Edgar Cason

Edgar Cason, sometimes known as Ransom Edgar Cason (born February 17, 1952), is a farmer, businessman, and philanthropist from Coushatta in Red River Parish in northwestern Louisiana, where he has resided since 1990. He is particularly known for his donations to Republican political and Southern Baptist church causes, the latter through his Cason Foundation, which he established in 2010.

Background

Cason formerly owned Fairview Trucking and holds at least sixty-eight acres in the heart of the Haynesville Shale, which yields more than $1 million a month for Chesapeake Energy of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He owns Cason Timber and Cattle Company in Coushatta. Cason has previously lived in Alexandria, Pineville, Natchitoches, Provencal, Ruston, Bossier City, Campti, Lecompte, and Haynesville, Louisiana, and Hamburg, Arkansas.From 1995 to 2012, Cason received payments totaling $1,314,303 in the federal farm subsidy program.

Baptist causes

The Caskey Divinity School at Baptist-affiliated Louisiana College in Pineville is named for his father-in-law, a pastor from Red River Parish. Cason and his wife, the former Flora Jean Caskey (born July 1955), donated $5.1 million to the divinity school over several years prior to 2013. It was reported that the Cason Foundation was prepared to give upwards of $60 million for the operation of the divinity school, but the Baptist Message, the state denominational newspaper, could not ascertain any public statements on behalf of Edgar Cason stipulating a specific amount that might be forthcoming.

Edgar

Edgar is a commonly used English given name, from an Anglo-Saxon name Eadgar (composed of ead "rich, prosperous" and gar "spear").

Like most Anglo-Saxon names, it fell out of use by the later medieval period; it was, however, revived in the 18th century, and was popularised by its use for a character in Sir Walter Scott's The Bride of Lammermoor (1819).

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King Lear

King Lear is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It depicts the gradual descent into madness of the title character, after he disposes of his kingdom giving bequests to two of his three daughters based on their flattery of him, bringing tragic consequences for all. Derived from the legend of Leir of Britain, a mythological pre-Roman Celtic king, the play has been widely adapted for the stage and motion pictures, with the title role coveted by many of the world's most accomplished actors.

Originally drafted in 1605 or 1606, with its first known performance on St. Stephen's Day in 1606, the first attribution to Shakespeare was a 1608 publication in a quarto of uncertain provenance; it may be an early draft or simply reflect the first performance text. The Tragedy of King Lear, a more theatrical revision, was included in the 1623 First Folio. Modern editors usually conflate the two, though some insist that each version has its own individual integrity that should be preserved.

Edgar of Hereford

Edgar (or Eadgar; died c. 930) was a medieval Bishop of Hereford. He was consecrated in between 888 and 890 and died between 930 and 931.

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