Edmund Allen (burgess)
Edmund Allen may refer to: *Edmund Allen (priest) (c. 1519–1559), English scholar and bishop-elect of Rochester * Edmund Allen (politician) (1844–1909), New Zealand politician * Edmund T. Allen (1896–1943), American test pilot See also *Eddie Allen (other) *Edward Allen (other) Edward, Ed or Ted Allen may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Edward Alleyn (1566–1626), also written as Edward Allen, Elizabethan actor * Edward L. Allen (1830–1914), American photographer * Ed Allen (musician) (1897–1974), jazz musician * ...

Edmund Allen (priest)
Edmund Allen (or Edmond, or Alen, or Edmonde Aellen; c. 1519 – 1559) was an English clergyman and scholar. A native of Norfolk, England, Allen was elected fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge in 1536. He became steward of Corpus in 1539, and not long after obtained leave of the society to go and study abroad. He became, according to John Strype, a great proficient in the Ancient Greek and Latin tongues, an eminent divine, and a learned minister of the gospel. He was in exile during the reign of Mary I; but Elizabeth I, on coming to the crown, appointed him one of her chaplains, gave him a commission to act under her as an ambassador, and promoted him to the see of Rochester, which however he did not live to fill. It is said he was buried in the church of St. Thomas Apostle, in London, 30 August 1559. He translated into English ''De Authoritate Verbi Dei'' by Alexander Ales and in 1543 works of Philip Melanchthon Philip Melanchthon. (born Philipp Schwartzerdt; 16 ...
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Edmund Allen (politician)
Edmund Giblett Allen (1844–1909) was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand. He was elected to the Waikouaiti electorate in 1896, which he represented to 1902. In 1902 he was elected for the Chalmers electorate, which he represented until he was defeated in 1908. One newspaper described him as sensible and moderate. His sister's wedding notice and his obituaries said he was from Somerset, but he was said to be a Lancashire lad when he entered Parliament. On 29 March 1844 an Edmund Allen was born in Salford. Another was baptised in the Shepton Mallett district, at Milton Clevedon, on 1 September 1844. He probably moved to Swansea, in Tasmania when he was ten and to Christchurch in 1863, where he was working as a contractor by 1871. He assisted with building the Hutt Valley Line in 1873, and then, in partnership with Samuel Kingstreet, built the Waipukurau to Takapau railway from 1874. They left Wellington in 1875 and moved to Port Chalmers, where they built ...
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Edmund T
Edmund is a masculine given name or surname in the English language. The name is derived from the Old English elements ''ēad'', meaning "prosperity" or "riches", and ''mund'', meaning "protector". Persons named Edmund include: People Kings and nobles * Edmund the Martyr (died 869 or 870), king of East Anglia *Edmund I (922–946), King of England from 939 to 946 *Edmund Ironside (989–1016), also known as Edmund II, King of England in 1016 *Edmund of Scotland (after 1070 – after 1097) *Edmund Crouchback (1245–1296), son of King Henry III of England and claimant to the Sicilian throne *Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall (1249–1300), earl of Cornwall; English nobleman of royal descent * Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (1341–1402), son of King Edward III of England * Edmund Tudor, earl of Richmond (1430–1456), English and Welsh nobleman * Edmund, Prince of Schwarzenberg (1803–1873), the last created Austrian field marshal of the 19th century In religion * Saint Edmund ( ...
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Eddie Allen (other)
Eddie Allen may refer to: * Eddie Allen (fullback) (1918–2012), American football player and coach * Eddie Allen (American football coach) (born 1980), American football coach and player * Eddie Allen (folk musician) (born 1952), American folk musician * Eddie Allen (jazz musician) (born 1957), American jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist * Ed Allen (musician) (1897–1974), American jazz trumpeter * Edmund T. Allen (1896–1943), American test pilot See also * Edmund Allen (other) * Edward Allen (other) * * Allen (surname) Allen is a Celtic surname, originating in Ireland, and common in Scotland, Wales and England. It is a variation of the surname MacAllen and may be derived from two separate sources: Ailin, in Irish and Scottish Gaelic, means both "little rock" and ...