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ABB
Not to be confused with Abb. ABB is an abbreviation with several meanings: African Blood Brotherhood (1919–early 1920s), a former radical black liberation group in the United StatesAkron and Barberton Belt Railroad (AAR reporting mark: ABB)Alex Boncayao Brigade, a militant element of the Commu..
ABBA
ABBA (1972–1982) was a Swedish pop music group. ABBA remains the most successful act ever to come from Scandinavia. The group topped worldwide charts during the mid-to-late 1970s and gained widespread airplay during the early 1980s, selling many hit singles and albums. The group has sold "more..
Abba
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ABBA is the name of a Swedish pop music group Abba (or Aba) means "father" in most Semitic languages. Most modern Israelis (along with other semitic-speaking peoples) call their fathers Abba as one would use "Dad" or "Daddy" in Eng..
Abba-esque
Cover art for Erasure's Abba-esque remix EP Erasure scored their first number-one on the UK singles chart with the release of the Abba-esque EP in 1992. Always big fans of the Swedish quartet ABBA, performing various songs in concert for years, Erasure (Vince Clarke and Andy Bell) released ..
Abba-Zaba
Abba-Zaba are taffy candy bars with peanut butter centers, made by Annabelle Candy Co.,Inc. in Hayward, California. The bar was originally manufactured by the Cardinet Candy Co. along with U-No. Annabelle Candy Purchased the Cardinet Candy Co. in 1978. Annabelle now manufactures both candy bars in ..
ABBA: The Movie
ABBA: The Movie is a feature length film about the pop group ABBA's 1977 Australian tour. It was directed by Lasse Hallström, who directed all but the last two of the group's videos, and who went on to greater things. The Movie has become something of a cult film, both among Abba fans and student..
Abbadid
The Abbadids comprised a Muslim dynasty which arose in Al-Andalus (present-day Spain) on the downfall of the Caliphate of Cordoba (756–1031). Abbadid rule lasted from about 1023 until 1091, but during the short period of its existence it exhibited singular energy and typified its time. The na..
Abbadie
Abbadie or d'Abbadie may mean any of several notables. The d'Abbadie family is an ancient one of France. Antoine-Thomson d'Abbadie (1810-1897), explorer of EthiopiaArnaud-Michel d'Abbadie (1815-1893), his brother, also an explorerJakob Abbadie (1654?-1727), Swiss theologianJean-Jacques Blaise d’A..
Abbadon (episode)
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Abbad ibn Bishr
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Abbad III al-Mu'tamid
Muhammad III al-Mu'tamid (1027 - 1095), was the third and last ruler (reigned 1069-1091) of Sevilla in Spain from Abbadid dynasty. After his father Abbad II al-Mu'tadid died he inherited this relatively new kingdom (his grandfather, Abu al-Qasim Muhammad ibn Abbad had founded it) and became Muslim..
Abbad II al-Mu'tadid
Abbad II al-Mu'tadid or Abu Amr Abbad (died on February 28, 1069), was second ruler (reigned 1042-1069) of Seville in Spain from the Abbadid dynasty. His father was Abu al-Qasim Muhammad ibn Abbad who established the Kingdom of Seville and hence, when his father died he became the Muslim ruler of ..
Abbahu
'Abbahu, the name of an 'amora who flourished c. 279-320 in Eretz Yisrael. 'Abbahu encouraged the study of Greek by Jews. He was famous as a collector of traditional lore, and is very often cited in the Talmud. Knowledge of Greek Literature A celebrated Palestinian 'amora of the third amoraic gen..
Abbai
The Abbai were a fictional peaceful matriarchal member race of the League of Non-Aligned Worlds, from the Babylon 5 Series. At some point during the wars around 2230, they were attacked by forces of the Dilgar commanded by Deathwalker. Related are the Abbai IV. ..
Abban
Abban may refer to a number of Irish saints: Abban the Hermit (c. 4th century)Abban of Magheranoidhe (died 620)Abban of New Ross (c. 7th century) ..
Abban of Magheranoidhe
Saint Abban of Magheranoidhe (also called Abban of Murneave or Abban of Murnevin; fl. 570-620) was the nephew of Saint Ibar, the apostle of Wexford (a predecessor and contemporary of Saint Patrick). He was the son of Cormac, King of Leinster, and he founded numerous churches in the district of Ui C..
Abban of New Ross
Saint Abban of New Ross, also known as Saint Ewin, Abhan, or Evin, but whose name has been locally corrupted as "Stephen," "Neville," and "Nevin," was the contemporary and namesake of Saint Abban of Magheranoidhe. Some writers have confounded him with Saint Evin of Monasterevan, County Kildare. Eve..
Abban the Hermit
Saint Abban Born ? Venerated in England Feast May 13 Abban the Hermit is a Roman Catholic saint, once reverred in England. He is supposed to have been an Irishman who settled on Boar's Hill near Abingdon in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), after the reign of King Vortigern in the 5th century. Hi..
Abbas
Abbas or Abbass may refer to: Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib was a paternal uncle of MuhammadAbbas ibn Ali, son of Ali ibn Abi Talib and Umm Baneen.Abbas I of Egypt, Egyptian pasha (1813-1854)Abbas I of Safavid aka "Abbas the Great", Persian Shah (1557-1629)Abbas II of Egypt aka "Abbas Hilmi Pasha", Egyp..
Abbasali Amid Zanjani
Abbasali Amid Zanjani (Born 1937 Zanjan) is an Iranian Ayatollah, theologian, politician and University lecturer. Zanjani is known for being the first and only cleric president of University of Tehran. Zanjani hold no academic degree[link] and was appointed by Mohammad Mehdi Zahedi, th..
Abbasanta
Please [Glossary#Wwikify] (format) this article or section as suggested in the [Guide to layoutGuide to layout] and the [Manual of StyleManual of Style]. Remove this template after wikifying. This article has been tagged since June 2006. Abbasanta is a town and com..
Abbasi
Abbasi (Arabic:عباسی) is a prominent Muslim family name. Contents 1 Origin2 Geographical distribution3 Abbasis in Pakistan4 The plight of the Abbasis5 See Also Origin The name denotes descent from Abbas ibn Abd-al-Muttalib, the paternal uncle of Prophet Muhammad. T..
Abbasian House
Abbasian House is a large traditional historical house located in Kashan, Isfahan Province, Iran. Built during the late 1700s, the house is a beautiful example of Kashani residential architecture. It is said to have been the property of a famous cleric. It has 6 courtyards that would fit the need..
Abbasid
Abbasid provinces during the caliphate of Harun al-Rashid Abbasid (Arabic: العبّاسيّون, Abbāsīyūn) is the dynastic name generally given to the caliph of Baghdad, the second of the two great Sunni dynasties of the Islamic empire, that overthrew the Umayyad caliphs from all but Spa..
Abbasiyyin Stadium
Abbasiyyin Stadium in Damascus is the Syrian national stadium. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It serves as a home ground of Al-Jaish and Al-Wahda. The stadium was built in 1976 and holds 45,000 spectators. ..
Abbasi Shaheed
Abbasi Shaheed ( or Paposhnagar) is one of the neighborhoods of Liaquatabad Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Abbasi Shaheed neighborhood is located in Nazimabad around the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital. This neighborhood was previously known as Paposhnagar (Pa means foot ; posh means to wear ; nagar mean..
Abbasi Shaheed Hospital
Abbasi Shaheed Hospital is located in Nazimabad, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. This public hospital was constructed in the early 1970s and serves the residents of northern part of the city (Nazimabad, North Nazimabad, North Karachi, F. B. Area, Orangi Town etc.) with an estimated population of nearly 5..
Abbasqulu Bakikhanov
Abbasqulu Agha Bakikhanov (1794, Baku - 1846, Makka) was an Azerbaijani writer, historian and philosopher; a descentant of ruling dynasty of Baku Khanate being a nephew of the last Baku Khan. He was an officer in Imperial Russian Army since 1820 and participated in Russian-Persian War (1826-1828). H..
Abbassi Madani
Dr. Abbassi Madani (Arabic عباسي مدني), born 1931, was the President of the Islamic Salvation Front in Algeria. Dr Madani was born in Sidi-Okba, near Biskra, in 1931. In his youth he joined the Front for National Liberation and participated in the first day of the Algerian War of Independ..
Abbas (photographer)
Abbas (born 1944) is an Iranian photographer known for his photojournalism in Biafra and Vietnam in the 1970s, and for his photos of Christian and Islamic subjects in later years. He is a member of Magnum Photos. References Jeffrey, Ian et al (1997). The Photography Book. London:Phaidon Press Limit..
Abbas Abad
Abbas Abad is a large north-central neighborhood of Tehran, Iran. It is particularly noteworthy for its commercial corporate business district. Many domestic and foreign firms are headquartered there. Iran's largest ceremonial mosque (still under construction) is located there. (Mosallā-e Tehran)..
Abbas Abdi
Abbas Abdi is one of Iran's most influential reformists. He was the first person who stormed the United States embassy in Tehran at the early years of the Iranian Revolution, in 1979 with other students. In the following years he became a critique of the political establishment of Iran. He was a s..
Abbas Al-Akkad
Abbas Mahmoud el-Akkad (Arabic: عباس محمود العقاد) (June 28, 1889-March 12, 1964) was one of the most famous Egyptian writers. He was born in Aswan, a city in upper Egypt. He wrote more than 100 books about philosophy, religions, greats of humanity, and poetry. He founded a poetry ..
Abbas al-Musawi
Abbas al-Musawi (Arabic عباس الموسوي)(c.1952 - February 16 1992) was an influential Muslim cleric and leader of Hezbollah. He was assassinated by Israeli forces in 1992. Musawi was born in the village of al-Nabi Shayth in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon, and studied in a religious school in ..
Abbas Alizadeh
There are very few or no other articles that link to this one.Please help [[help:link|introduce links]] in articles on [related topics]. After links have been created, remove this message.This article has been tagged since June 2006. } Abbas Alizadeh is a notable Iranologist and Persian ..
Abbas Ali Baig
Abbas Ali BaigIndia (IND) Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling type Legbreak Tests First-class Matches 10 235 '''Runs scored 428 12367 Batting average 23.77 34.16 100s/50s 1/2 21/64 Top score 112 224* Balls bowled 18 660 Wickets - 9 Bowlin..
Abbas Ali Khan
Brigadier Abbas Ali Khan (born January 11 1952), also known as Major General Rehmat Ali Shah Bokhari was born in Sahiwal, Pakistan. He attended various schools and graduated from the Government College of Sahiwal in Pakistan's Punjab Province. Contents 1 Family2 Military career2.1&nb..
Abbas Almohri
redirect [[Template:Not verified]] Ayatollah Sayyed Abbas Almohri was one of the first Kuwaiti Shia scholars based in Kuwait. He was of Arabian origin but was born in Iran in the province of Fars. He studied religion in Najaf and then he went to Kuwait to help people learn more about their religion ..
Abbas Amir-Entezam
Abbas Amir-Entezam(in Persian: عباس امیر انتظام) was the spokesman and the secretary of the Interim Cabinet of Mehdi Bazargan in 1979. In 1981 when he was ambassador of Islamic Republic of Iran in Scandinavian countries, Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, the then Minister of Foreign Affairs, asked hi..
Abbas and Templecombe
Abbas and Templecombe is a civil parish in Somerset, England, consisting of the villages of Abbas Combe and Templecombe. ..
Abbas Benedictus
Abbas Benedictus (d. 1194), abbot of Peterborough, whose name is accidentally connected with the Gesta Henrici Regis Secundi, one of the most valuable of English 12th century chronicles. He first makes his appearance in 1174, as the chancellor of Archbishop Richard, the successor of Becket in the p..
Abbas Burmawalla
Abbas Mustanwalla is a popular Bollywood film director. He is best-known for the thriller movies he has made along with his brother Mustan Burmawalla. They are popularly known as Abbas-Mustan. Some of their popular movies include Baazigar, Soldier, Humraaz and Aitraaz. Filmography Director 36, Chi..
Abbas Combe
for at grid reference ST705225 Abbas Combe was the former name for part of the rural village in south Somerset now generally known as Templecombe, England, situated on the A357 road beside Templecombe, seven miles south west of Gillingham. The parish of Abbas and Templecombe has a populatio..
