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Duane Eddy (b. 1938) Iconic early rock and roll guitarist known for his trademark "twanging" sound and such hits as Peter Gunn and Rebel Rouser.
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
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Atkingani
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Posted: January 02 2018 at 20:48 |
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Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934).
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Posted: January 02 2018 at 23:25 |
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Friedrich Engels (1820 – 1895), German philosopher, social scientist, journalist and businessman. Collaborated with Karl Marx.
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Posted: January 03 2018 at 02:30 |
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George Eliot (1819 - 1880)
Mary Anne Evans, English novelist  Edited by someone_else - January 03 2018 at 02:31 |
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Posted: January 03 2018 at 06:01 |
After that performance, every member of the orchestra graduated to jazz. Edited by Peter - January 03 2018 at 06:15 |
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
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Posted: January 03 2018 at 06:13 |
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Harlan Ellison
(B.1934) American science fiction writer, author of over 1700 provocative, often disturbing short stories. I eagerly devoured many of his collections in my teens and twenties. A giant of the genre--dispite his diminutive stature.  |
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
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Posted: January 03 2018 at 12:50 |
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Irineu Evangelista de Sousa (1813 - 1889).
Brazilian entrepeneur, industrialist, banker and politician.  |
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Posted: January 03 2018 at 16:54 |
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Jan van Eyck (c. 1390 - 1441) Dutch painter to the stars (okay, royalty) during the Renaissance. He could paint you under the table but likely often smelled of oil and turpentine.
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
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Posted: January 03 2018 at 17:19 |
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Keith Emerson (1944 - 2016).
English keyboard virtuoso.  |
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Leif Erikson (c 970 - c 1020) AKA "Leif the Lucky" Icelandic/Norse explorer, according to sagas founded the Vinland colony, likely in northern Newfoundland. A pretty cool Viking, for sure. Immortalized in heroic statuary in various places, including, oddly, the USA, who really want the Vikings to have landed there. Beats the crap out of that Giovanni-come-lately Columbus by some 500 years.
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Michael Ende (1929 – 1995), German writer of fantasy and children's fiction. He is best known for his epic fantasy The Neverending Story.
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Nora Ephron (1941 - 2012) American screenwriter and filmmaker; three-time Acadamy Award nominee for Silkwood, When Harry Met Sally, and Sleepless in Seattle
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
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Posted: January 04 2018 at 09:15 |
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Osiris of Egypt.
The Ancient Egyptian god of the afterlife, the underworld and the dead.  |
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Hmmm... Physical Education, Proper English, Penile Extension, PEter...
Ah! Phil Everly, (1939 - 2014) 1/2 of American early rock duo and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members the Everly Brothers, who were huge (Bye Bye Love, etc.)  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rdVA8YYpSMw Edited by Peter - January 04 2018 at 14:33 |
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Skipping QE...
 Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882). American poet, lecturer and essayist.  |
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R. W. Emerson would have been my choice too. (Queen Elizabeth for Q, ha ha.) Again, sorry for not adding a pic with my mobile phone: Stuart Elliott, drummer who had worked for Kate Bush, The Alan Parsons Project etc.
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Ha! I can speak a bit of English but my reasoning is always in Portuguese and so for me she is Rainha Elizabeth.
 Anyway, I went with Ralph W. Emerson...Stuart Elliott.  Edited by Atkingani - January 05 2018 at 09:51 |
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Posted: January 05 2018 at 18:07 |
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Timothy of Ephesus (1st Century AD).
Early Christian priest and the 1st Bishop of Ephesus.  |
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Umberto Eco (1932 - 2016) Italian novelist, literary critic, philosopher, semiotician, and university professor; author of the international bestseller The Name of the Rose (1980)
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Vince Edwards (1928 - 1996).
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