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E-GIF
The correct title of this } is }}}. The initial letter is capitalized due to [Naming conventions #Lower case first lettertechnical restrictions]. e-GIF is the UK eGovernment Interoperability Framework. It is an ambitious exercise intended to resolve and prevent (or at least minimise) pro..
EGI
EGI may be: Edward Grey Institute of Field OrnithologyEmbedded GPS INSEuzko Gaztedi ..
Egide Charles Gustave Wappers
Episode of the Belgian Revolution of 1830 (1834), Wappers' most famous painting, (Musée d'Art Ancien, Brussels) Egide Charles Gustave, Baron Wappers (August 23, 1803 - December 6, 1874), Belgian painter, was born at Antwerp. After studying at the Antwerp Academy he went to Paris in 1826. Th..
Egide Walschaerts
Egide Walschaerts (21 January 1820 - 1901) was a Belgian mechanical engineer, best known as the inventor of the Walschaert valve gear for use in steam engines. Born in Mechelen, Belgium, Walschaerts studied at Liège, and in 1842 joined the Belgian State Railway workshops. In 1844 he invented a typ..
Egidijus Balčiūnas
Egidijus Balčiūnas (born 7 1975 in Marijampolė) is a Lithuanian flatwater canoer. With team-mate Alvydas Duonėla, he has won three world championship gold medals in the kayak K-2 200m sprint. The pair were also finalists in the K2 500m at both the 2000 and 2004 Olympics. Balciunas now lives in ..
Egidio da Viterbo
Egidio da Viterbo (also known as Petrus Egidius or Ægidius) cardinal and Christian cabalist; born 1469 or 1470 at the Villa Canapina, in the diocese of Viterbo, of rich and noble parents. After a course of studies with the Augustinians at Viterbo, he was made doctor of theology, and in 1503 became ..
Egidio Forcellini
Egidio Forcellini (1688 - 1768), Italian philologist, was born at Fener in the district of Treviso and belonged to a very poor family. He went to the seminary at Padua in 1704, studied under Facciolati, and in due course attained to the priesthood. From 1724 to 1730 he held the office of rector o..
Egidio Romualdo Duni
Egidio Romualdo Duni (11 February, 1708 – 11 June, 1775) was an French opera composer who studied in Naples and worked in Italy, France and London. Duni was born in Matera, Italy in 1708. As a child, music was taught to him by his father, Francesco Duni, and two sisters. At the age of nine, ..
Egidius Slanghen
Egidius Slanghen (August 23, 1820 - October 12, 1882) was the mayor of Hoensbroek (now part of Heerlen) from March 11, 1855 till his death and a historian. Before being mayor of Hoensbroek, he was, thanks to mediation by the count Jean Bapriste d’Ansembourg of Amstenrade, land agent for the fruele..
Egil
people called Egil: Agilaz, a legendary archer of Germanic mythology and a brother of Völund.Egil, a character in the poem Hymiskvida.Egill Skallagrímsson, a famous Viking and berserker.Ongenþeow, a legendary Swedish king. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articl..
Egill Skallagrímsson
Picture of Egill in a 17th century manuscript of Egils Saga Egill Skallagrímsson (sometimes given as Egil Skallagrimsson) was a viking and a skald. He was born in Iceland in the year 910 and died some time around the year 990. Egils saga (attributed to Snorri Sturluson, 1178–1241 by som..
Egill Skallagrímsson Brewery
The Egill Skallagrímsson Brewery (Icelandic: "Ölgerð Egils Skallagrímssonar") is an Icelandic brewery based in Reykjavík and founded on April 17 1913. Contents 1 Brief details2 Beer3 See also4 External links Brief details The brewery is named after the viking p..
Egilona
Egilona was the wife of the last Visigothic King Roderic in the early years of the 8th Century during the Muslim invasion of the Iberian Peninsula. When he died in the Battle of Guadalete she was captured by the Moorish leader Abd al-Aziz ibn Musa. The Emir fell in love of her and in the year 717 A..
Egilsay
Egilsay is one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland, lying east of Rousay. The island is largely farmland and is known for its corncrakes. Egilsay was the place where Saint Magnus was killed in 1117. A ruined church on the island was probably built as a shrine to him and is the only surviving roun..
Egilsstaðir
Egilsstaðir is a town in East Iceland on the banks of Lagarfljót river. In 2004, the town had over 2,100 inhabitants. The town is young, even by Icelandic standards where urbanization is a fairly recent trend compared to mainland Europe. It was established in 1947 as an effort by the surroundi..
