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Eddings is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *David Eddings (1931–2009), American fantasy writer *Doug Eddings (born 1968), American baseball umpire * Floyd Eddings (born 1958), American football player *John McNeil Eddings (1830-1896), Canadian military storekeeper and civic leader *Leigh Eddings Leigh Eddings (30 September 1937 – 28 February 2007; née Judith Leigh Schall), was the wife of David Eddings and co-author of many of his later works and uncredited co-author of his early works, and married him 27 October 1962. Biography Born ...
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David Eddings
David Carroll Eddings (July 7, 1931 – June 2, 2009) was an American fantasy writer. With his wife Leigh, he authored several best-selling epic fantasy novel series, including ''The Belgariad'' (1982–84), ''The Malloreon'' (1987–91), '' The Elenium'' (1989–91), ''The Tamuli'' (1992–94), and '' The Dreamers'' (2003–06). Biography Eddings was born in Spokane, Washington, to George Wayne Eddings and Theone (Berge) Eddings, in 1931. Eddings has stated that he is part Cherokee. Early life Eddings grew up near Puget Sound in the City of Snohomish. After graduating from Snohomish High School in 1949, he worked for a year before majoring in speech, drama and English at junior college. Eddings displayed an early talent for drama and literature, winning a national oratorical contest, and performing the male lead in most of his drama productions. He graduated with a BA from Reed College in 1954, writing his first novel, ''How Lonely Are The Dead'', as his senior thesis. After gra ...
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Doug Eddings
Douglas Leon Eddings (born September 14, 1968) is an American professional umpire in Major League Baseball. Umpiring style A report in ''The Hardball Times'' listed Eddings as having called the largest strike zone among all Major League umpires in 2011. Career Eddings started umpiring Little League games at 14, and in his early career, worked throughout the minor leagues. He started working American League games in 1998, and has worked throughout both major leagues since 2000. In the postseason, Eddings has worked the 2000 ALDS, 2002 ALDS, 2005 ALCS, 2014 NL Wild Card Game, 2018 NLDS, the 2019 NLDS, the 2019 World Series the 2020 National League Wild Card Series, the 2020 NLDS, the 2021 NLDS, the 2022 AL Wild Card Series and the 2022 NLCS. He also worked the 2004 All-Star Game and was the replay official for the 2017 All-Star Game. He wears uniform number 88. Notable games Eddings was the home plate umpire for Cal Ripken Jr.'s final major league game on October 6, 200 ...
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Floyd Eddings
Floyd Eddings (born December 15, 1958) is a former American football wide receiver. He played for the New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. ... from 1982 to 1983. References 1958 births Living people American football wide receivers California Golden Bears football players New York Giants players {{widereceiver-1950s-stub ...
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John McNeil Eddings
John McNeil Eddings (1830–1896) was the military storekeeper at Fort Vancouver, and a prominent civic leader of Clark County in what was then the Washington Territory. Early years Born in Ballintry, Antrim County, Ireland (near Belfast), in 1830, Eddings immigrated to the United States with his parents in 1841. They lived in New York initially, then moved to St. Louis, Missouri. John Eddings enlisted on July 17, 1851 in the U.S. Army Infantry, Fourth Regiment, at Fort Gratiot, Michigan. As a first sergeant he came with that regiment to Vancouver Barracks by way of the Isthmus of Panama in 1851. On that journey were also Ulysses S. Grant, Benjamin Bonneville, Henry C. Hodges, and Louis Sohns From 1855 to 1856, Eddings fought in the Rogue River Wars in Southern Oregon Territory. Mrs. Mary Nicholas, a daughter of John Eddings, gave this account to Clark Brown in his Columbian newspaper column Visiting Around: I told you my father was a man who loved adventure, and he found plenty in t ...
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