Edward Purcell may refer to:
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Edward A. Purcell Jr.
Edward A. Purcell Jr. (born Kansas City, Missouri) is an American historian.
Life
Purcell grew up in Kansas City, Missouri. He attended Rockhurst College, where he received a B.A. in 1962, then went on to the University of Kansas, earning an M.A ...
, American historian
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Edward Henry Purcell
Edward Henry Purcell (died 1765), organist, was the son of Edward Purcell and grandson of the English Baroque master, Henry Purcell. He was a chorister in the Chapel Royal in 1737.Holman, Peter, and Thompson, Robert 'Edward Henry Purcell' in ''Gr ...
(died 1765), English organist, printer, and music publisher
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Edward Mills Purcell
Edward Mills Purcell (August 30, 1912 – March 7, 1997) was an American physicist who shared the 1952 Nobel Prize for Physics for his independent discovery (published 1946) of nuclear magnetic resonance in liquids and in solids. Nuclear magne ...
(1912–1997), American physicist, Nobel Prize winner
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Edward Purcell (musician)
Edward Purcell (1689–1740) was an English organist and composer.
Purcell was born in Westminster, London, the only surviving son of English Baroque master Henry Purcell, who died in 1695 when Edward was a small child. When his mother Frances di ...
(1689–1740), English composer
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Edward Purcell (rugby league) (born 1988), Samoan rugby league international
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Teddy Purcell
Edward Purcell (born September 8, 1985) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Los Angeles Kings, Tampa Bay Lightning, Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers. He was not dr ...
(Edward Purcell, born 1985), Canadian ice hockey player
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