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Eboué, Félix, 1884-1944

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Personal name headingEboué, Félix, 1884-1944
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Variant(s)Eboué, Adolphe Félix Sylvestre, 1884-1944
Associated countryFrench Guiana France Central African Republic Chad Brazzaville
Birth date1884-12-26
Death date1944-05-17
Place of birthCayenne (French Guiana)
Place of deathCairo (Egypt)
Field of activityFrance--Colonies--Administration
Profession or occupationColonial administrators Statesmen
Found inCastor, E. Félix Eboué, c1984: title page (Félix Eboué)
LC data base 9/4/85 (hdg.: Eboué, Adolphe Félix Sylvestre, 1884-1944; usage: Félix Eboué)
Gr. Larousse (Eboué, Félix)
Hommages à Victor Schoelcher (1804-1893), 1944?: title page (Félix Éboué (1884-1944); Gouverneur Général des Colonies, Officier de la Légion d'Honneur, premier résistant de la France d'Outre-Mer) page 13 (b. in Cayenne, Guyane française, 26 Dec. 1884; after baccalaureat at Collège de Cayenne he enrolled at Faculté de Droit, the Ecole Coloniale, and the école des Langues Orientales; as a young administrator he went to Oubangui-Chari [Central African Republic]) page 15 (assigned to the Antilles; named governor of Chad in 1936) page 17 (resisted Vichy threats and supported De Gaulle; was named by de Gaulle, governor general of the AEF on Oct. 27, 1940, in Brazzaville; d. 17 May 1944 in the French hospital in Cairo)
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