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'Elepaio
The 'Elepaio (Chasiempis sandwichensis) is a flycatcher endemic to Hawaii. In the traditional lore of Hawaii, the 'elepaio was the most celebrated of the birds because it helped canoe-builders to select the right koa tree to use for their canoe. The 'elepaio' was a bold and curious little bird tha..
Çelebi
Çelebi is a district of Kırıkkale Province of Turkey. Kırıkkale | Bahşılı | Balışeyh | Çelebi | Delice | Karakeçili | Keskin | Sulakyurt | Yahşihan ..
E-learning
As opposed to the computer-based training of the 1980s, the term e-learning refers to computer-enhanced training. E-learning is usually delivered via a personal computer. It includes learning delivered by other communications technologies. Methods include online lectures, tutorials, performance ..
E-learning glossary
The following list explains some terms (not exclusively) used in e-learning. E-learning glossary E-learning - Also called CBT (see the following definition). E-learning is a general term that relates to all training that is delivered with the assistance of a computer. Delivery of e-learning can be ..
E-Lending
The correct title of this } is }}}. The initial letter is capitalized due to [Naming conventions #Lower case first lettertechnical restrictions]. Contents 1 Definitions of eLending2 eLending - Online Lending3 Market Shifts to ''e''Lending4 Consumers benefit from ''e..
E.Leclerc
E.Leclerc is a French supermarket chain. The chain enables independent stores to operate under the Leclerc brand. Leclerc also has a partnership with Systeme U History 1949: Edouard Leclerc opens the first supermarket in Landerneau, Brittany1956: Start of E.Leclerc’s clothing range1960: The 60th ..
Eleanor
Eleanor is a feminine given name. There are two main possibilities for the origin of this name. In English it is often considered a form of "Helen" (or "Ellen" or "Elaine"), deriving from the Greek for "light". An alternative meaning comes from the first known bearer of the name; Eleanor of Aqu..
Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany
:For other Eleanors of England, see Eleanor of England (disambiguation) Eleanor the "Fair Maid of Brittany" (c. 1184–1241) was the daughter of Geoffrey Plantagenet and Constance, Duchess of Brittany. Upon the death of King Richard "Lion Heart" of the Kingdom of England, a power struggle comme..
Eleanor, West Virginia
Eleanor is a town in Putnam County, West Virginia, along the Kanawha River. The population was 1,345 at the 2000 census. It was founded in the 1930s and is named for Eleanor Roosevelt. Geography Eleanor is located at [38°32′21″N, 81°55′52″W] (38.539037, -81.931046)[Geograp..
Eleanora Poe
A Series of Unfortunate Events character Eleanora Poe Gender Female Hair color Unknown Age Adult. Film portrayer None First appearance [[Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography]] V.F.D. alliance Eleanora Poe is a fictional character from Lemony Snicket's "A Series..
Eleanor "Sis" Daley
Eleanor "Sis" Daley, born Eleanor "Sis" Guilfoyle, (March 4, 1907 – February 16, 2003) was the wife of former Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley and the mother of the current mayor Richard M. Daley. Born in the south side Chicago neighborhood of Bridgeport in 1907 as Eleanor Guilfoyle to an Iris..
Eleanor (singer)
Eleanor (b. Eleanor Acedemia on August 13 1958 in Los Angeles California) is a dance music singer and producer. Her one and only chart appearance occurred in 1988 when her song "Adventure" went to #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. See also List of number-one dance hits (United States)List..
Eleanor Aller
Eleanor Aller (Slatkin) (b 1917 - October 12, 1995) was a world-reknown cellist and founding member (with her husband, Felix Slatkin) of the Hollywood String Quartet. Daughter of cellist Gregory Aller (nee Grisha Altschuler), Aller was principal cellist in the Twentieth Century Fox Studio Orchestra..
Eleanor Anne Ormerod
Eleanor Anne Ormerod (May 11, 1828 - July 19, 1901) was an English entomologist. She was the daughter of George Ormerod, F.R.S., author of The History of Cheshire, and was born at Sedbury Park, Gloucestershire. From her earliest childhood insects were her delight, and the opportunity afforded for e..