Abbas Djoussouf
Abbas Djoussouf (born 1942) is a politician in The Comoros. He was Prime Minister from 22 November 1998 until 30 April 1999. He was the main opposition leader when named Prime Minister by Tadjidine Ben Said Massounde in a move to help sooth secessionist movements across The Comoros. He lost office w..
Abbas Habid Rumi Al Naely
Abbas Habid Rumi Al Naely is a citizen of Iraq, held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, in Cuba. [list of prisoners (.pdf)], US Department of Defense, April 20 2006 His detainee ID number is 758. Combatant Status Review Tribunal Initially the Bush ..
Abbas I
Abbas I may refer to: Abbas I, Shah of Persia (born 1571, died 1629)Abbas I, Hereditary Wali (Governor) of Egypt (born 1813, died 1854)Abbas I, Invader of Iran of the Mongol Empire ..
Abbas ibn Abd-al-Muttalib
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Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf
Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf (750-809) was an Arab Abbasid poet. His work consists solely of love poems. His work was an acknowledged influence on Abdullah ibn al-Mu'tazz and Abu al-Atahiya. References Bird Through A Ceiling of Alabaster; Three Abbasid Poets, translated by Abdullah Al-Udhari and George Wigh..
Abbas ibn Ali
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Abbas Ibn Firnas
'Abbas Ibn Firnas, or 'Abbas Qasim Ibn Firnas (810 - 887 A.D.) (Arabic: العباس بن فرناس) was a Andalusian-Arab humanitarian, technologist, and chemist who lived in the Andalusian Caliphate of Córdoba. In 822, a new Caliph named 'Abd al-Rahman II took the throne, and he began to gath..
Abbas III
Abbas III was a son of Shah Tahmasp II of the Safavid dynasty. After the deposition of his father by Nadir Khan Afsar in 1732 the eight month old Abbas was appointed nominal ruler of Persia. Nadir Khan, who was the real ruler of the country assumed the positions of deputy of state and viceroy. Like ..
Abbas II of Egypt
-->Abbas Hilmi Pasha or Abbas II (Arabic: عباس حلمي باشا) (July 14, 1874 – 19 December 1944) was the last khedive of Egypt (January 8, 1892 – 1914). Abbas Hilmi Pasha was the great-great-grandson of Mehmet Ali. He succeeded his father, Tewfik Pasha, as khedive of Egypt. Whe..
Abbas I of Egypt
-->Abbas I (1813 - 1854) (Arabic: عباس الأول ), Pasha of Egypt, was a son of Tusun Pasha and grandson of Mehmet Ali, founder of the reigning dynasty of Egypt at the time. As a young man he fought in Syria under Ibrahim Pasha, his real or supposed uncle. The death of Ibrahim in November 18..
Abbas I of Persia
Shah Abbas I at a banquet Detail from a celing fresco; Chehel Sotoun palace; Isfahan Shah Abbas King of the PersiansCopper engraving by Dominicus Custos, from his Atrium heroicum Caesarum pub. 1600-1602 Shah Abbas I and a pageThe dedication reads May life grant all that you desire f..
Abbas Jadidi
Abbas Jadidi (born January 13, 1969) is an Iranian wrestler who competed in the Freestyle Heavyweight (90-100 kg) category at the 1996 Summer Olympics and lost to current WWE superstar Kurt Angle and won the silver medal. Olympic Silver 1996 AtlantaWorld Champion 1998World Bronze 1995, 1999World ..
Abbas Jawad
Abbas Jawad (born November 15, 1986) is a Pakistan-born Omani cricketer. He has previously played for the Oman Under-17s and now plays for the senior Omani cricket team. External links [Abbas Jawad] at Cricinfo ..
Abbas Kiarostami
Abbas Kiarostami at Cannes Abbas Kiarostami (Persian: عباس کیارستمی) (born June 22, 1940 in Tehran) is one of the most influential and controversial post-revolutionary Iranian filmmakers and one of the most highly celebrated directors in the international film community of the last..
Abbas Marufi
Abbas Marufi (عباس معروفی; in Persian) (May 17, 1957) was an Iranian novelist, and Journalist. Abbas Marufi was born in Tehran, Iran. ..
Abbas Milani
Abbas Malek-Z Milani (born 1949) is an Iranian-born American historian, Iranologist, and author. Milani is a Visiting Professor of Political Science and the Director of the Iranian Studies Program at Stanford University. He is also a Research Fellow and Co-Director of the Iran Democracy Project..
Abbas Mirza
'Prince Abbas Mirza' Abbas Mirza (عباس میرزا in Persian) ‎(August 26, 1789-October 25, 1833), was a crown prince of Persia, known because of his wars with Russia and the Ottoman Empire, and his death before his father, the shah. Abbas was an intelligent prince, possessed some liter..
Abbas Pasha
Abbas Pasha can refer to: Abbas I of Egypt (1813–1854), ruler of Egypt from November 1848 to July 1854.Abbas II of Egypt (1874–1944), khedive of Egypt from January 8, 1892 to 1914 ..
Abbas Saad
Abbas Saad is a former football (soccer) player. Born in Lebanon, he moved to Australia and started a professional footballing career. Saad played in Singapore club football and in the Malaysian semi-professional league from the late 1980s until the mid-1990s. He is best remembered for his match-fix..
Abbas Shafiee
Abbas Shafiee (born 1937 Iran) is a notable Iranian (Persian) pharmaceutical chemist and one of the leading figures in Iran's scientific movement in 20th century. Prof Abbas Shafiee is currently president of faculty of pharmacy at Tehran University. He published more than 200 scientific articles in..
Abbas Suan
Abbas Suan (sometimes spelled Suwan or Swan) (Arabic: عباس صوان), (Hebrew: עבאס סואן), (born January 27, 1976) is an Arab Israeli footballer born in the Galilee. He became a national hero for the 90th-minute goal that gave Israel a tie against Ireland in a 2006 World Cup qualifying ..
Abbas Tyabji
Abbas Tyabji (died June 9, 1936) was an Indian freedom fighter from Gujarat, who had served as the Chief Justice of the Baroda High Court. He was a key ally and supporter of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel during the 1918 Kheda Satyagraha, and the 1928 Bardoli Satyagraha. He was also a close supporter of..
Abbas Uddin
Abbas Uddin Ahmed (Bangla: আব্বাসউদ্দিন) (27 October 1901-30 December 1959), popularly known by his first name, was a Bangla folk singer. He was born at Balarampur in Tufanganj subdivision in the district of Cooch Bihar. His father, Zafar Ali Ahmed, was a lawyer at the Tufang..
Abbateggio
Abbateggio is a comune and town in the Province of Pescara in the Abruzzo region of Italy Abruzzo · Communes of the province of Pescara Abbateggio | Alanno | Bolognano | Brittoli | Bussi sul Tirino | Cappelle sul Tavo | Caramanico Terme | Carpineto della Nora | Castiglione a Casauria ..
Abbathor
Dungeons & Dragons Deity ..
Abbaye-aux-Hommes
The Abbaye-aux-Hommes ("Men's Abbey") is the current town hall of the French city of Caen. Dedicated to Saint Étienne, it is considered, together with the neighbouring Sainte Trinité in Caen as one of the most notable Romanesque buildings in Normandy. During the 11th century the two semi-comp..
Abbaye aux Dames
William I the Conqueror and his wife Matilda founded both L'Abbaye aux Dames and L'Abbaye aux Hommes. Both abbeys are located in Caen, in northern France. L'Abbaye aux Hommes was dedicated to St. Stephen and was a male abbey. ..
Abbaye de Belloc
Abbaye de Belloc is a French, traditional farmhouse, hard cheese from the Pays Basque region, made from unpasteurized sheep's milk. The cheese was first made by the Benedictine monks of the Abbaye de Notre-Dame de Belloc from milk from the local flocks of sheep. Abbaye de Belloc is made in a 5 kg ..
ABBA (album)
ABBA, the third album by the band of the same name, was first released in 1975 (see 1975 in music). Following the Eurovision success of Waterloo, ABBA saw the band gaining worldwide recognition. "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" topped the charts in Australia, as did "Mamma Mia" shortly thereafter. ..
Abba Abba
Abba Abba is a short novel published in 1977 by the English writer Anthony Burgess (his 22nd novel). The theme is the last months in the life of John Keats. Plot summary [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. In Part One, the poet has various adventures, m..
Abba Are The Enemy
Abba are the enemy is the debut album by Tom Hingley and the Lovers, who feature Inspiral Carpets singer Tom Hingley and Paul Hanley from Manchester punk band The Fall. It was released in 2004. External link [The Lovers official site] ..
Abba Arika
Rav redirects here. For other uses, see RAV (disambiguation). Abba Arika (d. 247) was the Babylonian amora (Jewish scholar) of the 3rd century who established at Sura the systematic study of the rabbinic traditions which, using the Mishnah as text, led to the compilation of the Talmud. He is com..
Abba Bok'a
Moti Abba Bok'a was king of the Gibe Kingdom of Jimma (reigned 1859 - 1862). He was the son of Abba Magal, and brother of Abba Jifar I. Because Abba Rebu's son was an infant when he was killed, Abba Bok'a was made king. A devout believer unlike his predecessors, he advocated Islam in Jimma, buildin..
ABBA discography
This article includes the discography of Swedish pop music group ABBA. In April 2006, Universal Records announced that the group's recordings have sold an estimated 370 million units worldwide. Their compilation album, [[ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits|ABBA Gold]] (1992), has become one of the most popular..
Abba Eban
--> Abba Eban (Hebrew: אבא אבן) (February 2, 1915 – November 17, 2002) was an Israeli diplomat and politician. Born Aubrey Solomon Eban in Cape Town, South Africa, Eban moved to England at an early age. He was educated at St Olave's Grammar School before becoming an honors-winning stu..
ABBA Generation
The ABBA Generation is the first A*Teens album. It's a cover album of 11 ABBA themes with a modern style. Recorded in Sweden in early 1999, was released later that year in Europe, Canada, Latin America and Asia and in 2000 in the United States. It spawned 4 hit singles, including the Swedish #1 "..
ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits
ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Swedish pop quartet ABBA, released in 1992 (see 1992 in music). It appeared at a time when ABBA's original albums had been off the market for a number of years, and was well received by the music buying public. ABBA Gold was remastered and re-rele..
Abba Gomol
Moti Abba Gomol was king of the Gibe Kingdom of Jimma (reigned 1862 - 1878). He was the son of Abba Bok'a and a woman of the Busase family of Kaffa. His major achievement was conquering the kingdom of Garo, which became the southeast portion of the kingdom of Jimma.1 Notes Herbert S. Lewis, A Gal..
Abba Hillel Silver
Abba Hillel Silver (1893-1963) was a U.S. Rabbi and Zionist leader. Born Abraham Silver in Lithuania, son and grandson of Orthodox rabbis, he was brought to the US as a child of nine. A Zionist from his youth he made his first speech at a Zionist meeting at age fourteen. Educated in the public schoo..
Abba Hushi
Abba Hushi Abba Hushi (1898-March 24, 1969; Hebrew אבא חושי) was an Israeli politician, and the mayor of Haifa between 1951 and 1969. Hushi was born in 1898 in Turka, Galicia (today in Ukraine) as Abba Schneller to a Jewish family. Abba was one of the founders and activists of Hashome..
Abba Jifar I
Moti Abba Jifar I was the first king of the Gibe Kingdom of Jimma (reigned c. 1830 - c. 1855). He was the son of Abba Magal, who was a leader of the Diggo Oromo. Abba Jifar built upon the political and military base his father had provided him, and created the Kingdom of Jimma. As a result, in comm..
Abba Jifar II
Moti Abba Jifar II was king of the Gibe Kingdom of Jimma (reigned 1878 - 1932). He was the son of Abba Gomol and Queen Gumiti. He had several wives: Queen Limmiti, who was the daughter of the King of Limmu; Queen Minjo, the daughter of the King of Kaffa; and Queen Sapertiti, also from Limmu.1 In th..
Abba Jofir
Moti Abba Jofir was king of the Gibe Kingdom of Jimma (reigned 1932). He was the grandson of Abba Jifar II. When Abba Jifar II grew senile in his later years, Abba Jofir attempted to seize the throne of the Kingdom of Jimma. However, Emperor Haile Selassie responded quickly and sent military forces..
