Edgerton may refer to:
Places
In Canada:
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Edgerton, Alberta
Edgerton is a village in central Alberta, Canada. it is located east of Wainwright, Alberta, Wainwright.
The village has the name of H. H. Edgerton, an official of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway.
Demographics
In the 2021 Canadian census, 202 ...
In the United Kingdom:
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Edgerton, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
In the United States:
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Edgerton, Colorado
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Edgerton, Indiana
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Edgerton, Kansas
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Edgerton, Minnesota
Edgerton is a city in Pipestone County, Minnesota, United States, located along the Rock River. The population was 1,258 at the 2020 census.
History
Edgerton was platted in 1879, and named for Alonzo J. Edgerton, a Minnesota politician. A ...
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Edgerton, Missouri
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Edgerton, New York
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Edgerton, Ohio
Edgerton is a village in Williams County, Ohio, United States in the extreme northwest corner of the state. The population was 1,881 at the 2020 census.
History
The area around Edgerton was organized as St. Joseph Township on December 2, 1832 ...
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Edgerton, Virginia
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Edgerton, Wisconsin
Edgerton is a city in Rock and Dane counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 5,945 at the 2020 census, of which 5,799 were in Rock County and 146 were in Dane County. Edgerton was historically known as "Tobacco City U.S.A." ...
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Edgerton, Wyoming
People with the given name
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Edgerton W. Day (1863–1919), Canadian politician and pioneer
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Edgerton Hartwell
Edgerton "Ed" Hartwell II (born May 27, 1978) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Western Illinois Leathernecks and was selected by the B ...
(born 1978), American football player
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Peter Throckmorton
Edgerton Alvord Throckmorton (July 30, 1928 – June 5, 1990), known as Peter Throckmorton, was an American photojournalist and a pioneer underwater archaeologist.
He is best remembered for fusing academia, archaeometry, and diving in 1960 to cre ...
, born Edgerton Alvord Throckmorton, (1928–1990), American marine archaeologist and writer.
People with the surname
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Alfred Peck Edgerton
Alfred Peck Edgerton (January 11, 1813 – May 14, 1897) was an American businessman. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio for two terms, from 1851 to 1855.
Early life and career
Edgerton was born in Pl ...
(1813–1897), American land developer and politician
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Alonzo J. Edgerton (1827–1896), American politician
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Benjamin Hyde Edgerton
Benjamin Hyde Edgerton (August 17, 1811 – December 9, 1886) was an American engineer, businessman, pioneer, and politician.
Early life and education
Edgerton was born in Saybrook, Connecticut on August 17, 1811. Edgerton studied to be a ...
(1811–1886), American surveyor and politician
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Bill Edgerton (born 1941), American baseball player
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Claude Wilbur Edgerton (1880–1965), American mycologist
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Clyde Edgerton
Clyde Edgerton (born May 20, 1944) is an American author. He has published a dozen books, most of them novels, two of which have been adapted for film. He is also a professor, teaching creative writing.
Biography
Edgerton was born in Durham, No ...
(born 1944), American author
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David Edgerton
David Russell Edgerton Jr. (May 26, 1927 – April 3, 2018) was an American entrepreneur and co-founder of Burger King, in what would become the second-largest burger chain after McDonald's. After serving as a manager of another restaurant, ...
(1927–2018), founder of Burger King
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David Edgerton (historian)
David Edgerton FBA (born 16 April 1959) is an English historian and educator. He was educated at St John's College, Oxford, and Imperial College London. After teaching the economics of science and technology and the history of science and technol ...
(born 1959), British historian of science
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David R. Edgerton (Ontario politician), Ontario politician and perennial candidate
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Devin Edgerton
Devin Edgerton (born June 11, 1970) is a Canadian former ice hockey centre.
Career
Edgerton played junior hockey with the Humboldt Broncos of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League from 1989 to 1991. In the 1990–91 season, he scored 71 goals and ...
(born 1970), Canadian ice hockey player
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Edward H. Edgerton (1863–1934), American politician
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Elisha W. Edgerton (1815–1904), American businessman and politician
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Faye Edgerton
Faye Elva Edgerton (26 March 1889 – 4 March 1968) was a missionary, linguist and Bible translator with Wycliffe Bible Translators. She translated the New Testament into the Navajo and Apache languages, as well as helping some with the Hopi and ...
