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Egbado
Egbado tribe (or now Yewa, a sub-group of the larger Yoruba people), inhabit the eastern area of Ogun West Senatorial District, Ogun State, in south-west Nigeria, Africa. In 1995 they changed their name to the Yewa. History The Egbado appear to have migrated - possibly from the Ketu, Ile-Ife, or Oy..

EGBDF
EGBDF is an abbreviation which may refer to the mnemonic Ever Good Boy Deserves Favour used by music students to remember the lines of the treble ClefEvery Good Boy Deserves Favour, an album by the Moody BluesEvery Good Boy Deserves Favour, a play by Tom StoppardEvery Good Boy Deserves Fudge, and a..

Egbere
In the African Yoruba mythology, Egbere is a mat-carrying creature who is always in tears. He is human-like therefore, with human features. There is a myth that whoever steals his mat will become marvelously wealthy. ..

Egbert
Several Anglo-Saxon persons were named Ecgberht (or Ecgbert or Egbert): Ecgberht of Kent (ruled 664–673)Saint Egbert (died 729), hermit and missionaryEcgbert, archbishop of York (died 766)Egbert II of Kent (died c. 784)Egbert of Lindisfarne (died 821)Egbert of Wessex (ruled 802–839)Ecgb..

Egbert, Ontario
Egbert is a very small hamlet with a population of less than 100 people located in Essa Township in the County of Simcoe in the province of Ontario. It is located about 100 kilometers northwest of Toronto and about 10 kilometers northeast of Alliston Ontario and about 8 kilometers northwest of Cook..

Egberto Gismonti
Egberto Gismonti Egberto Gismonti (born 1947 in Carmo, RJ, Brazil) is a Brazilian composer, guitarist and pianist. He began his formal music studies at the age of six on piano. After studying classical music for 15 years, he went to Paris to study with Nadia Boulanger (orchestration and anal..

Egbertville, Staten Island
Egbertville is the name of a neighborhood located immediately inland from, but classifiable within, the East Shore of Staten Island. The island forms one of the five boroughs of the USA's largest city, New York. Named after a family that owned a farm there in the 18th Century, Egbertville was know..

Egbert Adriaan Kreiken
Egbert Adriaan Kreiken (November 1, 1896–August 16, 1964) was a Dutch teacher and astronomer. He was born at Barneveld in the Netherlands, to a family of teachers. After being awarded his Ph.D. in 1923, he would become a professor of astronomy in Amsterdam. For most of his life he served as ..

Egbert B. Gebstadter
Egbert B. Gebstadter is a fictional author who appears only in the indexes (and sometimes in the text) of books by Douglas R. Hofstadter. For each Hofstadter book, there is a corresponding Gebstadter book. His name is derived from "GEB", the abbreviation for Hofstadter's first book Gödel, Escher,..

Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer
Egbert Bartholomeuszoon Kortenaer or Egbert Meussen Cortenaer (1604-13 June 1665) was an admiral of the United Provinces of the Netherlands. His second name is also given as Bartolomeuszoon or Meeuwiszoon. All of these are variations on the patronym "Son of Bartholomew". Kortenaer was born in 16..

Egbert Benson
Egbert Benson (June 21, 1746–August 24, 1833) was an lawyer, jurist and politician from Upper Red Hook, New York. He represented New York in both the Continental Congress and the United States House of Representatives and served as Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court. Egbert was born ..

Egbert Bratt Grandin
Egbert Bratt Grandin (1806-April 16 1845) was owner of the printing shop where Joseph Smith, Jr. first published the Book of Mormon. The shop was located in the town of Palmyra, New York. ..

Egbert Cadbury
Air Commodore Sir Egbert Cadbury DSC, DFC, (1893—1967) was a First World War ace who shot down two Zeppelins over the North Sea from his Sopwith Camel, and went on to become managing director of Cadbury Brothers Ltd, the predecessor of Cadbury Schweppes. After the First World War Cadbury Br..

Egbert Hayessen
Egbert Hayessen (born 28 December 1913 in Eisleben; died 15 August 1944 in Berlin-Plötzensee; murdered) was a German resistance fighter in the struggle against Adolf Hitler, and a major in the army. Hayessen grew up on the Hessian state domain of Mittelhof near Felsberg-Gensungen. In 1924, he we..

Egbert II, Margrave of Meissen
Egbert II (German: ) (ca. 1059/1061 – 3 July 1090), count of Brunswick and margrave of Meissen, was the eldest son of the Margrave Egbert I of the Brunonen family. He succeeded his father in Brunswick on the latter's death on 11 January 1068 and was appointed margrave by Henry IV, Holy Roman ..