Abba Kovner
Abba Kovner (1918-1987) was a Lithuanian Jewish Hebrew poet, writer, and partisan leader. He was a cousin of the Israeli Communist Party leader Meir Vilner [link] He was born in the Ukrainian Black Sea port city of Sevastopol but soon moved with his family to Vilnius, Lithuania, where he ..
ABBA Live
ABBA Live is a live album by Swedish pop group ABBA, released in 1986 (see 1986 in music). When this LP/CD was released, most interest in ABBA had faded, and this album did not perform very well internationally or domestically. Nevertheless, it still remains the only live album put out by the grou..
Abba Magal
Abba Magal (c.1800) was a leader of the Diggo Oromo, and the father of Abba Jifar I. Previously, the Diggo, based in the area of Mana, had conquered the nearby village of Hirmata that was home of the Lalo people; this gave him enough wealth to compete with the dominant Oromo tribe in Jimma, the Bad..
Abba Mari
Abba Mari (in full, Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph), was a French rabbi, was born at Lunel, near Montpellier, towards the end of the 13th century. He is also known as Yarhi from his birthplace (Hebrew Yerah, i.e. moon, lune), and he further took the name Astruc, Don Astruc or En Astruc of Lunel. ..
Abba P. Lerner
Abba Ptachya Lerner (October 28, 1903 - October 27, 1982) was an American economist. Lerner was born on October 28, 1903 in Bessarabia. He grew up in a Jewish family, which emigrated to Great Britain, when Lerner was three years old. Lerner grew up in the London East End. From the age of sixteen h..
Abba Rebu
Moti Abba Rebu was king of the Gibe Kingdom of Jimma (reigned 1855 - 1859). He was the son of Abba Jifar I. Abba Rebu was a warlike king, and said to have been tyrannical. He defeated his older brother and designated heir Abba Gommol for control of the throne, and exiled him to the Kingdom of Kaffa..
Abba Schoengold
Abba Schoengold (also Shongold or Shoengold) was a Romanian Jewish actor in the early years of Yiddish theater, the first person to score a serious reputation a dramatic actor in Yiddish. A singer in the synagogue choir of the leading synagogue in Bucharest, Romania, Schoengold had also performed ..
Abba Seru Gwangul
Abba Seru Gwangul (died 1778) was a chieftain of the Yejju Oromo, an ethnic group of Ethiopia. He claimed to be a descendant of an Arab named Omar, who had served in the armies of Ahmad Gragn.1 The Scottish explorer James Bruce met him in 1770, and recorded a vivid description of this man in his ac..
Abba Siddick
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Abba Siddick is a Muslim Chadian politician and revolutionaire born in what was then the Oubangui-Chari French c..
Abba the Surgeon
Abba the Surgeon is a figure mentioned in the Talmud as an example of genuine Jewish piety and benevolence (Ta'anit, 21b et seq.) Although dependent upon his earnings, he was so unselfish and considerate that, in order to avoid embarrassing the poor among his patients, he would never accept pay dire..
ABBA unreleased songs
This is a list of songs that were either recorded or written by ABBA, but which were never released for various reasons. Contents 1 Björn & Benny, Anna & Frida era2 ABBA era2.1 19742.2 19752.3 19762.4 19772.5 19782.6 19792.7 19802.8 19812.9 ..
Abbé
Abbé (from Latin abbas, in turn from Greek αββας = abbas father, from Aramaic abba) is the French word for abbot. It is the title for lower-ranking Catholic clergymen in France. A concordat passed between Pope Leo X and Francis I of France (between 1515 and 152..
Abbe-Koenig prism
An Abbe-Koenig prism is a type of reflecting prism used to invert an image (rotate it by 180°). They are commonly used in binoculars and some telescopes for this purpose. The prism is named after Ernst Abbe and Albert Koenig. The prism is made from two glass prisms which are optically cemented ..
Abbécourt
Abbécourt Country      France Région Picardie Départment Aisne Arrondissement Laon Canton Canton de Chauny INSEE 02001 Postal Code 02300 MayorCurrent Term René Paris2001-2008 Intercommunality Communauté de communes Chauny-Tergnie..
Abbekerk
The town centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Abbekerk in the municipality of Noorder-Koggenland. Abbekerk ([52°44′N 5°1′E]) is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Noorder-Koggenland, and lies about 9 k..
Abbenbroek
The town centre (darkgreen) and the statistical district (lightgreen) of Abbenbroek in the municipality of Bernisse. Abbenbroek ([51°51′N 4°15′E]) is a town in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Bernisse, and lies about 6 km west of Spijken..
Abbenes
The town of Abbenes in the municipality of Haarlemmermeer. Abbenes ([52°14′N 4°36′E]) is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Haarlemmermeer, and lies about 10 km southwest of Hoofddorp. In 2001, the town of Abbenes had 904 inhabit..
Abberley
Abberley is a picturesque village in the county of Worcestershire, England. It is situated between the river Severn and river Teme and has a population of around 750. Abberley is split into two parts by farmland, the old and the new village. The old village houses two churches, St. Mary’s and St...
Abberley Common
Abberley is a village in the English county of Worcestershire. ..
Abberline
Abberline is a French contemporary musician Rich of his classical piano studies Abberline observes a special care for flamboyant, emotional & baroque melodies. Discovering the neverending prodigious possibilities of vintage analogic synthetisers, Abberline mingled styles to create his own unique so..
Abberton
Abberton is the name of two villages in England: Abberton, EssexAbberton, Worcestershire This article consisting of geographical locations is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. If an referred you here, you might want to go ba..
Abberton, Essex
''For the village in Worcestershire see Abberton, Worcestershire. Abberton is a village in the English county of Essex. It was called Edburgetuna in the Domesday Book. It is located near the Abberton Reservoir. ..
Abberton, Worcestershire
Abberton is a small village in the English county of Worcestershire. In the 1850s the village had 80 inhabitans, one fourth of this was the local prists 19 children[Noake's Guide to Worcestershire 1868] . In 1894 the town had a population of 95 and a acres of 999[The Comprehensive Gaz..
Abberton Reservoir
Abberton Reservoir is an artificial body of water located close to the coast of Essex in the east of England. It is 5 miles south-west of Colchester near the village of Layer de la Haye. Its geographical coordinates are 51.82N 00.86E (Grid reference ). It is a large, shallow, freshwater storage res..
Abberwick
Abberwick is a village in the English county of Northumberland. It was known as Alburwic in the 12th century. The name is Anglo-Saxon Old English 'Aluburg's dairy farm'. Unusually, Aluburg was a woman's name. ..
Abbess
An abbess (Latin abbatissa, fem. form of abbas, abbot) is the female superior, or Mother Superior, of an abbey or convent of nuns. In Christian abbeys or convents, the mode of election, position, rights, and authority of an abbess correspond generally with those of an abbot. The office is electiv..
Abbesses (Paris Metro)
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Abbess Beauchamp and Berners Roding
Abbess Beauchamp and Berners Roding is a civil parish in the Epping Forest district of Essex, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 427. The parish includes Abbess Roding, Beauchamp Roding and Berners Roding, three of the The Rodings of Essex. The parish was formed in 1946 ..
Abbess Roding
Abbess Roding is a village in the English county of Essex. ..
Abbeville
For other places with the same name, see (disambiguation). Abbeville Country      France Région Picardie Départment Somme(sous-préfecture) Arrondissement Abbeville Canton Abbeville INSEE 80001 Postal Code 80100 MayorCurrent Term Joël..
Abbeville, Alabama
Abbeville is a city in Henry County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 2,987. The city is the county seat of Henry County. It is the first city alphabetically, both by city and state, in the Rand McNally Road Atlas. It is home to two high schools, Abbeville High School, a..
Abbeville, Georgia
Abbeville is a city in Wilcox County, Georgia, United States. The population was 2,298 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Wilcox County[Geographic references#6GR6]. Wilcox County Courthouse in Abbeville, Georgia Contents 1 History2 Geography3 Demog..
Abbeville, Louisiana
The small city of Abbeville is the parish seat of Vermilion Parish, in the US state of Louisiana, 150 miles (241 km) southwest of New Orleans. In 1890, 637 people lived here; in 1900, 1.536; in 1910, 2,907; and in 1940, Abbeville was the home of 6,672 occupants. In 1990: 11,187 people lived there. ..
Abbeville, Mississippi
Abbeville is a town in Lafayette County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 423 at the 2000 census. Geography Abbeville is located at [34°30′16″N, 89°30′3″W] (34.504525, -89.500713)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau,..
Abbeville, South Carolina
Abbeville Opera House Abbeville is a city in Abbeville County, South Carolina, 86 miles (138 km) west of Columbia. The population was 5,840 at the 2000 census, and center of a total urban cluster population of 6,038. It is the county seat of Abbeville County[Geographic references#6GR6 ..
Abbeville (disambiguation)
Abbeville is a city in northern France. Abbeville can also mean: Abbeville-Saint-Lucien, in FranceAbbeville, Manitoba, in Canada In the United States: Abbeville, Alabama, a cityAbbeville, Georgia, a cityAbbeville, Louisiana, a cityAbbeville, Mississippi, a townAbbeville, South Carolina, a cityAbbev..
Abbeville and Waycross Railroad
The Abbeville and Waycross Railroad was founded in 1889. It began operations in 1890, running between Abbeville, GA and Bowens Mill, GA. It eventually reached Fitzgerald, GA by 1896 but was absorbed into the Georgia and Alabama Railroad shortly afterward. ..
Abbeville County, South Carolina
Abbeville County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of 2000, the population was 26,167. Its county seat is Abbeville6. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,324 km² (511 mi²). 1,316 km² (508 mi²) of it is land and 8 km² (3 ..
Abbevillian
Abbevillian is a currently obsolescent name for a tool tradition that is increasingly coming to be called Olduwan. The original artifacts were collected from road construction sites on the Somme river near Abbeville by a French customs officer, Boucher de Perthes. He published his findings in 1836. ..
Abbey
This article is about an abbey as a Christian monastic community. For other uses, see Abbey (disambiguation). Part of a of articles onChristianity     History of Christianity Timeline of Christianity The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The..
Abbey, Devon
Abbey is a village in the English county of Devon. ..
Abbey, Saskatchewan
Abbey is a village in southwestern Saskatchewan, Canada northwest of Swift Current in Division No. 8. According to the Canada 2001 Census: Population: 137 (-15.4% from 1996) Land area: 0.77 km² Population density: 177.6 people/km² Median age: 49.7 (males: 45.5, females..
Abbeycwmhir
Abbeycwmhir is a village in the Welsh principal area of Powys.The village is named after the Cistercian Abbey built here in 1143, whose ruins remain. There is a memorial stone to Llewellyn the Last, the last native Prince of Wales, whose body is buried here. The other parts of the name are cwm - val..
Abbeydale
Abbeydale is the name given to the segment of the City of Sheffield, England that follows the valley of the river Sheaf. It covers many districts of Sheffield running roughly from Heeley Bridge in the district of Heeley to Dore Road between Beauchief and Totley. It is named for the Abbey that existe..
Abbeydale Designers
Abbeydale Designers Ltd was a Reading-based software company set up by Dave Farmborough and Dimitri Koveos in 1984. The company was inspired by the success and popularity of the Sinclair Spectrum and the Atari ST and developed a range of software and hardware products for them: Centronics/RS-232 P..
Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet
The site's Crucible Furnace building Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet is an industrial museum in the south of the City of Sheffield, England. The museum is a former steel-working site on the River Sheaf, with a history going back to at least the 13th century. It consists of a number of dwellings an..
Abbeydale Picture House
The Abbeydale Cinema on Abbeydale Road in 2006. Abbeydale Picture House (later Abbeydale Cinema) is a former cinema in the City of Sheffield, England. When opened by the Lord Mayor of Sheffield on 20 December 1920 the picture house was the largest and most luxurious cinema in Sheffield. The fi..
Abbeydorney
Abbeydorney (Mainistir Ó dTorna in Irish) is a village in County Kerry in the Republic of Ireland. The name, meaning Monastery of the clan of Torna, refers to the Cistercian Abbey of Kyrie Eleison which was established in 1154 and lies just north of the village. left Located 9 km north of ..