(1889–1968), Native American Bible translator
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Franklin Edgerton
Franklin Edgerton (July 24, 1885 – December 7, 1963) was an American linguistic scholar. He was Salisbury Professor of Sanskrit and Comparative Philology at Yale University (1926) and visiting professor at Benares Hindu University (1953– ...
(1885–1963), American linguist
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Glen Edgar Edgerton
Glen Edgar Edgerton (April 17, 1887 – April 9, 1976) was a United States Army officer, who served as governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1940 to 1944.
Biography
Edgerton was born on April 17, 1887, to Alice and John Edgar Edgerton. He ...
(1887–1976), former governor of the Panama Canal Zone
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Henry White Edgerton
Henry White Edgerton (October 20, 1888 – February 23, 1970) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Education and career
Born in Rush Center, Kansas, Edgerton received an ...
(1888–1970), United States federal judge
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Harold Eugene "Doc" Edgerton (1903–1990), professor of electrical engineering at MIT and noted photographer
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H. K. Edgerton (born 1948), black heritage activist in North Carolina
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Harry Edgerton
Harry Edgerton is a former detective of the Baltimore Police Department. He is notable for his work in the Homicide Unit and on the investigation of drug dealer Melvin Williams with former BPD Detective Ed Burns and the Drug Enforcement Administ ...
, American police officer
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Hiram Edgerton
Hiram Haskell Edgerton (April 19, 1847 – June 18, 1922) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 49th mayor of Rochester, New York from 1908 to 1921.
Biography
Early life
Edgerton was born on April 19, 1847, in Belfas ...
(1847–1922), American businessman and politician
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James A. Edgerton (1869–1938), American poet and politician
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James Clark Edgerton (1896–1973), U.S. Army aviator and Air Mail pilot
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Jim Edgerton (1930–2022), American painting subject
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Joel Edgerton
Joel Edgerton (born 23 June 1974) is an Australian actor and filmmaker. He is known for his portrayal of Will McGill on the first two seasons of the Australian drama series'' The Secret Life of Us'' (2001–02), and for playing Owen Lars in t ...
(born 1974), Australian actor
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John Edgerton (1879–1938), American industrialist
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Joseph K. Edgerton (1818–1893), American lawyer and politician
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Khia Edgerton (1978–2008), American DJ, MC, radio personality, and entrepreneur
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Les Edgerton (1943–2023), American author
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Michael Edward Edgerton (born 1961), American composer
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Nash Edgerton
Nash Edgerton (born 19 January 1973) is an Australian film director, stuntman and actor, and a principal member of the movie-making collective Blue-Tongue Films.
Early life
Edgerton was born in Blacktown, New South Wales and grew up in Dural ...
(born 1973), Australian actor and film director
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Nathan Huntley Edgerton (1839–1932), American Army officer
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Norman B. Edgerton (1887–1925), American college football coach and physician
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Sarita Edgerton, American politician
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Sidney Edgerton
Sidney Edgerton (August 17, 1818 – July 19, 1900) was an American politician, lawyer, judge and teacher from Ohio. He served during the American Civil War, as a Cincinnati in the American Civil War#1862 invasion threat, Squirrel Hunter. During ...
(1818–1900), American politician, lawyer, and judge
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Teresa Edgerton
Teresa Edgerton (born 1949) is an author of fantasy novels and short stories set in worlds that parallel the Middle Ages and the 18th century.
Literary biography
Born Teresa Ann Waller in Van Nuys, California, in 1949, she lived in the Los Ang ...
(born 1949), American fantasy author
Fictional
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Gayle Edgerton, girlfriend of Chamber in Marvel Comics
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Ian Edgerton, FBI agent in the TV series ''Numb3rs''.
See also
* Edgerton, former mansion in
Edgerton Park, New Haven, Connecticut
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Egerton (disambiguation)
Egerton may refer to:
People
* Egerton (name), a list of people with either the surname or the given name
* Egerton family, a British aristocratic family
* George Egerton, pen name of Mary Dunne Bright (1859–1945), Australian-born writer
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