.
- Epithalamium, nuptual song.
- Epsom, town, England.
- Epsom Salts, in pharmacy.
- Equation, Equations, Algebraic.
- Equites, Roman order.
- Equity, in law.
- Érard, Sébastien, French musical instrument-maker.
- Erasmus, Desiderius, Dutch scholar.
- Erastus, Thomas, Swiss theologian.
- Erato, Muse of erotic poetry.
- Eratosthenes, Greek astronomer and geographer.
- Erbach, town, Germany.
- Ercilla y Zuñiga, Alonso de, Spanish poet.
- Erdelyi, Janos, Hungarian poet.
- Erdmann, Otto Linné, German chemist.
- Erebus, in Greek mythology.
- Erechtheus, in Greek legend.
- Eretria, town, Eubœa (q.v.), Greece.
- Erfurt, town, Prussia.
- Ergot, or Spurred Rye, drug.
- Erie, town, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
- Erie, Lake, North America (See St Lawrence).
- Erigena, Johannes Scotus, mediæval philosopher.
- Erigone, in Greek mythology.
- Erinna, Greek poetess.
- Erinyes, or Erinnyes, in Greek mythology.
- Eriphyle, in Greek mythology.
- Eris, in Greek mythology.
- Erivan, or Irwan, town, Transcaucasia, Russia.
- Erlangen, town, Bavaria.
- Erlau, town, Hungary.
- Erl-King, or Erlkönig, mythical character.
- Erman, Paul, German physicist.
- Ermine, carnivorous mammal.
- Ernesti, Johann August, German philologist and theologian.
- Ernesti, Johann Christian Gottlieb, German scholar.
- Ernst, Heinrich Wilhelm, German composer and violinist.
- Eros, Greek god (the Roman Cupid).
- Erpe, Thomas von, or Erpenius, Dutch Orientalist.
- Ersch, Johann Samuel, German bibliographer.
- Erskine, Ebenezer, founder of the Secession Church, Scotland
- Erskine, John (d. 1768), of Carnock, Scottish law writer.
- Erskine, John (d. 1803), minister of Church of Scotland.
- Erskine, Ralph, Scottish divine.
- Erskine, Lord, lord chancellor of England.
- Erskine, Thomas, of Linlathen, Scottish theological writer.
- Erysipelas, disease.
- Erythræ, ancient Greek town, Asia Minor.
- Eryx (Monte San Giuliano), ancient town and mountain, Sicily.
- Erzeroum, town, Turkish Armenia.
- Erzgebirge, mountains, Germany.
- Esarhaddon, Assyrian king.
- Esau, or Edom, of Scripture.
- Eschatology, doctrine of last things.
- Escheat, in law.
- Eschenbach, Wolfram Von (See Wolfram), German poet.
- Eschenburg, Johann Joachim, German writer.
- Eschenmayer, Karl von, German philosopher and physicist.
- Eschscholtz, Johann Friedrich, German naturalist.
- Eschwege, town, Germany.
- Eschweiler, town, Prussia.
- Escobar y Mendoza, Antonio, Spanish casuist.
- Escorial, or Escurial, palace, Spain.
- Esdras, Books of, in Apocrypha.
- Esher, town, England.
- Eshref, or Ashref, town, Persia.
- Eski-Djuma, town, Bulgaria.
- Eskilstuna, town, Sweden.
- Eskimo, race of people.
- Eski-Sagra, or Eski-Zagra, town, European Turkey.
- Eski-Shehr, town, Asiatic Turkey.
- Esneh, or Isne, town, Upper Egypt.
- Esparto, or Spanish Grass, grass fibre.
- Espinasse (L’Espinasse, q.v.).
- Espinel, Vicente, Spanish poet.
- Esprémesnil, or Épréménil, J. J. Duval d’, French politician.
- Espronceda, José de, Spanish poet and politician.
- Equimaux (Eskimo, q.v.), race of people.
- Esquire, title.
- Esquirol, Jean Étienne Dominique, French physician.
- Esquiros, Henri Alphonse, French writer.
- Ess, Johann Heinrich van, German theologian.
