English Famous Names Starting with Letter E

Was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1848 to 1855. Edward Blore was

Was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1848 to 1855. Edward Blore was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. A right-handed batsman and right arm slow roundarm bowler who was mainly associated with Cambridge University and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), he made 18 known appearances in first-class matches.

Was an English geographer, librarian, and science author.Brayley abandoned an early inclination to f

Was an English geographer, librarian, and science author.Brayley abandoned an early inclination to follow his father's interests[2] for science. He published on diverse topics in several scientific journals including the Philosophical Magazine, for which he became an editorial assistant between 1823 and 1844. In 1829 and 1830, Brayley was employed by Rowland Hill to lecture on the physical sciences at his schools as Hazelwood, Edgbaston, Birmingham and Bruce Castle, Tottenham, London.[1]

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper who played for Somerset. H

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper who played for Somerset. He was born in Bradford on Tone and died in Weston-Super-Mare. Ebdon made two first-class appearances for Somerset, the first in 1891 against Marylebone Cri

Was a British sailor who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics.

Was a British sailor who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics.

Was an English cricketer. A wicket-keeper, he played first-class cricket for Surrey from 1925 to 193

Was an English cricketer. A wicket-keeper, he played first-class cricket for Surrey from 1925 to 1939, all but five of his first-class appearances being for the county. Only Herbert Strudwick has exceeded his 810 dismissals for the county.

Was an English professional cricketer who made 12 known appearances in major cricket matches from 17

Was an English professional cricketer who made 12 known appearances in major cricket matches from 1794 to 1815. He was mainly associated with Berkshire.

Was an English poet, best remembered for Night Thoughts.His first publication was an Epistle to ...

Was an English poet, best remembered for Night Thoughts.His first publication was an Epistle to ... Lord Lansdoune (1713). It was followed by a Poem on the Last Day (1713), dedicated to Queen Anne; The Force of Religion: or Vanquished Love (1714), a poem

Was a specialist wicket-keeper who played for Sheffield Cricket Club and for Yorkshire County Cricke

Was a specialist wicket-keeper who played for Sheffield Cricket Club and for Yorkshire County Cricket Club when it was founded in 1863. According to Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, Stephenson was a right-handed batsman and an occasional right arm fast (round

An engineer from Stroud, England, was the English inventor of the lawnmower (1830) and adjustable sp

An engineer from Stroud, England, was the English inventor of the lawnmower (1830) and adjustable spanner.Budding got the idea of the lawnmower after seeing a machine in a local cloth mill which used a cutting cylinder (or bladed reel) mounted on a bench to trim the irregular nap from the surface of woollen cloth and give a smooth finish. He realised that a similar device could be used to cut grass if the mechanism was mounted in a wheeled frame to make the blades rotate close to the lawn's surface. Budding went into partnership with a local engineer, John Ferrabee, and together they made mowers in a factory at Thrupp near Stroud. Examples of the early Budding type mowers can be seen in Stroud Museum, the London Science Museum and at Milton Keynes Museum.

Played English county cricket for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club during the early years of the

Played English county cricket for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club during the early years of the 20th Century. He was predominantly selected by Nottinghamshire as a right-handed batsman and, with one exception, his career was unspectacular. Over the 179 innings of his career, he passed 50 runs only 14 times, and converted just one of those 50s to a century. Alletson secured his place in cricket history with one record-breaking innings played against Sussex County Cricket Club in May 1911. The innings rescued the game for Nottinghamshire and became known as Alletson's Innings. Alletson's 34 in an over was a new world record for first-class cricket, a record that lasted 57 years until broken by Sir Garry Sobers.

Was an English cricketer: a right-handed batsman who played 249 first-class matches for Worcestershi

Was an English cricketer: a right-handed batsman who played 249 first-class matches for Worcestershire (and one for North of England) between 1936 and 1951. His total of 13,304 runs at 31.98 included 18 hundreds. Cooper made his first-class debut for Worcestershire against Oxford University in May 1936, making 2 and 28. He stood once as a first-class umpire, at Worcestershire's game against Cambridge University in 1950. Edwin's brother Fred, who played 44 first-class games, opened the batting for Worcestershire in that match.

Also known as Edwin Coupe, was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1885 and 1887.

Also known as Edwin Coupe, was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1885 and 1887. He did not play in another first-class match for nine months. Coup played eight matches in 1886 and achieved his best single-innings total of 33. He played occasionally in 1887, but left the first-class game at the end of the season. Coup was a left-handed batsman and played 26 innings in 13 first class matches with an average of 8.47 and a top score of 33.

