Sir Edward Hulse, 7th Baronet Sir Edward Hulse, 7th Baronet Sir Edward Hamilton Westrow Hulse, 7th Baronet (31 August 1889 – 12 March 1915) was an officer in the British Army during the First World War. He had his letters published posthumously detailing his account of the fighting on the Western Front, describing events such as the Christmas Truce. Born in Westminster to Lady Hulse, only daughter of Sir Edward Levy-Lawson, and Sir Edward Henry Hulse, 6th Baronet and a Conservative politician. He succeeded to the title of baronet in 1903, after his father committed suicide. He was educated at Eton College and Balliol College,
Edward Downes (American musicologist) Edward Downes (American musicologist) Edward Olin Davenport Downes (August 12, 1911 – December 26, 2001) was an American musicologist, professor and music critic. He is perhaps best known as the host and quizmaster of the "Metropolitan Opera Quiz" on the Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts from 1958 to 1996. Downes was born in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, the son of Olin Downes. He was educated at Columbia University and the Manhattan School of Music and received a Ph.D. in musicology from Harvard University in 1958. Downes served in the Army during World War II. During the war he worked for a time