- Essek, or Eszek, town, Hungary.
- Essen, town, Prussia.
- Essenes, Jewish sect.
- Essex, county, England.
- Essex, Walter Devereux, first earl of (Devereux line).
- Essex, Robert Devereux, second earl of.
- Essex, Robert Devereux, third earl of.
- Esslingen, town, Würtemberg.
- Estaing, Comte d’, French admiral.
- Estate, in English law.
- Estates of the Realm.
- Este, town, Italy.
- Este, Italian princely family.
- Estella, town, Spain.
- Estepa, town, Spain.
- Estepona, town, Spain.
- Esterhazy (Eszterházy, q.v.), Hungarian family.
- Esther, of Scripture.
- Esthonia, province, Russia.
- Estienne, or Stephens (q.v.), family of French printers.
- Estoppel, in law.
- Estremadura, province, Portugal.
- Estremadura, old province, Spain.
- Estremoz, town, Portugal.
- Eszek, or Essek, town, Hungary.
- Eszterházy, Hungarian family.
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- Etah, district and town, India.
- Étampes, or Estampes, town, France.
- Etawah, district and town, India.
- Etchmiadzin, Edchmiadzin, or Itsmiadsin, town and monastery, Transcaucasia, Russia.
- Eteocles, mythical king of Thebes.
- Ethelbert, or Æthelberht, king of Kent, England.
- Ethelred or Æthelred II., early English king.
- Ethelwulf, or Æthelwulf, Saxon king of England.
- Ether, in chemistry.
- Ether, or Æther, in interstellar space.
- Etheredge, Sir George, English dramatist.
- Etheredge, John Wesley, Biblical writer.
- Ethics.
- Ethiopia, or Æthiopia.
- Ethnography and Ethnology.
- Etna, volcano, Sicily.
- Eton, town and college, England.
- Etruria, Italy.
- Ettlingen, town, Germany.
- Ettmuller, Ernst Moriz Ludwig, German philologist.
- Ettmuller, Michael, German physician.
- Etty, William, English painter.
- Eu, town, France.
- Eubœa, island, Greece.
- Eubulides, Greek philosopher.
- Eucalyptus, genus of trees.
- Eucharist, or Lord’s Supper.
- Euchre, card game.
- Euclid, Greek mathematician.
- Euclid of Megara, Greek philosopher.
- Eudocia, wife of Theodosius II.
- Eudocia Augusta, wife of Constantine XI.
- Eudoxus of Cnidus, Greek philosopher.
- Eudoxus of Cyzicus, Greek navigator.
- Eugene, François, prince of Savoy, Austrian general.
- Eugenius, popes.
- Eugubine or Iguvine Tables, with Umbrian inscriptions.
- Eulenspiegel, German chapbook.
- Euler, Leonard, Swiss mathematician.
- Eumenes, general of Alexander of Macedon.
- Eumenides, or Erinyes (q.v.), the Furies, in mythology.
- Eunapius, Greek sophist and historian.
- Eunomius, Arian heretic.
- Eunuch.
- Eupatoria, town, Russia.
- Eupen, town, Rhenish Prussia.
- Euphorbium, resin.
- Euphorion, Greek poet and grammarian.
- Euphranor, Greek painter and sculptor.
- Euphrates, river, Syria.
- Eupion, paraffin hydrocarbon.
- Eupolis, Greek poet and dramatist.
- Eupompus, Greek painter.
- Eure, department, France.
- Eure-et-Loire, department, France.
- Euripedes, Greek dramatist.
- Europa, in Greek mythology.
- Europe.
- Eurydice, wife of Orpheus (q.v.), in Greek legend.
- Eurymedon, Athenian general.
- Eurystheus (See Hercules).
- Eusebius of Cæsarea, ecclesiastical historian.
- Eusebius of Emesa, ecclesiastic, Greek Church.
- Eusebius of Nicomedia, defender of Arius.
- Eustathius, St, bishop of Berœa.
- Eustathius, archbishop of Thessalonica.
- Euterpe, Muse of lyric poetry.
- Eutropius, Roman historian.
- Eutyches, founder of Eutychian sect.
