Eberhard
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Eberhard or Everard or Everardo is an old Germanic name meaning the strength or courage of a wild boar
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Boar
Wild boar, also wild pig, is a species of the pig genus Sus, part of the biological family Suidae. The species includes many subspecies. It is the wild ancestor of the domestic pig, an animal with which it freely hybridises...
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First name
- Eberhard of FriuliEberhard of FriuliEberhard was the Frankish Duke of Friuli from 846. His name is alternatively spelled Everard, Evrard, Erhard, Eberhard, or Eberard, or in Latinized fashion Everardus, Eberardus, or Eberhardus. He wrote his own name "Evvrardus"...
(815–66), Duke and key figure in the Carolingian EmpireCarolingian EmpireCarolingian Empire is a historiographical term which has been used to refer to the realm of the Franks under the Carolingian dynasty in the Early Middle Ages. This dynasty is seen as the founders of France and Germany, and its beginning date is based on the crowning of Charlemagne, or Charles the... - Eberhard of BéthuneEberhard of BéthuneEberhard of Béthune was a Flemish grammarian of the early thirteenth century, from Arras...
(died 1212), FlemishFlemishFlemish can refer to anything related to Flanders, and may refer directly to the following articles:*Flemish, an informal, though linguistically incorrect, name of any kind of the Dutch language as spoken in Belgium....
grammarian. - Eberhard I, Duke of WürttembergEberhard I, Duke of WürttembergEberhard I of Württemberg . From 1459 till 1495 he was Count Eberhard V. From July 1495 he was the first Duke of Württemberg. He is also known as Eberhard im Bart ....
(1445–96) - Eberhard II, Count of WürttembergEberhard II, Count of WürttembergEberhard II, called "der Greiner" , Count of Württemberg from 1344 until 1392.Eberhard II was son of Count Ulrich III of Württemberg and Sofie of Pfirt. He married Countess Elizabeth von Henneberg-Schleusingen on September 17, 1342...
(after 1315–1392) - Eberhard I, Count of Bonngau (died 937)
- Eberhard III, Duke of Franconia (ca 885 – 939)
- Everard of CalneEverard of CalneEverard was a medieval Bishop of Norwich.-Life:Everard was from Calne in Wiltshire. He was a royal chaplain and held prebends in the diocese of London as well as an archdeacon in the diocese of Salisbury....
(flFloruitFloruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
1121–45), medieval Bishop of Norwich - Eberhard (Archbishop of Trier) (1010–66)
- Eberhard of SalzburgEberhard of SalzburgEberhard was Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria. Eberhard was born to a noble family of Nuremberg, Germany, he became a Benedictine in 1125 at Pruffening, Germany. Later he was made Abbot of Biburg near Regensburg. Eberhard was later appointed Archbishop of Salzburg in 1146...
(d. 1164), Bishop of Salzburg and saintSaintA saint is a holy person. In various religions, saints are people who are believed to have exceptional holiness.In Christian usage, "saint" refers to any believer who is "in Christ", and in whom Christ dwells, whether in heaven or in earth...
Last name
- Eberhard family, a prominent Swiss industrialist family from Bern whose origin has been traced back to the 10th century:
- George-Emile EberhardGeorge-Emile EberhardGeorge-Emile Eberhard was a Swiss watchmaker and industrialist who founded Eberhard & Co..-Early life:George-Emile Eberhard was born in 1865 in Saint-Imier, the son of a prominent Bernese family tracing its origins back to the 10th century...
(1868–1936), founder of Eberhard & Co.Eberhard & Co.Eberhard & Co is a famous Swiss luxury watch company, founded in 1865 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Neuchâtel, Switzerland by Swiss watch making industrialist George-Emile Eberhard.-George-Emile Eberhard, the founder:... - George Eberhard, George-Emile's son and heir
- Maurice Eberhard, George-Emile's son and heir
- George-Emile Eberhard
- Christian August Gottlob EberhardChristian August Gottlob EberhardChristian August Gottlob Eberhard was a German miscellaneous writer.He was born at Belzig, in the Electorate of Saxony. He studied theology at Leipzig; but, having had a story successfully published in a periodical, he began a career in literature...