Egbert II of Kent
Ecgberht II, was King of Kent jointly with Heaberht. Ecgberht II is known from his coins and charters, ranging from 765 to 779 [link] [link] [link] [link], two of which were witnessed or confirmed by Heaberht. Ecgberht II acceeded by 765, when he issued his ..

Egbert Ludoricus Viele
Egbert Ludovicus Viele (1825 - 1902) Civil Engineer and U.S. Representative from New York. Born in Waterford, New York (Saratoga County) on June 17, 1825, son of Kathline Schuyler (Knickerbacker) and John L. Viele. He graduated with honors from The Albany Academy and studied law briefly before ente..

Egbert of Lindisfarne
Egbert of Lindisfarne was Bishop of Lindisfarne from 803 until his death in 821. He is often confused with Saint Egbert who served as a monk at Lindisfarne, though the latter never became a bishop there. |- style="text-align: center;" External links [The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle mentions t..

Egbert of Wessex
Egbert (also Ecgbehrt or Ecgbert) (c. 770 — July 839) was King of Wessex from 802 until his death. Under Egbert, Wessex rose to become the most powerful of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, overthrowing the supremacy of Mercia. In addition, he is considered the first king of England, though it is not ho..

Egbert Phelps
Egbert Phelps was an honorary member and assistant to the founders of Theta Chi Fraternity. He was born on December 8 1835 in Middlebury, Vermont. He entered Norwich University in 1852 but transferred to Union College in 1854 where he became a member of Chi Psi Fraternity and Phi Beta Kappa. Union ..

Egbert Schuurman
Egbert Schuurman (1937- ) is a professor of philosophy in the Netherlands, whose teaching is most concerned with exploring and developing Reformational philosophy and its organized expression, the Association for Reformational Philosophy [link]. He studied under Hendrik Van Riessen. Schuur..

Egbert Ten Eyck
Egbert Ten Eyck (April 18, 1779 - April 11, 1844) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Schodack, Rensselaer County, he graduated from Williams College (in Williamstown, Massachusetts in 1799, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1807 and commenced practice in Watertown, New Y..

Egbert Van Alstyne
Egbert Anson Van Alstyne (born, according to differing sources, March 4 or March 6 1878; died July 9, 1951) was a United States songwriter and pianist. Van Alstyne was the composer of a number of popular and ragtime tunes from the early 20th century. He was born in Marengo, Illinois. After some t..

Egbert van Heemskerk
Egbert van Heemskerk I (The Elder) (1610-1680) was a Dutch painter of the Baroque Era. His paintings are exhibited in Bowes Museum, United Kingdom and National Gallery of Victoria, Australia. External link [View Heemskerk's paintings] ..

Egbert van Heemskerk II
Egbert van Heemskerk II (the Younger) (ca.1634-1704) was a Dutch painter of the Baroque Era. His paintings are exhibited in Palace of Culture, Romania; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, USA; Fitzwilliam Museum at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; Courtauld Institute of Art, London, Unit..

Egbert van Heemskerk III
Egbert van Heemskerk III (active ca.1700-1744) was a Dutch painter. One of his paintings is exhibited at the Tate Gallery, in London, United Kingdom. External link [View Heemskerk's painting] ..

Egbe Omo Oduduwa
Egbé Ọmọ Odùduwà, was a Nigerian political organization established in 1945, when Chief Obafemi Awolowo along with Dr. Oni Akerele, Chief Akintola Williams, Professor Saburi Biobaku, Chief Abiodun Akinrele, Chief Ayo Rosiji and others, met in London. Their stated aim in setting up the organiz..

Egbo
The [Neutral Point of Viewneutrality] of this article is [NPOV disputedisputed]. This article is largely based on text from the out-of-copyright 11th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, which was produced in the U.K. in 1911, and it may express a worldview specific to tha..

EGBU-15
The GBU-15 bomb is an unpowered, glide weapon used to destroy high value enemy targets. It is designed to be used with F-15E and F-111F aircraft. While laser guided munitions can be pointed at a laser dot and directed through a doorway, the GBU-15 can be guided real-time by the ‘Wizzo’ to land..

EGBUS
EGBUS is a medical acronym for External Genitalia, Bartholin's glands, Urethra & Skene's glands. It is usually found written in a medical record as part of the physical examination of a female patient. ..

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