- Euyuk, or Üyük, village and ruins, Turkey in Asia.
- Evagoras, king of Salamis.
- Evagrius, ecclesiastical historian.
- Evander, in Roman legend.
- Evangelical Alliance.
- Evangelical Association, American.
- Evangelical Union, Scottish religious denomination.
- Evans, Sir De Lacy, British general.
- Evans, Oliver, American mechanician.
- Evanson, Edward, theological writer.
- Evansville, town, Indiana, U.S.A.
- Evaporation.
- Eve, of Scripture.
- Evelyn, John, English diarist.
- Evemerus, or Euhemerus, Greek mythographer.
- Everdingen, Allart von, Dutch painter.
- Everest, Sir George, British surveyor and geographer.
- Everett, Alexander Hill, American writer and diplomatist.
- Everett, Edward, American politician and orator.
- Evesham, town, England.
- Evidence, in law.
- Evolution.
- Evora, town, Portugal.
- Évreux, town, France.
- Ewald, Heinrich Georg August von, German theologian.
- Ewald, Johannes, Danish poet.
- Ewing, Alexander, Scottish bishop.
- Examinations.
- Exarch.
- Excambion, in Scots law.
- Exchange, in law & commerce.
- Exchequer, The English.
- Excise, form of taxation.
- Excommunication.
- Executors, in English law.
- Exelmans, Reny Joseph Isidore, French general.
- Exeter, town, England.
- Exhibitions, National and International.
- Exmouth, town, England.
- Exmouth, Viscount.
- Exodus, Book of (See Pentateuch).
- Exorcism, casting out evil spirits.
- Expiation, Day of, Jewish.
- Explosives.
- Extradition, in law.
- Extreme Unction, sacrament, Church of Rome.
- Eyck, Van, family of Flemish painters.
- Eye.
- Ezekiel, Old Testament prophet.
- Ezra, or Esdras, of Scripture.
- Ezra, Book of.
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- F, the sixth letter of the alphabet.
- Faber, Basil, German schoolmaster and theologian.
- Faber, Cecilia Böhl von (Fernan Caballero), Spanish novelist.
- Faber, Frederick Wilhelm, English hymn-writer.
- Faber, George Stanley, English divine.
- Faber, or Lefèvre, Jacobus, early French Protestant writer.
- Faber, or Lefèvre, Johann, anti-Protestant writer.
- Fabian Gens, Roman clan.
- Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, Quintus, surnamed Cunctator, Roman general.
- Fabius Pictor, Quintus, Roman historian.
- Fable, Fables.
- Fabre d’Églantine, French dramatist and Revolutionist.
- Fabretti, Raphael, Italian antiquary.
- Fabriano, town, Italy.
- Fabriano, Gentile Da, Italian painter.
- Fabricius, Caius Luscinus, Roman general and consul.
- Fabricius, George, German poet and archæologist.
- Fabricius, Hieronymus, Italian anatomist.
- Fabricius, Joannes Albertus, German bibliographer.
- Fabricius, Johann Christian, Danish naturalist.
- Fabroni, Angelo, Italian biographer.
- Fabrot, Charles Annibal, French jurisconsult.
- Fabyan, Robert, English chronicler.
- Facciolati, Jacopo, Italian philologist.
- Factor, in mercantile law.
- Factory Acts.
- Faculty, in law & in universities.
- Faenza, town, Italy.
- Fæsulæ (Fiesole, q.v.), ancient town, Etruria.
- Fahlcrantz, Christian Erik, Swedish poet.
- Fahrenheit, Gabriel Daniel, German physicist.
- Fair, Fairs.
- Fairbairn, Sir William, engineer.
- Fairfax, Edward, English poet.
- Fairfax, Lord, Parliamentary general.
- Fairfield, town, Connecticut, U.S.A.
- Fairholt, Frederick William, English antiquary.
- Fairy, Fairies.
- Faithorne, William (d. 1691), English painter and engraver.
- Faithorne, William (d. 1686), English mezzotint engraver.
- Faizabad, division, district, and town.
- Fakir (Dervish, q.v.), member of Mohammedan religious order.
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