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Eccles

1 American  
[ek-uhlz] / ˈɛk əlz /

noun

  1. Sir John Carew 1903–97, Australian physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1963.

  2. Marriner Stoddard 1890–1977, U.S. economist and banker.

eccles. 2 American  
Or eccl.

abbreviation

  1. ecclesiastic.

  2. ecclesiastical.

Eccles. 3 American  
Or Eccl.

abbreviation

Bible.

  1. Ecclesiastes.

Eccles 1 British  
/ ˈɛkəlz /

noun

  1. a town in NW England, in Salford unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop: 36 610 (2001)

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Eccles 2 British  
/ ˈɛkəlz /

noun

  1. Sir John Carew. 1903–97, Australian physiologist: shared the Nobel prize for physiology (1963) with A. L. Hodgkin and A. F. Huxley for their work on conduction of nervous impulses

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Eccles. 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. Ecclesiastes

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The four-day event will run from 25 –28 March at independent venues including Manchester's Band on the Wall, YES and Eccles Town Hall Ballroom.

From BBC

For example, the Washington headquarters of the Fed are named after Marriner Eccles, who was Fed chairman for 14 years, 1934-1948.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Pickpocket” also happened to be the last narrative feature to premiere at the Eccles Theater.

From Los Angeles Times

No former chair has stayed on as a governor since Marriner Eccles, who served from 1934 until 1948 and remained on the board at President Harry Truman’s request after the president chose a new chair.

From The Wall Street Journal

Fellow fan Gracie Eccles, 22, tells Newsbeat that hearing that the band are not hanging up their guitars is "music to my ears" following speculation online the new song could be their last hurrah.

From BBC

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