Eleanor Antin
Eleanor Antin (born 1935 in New York City, New York) is a performance artist, film-maker and installation artist. Sometimes compared to contemporaries such as Carolee Schneemann and Judy Chicago, Antin's work is largely concerned with issues of identity and the role of women in society. In a famous..
Eleanor Arnason
Eleanor A. Arnason (born 1942) is an American author of science fiction novels and short stories. Her work often depicts cultural change and conflict, usually from the viewpoint of characters who cannot or will not live by their own societies' rules. This anthropological focus has led many to compar..
Eleanor Audley
Eleanor Audley Eleanor Audley (born November 19 1905, in New York City, New York, died November 25 1991 in North Hollywood, California) was an actress and familiar voice in radio, film, television, and animation. Beginning as a radio actress, she worked extensively in the 1940s and 1950s in ..
Eleanor Boardman
Eleanor Boardman Eleanor Boardman (August 19, 1898 – December 12, 1991) was an American film actress, popular during the era of silent movies. Contents 1 Early life and career2 'Talkies'3 Filmography4 External link Early life and career Born in Philadelphia, Pen..
Eleanor Bradley
Eleanor Bradley (born December 13, 1938 in Waukegan, Illinois) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the February 1959 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Ron Vogel. Bradley was discovered by Playboy while she was in Los Angeles to visit her sister. Af..
Eleanor Bron
Eleanor Bron (born 14 March, 1938) is a British actress. Born in Stanmore, London to Jewish parents, she was educated at the North London Collegiate School and Newnham College, Cambridge. Bron began her career in the Cambridge Footlights revue of 1959, entitled The Last Laugh, in which Peter Cook ..
Eleanor Bumpurs
Eleanor Bumpurs was an African-American grandmother who was shot dead by police trying to evict her from her home on October 29, 1984. The NYPD was evicting her because she owed $96.85 in rent. Eleanor had trouble moving, and had arthritis and diabetes. The police were also informed before enteri..
Eleanor Burnham
Eleanor Burnham is a Welsh Liberal Democrat politician, and Member of the Welsh Assembly for the North Wales regional constituency. External links [Eleanor Burnham AM] official site[Eleanor Burnham AM] official biography at the Welsh Assembly website[Eleanor Burnham AM]..
Eleanor Butler
Lady Eleanor Butler (1739-1829) was an aristocratic lady, one of the Ladies of Llangollen. See also Eleanor Talbot (d. 1468). ..
Eleanor Cabot Bradley Estate
The Eleanor Cabot Bradley Estate (60 acres) is a country house with garden grounds located at 2468B Washington Street (Route 138), Canton, Massachusetts. It is now a non-profit museum operated by The Trustees of Reservations. The grounds are open every day, sunrise to sunset, without charge. Today'..
Eleanor Cameron
Eleanor Frances Butler Cameron (1912-1996) was a Canadian children's author. Her first book was The Unheard Music, published in 1950. Contents 1 Life2 Mushroom Planet series3 Julia Redfern series4 References Life Although Eleanor Cameron was born in Canada, she lived most of ..
Eleanor Clark
Eleanor Clark (July 6 1913–1996) attended Vassar College in the 1930s, and was involved with the literary magazine Con Spirito there, along with Elizabeth Bishop, Mary McCarthy and her sister Eunice Clark. She was married Robert Penn Warren in 1952 and lived in Fairfield, Connecticut with him and..
Eleanor Clift
Eleanor Clift Eleanor Clift is an American news editor, columnist, political commentator, pundit, reporter and author. She is currently a contributing editor for Newsweek magazine. Her column, "Capitol Letter" is posted each week on Newsweek.com and MSNBC. She is a regular political panelis..
Eleanor Clitheroe-Bell
The Rev. Eleanor Clitheroe-Bell, MBA , LL.M , LL.B, M.Div, is a Canadian cleric and former businesswoman. Born in Montreal in 1955, Clitheroe earned her LL.B from the University of Western Ontario (UWO) in 1977. In 1978 she earned her LL.M from McGill University, and earned her MBA from UWO in 1980..
