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Edward Godfrey (other)
Edward Godfrey may refer to: * Edward Settle Godfrey (1843–1932), general in the United States Army * Edward S. Godfrey (physician) (1878–1960), physician and founder of the first U.S. Epidemiologic Society * Edward S. Godfrey (judge), emeritus Dean and Professor at the University of Maine School of Law * Edward Godfrey (colonial governor), first governor of the province of Maine See also * Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey (1621–1678), English magistrate {{human name disambiguation, Godfrey, Edward ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Settle Godfrey
Edward Settle Godfrey (October 9, 1843 – April 1, 1932) was a United States Army Brigadier General who received the Medal of Honor for leadership as a captain during the Indian Wars. Early life and education Godfrey was born October 9, 1843, in Ottawa, Ohio. He enlisted as a private in the Union Army at the beginning of the American Civil War. He served in Company D, 21st Ohio Infantry from April to August 1861. He was admitted to the United States Military Academy at West Point two years later, and graduated in 1867. Career Godfrey joined the 7th U.S. Cavalry Regiment and as a lieutenant was a survivor of Battle of the Little Bighorn. He wrote an account of the battle and his experiences in it, originally published in ''Century Magazine'' in January 1892, which was highly influential in shaping perceptions of the battle and Custer's generalship. Despite being severely wounded at the Battle of Bear Paw Mountain against Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce Indians, September 30, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward S
Edward is an English language, English given name. It is derived from the Old English, Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements ''wikt:ead#Old English, ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and ''wikt:weard#Old English, weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Saxon England, but the rule of the House of Normandy, Norman and House of Plantagenet, Plantagenet dynasties had effectively ended its use amongst the upper classes. The popularity of the name was revived when Henry III of England, Henry III named his firstborn son, the future Edward I of England, Edward I, as part of his efforts to promote a cult around Edward the Confessor, for whom Henry had a deep admiration. Variant forms The name has been adopted in the Iberian Peninsula#Modern Iberia, Iberian peninsula since the 15th century, due to Edward, King of Portugal, whose mother was English. The Spanish/Portuguese forms of the name are Eduardo and Duarte (name), Duarte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Godfrey (colonial Governor)
Edward Godfrey (about 1584 – after 1663) was the first governor of the Province of Maine. Early life Godfrey was born about 1584, the son of Oliver and Elizabeth Godfrey. He lived in Wilmington, Kent on the high road from London to Dover. Career About 1619 he was a member of a group of merchants who loaned the Pilgrims on the Mayflower eighteen hundred pounds. He emigrated to colonial America about 1628 or 1629. While at Piscataqua (now Portsmouth, New Hampshire), in care of the fishery and fishing fleet, he was appointed on November 27, 1629, Attorney of the President and Council to take possession and deliver to Sir Ferdinando Gorges and Captain John Mason the patented grant of Laconia. First settled as early as 1623, the southern part of Kittery was once called Champernowne's after Sir Francis Champernowne, a prominent pioneer and landowner. Nicholas Shapleigh built the first house in the area, and Edward Godfrey established a trading post in 1632. In 1634, he was chos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