Abbeydorney Abbey
Kyrie Eleison Abbey Abbeydorney Abbey, also known as Kyrie Eleison Abbey or Odorney was founded by the O Torna, chieftain of the region, in 1154 for the Cistercians from Monasteranenagh. The abbey was the daughter-house of Nenay monastery in County Limerick, and was the only medieval Cisterci..
Abbeyfeale
Abbeyfeale (Mainistir na Féile in Irish) is a historical market town in County Limerick, Republic of Ireland near the boundary with County Kerry. The town is in the midwest of Ireland, some 21 km (13 miles) from Newcastle West on the N21 - the main road from Limerick to Tralee. Contents 1 ..
Abbeyfield Park
Abbeyfield is a park in Pitsmoor, Sheffield. The park comprises of the park itself, a bowling green, as well as Abbeyfield House, a former secondary school. Abbeyfield School opened in 1919 and was the first school to be built outside Sheffield city centre as a result of the 1902 Act. The number of..
Abbeyhill
Abbeyhill is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. As with many other city suburbs, the name has broader and narrower meanings. Generally it may be taken to mean the part of town lying between Holyrood Park (and perhaps Holyrood itself) and Calton Hill to the south and north respectively, ..
Abbeylara
Abbeylara (Mainistir Leathratha in Irish) is a village in the easternmost portion of County Longford, Republic of Ireland, located about three kilometers east of Granard. Its name, Mainistir Leathratha, means "Abbey of the half rath or little rath", and is derived from a monastery, the great Abby ..
Abbeyleix
Abbeyleix or Abbeylaois (Mainistir Laoise in Irish) is a town in County Laois, Republic of Ireland about 14 km from Portlaoise. It is located on the N8 road. Contents 1 History2 Amenities3 See also4 External links History Abbeyleix is quite an historical town. It was found..
Abbeymead
Abbeymead is a modern, affluent and popular suburb of the city of Gloucester in the county of Gloucestershire, England. It lies approximately 3 miles south-east of the city centre, and is bounded by the suburbs of Abbeydale to the west and south west, Coney Hill to the north west, Barnwood and Huccl..
Abbeyshrule
Abbeyshrule (Irish: Mainistir Shrúthla) is located in south-east Longford, Republic of Ireland. Its main attribute is its Airfield, located beside the Royal Canal, which flows through the town. ..
Abbeystead
Abbeystead is a village in Lancashire, England. In 1984, 16 people died in an explosion in the village. Abbeystead Disaster On 23 May 1984, 44 people were attending a presentation at a valve house at the outfall end of the Lune/Wyre Transfer Scheme in Abbeystead intended to explain the effects of t..
Abbeys and priories in England
Abbeys and priories in England is a link page for any abbey, priory, friary or other monastic religious house in England. Contents 1 Abbreviations and Key2 ..
Abbeys and priories in Ireland
For a list of abbeys and priories in Ireland see: Abbeys and priories in the Republic of IrelandAbbeys and priories in Northern Ireland This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to chan..
Abbeys and priories in Northern Ireland
Abbeys and priories in Northern Ireland is a link page for any abbey, priory, friary or other religious house in Northern Ireland. Contents 1 Abbreviations and Key2 ..
Abbeys and priories in Scotland
Abbeys and priories in Scotland is a link page to any abbey, priory, friary or other religious house in Scotland. Contents 1 Abbreviations and Key2 ..
Abbeys and priories in Wales
Abbeys and priories in Wales is a link page for any abbey, priory, friary or other religious house in Wales. Contents 1 Abbreviations and Key2 ..
Abbeys and priories on the Isle of Man
Abbeys and priories in Isle of Man is a link page for any abbey, priory, friary or other religious house in the Isle of Man. Abbreviations and Key The sites listed are ruins unless indicated thus:- * indicates current monastic function + indicates current non-monastic ecclesiastic function'..
Abbeytown
Abbeytown is a village in the English county of Cumbria. The town was built around Holme Cultram, the nave of which now serves as St. Mary's Church. On the 9th of June 2006 the church was set alight in an arson attack which totally devastated the roof of the building, parts of which had been in sit..
Abbeyville
Abbeyville is the name of multiple places. Abbeyville, Colorado, USAAbbeyville, Ohio, USA This article consisting of geographical locations is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. If an referred you here, you might want to go b..
Abbey (1922 automobile)
The Abbey was a short-lived friction-drive car assembled in Westminster. It used a 10.8 hp 1498 cc Coventry-Simplex engine. It was built in 1922 only and cost £315. Very few seem to have been made. ..
Abbey (bank)
Abbey Head office. 2 Triton Square, Regent’s Place, London, NW1 3AN Abbey National plc (trading as Abbey) is the United Kingdom's sixth biggest bank, and Europe's second largest mortgage lender, after Halifax (part of the HBOS Group). Abbey was previously known as Abbey National, changin..
Abbey (disambiguation)
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Abbey in itself denotes the Christian monastic community and its buildings, that is presided over by an abbot. Abbeys are listed there, organized by Order. Well-known fictional abbeys, not listed, include: Redwall AbbeyJane Austen'..
Abbey (UK Parliament constituency)
Westminster Abbey Borough constituency Created: 1918 Abolished: 1950 Type: House of Commons The Abbey division of Westminster was a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, named for Westminster Abbey. Contents 1 Boundaries and History2 Members of Parliament 1918-19503..
Abbey Aid
Abbey Aid was an open-air pop concert held at the Abbey Stadium, Cambridge, England in May 2006. It was the first of its kind in Cambridge, targeting pop fans as opposed to the more established Cambridge Folk Festival which targets a substantially different audience. History As the name sugge..
Abbey Bartlet
Stockard Channing as Abbey Bartlet. Abigail Ann 'Abbey' Bartlet, M.D., former First Lady of the United States, was a fictional character played by Stockard Channing on the television serial drama The West Wing. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. A..
Abbey beer
Abbey beer is the term for several Belgian brands of beer which in name are connected to abbeys. Like Trappist beer, abbey beer is not so much a style of beer but covers in fact several styles. Under each brand name, typically a range of several beers is presented, with blonde or brown versions of..
Abbey church in Czerwińsk nad Wisłą
Abbey church in Czerwińsk nad Wisłą was built in 12th century. Despite gothic and baroque elements added in later centuries, the basilica remains to be one of the most valuable example of the Romanesque architecture in Poland. Wikimedia Commons has media related to: [Special] ..
Abbey Craig
The Abbey Craig is the hill upon which the Wallace Monument stands, at Causewayhead, just to the north of Stirling, Scotland. The Abbey Craig is part of a complex quartz-dolerite intrusion or sill within carboniferous strata, at the western edge of the Central Coal Field, known as the Stirling S..
Abbey Dore
Abbey Dore is a village and parish in Herefordshire, at Grid reference , famous for its 12th century Cistercian Abbey, Dore Abbey. Abbey Dore Court has large gardens open to the public. Abbeydore was a station on the Great Western Railway branch line linking Pontrilas and Hay-on-Wye. External lin..
Abbey Girls
Abbey Girls was a series of British novels by Elsie J. Oxenham. They were published between 1920 and 1960. The books follow the adventures of two schoolgirls attending The Abbey School who have various adventures, occaisonally even solving crimes and apprehending those who commit them. Oxenham was a..
Abbey Green
Abbey Green may refer to either of two places in the United Kingdom: LesmahagowAbbey Green, Staffordshire This article consisting of geographical locations is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. If an referred you here, you mi..
Abbey Green, Staffordshire
Abbey Green is a village in the English county of Staffordshire. ..
Abbey Hey F.C.
Abbey Hey F.C. are a football club based at the Abbey Stadium in Manchester, England. They have won the Manchester League on a number of occasions, and were promoted to the North West Counties Football League in 1998. They were formerly known as Abbey Hey WMC. The club has played in the FA Cup f..
Abbey Hill
Abbey Hill is a village in the English county of Somerset. ..
Abbey House Gardens
There are very few or no other articles that link to this one.Please help [[help:link|introduce links]] in articles on [related topics]. After links have been created, remove this message.This article has been tagged since June 2006. } Abbey House Gardens is a country house garden in Mal..
Abbey Leader (Redwall)
In the Redwall novels by author Brian Jacques, Redwall Abbey is ruled by a patriarch or matriarch properly addressed Father Abbot or Mother Abbess. This title applies to several characters in the novels. Contents 1 Abbots/Abbesses1.1 Germaine1.2 Meriam1.3 Bryony1.4 Bernar..
Abbey Light Railway
The Abbey Light Railway is a narrow gauge railway in Kirkstall, Leeds, West Yorkshire. Built by enthusiasts, the Railway runs from the nearby commercial area into Kirkstall Abbey grounds. It operates most Sundays. External links [The Official site][Details of Railway][A ne..
Abbey Lincoln
Abbey Lincoln (born Anna Marie Wooldridge on August 6, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois) is a jazz vocalist, songwriter, and actress, who is widely respected for her writing skills. She is one of many singers influenced by Billie Holiday. She has had a very long and productive career. She continues to p..
Abbey Lounge Records
Abbey Lounge Records is a Boston-based record label. The label runs a club of the same name. See also List of record labels ..
Abbey McBride
Abbey McBride is a voice actress who is best known for portraying the voice of Ling-Ling on Drawn Together. She is a member of the sketch comedy group The Mechanicals. External links [Abbey McBride] at the [Voice Chasers Database] ..
Abbey Mills Pumping Station
The old Abbey Mills Pumping Station The original Abbey Mills Pumping Station, in Abbey Lane, London E15, is a sewerage pumping station designed by Joseph Bazalgette and Edmund Cooper and was built between 1865 and 1868. It was designed in a cruciform plan, with an elaborate Byzantine style le..
Abbey of Batalha
Santa Maria da Vitória na Batalha is a Dominican monastery in the Portuguese town of Batalha, in the Distric of Leiria, Portugal, that was built to thank the Virgin Mary for the Portuguese victory over the Castilians in the battle of Aljubarrota in 1385, fulfilling a promise of King D. João I. T..
Abbey of Echternach
The Abbey of Echternach is a Benedictine monastery in the city of Echternach, in eastern Luxembourg. The Abbey was founded by Willibrord, the patron saint of Luxembourg, in the seventh century. For three hundred years, it benefited from the patronage of a string of rulers, and was the most power..
Abbey of Farfa
Farfa Abbey, a territorial abbey, is one of the most famous abbeys of Italy and Europe. It belongs to the Benedictine Order and is located in the Lazio region of central Italy, about 26 miles from Rome, in the commune of Fara Sabina, not far from the Farfa Sabina Railway station. Contents 1&nb..
Abbey of Fontenay
The Abbey of Fontenay is a Cistercian abbey located in the commune of Montbard, in the département of Côte-d'Or in France. It was founded by Saint Bernard of Clairvaux in 1118, only a few years after he left Cîteaux Abbey to found Clairvaux Abbey. Located in a small forested valley 60 ..
Abbey of Gethsemani
The Abbey of Gethsemani is located at 3642 Monks Road in Trappist, Kentucky. It was founded in 1848 by monks from the Abbey of Melleray in Western France. Forty-four Trappist monks escaped overcrowding and political unrest in their home country to a farm that was purchased from the Sisters of Lore..
Abbey of Kells
The Abbey of Kells is a former monastery located on Kells, County Meath 40 miles north of Dublin. It was founded in the early ninth century AD and the Book of Kells was kept there during the later medieval period and the early modern period finally leaving the Abbey in the 1650s. Much of the Book of..
Abbey of Miridite
The Abbey of Miridite, or St. Alexander Orosci or St. Alexander Orochi, was the name of an abbatia nullius in Albania, where there formerly stood a Benedictine abbey, now destroyed, dedicated to the martyr St. Alexander. By papal decree of 25 October, 1888, this abbey with its two affiliated parish..
Abbey of Nonantola
The Abbey of Nonantola, entytled to Saint Sylvester, is a former Benedictine monastery and prelature nullius in the commune of Nonantola, six miles north-east of Modena, in the Emilia Romagna region of Italy The abbey was founded in 752 by Saint Anselm, Duke of Friuli and brother-in-law of the Lo..
