Edward Askew (E
Edward Askew may refer to: * Edward Ayscu (1550–1617), English historian *Edward Askew Sothern Edward Askew Sothern (1 April 182620 January 1881) was an English actor known for his comic roles in Britain and America, particularly Lord Dundreary in ''Our American Cousin''. He was also known for his many practical jokes. Life and career ...

Edward Ayscu
Edward Ayscu, Ayscough or Askew (1550–1616/17), was an English historian.D. R. Woolf‘Ayscu , Edward (1550–1616/17)’ ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008, accessed 10 Aug 2011 Ayscu was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge Christ's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college includes the Master, the Fellows of the College, and about 450 undergraduate and 170 graduate students. The college was founded by William Byngham in 1437 as ..., where he graduated B.A. in 1586-1587. He afterward resided at Cotham, in Lincolnshire, from which place he dates the preface to his only work, ', London, 1607, 4to. Ayscu has sometimes been confused with his cousin Sir Edward Ayscu (1596–1654?) of South Kelsey.For example, the ''DNB'' claimed the elder Ayscu to have been living in 1633. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ayscu, Edward 17th-century English historians 17th-century English write ...
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