Was an English cricketer who played two first-class matches in the early 1920s, one for Gloucestersh

Was an English cricketer who played two first-class matches in the early 1920s, one for Gloucestershire in 1921, and the second nearly two years later for Worcestershire (which county he had played against for Gloucestershire). He only once reached double

Was a British sailor who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Was a British sailor who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Was an English cricketer who played 16 first-class games for Worcestershire in the 1920s. He top-sco

Was an English cricketer who played 16 first-class games for Worcestershire in the 1920s. He top-scored with 41 in the second innings of his debut against Yorkshire, but his career was not successful. Bryant made 63 in the first innings against Essex in June 1924, but this was to prove his only half-century. Indeed, his duck in the second innings of that match began a dreadful sequence of scores.

Was an English cricketer. Hazelton represented Hampshire in three first-class matches in 1883. Hazel

Was an English cricketer. Hazelton represented Hampshire in three first-class matches in 1883. Hazelton made his debut against Sussex.

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who playe

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Lancashire. He was born in Halifax, Yorkshire and died in Rochdale, Lancashire. Holroyd made a single first-class appearance, against Nottinghamshire

Was an English cricketer, who played four first-class matches. He was born in Shifnal, Shropshire, a

Was an English cricketer, who played four first-class matches. He was born in Shifnal, Shropshire, and he died at the age of just 35 in East Worthing, Sussex. Three of Bennett's games were for Worcestershire in 1925, while the other came for the Civil Service (playing their only first-class match) in 1927. In the latter game against the touring New Zealanders, themselves making their first tour of England, he made 73 and 60 (by some distance the highest scores of his career). He brought off only one catch in first-class cricket, to dismiss Bob Wyatt in the derby against Warwickshire. Before his brief first-class career, Bennett played a number of games in the Minor Counties Championship for Staffordshire; he scored 97 for them against Kent Second XI in 1921. He also played club cricket for Wolverhampton, and in a single-innings game against Shrewsbury School in 1922 hit 146 opening the batting; the match was eventually drawn with Shrewsbury nine wickets down.

Was an English cricketer. He was born in Nottingham and died in Huyton-with-Roby. Leventon played cr

Was an English cricketer. He was born in Nottingham and died in Huyton-with-Roby. Leventon played cricket locally for Huyton Cricket Club, and played his first and only match for Lancashire in 1867. Batting in the tailend, he was unable to greatly influe

Was an English cricketer. Lineham represented Hampshire in a single first-class match in 1898 agains

Was an English cricketer. Lineham represented Hampshire in a single first-class match in 1898 against Lancashire. Lineham made a duck in Hampshire's first innings and in Hampshire's second innings Lineham was promoted up the batting order to number two, w

Was an English painter.Long was born in Bath, Somerset and died of pneumonia. He was an orientalist,

Was an English painter.Long was born in Bath, Somerset and died of pneumonia. He was an orientalist, depicting Biblical and Middle Eastern subjects with astute accuracy, and a romanticist. In 1854, under the advice of the artist John Phillip, he travelled abroad to Spain, and later to Egypt and Syria. This inspired him to create his more lucrative paintings, such as The Babylonian Marriage Market.

Was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Sussex. He was born in Norwich and died

Was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Sussex. He was born in Norwich and died in Hurstpierpoint. Lulham made just one appearance for the team, against Yorkshire in 1894.

A 2005 Lasker Award-winning molecular biologist. His award is for the invention of the Southern blot

A 2005 Lasker Award-winning molecular biologist. His award is for the invention of the Southern blot, now a common laboratory procedure, when he was working at the University of Edinburgh. Professor Southern is Professor of Biochemistry (Emeritus) at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Trinity College. He was made a Knight Bachelor in the June 2003 Birthday Honours for services to the development of DNA Microarray Technologies.Southern is the Founder, Chairman and Chief Scientific Officer of Oxford Gene Technology. He is also the founder and chairman of a Scottish charity, The Kirkhouse Trust, which aims to promote education and research in the Natural Sciences, particularly the biological and medical sciences. In addition the Edina Trust was founded to promote science in schools. These charities are financed using royalty income from licensing microarray technology.

Was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1839 to 1862. A left-handed bat

Was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1839 to 1862. A left-handed batsman and right arm medium pace roundarm bowler who was mainly associated with Sussex, he made 128 known appearances in first-class matches. He represented

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played for Wiltshire. He was born in Sal

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played for Wiltshire. He was born in Salisbury. Having appeared in a small number of Minor Counties Championship matches between 1959 and 1960, Russell made his sole List A appearance for the tea