Eboué, Félix, 1884-1944

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Name (Hebrew)
אבואה, פליקס, 1884-1944
Name (Latin)
Eboué, Félix, 1884-1944
Other forms of name
nna Eboué, Adolphe Félix Sylvestre, 1884-1944
Date of birth
1884
Date of death
1944
Associated country
Central African Republic
Chad
France
French Guiana
Field of activity
France--Colonies--Administration
Occupation
Statesmen
Colonial administrators
Associated Language
fre
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 66476493
Wikidata: Q989568
Library of congress: n 85126762
Sources of Information
  • Castor, E. Félix Eboué, c1984:title page (Félix Eboué)
  • 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)
  • Castor, E. Félix Eboué, c1984:t.p. (Félix Eboué)
  • LC data base 9/4/85(hdg.: Eboué, Adolphe Félix Sylvestre, 1884-1944; usage: Félix Eboué)
  • Gr. Larousse(Eboué, Félix)
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Wikipedia description:

Adolphe Sylvestre Félix Éboué (French: [adɔlf silvɛstʁ feliks ebwe]; 26 December 1884 – 17 May 1944) was a French colonial administrator. He was the first black French man appointed to a high post in the French colonies, when appointed acting governor of Guadeloupe in 1936. As governor of Chad in 1940, he was early and exceptional in supporting Charles de Gaulle's French resistance movement, and was influential in orchestrating the 1944 Brazzaville Conference on colonial reform. He advocated for educating Africans, placed more in the colonial administration, and sought the preservation of indigenous African culture. He was the first black person to be buried in the Panthéon in Paris.

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