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Peştera Urşilor
Bear's Cave Bear's Cave (Peştera Urşilor, in Romanian), was discovered in 1975, by "Speodava", an amateur speleologists group. It's an interesting sightseeing spot. The cave is located at the outskirts of Chişcău Village, in Bihor County, Romania. ..
PET
PET may mean: Commodore PET (Personal Electronic Transactor)Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1919–2000), an influential Canadian politicianPreliminary English Test, the second level of the Cambridge University exams in English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)Politiets Efterretningstjeneste, the D..
Pet
This page is about companion animals. For several meanings of the acronym PET, see PET. For the comedy tv series see Pets (tv programme). A pet is an animal that is kept for companionship and enjoyment, as opposed to livestock, laboratory animals, working animals or sport animals, which are kept f..
Peta
Peta can refer to: Peta (prefix), a prefix in the International System of UnitsPeople for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), an animal-rights organizationPeople Eating Tasty Animals, a parody of People for the Ethical Treatment of AnimalsPeta, a town in Greece and a village of the prefecture ..
Peta-Kaye Croft
Peta-Kaye Croft (born 5 August 1972 in Mount Isa) is a Queensland politician. In 2001 she was elected to the Queensland State Parliament in the seat of Broadwater for the Labor Party. Educated on the Gold Coast, gratuating from Griffith University with a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Japanese. Croft..
Petabit
Quantities of bits [ v]·[ d]·[ e] SI prefix(rare binary meaning) Binary prefix standardsfrom IEC 60027-2 Name Symbol Quantity Name Symbol Quantity kilobit kb 103 (210) kibibit Kibit 210 megabit Mb 106 (220) mebibit Mibit 220 gigabit Gb 109 (230) gibibit..
Petabyte
Quantities of bytes Popular use and(SI standard meaning) Binary prefix standardsfrom IEC 60027-2 Name Symbol Quantity Name Symbol Quantity kilobyte kB 210 (103) kibibyte KiB 210 megabyte MB 220 (106) mebibyte MiB 220 gigabyte GB 230 (109) gibibyte GiB 230 terabyte TB 240 (1012) tebibyte TiB 2..
Petacciato
Petacciato is a town and commune in the province of Campobasso (Molise), in southern Italy. Molise · Communes of province of Campobasso Acquaviva Collecroce | Baranello | Bojano | Bonefro | Busso | Campobasso | Campochiaro | Campodipietra | Campolieto | Campomarino | Casacalenda | C..
Petachiah of Ratisbon
Petachiah of Ratisbon, also known as Petachiah ben Yakov, Moses Petachiah, and Petachiah of Regensburg, was a Bohemian rabbi of the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries CE. He is best known for his extensive travels throughout Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and the Middle East. Petachiah was ..
Petah Tikva
Petah Tikva in 1912. Petah Tikva, nicknamed the Mother of Settlements, is a city in the west of the Center District of Israel, north-east of Tel Aviv. Petah Tikva's jurisdiction covers 39,000 dunams (39 km² or 15 mi²). The population density is 4,600 people per km². According to the Cent..
Petah Tikva Central Bus Station
The Petah Tikva Central Bus Station, abbr. Petah Tikva CBS, is the main bus station in Petah Tikva, Israel. It serves Dan, Egged and Kavim buses. It is officially located on Zeev Orlov St. 64 on one side and Zeev Orlov St. 75 on the other. The Petah Tikva Central Bus Station has four platforms, eac..
Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium
Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Petah Tikva, Israel. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Maccabi Petah Tikva FC. The stadium holds 8,499 and was built in 1965. ..
Petäjävesi
Petäjävesi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 3,691 (2003) and covers an area of 495.55 km² of which 37.59 km² is water. The population density is 8.1 inhabitants per k..
Petal
For the petals of chakras, see Petal (chakra). Tetrameric flower of the Primrose Willowherb (Ludwigia octovalvis) showing petals and sepals This tulip has dozens of petals. A petal (Greek: leaf, tablet), regarded as a highly modified leaf, is one member or part of the corolla of a flower..
Petal, Mississippi
Petal is a city in Forrest County, Mississippi, along the Leaf River. The population was 7,579 at the 2000 census. The American Checkers Federation is based in Petal, MS. Geography Petal is located at [31°20′48″N, 89°15′20″W] (31.346740, -89.255485)[Geographic references#1GR..
Petalas
Petalas or Petalá is the largest island (area 5.4 km2) of the Echinades, among the Ionian Islands group of Greece. Some, including Leake, have conjectured that Petalas is the ancient Dulichium, from which The Iliad reports that 40 ships sailed to Troy, but Strabo and most modern authors prefer the..
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Petalburg Woods
Petalburg Woods is a forest that connects Petalburg City to Rustboro City. In Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, the first time your character goes through Petalburg Woods, he or she is attacked by a member of Team Aqua or Team Magma. The member intends to steal some papers from a man in the woods. The ma..
Petalichthyida
The Petalichthyida was an order of small, flattened placoderm fish. They were typified by their splayed fins, and numerous tubercles that decorated all of the plates and scales of their armor. They reached a peak in diversity during the Early Devonian and were found throughout the world, particula..