Eleanor Clymer
Eleanor Clymer, born Eleanor Lowenton (1906 – 2001), was a writer of children's books, best know for The Trolley Car Family (1947). She graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1928 with a degree in English. Between the years of 1943 and 1983 she published 58 books, including The Tiny Li..
Eleanor Cobham
Eleanor Cobham (born undated, close to 1400 – died circa 1452 – 1454) was an English noblewoman. She was wife to Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, a son of Henry IV of England and his first wife Mary de Bohun. She was an attendant to Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut, first wife of Humphrey, Duke of ..
Eleanor Coen
Born: 1916 in Normal, Illinois, USA Eleanor Coen is a lithographer and landscape painter of rural subjects with expressionist style. Both a student and teacher at the Art Institute of Chicago, Coen studied there with Boris Anisfeld and Max Kahn. From 1939 to 1940, she participated in the F..
Eleanor Coerr
Eleanor Coerr was born in Kamsack, Saskatchewan, Canada, and she grew up in Saskatoon. Reading stories was her favorite childhood hobby. Eleanor Coerr began her professional life as a newspaper reporter and editor of a column for children. She taught children's literature at Monterey Peninsula Col..
Eleanor Coppola
Eleanor Coppola, (born Eleanor Jessie Neil on May 4, 1936 to an Irish-American family in Los Angeles), a former graduate student in Applied Design at UCLA, is the wife of the famed Francis Ford Coppola, and the daughter-in-law of the late Carmine and Italia Coppola. They met on the set of his direct..
Eleanor cross
The Eleanor crosses are lavishly decorated stone monuments in the shape of a cross that Edward I of England erected between 1291 and 1294 in memory of his wife Eleanor of Castile. Contents 1 Background1.1 The procession1.2 Reasons for construction2 The 12 places2.1 ..
Eleanor de Clare
Eleanor de Clare (1292 – June 30, 1337) was Countess of Gloucester. She was the wife of the powerful Hugh Le Despenser, the eldest daughter of Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford and 3rd Earl of Gloucester, and Joan of Acre, daughter of Edward I of England. With her sisters, Elizabeth de Cl..
Eleanor de Montfort
Eleanor de Montfort (1252–June 1282) was the daughter of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester and Eleanor of England. She became the last princess of Wales before the English Conquest in 1283. Eleanor's father was killed when she was still a child, but he had already made an alliance wit..
Eleanor Estes
Eleanor Estes (May 9, 1906 - July 15, 1988) was an American children's author. She was born in New Haven, Connecticut as Eleanor Ruth Rosenfield. Originally a librarian, Estes' writing career began following a case of tuberculosis. Bedridden while recovering, Estes began writing down some of her ..
Eleanor F. Helin
Eleanor Francis Helin is an American astronomer, who retired in 2002. She was principal investigator of the Near Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT) program of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Some sources give her name as Eleanor Kay Helin. She has discovered or co-discovered 863 asteroids, including..
Eleanor Farjeon
Eleanor Farjeon (February 13, 1881 – June 5, 1965) was an English author of stories and poems, chiefly for children. Her best known work is probably the hymn Morning Has Broken, written in 1931 for an old Gaelic tune, and highly popularized by the Cat Stevens recording in 1971. Her father, Be..
Eleanor FitzAlan
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. Eleanor Fitzalan (Abt 1284– Abt 1328) was the daughter of Richard FitzAlan, 8th Earl of Arundel and his w..
Eleanor Friedberger
Eleanor Friedberger (born September 2, 1976 in Oak Park, Illinois) is part of the indie rock duo The Fiery Furnaces with her brother Matthew Friedberger. In the band she contributes the majority of the vocals both on record and during their live performances. Albums released with The Fiery Furna..
Eleanor Glanville
Lady Eleanor Glanville (c.1654–1709) was a 17th century English entomologist from Lincolnshire. She was particularly interested in butterflies. Lady Glanville collected large numbers of butterfly specimens, many of which survive as some of the earliest specimens kept in the Natural History Mus..
