Edmund 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 ...

is an English masculine given name. Edmund may also refer to: * Edmund, South Carolina, United States, a census-designated place * Edmund, Wisconsin, United States, an unincorporated community *

Edmund Scientific Corporation Edmund Scientific Corporation, based in Barrington, New Jersey, was founded in 1942 as a retailer of surplus optical parts like lenses. It later branched out into complete systems like telescopes and microscopes, and in the 1960s, a wide variety ...

, an American company supplying optics and other scientific items * , cargo ship that sank on Lake Superior in the 1970s

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