Egils saga
Egill Skallagrímsson in a 17th century manuscript of Egils Saga Egils saga is an epic Icelandic saga possibly by Snorri Sturluson (1179-1241 A.D.), who may have written the account between the years 1220 and 1240 A.D. It is an important representative of the sagas and has much to say about t..
Egil (Hymiskvida)
In Norse mythology, Egil is the name of a farmer in the poem Hymiskvida who looked after Thor's goats while the god was visiting the giant Hymir. Egil is possibly the father of Thor's servants Thjálfi and Röskva due to certain similarities found in Snorri's Gylfaginning. In both poems the gods emb..
Egil Danielsen
Egil Danielsen (born November 9, 1933 in Hamar) is a former Norwegian athlete. Danielsen grew up under poor circumstances in an orphanage. Nonetheless, he won a gold medal in the javelin throw at the 1956 Summer Olympics with 85.71, a new world record at that time. Also, he finished second in the 1..
Egil Endresen
Egil Endresen (1920-1992) was the Norwegian Minister of Justice 1970-1971.[link] ..
Egil Hovland
Contents 1 Compositions1.1 Works for orchestra1.2 Works for wind ensemble1.3 Masses, cantatas, and sacred music1.4 Works for choir1.5 Vocal music with piano or organ1.6 Chamber music1.7 Works for organ1.8 Works for piano2 Books Egil Hovland (..
Egil Krogh
Egil Krogh (far right) during Elvis Presley's visit with Nixon on December 21, 1970. Egil "Bud" Krogh, Jr. (born 1939) was an official in the Nixon administration who went to prison for his role in the what would be known as the Watergate scandals. Krogh was born and raised in Washington. A..
Egil Monn-Iversen
Egil Monn-Iversen (14 april 1928 - ) is one of the most influental modern composers in Norway. He has had many important roles in Norwegian music, film, opera, television, comedy and theatre. For some time he had so much power in the cultural Norway that he got the nickname The Godfather, even thoug..
Egil Offenberg
Egil Offenberg (1899-1975) was Norwegian Minister of Supplies and Reconstruction in 1945. ..
Egil Olsen
Egil Roger Olsen (born April 22, 1942) nicknamed "Drillo", is the most successful manager in the history of the Norwegian national football team. He coached the team from 1990 to 1998, guiding them to World Cup final tournaments in 1994 and 1998, Norway peaking as number two on the FIFA ranking. As ..
Egil Rasmussen
Egil Rasmussen (born April 28, 1903 in Bossekop village, Alta municipality, and died June 18 1964) was a Norwegian author, literature critic and musician. The family moved to Tromsø when Rasmussen was 3 years old, and he grew up there. Rasmussen worked for many years as a lektorThe highest rank..
Egil Tynæs
Egil Tynæs born August 12 1941 was a Norwegian doctor. On June 2, 2004 in Badghis, Afghanistan Tynæs and four others (Afghans Fasil Ahmad and Besmillah, Belgian Helene de Beir, and Dutchman Willem Kwint) were killed in an ambush whilst working for the humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Fr..
Egil Østenstad
Egil Johan Østenstad (born January 2, 1972 in Haugesund), nicknamed "Østen", is a Norwegian director of football and former player at Viking. His active career also included spells at Southampton and Blackburn, among others. Østenstad arrived at Viking from local club Torvastad in 1990, helpin..
Egin
Egin, the former name of Kemaliye, was an important trading town in the vilayet of Asiatic Turkey (altitude 3300 ft.). Pop. about 20,000 (1911), fairly equally divided between Armenian Christians and Moslems. It is picturesquely situated in a theatre of lofty, abrupt rocks, on the right bank of the ..
Egino
Sculpture of Egino in Dalby Heligkorskyrka Egino (d. 1072) was the first and only bishop of Dalby in Scania, from 1060 to 1066. He was ordained by archbishop Adalbert of Hamburg-Bremen. The bishopric was separated from Roskilde in 1060, when the church in Denmark was reorganized in nine episco..
Egis
Egis or EGIS has a variety of meanings, including: An alternate spelling for aegis.An acronym for Erieye Ground Interface Segment, military software package which is part of the Erieye radar and is sometimes confused with the Aegis combat system.Egis Rt. (Egis Ltd), a Hungarian pharmaceutical compa..
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