Eleanor H. Porter
Eleanor H. Porter Eleanor Hodgeman Porter (December 19, 1868 – May 21, 1920) was an American novelist. Born in Littleton, New Hampshire, Eleanor Hodgeman trained as a singer but later turned to writing. In 1892 she married John Lyman Porter and moved to Massachusetts. Porter mainly wr..
Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (1872–1958), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was an American author of romantic fiction for young women, with some 14 books and 75 magazine stories published. Bibiography The following is an incomplete bibiography: Molly Make-Believe 1910The Sick-a-Bed Lady (and ..
Eleanor Hibbert
Eleanor Alice Burford. Eleanor Alice Burford (September 1, 1906 - January 8, 1993), Mrs. George Percival Hibbert was a British author of about 200 historical novels, most of them under the pen name Jean Plaidy. She chose to use various names because of the differences in subject matter between..
Eleanor Hilowitz
Associate Producer for the 1986 film Zombie Nightmare starring Adam West and Tia Carrere. ..
Eleanor Holm
Eleanor G. Holm (December 6, 1913 – January 31, 2004) was an American swimmer. A former Olympic champion, she is best known for having been suspended from the 1936 Olympic team for excessive behavior. Born the daughter of a fireman in Brooklyn, New York, Holm learned swimming while very young. ..
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Eleanor Holmes NortonU.S. Delegatefor the District of Columbia Eleanor Holmes Norton (born June 13, 1937) is the non-voting Delegate from the District of Columbia to the United States House of Representatives ([map]). She was born in Washington, D.C., and attended Antioch College, Y..
Eleanor Hovda
Eleanor Hovda (born 1940) is a composer from the United States of America. She has been recorded by the ensemble Relâche, and has released two albums on OO Discs, Coastal Traces and Ariadne Music. She likes to play the piano with her daughter Annie, who is blind. Eleanor Hovda has written a piec..
Eleanor Jarman
Eleanor Jarman (1904- ?) was a runaway US robber who was jailed and later vanished. Eleanor Jarman was an orphan who had had two children with a man called Leroy Jarman. When Jarman left the family, she moved to Chicago, Illinois and worked in odd jobs until she met George Dale. Dale supported her,..
Eleanor Jorden
Eleanor Jorden devised the JSL system for transcribing the Japanese Language into the Roman alphabet ..
Eleanor Kinnaird
Eleanor Kinnaird is a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's twenty-third Senate district, including constituents in Orange and Person counties. Kinnaird was mayor of Carrboro, North Carolina from 1987 to 1996; during that time, she also earned a law d..
Eleanor Laing
Eleanor Laing --> Constituency Epping Forest Served 1997 — present Majority 14,358 (32.0%) Political Party Conservative Portfolio Shadow minister for Women & Equality Eleanor Fulton Laing (born 1 February 1958, Paisley as Eleanor Fulton Pritchard) is a British politician. She ..
Eleanor Lambert
Eleanor Lambert (August 10, 1903 - October 7, 2003) was a U.S. fashion pioneer. Perhaps her greatest legacy to history was her invention of the Best Dressed List in 1940. She was born in 1903 in Crawfordsville, Indiana and died aged 100 in New York City. ..
Eleanor Lansing Dulles
Eleanor Lansing Dulles (June 1, 1895 - October 30, 1996), author, teacher and government employee, was a member of a diplomatic dynasty which spanned three generations. Her grandfather, John Watson Foster, served as US Secretary of State under President Benjamin Harrison. Her mother's sister was the..
Eleanor Maltravers
Eleanor Maltravers, Lady Arundel (c. 1345 – January 12, 1405, was an English noblewoman during the reigns of King Edward III of England and his successors. The younger daughter of John Maltravers and his wife Gwenthin, she was co-heiress in 1350 to her brother, Henry Maltravers. She married S..
Eleanor Mannikka
Eleanor Mannikka, of the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, is a scholar of Southeast Asian Studies. In her best-known work, Angkor Wat: Time, Space and Kingship, she argues that the dimensions, alignment and bas-reliefs of Angkor Wat encode a message that Suryavarman II was the divinely appointe..
