GEANNARES, Michael (1831-1916) Greek patriot, author - Greece 852 GBALAZEH, Emmanuel N. ( - ) Liberian Chief Justice - Liberia 1075 GEBER - see JABIR ibn-HAYYAN. GEBHARD Saint (949-995) Austrian bishop - Austria 564; AUT1995F09.2 GEBHARD, Hannes (1864-1933) Finnish educator, agronomist - Finland 289 GEDDES, Alec see GUINNESS, Alec GEDIMINAS of Lithuania (1275?-1341) King, military leader - Lithuania 85; 88; 92A; 92D; 315; C59-61 GEER, Louis Gerhart de (1818-1896) Swedish lawyer, author, statesman, prime minister - Sweden 701-3 GEERTS, Geert see ERASMUS, Desiderius. Babe Ruth GEHRIG, Willis E. - ) American Army sergeant - Salvador 606; C112 GEIGER, Johannes Wilhelm (1882-1945) German physicist. Born September 30, 1882, he invented the Geiger counter. He died September 24, 1945 in Berlin. - Antigua ATG1998K10.17 GEIJER, Erik Gustaf (1783-1847) Swedish author, poet, journalist, composer, educator, mason - Sweden 383-5 GEIL, Djoni ( - ) - Faroe Islands 179 GEISEL, Ernesto (1908- ) Brazilian general, President of Brazil from March 15, 1974 until March 15, 1979. The youngest of five children, he was born on August 3, 1908 in Bento Goncalves, Rio Grande do Sul, he studied at the Escola Militar do Realengo, the national military academy. A supporter of Getulio Vargas, he served in his cabinet as Secretary of Finance, Agriculture, and Public Works. After graduating at the head of his class from the Escola de Armas in 1938, he rose through the ranks until he became in 1946 the head of the first section of the general secretariat of Brazil's National Security Council. Active in the | |
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