Abbey of Regina Laudis
The Benedictine Abbey of Regina Laudis was founded in 1947 by Mother Benedict Duss, O.S.B. and Mother Mary Aline Trilles de Warren, O.S.B. in Bethlehem, Connecticut. This monastic foundation was one of the first houses of contemplative Benedictine nuns in the United States. Mother Benedict and Mot..
Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
The Benedictine Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, built in the fields (prés) just beyond the outskirts of Early Medieval Paris, was the burial place of Merovingian kings of Neustria. The Abbey was founded in the 6th century by the son of Clovis, Childebert I (ruled 511–558). Under royal p..
Abbey of Saint-Remi
The Abbey of Saint-Remi is an abbey in Reims, France, founded in around AD 1000. It contains the relics of Saint Remi, a Bishop of Reims who converted Clovis, King of the Franks, to Christianity at Christmas in AD 496, after he defeated the Alamanni in the Battle of Tolbiac. The basilica was con..
Abbey of Sion
The Abbey de Notre Dame de Mont Sion or Abbey of Sion was a small mediaeval monastic order which, according to a papal bull of the 12th century, had abbeys on Mount Sion in Jerusalem, on Mount Carmel, in Southern Italy (Calabria), and in France. The French scholar Emmanuel Rey discovered the histor..
Abbey of St. Gall
The Abbey of St. Gall (German: Sankt Gallen) was for many centuries one of the chief Benedictine abbeys in Europe. It is located in the city of St. Gallen in present-day Switzerland. History The monastery was founded in 613 and named after Gallus, an Irishman. Saint Gallus was a disciple an..
Abbey of St. Martial
The Abbey of St. Martial in Limoges, France was the center of several important developments in medieval music. A significant body of plainchant was transcribed there, including the St. Yrieix Gradual of Gregorian chant and rare survivals of the defunct Gallican chant. The St. Martial school of mu..
Abbey of St. Victor
The Abbey of St. Victor was a late Roman monastic foundation in Marseilles. About 415, John Cassian founded the two monasteries of St. Victor, one for men, the other for women. In the crypt of St. Victor lay formerly the remains of Cassian, also those of Saints Maurice, Marcellinus, and Peter, the ..
Abbey of St Victor, Paris
The Royal Abbey and School of St. Victor had its origins when William of Champeaux, the Archdeacon of Paris retired to a small hermitage near Paris in 1108. He became one of the Canons Regular; an Augustinian, and his community followed the Augustinian Rule. William was famed for his teaching, an..
Abbey of Thelema
The Abbey of Thelema refers to a small house which was used as a temple and possible training grounds. Aleister Crowley, along with Leah Hirsig, founded the Abbey of Thelema in Cefalu, Sicily in 1920. Sutin, Do What Thou Wilt, p.279 The name was borrowed from Rabelais's satire GargantuaNature of t..
Abbey of Thélème
This article is not about the Abbey of Thelema of Aleister Crowley The Abbey of Thélème is a metaphorical society found in the fantasy Gargantua and Pantagruel written by François Rabelais, in the sixteenth century. This idea is one of the principal sources of the Thelema concept. It is sort of..
Abbey of the Genesee
The Abbey of the Genesee is a community of contemplative monks located near Piffard in the town of York, New York. They are a member of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance, commonly known as the Trappists. They were founded from the Abbey of Gethsemani in Trappist, Kentucky in 1951. ..
Abbey of the Holy Spirit
The Monastery of the Holy Spirit is a Roman Catholic monastery in Conyers, Georgia belonging to the world-wide Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (O.C.S.O.) – more commonly known as Trappists. As described in the Order's constitution, this Order is a monastic institute wholly ordered ..
Abbey of the Trinity of Vendôme
The abbey of the Trinity of Vendôme was founded in 1035 by Geoffrey Martel and his first wife, Agnes of Burgundy. It was consecrated on 31 May 1040, one month before Geoffrey became Count of Anjou. The abbey was under the direct authority of the Pope and nobody else. This fact was accepted by Thi..
Abbey Park
Abbey Park could be Abbey Park, Leicestershire, a parkAbbey Park, Nottinghamshire, a suburb This article consisting of geographical locations is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. If an referred you here, you might want to go..
Abbey Park, Leicestershire
Abbey Park is a public park in Leicester, England, through which the River Soar flows. The park contains the remains of the 12th century Leicester Abbey, and the ruins of Cavendish House (built in the 17th century by William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire using stone from the abbey). The park h..
Abbey Park, Nottinghamshire
Abbey Park in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire is a housing estate that was constructed in the mid– to late–70s by Costain Homes on land that were previously uncultivated fields and allotments. The Willow Tree pub was constructed at the same time. All the roads are named after famous abbeys and a..
Abbey Pumping Station
The Abbey Pumping Station is a museum in Leicester, England, on Corporation Road, opposite the National Space Centre. It was an industrial building used to pump sewage to treatment works at Beaumont Leys, and was opened in 1891 The grand Victorian building and beautifully decorated beam engines wer..
Abbey Road (album)
Abbey Road was the twelfth album released by The Beatles. Although its release preceded that of Let It Be, it was the last to be recorded, and is therefore widely considered as the band's swan song. It was released on September 26, 1969 in the UK and October 1, 1969 in the US. It was produced and..
Abbey Road (disambiguation)
Abbey Road can refer to: Abbey Road (street), a street in London, England, UKAbbey Road Studios, a recording studio complex owned by the EMI companyAbbey Road (album), by The Beatles, 1969The Abbey Road E.P., by Red Hot Chili PeppersAbbey Road (unreleased b side) , by Tori AmosAbbey Road on the Rive..
Abbey Road (street)
Abbey Road street sign from Westminster, London Abbey Road is a throroughfare located in the borough of Camden and the City of Westminster in London. Although there are many other roads of this name, including over 20 in London alone, the Abbey Road best known to most people is the road run..
Abbey Road Studios
The legendary recording studio Abbey Road Studios, created in November of 1931 by EMI in London, is best known as the legendary recording studio used by the rock bands The Beatles, Cliff Richard, Pink Floyd and The Shadows. The studios are located in Abbey Road, in St John's Wood in the City o..
Abbey Saint-Pierre-de-Solesmes
The Abbey Saint-Pierre de Solesmes (Sarthe) is a french benedictine monastery founded in 1010. This Abbey is one of the most famous in the world, thanks to the work of Dom Gueranger, who restored in 1833 the Order of Saint Benedict and monastic life in France after it was abolished by the Revolutio..
Abbey Simon
Abbey Simon (born 1922 in New York) is a Jewish-born, American classical pianist. At age 11, Simon started his studies with Józef Hofmann at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. Shortly after graduation, he debuted at the Town Hall and Carnegie Hall. Simon is a virtuoso who specializes..
Abbey St. Bathans
Abbey St. Bathans is a village in the Scottish region of the Borders. While the origin of the name is unknown today, there is a stone on one side of the valley known as the Abbey Stone; is this perhaps were an Abbey once stood? While there no abbey in the village now, there is a small church in the..
Abbey Stadium
The Abbey Stadium is a football stadium in Cambridge, England. It has been the home ground of Cambridge United F.C. since 1932, and currently has a maximum capacity of 9,617 spectators, though the average attendance is usually around the 3,000 mark. The first match ever played at the Abbey was a f..
Abbey Theatre
A poster for the opening run at the Abbey Theatre from 27 December, 1904 to 3 January, 1905. The Abbey Theatre, also known as the National Theatre of Ireland, is located in Dublin, Ireland. The Abbey first opened its doors to the public on 27 December, 1904 and, despite losing its original buil..
Abbey Village
Abbey Village is a village in the English county of Lancashire. It has a sandwhich shop, a pub, a post office, a resturant, and a primary school - [Abbey Village Primary School]. ..
Abbey Village Reservoir
The reservoir north of Abbey Village - name unknown - is the latest addition to the reservoirs around this small Lancashire village, designed to increase water storage capacity in wet years. The Rivington reservoir chain This box: [ view] • [ talk] • [ edit�..
Abbey Wood
Abbey Wood is an area on the eastern edge of the London Borough of Greenwich, between Plumstead to the west and Erith to the east, Abbey Wood takes its name from the nearby Lesnes Abbey and Bostall Woods. History The original 19th century Abbey Wood (known locally as "The Village") is the area i..
Abbey Wood railway station
Abbey Wood railway station serves the suburb of Abbey Wood in South East London. It is served by Southeastern, and is between Plumstead and Belvedere stations on the North Kent Line. Crossrail line 1's south eastern branch is expected to terminate here, as is the Greenwich Waterfront Transit a puta..
Abbe (crater)
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Abbé Adam
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. L'Abbé Adam was a French priest. He was abbot of Vaux de Cernay, and probably lived in the early 14th century. ..
Abbé Aubert
Jean-Louis Aubert (1731 - 1814), called the Abbé Aubert, was a French dramatist, poet and journalist, son of the violinist and composer Jacques Aubert (1686-1753). Aubert was educated at the Collège de Navarre and entered the order. In 1741, Aubert entered the editorial staff of the Affiches Annon..
Abbe condenser
An Abbe condenser is a component of a microscope. It is mounted below the stage of the microscope, and concentrates and controls the light that passes through the specimen and enters the objective. It has two controls, one which moves the Abbe condenser closer to or further from the stage, and anoth..
Abbé de Coulmier
Abbé (name) de Coulmier was a Catholic priest, and the director of the Charenton insane asylum in France in the early nineteenth century. He was often criticized for his "overly liberal" methods of treatment, as he favored allowing patients the right to express themselves via art, and discouraged t..
Abbé de Pradt
Abbé Dominique G. F. de Rion de Prolhiac Dufour or de Fourt de Pradt (born April 23, 1759 in Allanches (Auvergne, France; died March 18, 1837 in Paris) was a French clergyman and ambassador. In 1804 he became a secretary of Napoleon, in 1805 Bishop of Poitiers, in 1808 archbishop of Malines. In 1..
Abbé Faria
Contents 1 Origins2 Lisbon3 Participation In Conspiracy4 France5 Tributes6 Quotes7 Notes8 References Abbé Faria, or Abbé (Abbot) José Custódio de Faria, (Goa, 1746 - Paris, 1819) was a colourful Indo-Portuguese monk who was one of the pioneers of th..
Abbé François Blanchet
Abbé François Blanchet (1707 - 1784) was a French littérateur. Spending his younger years in a Jesuit order, Blanchet was the author of "Apologues and Tales", a highly esteemed work. Works Apologues et Contes Orientaux (1784, Paris) (in English, Apologues and Tales) References This article inc..
Abbe Ibrahim
Abdoulaye (Abbe) Ibrahim (born July 25, 1986 in Lomé, Togo) is a football (soccer) striker, the first Togolese player in Major League Soccer. Ibrahim, a Togolese youth international, has been watched by a number of top European clubs, including Manchester United. Unable to sign in Europe because o..
Abbe Land
Abbe Land is a former mayor of West Hollywood, California, and co-chief executive officer of the Los Angeles Free Clinic. Abbe Land, was a candidate for the 42nd District seat in the California State Assembly, and faced former Los Angeles City Council member Mike Feuer in the June 6, 2006, Democrati..
Abbe Lane
The cover of Lane's 1958 album Be Mine Tonight. Abbe Lane (born December 14, 1932) is a singer and actress. Born Abigail Francine Lassman to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York, Lane began her career as a child actor on radio, and from there she progressed to singing and dancing on Broadway..
Abbe number
An Abbe diagram plots the Abbe number against refractive index for a range of different glasses (red dots). Glasses are classified using the Schott Glass letter-number code to reflect their composition and position on the diagram. In physics and optics, the Abbe number, also known as the V-nu..
Abbé Pierre
L'Abbé Pierre (born August 5, 1912) was born as Henri Grouès in Lyon and is a French Catholic priest. Abbé (abbot) is a courtesy title given to Catholic priests. He is the French founder of the Emmaüs movement which has the goal of helping poor and homeless people, and refugees. He was ordained..
Abbe prism
In optics, an Abbe prism, named for its inventor, the German physicist Ernst Abbe, is a type of constant deviation dispersive prism similar to a Pellin-Broca prism. The prism consist of a block of glass forming a right prism with 30°-60°-90° triangular faces. When in use, a beam of light ente..