Eleanor Maroes
Eleanor Maroes is a politician and accountant in Alberta, Canada. She served as the former interim leader of the Alberta Alliance Party. Reform Party Eleanor Maroes got involved with the Reform Party of Canada in 1989. She bought a membership from Preston Manning at an "Axe the Tax" rally, in whic..
Eleanor Marx
Eleanor Marx (16 January 1855 – 31 March 1898) was a Marxist author and political activist. Born in London, she was the youngest daughter of Karl Marx and Jenny von Westphalen. After being taught at home by her father, she became his secretary, and then a schoolteacher in Brighton. Her first sig..
Eleanor Matsuura
Eleanor Matsuura is an actress who has appeared in several different TV programmes, including EastEnders, Thorne, Extra's, Holby City and Hustle. ..
Eleanor McBean
Eleanor McBean was a layperson anti-vaccine activist who wrote one of the classic anti-vaccine books called The Poisoned Needle. Publications 1977 Vaccination, The Silent Killer with Ida Honorof ISBN 99000833301977 Swine Flu Expose by Eleanora McBean, Ph.D., N.D. ISBN 0-7873-1401-31957 The Poisone..
Eleanor McLaughlin
Eleanor T McLaughlin (born 3 March 1938) was Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Scotland, between 1988 and 1992. She was only the third member of the Labour Party ever to hold the office. She was also the first female Lord Provost and the first Roman Catholic to hold the post since the Reformation. See al..
Eleanor Mondale
Eleanor Jane Mondale (born January 19, 1960 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is the only daughter of Walter Mondale, 42nd Vice President of the United States. An actor and television personality, she is best known for her work on the E! cable channel including hosting the shows Wild On in 1997 and E! Ne..
Eleanor of Alburquerque
Eleanor of Alburquerque (1374 - 1435) became Queen consort of Aragon by her marriage to Ferdinand I of Aragon. In Spanish she is known as Leonor Urraca de Castilla, Condesa de Alburquerque. Her father was Sancho of Alburquerque, who was an illegitimate son of King Alfonso XI of Castile and his mis..
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Eleanor of Aquitaine :For other Eleanors of England, see Eleanor of England (disambiguation) Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122The exact date of Eleanor's birth is not known, but the year is known from the fact that the lords of Aquitaine swore fealty to her on her fourteenth birthday in 1136. Some c..
Eleanor of Aragon
Eleanor of Aragon (20 January 1358 – 13 August 1382) was a daughter of King Peter IV of Aragon and his wife Eleanor of Sicily. Her maternal grandfather was Peter II of Sicily. Her brother became Juan I, King of Aragon. She was born at Santa Maria del Puig and died at Cuellar. On 18 June 1375,..
Eleanor of Aragon (Queen of Portugal)
Eleanor of Aragon (Leonor de Aragón, in Spanish), Queen of Portugal as wife of Edward I of Portugal and princess of Aragon as daughter to Ferdinand I of Aragon and Eleanor of Alburquerque, (1402 – February 18 1445, Toledo). In her husband's will she was appointed as regent of Portugal. Howeve..
Eleanor of Arborea
Eleanor of Arborea Eleanor, or Eleonor, of Arborea (1347–1404) was a Sardinian giudicessa (ruler or judge) and the island's greatest heroine. Born in Oristano, Eleanor was the daughter of Mariano IV of Arborea, who had become in 1346 giudice of Arborea, on the west coast of Sardinia, a..
Eleanor of Castile
:for others known sometimes by same name, see Leonora of Castile :For other Eleanors of England, see Eleanor of England (disambiguation) Eleanor of Castile (1241 – 28 November, 1290) was the first Queen consort of Edward I of England. Contents 1 Life1.1 Birth1.2 Prospect..
Eleanor of Castile (d. 1416)
Eleanor of Castile (after 1363-27 February 1416) was an infanta of Castile and the Queen consort of Navarre. She was the daughter of King Henry II of Castile and his wife, Juana Manuel of Castile, from a cadet branch of the Castilian royal house. She married King Charles III of Navarre. Of eight ..
