Definition of Edward VI

1. Noun. King of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553; son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour; died of tuberculosis (1537-1553).

Exact synonyms: Edward
Generic synonyms: King Of England, King Of Great Britain

Lexicographical Neighbors of Edward VI

Edward Kennedy Ellington
Edward Lawrie Tatum
Edward Lear
Edward Lee Thorndike
Edward MacDowell
Edward Morley
Edward Osborne Wilson
Edward Pusey
Edward R. Murrow
Edward Roscoe Murrow
Edward Sapir
Edward Teach
Edward Teller
Edward Thatch
Edward V
Edward VI (current term)
Edward VII
Edward VIII
Edward Vernon Rickenbacker
Edward Vincent Sullivan
Edward Weston
Edward Williams Morley
Edward Winslow
Edward Wyllis Scripps
Edward Young
Edward the Confessor
Edward the Elder
Edward the Martyr
Edwardian
Edwardiana

Literary usage of Edward VI

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of national biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1893)
"Mem. of Edward VI, Roxb. Club, vol. ip cxxxvi; ... Memorials of Edward VI.] SL LEVERIDGE, RICHARD (1670?- 175S), vocalist, song-writer, and composer, ..."

2. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1904)
"CHAPTER XIV THE REFORMATION UNDER Edward VI " WOE unto thee, ... The truth of his words did not recommend them to the Parliament of Edward VI ; and, ..."

3. The History of England by David Hume, Tobias George Smollett (1825)
"Edward VI, Vatican." The countenance given to letters by this king and his ... Edward VI. State of the regency — Innovations in the regency — Hertford ..."

4. English Schools at the Reformation 1546-8 by Arthur Francis Leach (1896)
"Edward VI.: Spoiler of Schools. NEVER was a great reputation more easily gained and less deserved than that of King Edward VI. as a founder of schools. ..."

5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The work of suppressing and despoiling the chantries, begun by Henry VIII, was taken up and completed by his successor, Edward VI, in 1547. ..."

6. The Reformation by George Park Fisher (1873)
"REFORM UNDER Edward VI. 326 The death of Henry put an end to this persecution. ... Edward VI. was less than ten years old at his accession in 1547 ; but as ..."

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