Abbe refractometer
An Abbe or laboratory refractometer is a bench-top refractometer that offer the highest precision of the different types of refractometers. Nearly a century and a half after their introduction, refractometers have come a long way in terms of usefulness, though their principle of operation has change..
Abbe sine condition
The Abbe sine condition is a condition that must be fulfilled by a lens or other optical system in order for it to produce sharp images of off-axis as well as on-axis objects. It was formulated by Ernst Abbe in the context of microscopes. The mathematical condition is as follows: sin(u´)/sin(U´)..
Abbia
Abbia may mean: [[Abbia: Cameroon Cultural Review]], a journalAbbia (game), an African game of chance This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to t..
Abbia: Cameroon Cultural Review
Abbia: Cameroon Cultural Review / Revue Culturelle Camerounaise is an academic journal devoted to the culture of Cameroon and to the promotion of bilingualism in the country. It was founded by Bernard Fonlon in 1963. ..
Abbiategrasso
Abbiategrasso is a comune and town in the province of Milan, Italian region of Lombardy, situated in the Po valley approximately 22 km from Milan and 38 km from Pavia. History The town dates from Roman times. Its name indicates that it was part of a territory known as the fat valley: a document of..
Abbia (game)
Abbia is an African game of chance from Cameroon's Beti people. The pieces are nutshells with carvings on them. Sources http://ethnicity.bravepages.com/ancient_models/gen3/mankala/mankala1.htm ..
Abbie an' Slats
Abbie an' Slats is an American comic strip which ran from July 12, 1937 to January 30, 1971, initially written by Al Capp and drawn by Raeburn van Buren. “Abbie” is Abigail Scrapple, a spinster who lives with her sister Sally. “Slats” is Aubrey Eustace Scrapple, their younge..
Abbie Bakan
Abigail (Abbie) Bakan is a professor of Political Studies at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. She is editor of Marxism, the annual theoretical journal of the International Socialists, and is also on the IS Steering Committee. She has also published several articles for The Socialist Re..
Abbie Carmichael
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Abbie Cornett
Abbie Cornett (b. 1966) is a Nebraska state senator from Bellevue, Nebraska in the Nebraska Legislature. Personal Life She was born on Aug. 22, 1966, in Omaha, Nebraska and graduated from University of Nebraska at Omaha, the Nebraska Law Enforcement Academy (1993), and Bellevue University in cri..
Abbie Cornish
Abbie Cornish is an Australian actress born in Lochinvar, New South Wales on 7 August 1982. Cornish is the second of five children, her father a surfer and her mother a photographer. Her first acting role came when she auditioned for the ABC's "Children's Hospital". In 1999 Cornish was awarded th..
Abbie de Quant
Abbie de Quant is a renowned Dutch flautist. She teaches at the music academies of Amsterdam and Utrecht and has her own bi-annual concert series at the Concertgebouw of Amsterdam. Abbie de Quant studied with Koos Verheul at the Music Academy of Tilburg and graduated summa cum laude. She took a ma..
Abbie G. Rogers
Abbie Gifford Rogers, 1841-1894 photo from Millicent Library, Fairhaven, Massachusetts Abbie (née Gifford) Rogers (January 20, 1841 – May 21, 1894), was the first wife of Henry Huttleston Rogers, (1840-1909), a United States capitalist, businessman, industrialist, financier, and philant..
Abbie Hoffman
Abbie Hoffman, New York City, 1970. Photography by Fred W. McDarrah Abbott Howard "Abbie" Hoffman (November 30, 1936 – April 12, 1989) was a social and political activist in the United States, co-founder of the Youth International Party ("Yippies"), and later, a fugitive from the law, w..
Abbie Mitchell
Abbie Mitchell (1884–1960) was an American opera singer who created the role of "Clara" in George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess Mitchell began her career in Musical comedy with Will Marion Cook's Clorindy; or, the Origin of the Cakewalk in 1898. She performed with the Walker and Williams compani..
Abbie Park Ferguson
Abbie Park Ferguson (April 4 1837 - March 25 1919) was founder and president of Huguenot College. She was born in Whately, Massachusetts and graduated from Mount Holyoke College (then Mount Holyoke Female Seminary) in 1856. She taught in Niles, Michigan until 1858 and later in New Haven, Connectic..
Abbie Richardson
Abbie Richardson is a minor character in the Sweet Valley High book series. Character [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Abbie was originally a popular student and a close friend of Jessica Wakefield when they were freshmen. However, when she began dati..
Abbi Tatton
Abbi Tatton is a political producer and internet reporter for CNN. Based in Washington, D.C., Tatton researches and reports on the latest internet news and weblogs for CNN's afternoon program, The Situation Room, hosting the segment "The Situation Online." Along with fellow CNN reporter Jacki Schec..
Abbo
Abbo may refer to: Abbo Cernuus, a 9th century Benedictine monkAbbo of Fleury, a 10th century Benedictine monkAn offensive slang term for Indigenous Australians (as a variant of abo, as derived from Aborigine) This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated wit..
Abbot
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. Abbot's coat of arms The word abbot, meaning father, has been used as a Christian clerical title in various, mainly monastic, meanings. Contents 1 Origins2 Monastic history3 General information4 Abbatial hierarchy5 Modern ab..
Abbot's Chair
Abbot's Chair is the common name of a former monastic cross, the Charlesworth Cross, in the English county of Derbyshire. Only the socket remains of this boundary cross, built by the monks of Basingwerk Abbey in North Wales; it lies close to the so-called Monks Road at , near the entrance track to T..
Abbot's Hill School
Abbot's Hill School is a girls school in Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom. It had been the home of John Dickinson (1782–1869) who was his own architect in its building, just east of his paper mills called Nash Mills. Construction was commenced in 1836. The building material was unusual, be..
Abbot, Maine
Abbot is a town in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States. The population was 630 at the 2000 census. It was named for the treasurer of Bowdoin College, John Abbot. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 92.0 km² (35.5 mi²). 90.0 km² (34.7 mi²) ..
Abbotrule
Abbotrule is a village in the Scottish region of the Borders. It was once part of the Abbotrule Estate. ..
Abbotsbury
This article is about a village in England. For the suburb in Sydney, Australia see Abbotsbury, New South Wales The Abbey barn Abbotsbury is a small village in south west Dorset, England, situated on The Fleet under a steep limestone hill, seven miles north west of Weymouth and seven miles sou..
Abbotsbury, New South Wales
Abbotsbury is a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. More specifically, it is located on the toward the western limits of the City of Fairfield, it's local municipality. Often considered the wealthier end of the council districts, it generally comprises of a few hundred upper class properti..
Abbotsbury Abbey
The Abbey of St Peter was a Benedictine Monastery in the village of Abbotsbury in Dorset, England. The abbey was founded in the 11th century by King Canute's steward Orc and his wife Thola. Canute's successor, Edward the Confessor, was impressed with the abbey and granted Orc the rights to the sho..
Abbotsbury Castle
for at grid reference SY555867 The earthworks at Abbotsbury castle Abbotsbury Castle is an iron age hill fort in south west Dorset, England, situated on Wears Hill above the village of Abbotsbury, seven miles west of Dorchester and the famous hill fort at Maiden Castle. The fort was o..
Abbotsbury Garland Day
Held on 13 May each year, the Abbotsbury Garland Day celebrations have taken place in the Dorset village of Abbotsbury since about the early 19th century. They were first described in Hutchins' History of Dorset published in 1867. The custom involves the making of garlands by the children of the vil..
Abbotsbury Swannery
Swans in the main bay at Abbotsbury Cygnets at Abbotsbury Abbotsbury Swannery is the only managed colony of nesting mute swans in the world. It is situated near the village of Abbotsbury in Dorset, England, nine miles west of Weymouth on a two acre site around the Fleet lagoon protected ..
Abbotsford
Abbotsford may refer to: Abbotsford, South Africa, a suburb of Johannesburg, South AfricaAbbotsford, British Columbia, CanadaAbbotsford (electoral district), an electoral district surrounding the Canadian cityAbbotsford, Wisconsin, USAAbbotsford, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, AustraliaAbbots..
Abbotsford, British Columbia
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Abbotsford, Gauteng
Abbotsford is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region 3. Suburbs in Region 3 of Johannesburg Abbotsford | Atholhurst | Atholl Gardens | Atholl | Bagleyston | Benmore Gardens | Beverley Gardens | Birdhaven | Birnam | Blairgowrie | Blue Haven | Bordeaux | Bramley ..
Abbotsford, New South Wales
Abbotsford is a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is located in the Local Government Area of Canada Bay and its postcode is 2046. Sydney suburbs near Abbotsford(Canada Bay) Abbotsford Chiswick Wareemba Russell Lea External links Suburbs and localities within the City o..
Abbotsford, Victoria
Abbotsford is a small inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, nestled in between Collingwood, Richmond and Clifton Hill and separated from Kew by the meandering Yarra River. The Collingwood Town Hall is located in Abbotsford, and along with Clifton Hill and Collingwood the suburb was a part ..
Abbotsford, Wisconsin
See Abbotsford for other places with this name Abbotsford is a city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 1,956 at the 2000 census. Abbotsford is located in both Clark and Marathon Counties. Abbotsford is nicknamed is "Wisconsin's First City" due to its alphabetical place on a list of ..
Abbotsford-Clayburn
Abbotsford-Clayburn is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. Contents 1 Demographics2 Geography2.1 1999 Redistribution3 History4 Member of Legislative Assembly5 Election results6 External links Demographics P..
Abbotsford-Mount Lehman
Abbotsford-Mount Lehman is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. Contents 1 Demographics2 Geography2.1 1999 Redistribution3 History4 Member of Legislative Assembly5 Election results6 External links Demographic..
Abbotsford (electoral district)
Abbotsford is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. Contents 1 Demographics2 Geography3 History3.1 Member of Parliament3.2 Current Member of Parliament4 Election results5 ..
Abbotsford Career Technical Centre
Abbotsford Career Technical Centre is a public high school in Abbotsford, British Columbia part of School District 34 Abbotsford. ..
Abbotsford City Council
Abbotsford City Council is the governing body for the City of Abbotsford, British Columbia. The council consist of the Mayor of Abbotsford and 8 city councillors. Members Mayor George F. FergusonBruce BeckChristine CaldwellSimon GibsonMoe GillLynne HarrisDave LoewenPatricia RossJohn Smith Refere..
Abbotsford House
Abbotsford in 1880. Abbotsford is a historic house in the region of Scottish Borders in the south of Scotland, near Melrose, on south bank of the River Tweed. It was formerly the residence of novelist Walter Scott. The nucleus of the estate was a small farm of 100 acres (0.4 km²), call..
Abbotsford International Airport
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Abbotsford International Airshow
The Abbotsford International Airshow is held annually on the second Friday, Saturday and Sunday in August at Abbotsford International Airport in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada in August. It is one of Canada's largest airshows. It features both military and civilian aircraft from Canada and ..
Abbotsford Rangers
The Abbotsford Rangers is a USL Premier Development League soccer team that is based in Abbotsford, British Columbia. ..
Abbotsford Saints
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Abbotsford Senior Secondary School
Abbotsford Senior Secondary is a public high school in Abbotsford, British Columbia part of School District 34 Abbotsford. ..
Abbotsford Traditional Secondary School
Abbotsford Traditional Secondary is a public high school in Abbotsford, British Columbia part of School District 34 Abbotsford. The current school location is at Sumas. but the school will soon be moving to a new location where the Career Technical Centre is right now. [Official School Websi..
Abbotsham
Abbotsham is a village in the English county of Devon. It was called Hama in the Domesday Book. External links [Abbotsham pubs] Customer ratings and reviews of pubs in Abbotsham ..
Abbotskerswell
Abbotskerswell is a village in the English county of Devon. It's located 7 miles from the seaside resort of Torquay and 32 miles from the city of Plymouth. In the Domesday Book it was called Carsuella and had a population of less than one hundred. By the year 2001 the population had risen to 1473..
Abbotsleigh
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Abbotsleigh, Devon
Abbotsleigh is a village in the English county of Devon. ..
Abbotsley
Abbotsley is a village in the English county of Cambridgeshire. External links [Description][Map showing the extent of the village's conservation area][Genweb page with 1831 description]Grid reference ..
Abbotstone
Abbotstone is a village in the English county of Hampshire. ..