Eleanor of England
:For other Eleanors of England, see Eleanor of England (disambiguation) House of Plantagenet Henry II Children    William, Count of Poitiers Henry, Count of Anjou Richard I Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany John Matilda, Duchess of Saxony Leonora, Queen of Castile Joan, Q..
Eleanor of England (disambiguation)
may refer to: Leonora of England (1161–1214), queen consort of Castile (Spain), wife of Alfonso VIII of Castile; daughter of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine Eleanor of Brittany, daughter of Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany Eleanor of England, daughter of John I of England, wife of Simon de Montf..
Eleanor of Guzman
Eleanor of Guzman (1310 - 1351) was a mistress of King Alfonso XI of Castile. She is known in Spanish as Leonor Núñez de Guzmán. She was born in Seville, daughter of the Castillian noble Pedro Núñez de Guzmán (descendant of the noble family of Santo Domingo de Guzmán) and the lady Juana Pon..
Eleanor of Lancaster
:For persons named Eleanors of England, see Eleanor of England (disambiguation) Eleanor of Lancaster (sometimes called Eleanor Plantagenet[[#Notes:1|1]]) (about 1315 – 11 January 1372) was born in Arundel, West Sussex, England, the fifth daughter of Henry, Earl of Lancaster (c. 1281-1345) and..
Eleanor of Navarre
Eleanor of Aragon (Spanish: Leonor) (1425-Tudela, 1479), Regent (1455-1479) and the queen regnant (1479) of Navarre. She was the third and youngest daughter of John II of Aragón and queen Blanche II of Navarre. She was born February 2, 1425, and was acclaimed by the cortes in Pamplona, August 9..
Eleanor of Portugal, Empress
Portuguese royalty House of Aviz . Leonor of Portugal (pron. IPA: /liu'noɾ/; English: Eleanor), was a Princess of Portugal, daughter of King Edward of Portugal and his wife Leonor of Aragon. Leonor was born in Torres Vedras on September 18 1434. In 1451 she married Frederick III, Holy Roman..
Eleanor of Provence
:For other Eleanors of England, see Eleanor of England (disambiguation) Eleanor of Provence (c. 1223 – 26 June,1291) was Queen Consort of King Henry III of England. Born in Aix-en-Provence, she was the daughter of Ramon Berenguer V, Count of Provence (1198-1245) and Beatrice of Savoy (1206-1..
Eleanor of Spain
Eleonore of Austria Eleanore of Austria, sometimes known also as Leonor of Castile (November 15 1498 – February 25 1558) was born Archduchess of Austria and Infanta of Spain, became subsequently in turn queen consort of Portugal (1518–1521) and of France, also duchess of Touraine (..
Eleanor of Woodstock
:For other Eleanors of England, see Eleanor of England (disambiguation) Eleanor of Woodstock (1318–1355) was the eldest daughter of Edward II, King of England (1307-1327). She was born on June 8, 1318, at Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire, England. Eleanor's name is sometimes written 'Alinor'. Con..
Eleanor Parker
Actress Eleanor Parker in The Naked Jungle Eleanor Parker (born June 26, 1922) is an American film and television actress. She was born in Cedarville, Ohio, and was signed by Warner Brothers in 1941, at the age of 19. She would have debuted that year in the film They Died With Their Boots On,..
Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis
Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis (1779-1852), known as Nelly, is the adopted daughter and step-granddaughter of United States President George Washington. Nelly was the daughter of John Parke Custis and Eleanor Calvert Custis, and granddaughter of Martha Dandridge Parke Custis Washington by her marriage..
Eleanor Percy Lee
Eleanor Percy Lee (1819-1849), daughter of Sarah Percy and Nathaniel Ware, co-authored two books of poetry with her sister Catherine Anne Warfield and is thus the literary ancestor of famed southern writers William Alexander Percy and Walker Percy. A member of a prominent Southern family with a not..