(1769–1884), a German writer. - Dennis EberhardDennis EberhardDennis Eberhard was an American composer. In his youth he was crippled by polio, which contributed to respiratory problems that contributed to his death in 2005...
(1943–2005), an American composer. - Hans J. Müller-EberhardHans J. Müller-EberhardHans Joachim Müller-Eberhard was a distinguished molecular immunologist who did pioneering research in the United States and his native Germany. The areas of investigation upon which he left his mark include the immunoglobulins and the complement system.-External links:*, an excellent biographical...
(1927–98), a molecular immunologist. - Hermann EberhardHermann EberhardHermann Eberhard was a 19th century German explorer credited with western discovery of considerable lands in Patagonia, Chile. Eberhard journeyed by boat up the Seno Última Esperanza to investigate lands previously unknown to Europeans...
(1852–1908), a 19th-century German explorer that discovered Giant sloth remains at Cueva del Milodon Natural MonumentCueva del Milodón Natural MonumentCueva del Milodón Natural Monument is a Natural Monument located in the Chilean Patagonia, northwest of Puerto Natales and north of Punta Arenas. The monument is situated along the flanks of the Cerro Benitez Mountains...
. - Johann Augustus EberhardJohann Augustus EberhardJohann Augustus Eberhard was a German theologian and "popular philosopher".-Life and career:Eberhard was born at Halberstadt in the Principality of Halberstadt, where his father was a school-teacher and the singing-master at the church of St. Martin's...
(1739–1809), a German theologian. - Martin EberhardMartin EberhardMartin Eberhard is co-founder and former CEO of Tesla Motors, an electric car company in San Carlos, California. He was born in Berkeley, California on May 15, 1960....
(born 1960), co-founder and former CEO of Tesla MotorsTesla MotorsTesla Motors, Inc. is a Silicon Valley-based company that designs, manufactures and sells electric cars and electric vehicle powertrain components. It was the only automaker building and selling a zero-emission sports car, the Tesla Roadster, in serial production... - Mary Jane West-EberhardMary Jane West-EberhardMary Jane West-Eberhard is an American theoretical biologist noted for arguing that phenotypic and developmental plasticity played a key role in shaping animal evolution and speciation...
prominent biologistBiologistA biologist is a scientist devoted to and producing results in biology through the study of life. Typically biologists study organisms and their relationship to their environment. Biologists involved in basic research attempt to discover underlying mechanisms that govern how organisms work...
upon social wasps and phenotypic plasticityPhenotypic plasticityPhenotypic plasticity is the ability of an organism to change its phenotype in response to changes in the environment. Such plasticity in some cases expresses as several highly morphologically distinct results; in other cases, a continuous norm of reaction describes the functional interrelationship... - Matthias EberhardMatthias EberhardMatthias Eberhard was a German Roman Catholic Bishop of Trier.After successfully completing the gymnasium course of his native town, he devoted himself to the study of theology, was ordained in 1839, and soon after made assistant at St. Castor's in Coblenz...
(1815–76), Roman Catholic Bishop of Trier. - Paul EberhardPaul EberhardPaul Hans Eberhard is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s. He won the silver medal in the two-man event at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz.-References:***...
(born 1917), Swiss bobsledder - Wolfram EberhardWolfram EberhardWolfram Eberhard was a professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley focused on Western, Central and Eastern Asian societies.-Biography:...
(1909–89), a sociologist of rural China.
Company
- Eberhard & Co.Eberhard & Co.Eberhard & Co is a famous Swiss luxury watch company, founded in 1865 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Neuchâtel, Switzerland by Swiss watch making industrialist George-Emile Eberhard.-George-Emile Eberhard, the founder:...
, a Swiss luxuryLuxury goodLuxury goods are products and services that are not considered essential and associated with affluence.The concept of luxury has been present in various forms since the beginning of civilization. Its role was just as important in ancient western and eastern empires as it is in modern societies...
watch manufacturer - Eberhard'sEberhard'sEberhard's or Eberhard was a supermarket chain based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The company ceased operations in the early 1990s succumbing to increased competition, and the inability to keep up with evolving supermarket trends. Between 1985 and 1986 Spartan Stores was in negotiations to buy...
, supermarket chain in Michigan.