Abbotswick
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Abbotswood
Abbotswood is a village in the English county of Hampshire. ..
Abbots Bickington
Abbots Bickington is a village in the English county of Devon. It was called Bicatona in the Domesday Book. ..
Abbots Bromley
Abbots Bromley is a village in Staffordshire, England. It is famous for the annual Abbots Bromley Horn Dance. It is also the home of one of the Woodard Schools, Abbots Bromley School for Girls (formerly known as the School of S. Mary and S. Anne). History The first historical record of the village ..
Abbots Bromley Horn Dance
The Abbots Bromley Horn Dance is a remarkable folk survival, taking place each year in Abbots Bromley, a small village in Staffordshire, England. Contents 1 The Date2 The Itinerary3 The Dancers4 The Horns5 The Dance6 The Event7 History8 External link The D..
Abbots Bromley School for Girls
Abbots Bromley School for Girls (formerly known as the School of S. Mary and S. Anne, Abbots Bromley) is an independent, fee-paying school for girls aged 4-18 located in the village of Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire. It is one of the original Woodard Schools — and the first Woodard School for girls..
Abbots Creek
Abbots Creek is a tributary of Back Creek in Cumberland County, New Jersey in the United States. See also List of New Jersey rivers ..
Abbots Deuglie
Abbots Deuglie is a village in the Scottish region of Perth and Kinross. It is located in the Ochil Hills, in Arngask parish, just to the west of Glenfarg, at 56°17' N, 3° 26' W. Glenfarg Reservoir lies just to the west of the village, and was built in 1912. The site is noted for two neolithic si..
Abbots Langley
Abbots Langley is a large village in the English county of Hertfordshire. It is an old settlement and is mentioned (under the name of Langelai) in the Domesday Book. Economically the village is closely linked to Watford and was formerly part of the Rural District of Watford, but in the boundary chan..
Abbots Leigh
Abbots Leigh is a village located in North Somerset, United Kingdom. It was a resting place of Charles II during his escape to France in 1651. He arrived on the evening of 12 September, staying at the home of Mr and Mrs George Norton, who were friends of the Kings's travelling companion, Jane Lane..
Abbots Morton
Abbots Morton is a village in the English county of Worcestershire. ..
Abbots Ripton
Abbots Ripton is a village in the English county of Cambridgeshire. The Parish Council also covers the hamlet of Wennington. Accident Abbots Ripton is notable as the location of a significant railway disaster in 1876 during a blizzard, which led to significant developments in railway signalling...
Abbots Salford
Abbots Salford is a village in the English county of Warwickshire. ..
Abbots Worthy
Abbots Worthy is a village in the English county of Hampshire. It lies on the A33 to the north of Winchester. Politically it is part of the Winchester City Council administration. ..
Abbott
For people named Abbott see Abbott (surname) Abbott as a placename may mean: Abbott, Arkansas (United States), located in Scott CountyAbbott, California (United States), located in Sutter CountyAbbott, Iowa (United States), located in Hardin CountyAbbott, Mississippi (United States), located in Cla..
Abbott's Duiker
Abbott's Duiker (Cephalophus spadix also known as Minde in Swahili) is a large forest dwelling Duiker (small antelope) found only in a couple of scattered enclaves in Tanzania. It is believed by some to be a subspecies of the Yellow-backed Duiker. Abbott's Duikers stand around 65 centimetres ta..
Abbott's Hike
Abbott's Hike is a long distance footpath in Cumbria, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire, in the north of England. The Hike is 172 km / 107 miles long and provides links between fourteen miles of the Three Peaks Walk, three miles of the Pennine Way, and twenty-five miles of the Dales Way. It is na..
Abbott, Texas
Abbott is a city in Hill County, Texas, United States. The population was 300 at the 2000 census. Abbott is the birthplace of Willie Nelson. Geography Abbott is located at [31°53′2″N, 97°4′32″W] (31.883865, -97.075680)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the Un..
Abbott-Detroit
The Abbott-Detroit was an American luxury automobile manufactured between 1909 and 1919. It was considered powerful and well-designed, and had a Continental engine. The cars were guaranteed for life by 1913, when electric lighting and starting had been standardized. Models that Abbott-Detroit off..
Abbottabad
Abbottabad (Urdu: ایبٹ آباد ) is the principal city of the Abbottabad District in the Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan. It is 4120 feet (1256 m) above sea level, and is located 63 miles (101 km) from Rawalpindi, and is undoubtedly one of the cleanest, the most beautiful cities of Paki..
Abbottabad (poem)
Major James Abbott wrote a poem on Abbottabad before leaving it. He was impressed by beauty of the area. City Abbottabad is named after him. Abbott-abad, Abbot is his name, abad means place of living.     Abbottabad       I remember the day when I first came ..
Abbottabad District
Abbottabad (Urdu: ایبٹ آباد ) is a district in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. It contains the cities of Abbottabad and Havelian Birote Bakote and Kohala (Circle Bakote) Origin of name Abbottabad is named after Major James Abbott, an administrator of Hazara, a region that con..
Abbottabad Public School
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Abbottabad Public School and College
Situated a short distance about 15 Kilometers from Abbottabad City, it is a short distance about 5 kilometers from Ayub Medical College. it is an old institution with stong historical values, basically a boarding school from 7th to 12th Grade. this is only for Boys, now constitutes the day scholor s..
Abbottstown, Pennsylvania
Abbottstown is a borough in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 905 at the 2000 census. Geography Abbottstown is located at [39°53′8″N, 76°59′10″W] (39.885621, -76.986120)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bur..
Abbotts Ann
Abbotts Ann is a village in the English county of Hampshire. It was called Anna in the Domesday Book. External links [Abbotts Ann pubs] Customer ratings and reviews of pubs in Abbotts Ann..
Abbott (surname)
Abbott is a surname, and may refer to A - B - C - D - E - F - G - J - L - M - N - P - R - S - T - V - W - See also A Amos AbbottAnderson Ruffin AbbottAnthony AbbottAustin Abbott B Bernice Abbott (1898–1991), American photographerBrenden Abbott, aka the Postcard Bandit, Australian bank robberBud A..
Abbott and Costello
--> This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations.Abbott and Costello (William (Bud) Abbott, 1897-1974; Louis Cristillo, 1906-1959) were an American comedy du..
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd is a 1952 comedy co-starring Charles Laughton, who reprised his role as the infamous pirate from the 1945 film "Captain Kidd". The film was one of only two Abbott and Costello movies shot in color (using the SuperCinecolor process). The team's first color prod..
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein is a classic 1948 comedy/horror film in which characters played by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello deliver large heavy crates to a wax museum only to discover that the contents -- Frankenstein's monster and Dracula -- are neither wax nor dead. Bela Lugosi stars as..
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man is a 1951 film starring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello and Nancy Guild. This film was the third of seven movies in which Abbott and Costello "meet" various creepy characters. Their first pairing was with Frankenstein. It was followed by the Killer, played by Bo..
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy is a 1955 film that marks the last of the "Abbott and Costello Meet" films and also the 28th and final Abbott and Costello film produced by Universal Pictures. Previously Abbott and Costello met Frankenstein, Dracula, the Wolfman, Dr. Jekyll, Mr Hyde, the Killer (..
Abbott Axsym
The Abbott Axsym The Abbott Axsym is an immunochemical automated analyser made by Abbott Laboratories. It is used for serology tests and therapeutic drug monitoring, and uses antibodies to alter the deflection of polarised light. It can also be used to monitor hormone level and some cardiac ma..
Abbott Cup
The Abbott Memorial Cup, commonly referred to as the Abbott Cup, is the Tier II Junior "A" ice hockey Championship for the Western Canadian leagues of the Canadian Junior A Hockey League. The Cup was named after Captain E.L. (Hick) Abbott who was a noted hockey player in Western Canada. He ca..
Abbott District
Abbott Districts are school districts covered by a New Jersey Supreme Court ruling that found that the education provided to urban school children was inadequate and unconstitutional. The Court in Abbott II and in subsequent rulings, ordered the State to assure that these children receive an adequat..
Abbott Handerson Thayer
Abbott Handerson Thayer (August 12, 1849-May 29, 1921) was an American artist, naturalist and teacher. As a painter of portraits, figures, animals and landscapes, he enjoyed a certain prominence during his lifetime, as shown by the fact that his paintings are in the most important U.S. art collect..
Abbott Independent School District
The Abbott Independent School District is a school district based in Abbott, Texas. See also List of school districts in Texas External link [Abbott Independent School District] ..
Abbott Laboratories
Abbott Laboratories NYSE: [ABT] is a pharmaceuticals and health care company. It has around 60,000 employees and operates in 130 countries. The corporate headquarters are in Abbott Park, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago, IL, near its manufacturing center in North Chicago, Illinois...
Abbott Lawrence
Abbott Lawrence (December 16, 1792–August 18, 1855) was a prominent American businessman, politician, and philanthropist. He founded Lawrence, Massachusetts. Born in Groton, Massachusetts, son of Revolutionay War officer Samuel Lawrence, Abbott Lawrence attended Groton Academy, (now Lawrence ..
Abbott Lawrence Lowell
U.S. educator, historian, and controversial President of Harvard University (1909–33), Abbott Lawrence Lowell (January 1, 1856–January 6, 1943) was born to Augustus Lowell and his wife Katherine Bigelow Lowell at the family's 10-acre estate in Brookline, MA. The Lowells, a prominent Bo..
Abbott Lowell Cummings
Abbott Lowell Cummings (1923-) is a noted architectural historian and genealogist, best known for his study of New England architecture. He currently lives in South Deerfield, Massachusetts. Cummings was born in St. Albans, Vermont, educated at the Hoosac School in New York, studied American art an..
Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO
Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO is a UK-based advertising agency which has produced several well-known television commercials, including: The Guinness advert Surfer, voted the best television commercial of all time in a UK poll conducted by The Sunday Times and Channel 4.The BBC trailer Rush Hour, featurin..
Abbott Street
Abbott Street is a village in the English county of Dorset. The tiny village is near to the historic town of Wimborne Minster, next to the Blandford Road to the north west. The whole area is within a few minutes drive of Bournemouth and Poole in East Dorset. ..
Abbott Township, Pennsylvania
Abbott Township is a township in Potter County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 226 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 181.1 km² (69.9 mi²), all land. Demographics As of the census2 of 2000, there were 226 ..
Abbot (crater)
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Abbot (disambiguation)
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An abbot is the head of a monastery. Abbot as a surname may refer to Bec Abbot, Canadian singerCharles Greeley Abbot (1872-1973), an American astrophysicist, astronomer and Secretary of the Smithsonian InstitutionCharles Abbot, 1s..
Abbot Beyne School
Abbot Beyne School is a comprehensive secondary school located in Staffordshire, England with specialist Visual Arts College status as of 2002. The school has over 1100 pupils (1135 students on roll as of 2003 OFSTED inspection). The headteacher is Mrs Thompson following the resignation of Mr. Mar..
Abbot Group
Abbot Group plc is an oil contracting company based in Aberdeen, Scotland. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. The group has two operating divisions, KCA Deutag and Bentec, which provide drilling and related well and facilities engineering services ..
Abbot Hall (Marblehead, Massachusetts)
Abbot Hall is a town hall and historical museum located at 188 Washington Street, Marblehead, Massachusetts. It is open year-round, though with restricted hours in the colder months. In addition to serving as the seat of Marblehead’s town government, Abbot Hall contains the original of the w..
Abbot Ice Shelf
The Abbot Ice Shelf ([72°45′S 096°00′W]) is an ice shelf 400 km (250 mi) long and 64 km (40 mi) wide, bordering Eights Coast from Cape Waite to Phrogner Point. Thurston Island lies along the northern edge of the western half of this ice shelf; other sizable islands (Sherman, Carpent..
Abbot Kinney
Abbot Kinney (b. 1850, New Brunswick, New Jersey - d. 1920, Santa Monica, California) was a developer and conservationist. Kinney was born into a family whom, after moving to Washington D.C., became known in the political scene. His aunt was married to Senator James Dixon of Connecticut. Early Lif..
Abbot of Abingdon
The following list of Anglo-Saxon Abbots of Abingdon is taken from Kelly (2000). She regards the traditional first six abbots as fictional: "There is good reason to think that in most cases their names were simply plucked from early charters available in the abbey's archive, the majority of which wo..