Eleanor Plant
Eleanor Plant (February 25, 1893-October 19, 2004) was the oldest living person in Florida, 9th oldest recognized person in the United States, and 23rd oldest recognized person in the world at the time of her death. She arrived in Santa Rosa County, Florida by covered wagon in 1911 with her parents..
Eleanor Plantagenet
:For persons named Eleanor of England, see Eleanor of England (disambiguation) Eleanor Plantagenet1 is a name given to several women. Eleanor of Lancaster, wife of John de Beaumont and Richard Fitz Alan2Eleanor of England, daughter of King John of England and wife of William Marshall and Simon de ..
Eleanor Powell
Eleanor Powell, left, in Broadway Melody of 1938. Eleanor Torrey Powell (November 21, 1912 – February 11, 1982) was an American film actress and dancer of the 1930s and 1940s, known for her exuberant solo tap dancing. Contents 1 Biography1.1 Road to Hollywood1.2 Film s..
Eleanor Put Your Boots On
"Eleanor Put Your Boots On" is a song by Scottish alternative rock band Franz Ferdinand, and is featured on their second album, You Could Have It So Much Better. It was released 17 July 2006 as the fourth and final single from that album in the United Kingdom (see 2006 in British music). St..
Eleanor Race
Eleanor Race (born November 19, 1970 in Cheshire, Connecticut) is a field hockey player from the United States, who made her international senior debut for the Women's National Team in 1991. Her maiden name is Stone. Playing as a forward, the former student of the Penn State University was a member ..
Eleanor Rathbone
Eleanor Florence Rathbone (May 12 1872-January 2 1946) was a British Member of Parliament and long-term campaigner for women's rights. She was a member of the noted Rathbone family of Liverpool. Rathbone was the daughter of the social reformer William Rathbone VI and his second wife, Emily Lyle. He..
Eleanor Rigby
Eleanor Rigby is also the name of a novel by Douglas Coupland. "Eleanor Rigby" is a song by The Beatles, originally released on the album Revolver by EMI/Parlophone Records. The song was primarily written by Paul McCartney, although in an interview conducted with Playboy magazine in 1980 shortly b..
Eleanor Rigby (novel)
Eleanor Rigby is a 2004 novel by Douglas Coupland, about a plain, fat and lonely 42-year-old woman. The novel is written as a first-person narrative by the main character, Liz Dunn. The novel centres on the changes to Liz's life when someone from her past unexpectedly re-enters her life. It is wr..
Eleanor Roosevelt
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (October 11 1884 – November 7 1962) was an American political leader who used her stature as First Lady of the United States, from 1933 to 1945 to promote the New Deal of her husband Franklin D. Roosevelt, as well as Civil Rights. After his death she built a career, as ..
Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights
The Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights was established in 1998 by the President of the United States Bill Clinton, honoring outstanding American promoters of rights in the United States and around the world. The award was fist awarded on the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Hu..
Eleanor Roosevelt College
Motto Developing World Citizens Through Scholarship, Leadership, and Service Founded 1988 (Fifth) Provost Ann L. Craig Dean of Students Patricia Goen (Scott) Dean of Students Melanie Horn Dean of Academics Nancy Friedlander Dean Rey Guerrero Students 3,370 UCSD Pe..
Eleanor Roosevelt High School
Eleanor Roosevelt High School can refer to: Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, Maryland)Eleanor Roosevelt High School (New York City) 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..
Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, Maryland)
Eleanor Roosevelt High School Administration Sylvester Conyers (Principal) School type Public (U.S.) Religious affiliation Grade level Year founded 1976 Location Greenbelt, Maryland Enrollment about 3000 students Campus setting Suburban Mascot Raiders Mascot image ..
Eleanor Roosevelt High School (New York City)
Eleanor Roosevelt is a public high school located on the upper east side of Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States. Contents 1 School History2 Structure3 The Student Body4 Achievements5 External links School History Eleanor Roosevelt High School was opened i..
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site (Val-Kill) consists of 180-acres approximately two miles east of Springwood, the Hyde Park Roosevelt family home. FDR encouraged Eleanor Roosevelt to develop this property as a place that she could develop some of her ideas for work with winter jobs for rural..
