Edward Barnard

Edward Barnard may refer to:

  • Edward Barnard (provost) (1717-1781), provost of Eton
  • Edward Emerson Barnard (1857–1923), American astronomer
  • Edward Barnard (politician) (c. 1806–1885), Canadian politician
  • Edward George Barnard (died 1851), British Liberal Party politician, Member of Parliament for Greenwich 1832–1851
  • Edward William Barnard (1791-1828), British scholar

Famous quotes containing the word edward:

    Histories of the world omitted China; if a Chinaman invented compass or movable type or gunpowder we promptly “forgot it” and named their European inventors. In short, we regarded China as a sort of different and quite inconsequential planet.
    —W.E.B. (William Edward Burghardt)