Edith Cavell

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E·dith Ca·vell (

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A peak, 3,365.1 m (11,033 ft) high, in the Rocky Mountains of southwest Alberta, Canada.

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Edith Cavell - English nurse who remained in Brussels after the German occupation in order to help Allied prisoners escape; was caught and executed by the Germans (1865-1915)

Cavell, Edith Louisa Cavell

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