Eleanor Roosevelt Seagraves
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Seagraves (born Anna Eleanor Dall March 25, 1927) is the daughter of Anna Eleanor Roosevelt and her first husband Curtis Bean Dall and the eldest grandchild of Franklin Roosevelt and his wife Eleanor Roosevelt. She is usually known as Sisty, Ellie or Eleanor. Throughout her l..
Eleanor Rosch
Eleanor Rosch is a professor of psychology at The University of California, Berkeley. She is primarily known for her work on categorization as it relates to cognitive psychology. In a series of experiments in the 1970's, Rosch argued that when people label an everyday object or experience, they rel..
Eleanor Sánchez
Eleanor Sánchez was the Los Angeles assistant deputy mayor in the early Nineties. She is married to aviation businessperson Ray Sánchez and with Ray mothered their daughter Wendy Lauren Sánchez, who is a TV personality featured on the program Xxxtra. ..
Eleanor Scott
Eleanor Scott (born July 23, 1951, Inverness) is a Scottish politician. She is a Scottish Green Party Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Highlands and Islands. Elected to the Scottish Parliament in 2003, her partner is fellow MSP Rob Gibson, who is a Scottish National Party representative (a..
Eleanor Smeal
Eleanor Smeal is a feminist activist, political analyst, lobbyist, and grassroots organizer. She is also the president and founder of the Feminist Majority Foundation and served as president of the National Organization for Women twice. She has appeared frequently on television and radio times and t..
Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson
Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson (1863-1942) was an American author, journalist and teacher. She was born Eleanor Stackhouse, and later married Francis Blake Atkinson, himself also an author. She taught in schools in both Indianapolis and Chicago. She wrote for the Chicago Tribune under the pseudonym "N..
Eleanor Steber
Eleanor Steber, (born Wheeling, West Virginia, 17 July 1916 - died Langhorne, Pennsylvania. 3 October 1990) was an American opera singer. She sang at the Metropolitan Opera from 1940 to 1961, a career chiefly distinguished for the high-lying soprano roles of Richard Strauss, and Mozart heroines..
Eleanor V.E. Sharpston
Eleanor V.E. Sharpston (b. 1955), QC, Advocate General of the European Court of Justice. Studied economics, languages and law at King’s College, Cambridge (1973-77); university teaching and research at Corpus Christi College, Oxford (1977-80); called to the Bar (Middle Temple, 1980); Barrister (1..
Eleanor Velasco Thornton
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Eleazer Kalir
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Elections in 2005
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Elections in Abkhazia
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Elections in Albania
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Elections in Algeria
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Elections in American Samoa
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Elections in Andorra
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Elections in Angola
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Elections in Anguilla
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Elections in Antigua and Barbuda
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Elections in Argentina
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Elections in Argentina, 2003
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Elections in Argentina, 2005
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Elections in Armenia
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Elections in Aruba
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Elections in Australia
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Elections in Austria
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Elections in Azerbaijan
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Elections in Bahrain
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Elections in Bangladesh
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Elections in Barbados
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Elections in Belarus
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Elections in Belgium
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Elections in Belize
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Elections in Benin
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Elections in Bermuda
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Elections in Bhutan
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Elections in Bolivia
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Elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Elections in Botswana
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Elections in Brazil
Brazil elects on the national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature. The president is elected for a four-year term by the people. The National Congress (Congresso Nacional) has two chambers. The Chamber of Deputies (Câmara dos Deputados) has 513 members, elected fo..
Elections in Bulgaria
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Elections in Burkina Faso
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Elections in Burundi
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Elections in California
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Elections in Cambodia
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Elections in Cameroon
Elections in Cameroon gives information on election and election results in Cameroon. Cameroon elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a seven year term by the people. The National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) has 180 members, ..
Elections in Canada
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Elections in Cape Verde
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Elections in Chad
Elections in Chad gives information on election and election results in Chad. Chad elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term by the people. The National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) has 155 members, elected for ..
Elections in Chile
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