Abbot of Iona
Abbot of Iona, was the head of Iona Abbey and the leader of the monastic community of Iona, and overlords of scores of monasteries in both Scotland and Ireland, including Durrow, Kells and, for a time, Lindisfarne. It was one of the most prestigious clerical positions in Dark Age Europe, and was vis..
Abbot of Rievaulx
Abbot of Rievaulx was the head of the Cistercian monastic community of Rievaulx Abbey in North Yorkshire, northern England, founded in 1131 by Walter l'Espec. The Abbots of Rievaulx were amongst the most powerful christian leaders in northern England until the dissolution of the monastery by Henry V..
Abbot Oliva
Oliva (c.971-1046), also spelled Oliba, was the count of Berga (998-1003) and Ripoll and later bishop of Vic (1018-1046) and abbot of Sant Miquel de Cuixà. He was the son of a noble Catalan house who abdicated his secular possessions to take up the Benedictine habit in the monastery of Ripoll. He..
Abbot Pass
Abbot Pass sits between Mount Lefroy and Mount Victoria. It was named for Phillip Stanley Abbot who died in an attempt to climb Mount Lefroy. Abbot Pass has a hut maintained by the Alpine Club of Canada. ..
Abbot Rock
Abbot Rock is a barren rock in the Salem Channel, off the northeast coast of Winter Island, within the city limits of Salem, Massachusetts. (Coordinates: Lat. = 42.531'N, Lon. = 70.864'W) ..
Abbot Suger
Suger of Saint-Denis on a medieval window Suger (c. 1081 – January 13, 1151), French ecclesiastic, statesman and historian, was born of a very poor, minor and knightly family Flanders, at St Denis near Paris or at Toury in Beauce. About 1091 he entered the abbey of St Denis. Until about..
Abbo Cernuus
Abbo Cernuus ("The crooked") was a French Benedictine monk of Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris, sometimes called Abbo Parisiensis. He was born about the middle of the ninth century, was present at the siege of Paris by the Normans (885-86), and wrote a description of it in Latin verse, with..
Abbo of Fleury
Abbo of Fleury (in Latin Abbo Floriacensis), also known as Abbon or Saint Abbo' (c. 945~950 to - 13 November,1004) was a monk, and later abbot, of the Benedictine monastery of Fleury sur Loire (the modern Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire) near Orléans, France. He was born near Orléans in the mid 10th ce..
Abbreviated dialing
Abbreviated dialing is the use of a very short telephone number to reach public services. Typically these are two or three digits, and are most commonly known as being emergency telephone numbers like 1-1-2 and 9-1-1. Other services may also be available this way, such as the N11 codes in the NANP..
Abbreviated mental test score
The abbreviated mental test score (AMTS) was introduced by Hodkinson in 1972 to rapidly assess elderly patients for the possibility of dementia. Its uses in medicine have become somewhat wider, e.g. to assess for confusion, although it has mainly been validated in the elderly. The following questio..
Abbreviated Test Language for Avionics Systems
Abbreviated Test Language for Avionics Systems (ATLAS) is a Mil-spec language for automatic testing of avionics equipment. It is a high-level computer language and can be used on any computer whose supporting software can translate it into the appropriate low-level instructions. The ATLAS language ..
Abbreviation
Abbreviation (from Latin brevis "short") is strictly a shorter form of a word, but more particularly, an abbreviation is a letter or group of letters, taken from a word or words, and employed to represent them for the sake of brevity. For example, the word "abbreviation" can be abbreviated as "abbr...
Abbreviator
Abbreviator, plural Abbreviators in English or Abbreviatores in Latin, also called Breviators, were a body of writers in the papal chancery, whose business was to sketch out and prepare in due form the pope's bulls, briefs and consistorial decrees before these are written out in extenso by the scrip..
Abby
For the English first name, see Abigail. Abby was a 1974 movie starring William H. Marshall (best known for his work in the '70s movies Blacula, and Scream, Blacula, Scream) and directed by William Girdler. Since the plot was about a young black woman who was possessed by the devil, it was origina..
Abbye "Pudgy" Stockton
Abbye "Pudge" Stockton was a professional strongwoman and forerunner of present day female bodybuilders, who became famous through her involvement with Muscle Beach in the 1940s. Abbye Eville was born on August 11, 1917, and moved to Santa Monica, California in 1924. She acquired the nickname "Pud..
Abbygale Arenas
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Abbyville, Kansas
Abbyville is a city in Reno County, Kansas, USA. The population was 128 at the 2000 census. Geography Abbyville is located at [37°58′14″N, 98°12′14″W] (37.970619, -98.203764)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a to..
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Abby (singer)
Abby is a female Japanese popular music artist. Her only single as of yet is 2001's "DOORS," which was featured as the theme song to at least one television show and one event listed below. Not much is known about Abby; her official website (which no longer exists) simply stated that she is a "..
Abby (Sword of Truth)
Abby is a fictional character in the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind. Description Abigail is a girl, about the same age as Zedd, from the land of Pendisan Reach. She grew up in the town of Coney Crossing, where she knew every person living in the town. She had fine, dark brown hair that c..
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, born Abby Greene Aldrich on October 26, 1874 in Providence, Rhode Island, was a matriarch of the Rockefeller family. She was the daughter of Senator Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich and the former Abby Pearce Chapman. Portrait of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller by Robert Brackman. ..
Abby Barry Bergman
There are very few or no other articles that link to this one.Please help [[help:link|introduce links]] in articles on [related topics]. After links have been created, remove this message.This article has been tagged since June 2006. } Abby Barry Bergman (born 1946) is a science educator..
Abby Brammell
Abby Brammell (born March 19, 1979, in Kentucky), is an American television and stage actress. Brammell was raised in San Antonio, Texas where she graduated from Winston Churchill High School in 1997. She then graduated from the Carnegie Mellon University drama school in 2001, and has had recurri..
Abby Cadabby
Abby Cadabby, a fairy, is a new character for season 37 of Sesame Street, performed by Leslie Carrara. She has not officially been announced, but is gaining recognition on Muppet fansites and discussion boards. Abby is designed by Ed Christie, and built by Rollie Krewson. ..
Abby Dalton
Abby Dalton is an American actress born Marlene Wasden on August 15, 1935, in Las Vegas, Nevada. She has made numerous appearances on television, including the role of Julia Cumson on Falcon Crest. She played a nurse on Hennesey with Jackie Cooper and was Joey Bishop's wife on The Joey Bishop Show..
Abby DeWald
Abby DeWald sings lead vocals and plays acoustic guitar in the California-based group known as The Ditty Bops. She has been in a relationship with her girlfriend and musical partner Amanda Barrett since 1999. ..
Abby Faith
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Abby Fujimoto
Abigail "Abby" Fujimoto is a fictional character on Flight 29 Down. She was one of the nine survivors of the plane crash. She, Ian, and Jory joined Captain Russell in their search through the island for other life. She came back alone and dehydrated. Abby was eventually rescued by the seven surviv..
Abby Gennet
Abby Gennet is the lead singer of the New York band Slunt. She was also an MTV2 VJ. She is married to Brett Scallions, former lead singer and frontman for the rock band "Fuel" and current Bass player for the rock bands "Circus Diablo" and "The X's". Abby has also appeared in STUFF magazine and has ..
Abby Hayes
Abby Hayes is a fictional fifth-grade student, the protagonist of a series of novels by Anne Mazer. She is one of four children, younger than her twin sisters Eva and Isabel, who she often refers to as her "Supersibs", but older than her brother Alex. Her parents are Olivia and Paul Hayes. Abby shar..
Abby Howe Turner
Abby Howe Turner (1875-1957) was a noted professor of Physiology and Zoology who founded the department of physiology at Mount Holyoke College. She specialized in colloid osmotic pressure and circulatory reactions to gravity. Turner was born in Nashua, New Hampshire. She received her B.A. from M..
Abby Joseph Cohen
Abby Joseph Cohen (CFA) (born 1952 in Queens, New York) is an American economist and financial analyst on Wall Street. She is a partner and chief U.S. investment strategist at Goldman, Sachs & Co. Ms Cohen earned economics degrees from Cornell University and George Washington University then began ..
Abby Kelley
Abby Kelley (Abby Kelley Foster) (January 15 1811 - January 14 1887) - Radical Reformer Contents 1 Early Life2 Radicalization3 Anti-Slavery Activity4 Women's Rights5 Mariage and Family6 See also7 Sources:8 External links Early Life Abby Kelley was born in..
Abby Lippman
Abby Lippman got her BA from Cornell University and her PhD from McGill University. She is currently Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, with cross appointments in Family Medicine and Social Studies of Medicine, all at McGill. Lippman is also Presid..
Abby Lockhart
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Maura Tierney as Abby Lockhart in ER Dr. Abby Lockhart (previously Nurse Abby Lockhart) is a fictional med..
Abby Mann
Abby Mann was an American film writer best known for his work on controversial subjects and social change. He is a native Pennsylvanian and grew up in the Pittsburgh suburb of East Pittsburgh. His biggest claim to fame was the 1961 drama Judgment at Nuremberg which won him the Academy Award that y..
Abby May
Abby May (or Abigail May the third) Alcott was the wife of Bronson Alcott and mother of Louisa May Alcott, the author of Little Women. She was the first paid social worker in the state of Massachusetts, and was the model for the character of Marmee in the book Little Women. Biographical informati..
Abby Normal
Abby Normal is a musician from North Carolina. He has been performing since 1992, and is best known for his work with Frankenstein Drag Queens From Planet 13 and The Graveyard Boulevard, though he has successfully performed as both a solo artist, and with other bands. Contents 1 Musical Care..
Abby Rockefeller Mauzé
Abby Rockefeller Mauzé (November 9, 1903 - May 27, 1976) was the first child and only daughter of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller. She and her five brothers carried on the family tradition of philanthropy stemming back to her grandfather, John D. Rockefeller. Unlike her broth..
Abby Sciuto
Abigail "Abby" Sciuto is a fictional forensic scientist in the NCIS television series by CBS Television, portrayed by Pauley Perrette. Abby is best known for her totally gothic style of dress, with at least nine tattoos on her neck, arms, back and other places which are only hinted at. She has a ..
Abby Singer
Abner E. "Abby" Singer worked as a production manager and assistant director in film between the 1950s and the 1980s. He's famous for misleading his crew into thinking that the second-to-last shot of the day was actually the last shot. For this reason, the second-to-last shot of the day on a film se..
Abby Wambach
180px Mary Abigail ("Abby") Wambach (Born:June 2, 1980 in Pittsford, New York) is a professional soccer player. High School Years Wambach attended Our Lady of Mercy High School in Pittsford, New York and was a letterwinner in soccer and basketball. In soccer, as a senior, she was named th..
Abby Whiteside
Abby Whiteside (1881-1956) was an influential and controversial piano teacher whose ideas are still much debated. She challenged the finger-centric approach of much Classical piano teaching and instead advocated a holistic attitude in which the arm is the conductor of a musical image conceived fir..
ABB Industrigymnasium
redirect [[Template:Not verified]] ABB Industrigymnasium is the name of two schools in Västerås and Ludvika, Sweden, secondary schools with a focus on engineering, information technology and enterprising. The Västerås branch was started in 1994 by the industrial corporation Asea Brown Boveri (AB..
Ab Band
Ab Band is a district in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. Its population, which is almost entirely Pashtun, was estimated at 41,340 in 2002. Ab Band is on the main road from Kabul to Kandahar. References [UNHCR District Profile], accessed 2006-04-20 External links [Map of Ab Band] ..
Ab Box
Albert 'Ab' Box (March 8, 1909 – July 30, 2000) was a Canadian professional football halfback, quarterback and punter. Born in Toronto, Ontario, he played for the Toronto Balmy Beach from 1930-1931 and 1935-1938. From 1932 to 1934, he played for the Toronto Argonauts. He was part of the Grey ..
Żabbar
Żabbar is the fifth largest town in Malta, with a population of just over 18,000 (est. 2004). Originally a part of Zejtun, Żabbar was granted the title of Citta Hompesch by the last of the Grandmasters of the Knights of St. John to reign in Malta, Ferdinand von Hompesch. The Grandmaster gave his s..

 

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