Petalidi
> Statistics Prefecture: Messenia/Messinia Province: Province of Pylia Location: Petalidi (Greek, Modern Πεταλίδι, Ancient/Katharevousa: -on), is a village and the seat of the municipality of the same name in the southcentral part of the prefecture of Messenia. Petalid..
Petalies Gulf
The Petalies Gulf (Greek: Κόλπος Πεταλιών), also the South Evvian Gulf or the South Euboean Gulf is a gulf that connects with the South Evian Gulf]] near Agia Marina and to the to the north. The total length is approximately 50 to 60 km long from north to south and is approximately f..
Petalifera
Petalifera (Gray, 1847) is a genus of sea hare, belonging to the family Aplysiidae. Some authors place it in a separate family Dolabriferidae. A more general description can be found on the page of the superfamily Aplysioidea. The parapodia (= fleshy winglike outgrowths), as can be seen in these..
Petaling, Selangor
For other meaning(s), see Petaling (disambiguation) Petaling is a district located in the state of Selangor in Malaysia, not to be confused with the town of Petaling Jaya located in it. The district of Petaling was established on 1 January 1974, the same day Kuala Lumpur was declared a Federal Te..
Petaling (disambiguation)
Petaling could refer to: Petaling district in Selangor, Malaysia.term used to describe the shape made by shifted material after a projectile has passed through it. For example, a sheet of metal petals on the side where a bullet has exited after being fired through; the upturned metal looks like the ..
Petaling Jaya
Petaling Jaya is a satellite city of the federal territory Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and is located in the Petaling district of Selangor. Petaling Jaya has an area of approximately 97.2 km², arguably the state of Selangor's largest town. On 20 June 2006, Petaling Jaya was granted city status. The ..
Petaling Street
Today a "Green Dragon" covers Petaling Street. Petaling Street is a Chinatown located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Chinese Malaysians call it Chi-Cheong-Kai in Cantonese. It is infamous for pirated clothes and accessories along with bootleg DVDs and CDs. Petaling Street however does not exclusi..
Petalism
Petalism was a form of banishment in Sparta similar to ostracism in Athens. Petalism is the action of writing a name on an olive leaf (thus the bad translation 'petalism'), which compares well to the Athenian practice of scratching a name on an ostrakon or pot-shard (from which we get the term ost..
Petalite
Petalite Image needed General Category Mineral Chemical formula lithium aluminium tectosilicate mineral LiAlSi4O10 Identification Color colorless, grey, yellow, yellow grey, to white Crystal habit tabular prismatic crystals and columnar masses Crystal system monoclinic 2/m. Cle..
Petalodiscus
Petalodiscus is a genus of the family Phyllanthaceae. The genus is sometimes included in Savia. ..
Petalostigma
Petalostigma is a genus of plants under the family Picrodendraceae and the monogeneric subtribe Petalostigmatinae. It has 7 species found in New Guinea and Australia. In local medicine, pregnancy is said to be avoided by eating the fruit of the quinine bush (Petalostigma pubescens), which, as its ..
Petals Around the Rose
Petals Around the Rose is a lateral thinking mind game traditionally played with five dice. It is played by computer program or with physical dice that are rolled by a Potentate of the Rose, a person who knows the secret of the game. For each roll of all dice, there is a single numerical solution. ..
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Petals on the Wind
Petals on the Wind is a novel written by V.C. Andrews in 1980. It is the second book in the Dollanganger series. Plot [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. A continuation to the previous book flowers in the attic, the story starts off with Cathy, Chris and ..
Petaluma, California
Petaluma is a city with a well preserved historic city center Kay Ransom, C. Michael Hogan, Ballard George et al., Environmental Impact Report for the Petaluma General Plan, prepared by Earth Metrics Inc. for the city of Petaluma (1986), in Sonoma County, California, in the United States. As of t..
Petaluma High School
Petaluma High School '''Location 201 Fair Street Petaluma, Calif Principal Michael Simpson Vice Principal Bill Blackerby Vice Principal Paul Hunt '''Vice Principal Will Deeths Vice Principal Jake Colburn (on leave) Enrollment Approx. 1650 School Colors Purple and w..
Petaluma River
The Petaluma River is a river in Sonoma County, California that becomes a tidal slough near its mouth. It flows from the farmland northwest of Petaluma, through the heart of Petaluma's old town, on through ten miles of extensive marshes, before reaching the northwest corner of San Pablo Bay. The Uni..
Petaluridae
The Petaltails of the family Petaluridae are apparently the most ancient of the extant true dragonflies (infraorder Anisoptera), having fossil members from as early as the Jurassic (over 150 million years ago). Modern petalurids include only 11 species, one of which, the Australian Petalura ingenti..
Petal (chakra)
In chakrology (see also esotericism and Tantra) the number of petals in a chakra identifies a characteristic of an individual chakra. The significance for each chakra to have a specific number of petals is not generally known. The purpose of this article is to describe the reasons why each chakra ho..
Petanque at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games
Petanque at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games took place in the Hidden Vale Sports Club in Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines. The event was held from December 1-4. Pétanque is a form of boules where the goal is to throw metal balls as close as possible to a jack (a small wooden ball called a co..
Petard
The petard by Francis Grose, 1812 A 19th Century British army petard A petard was a medieval term for a small bomb used to blow up gates and walls when breaching fortifications. Petard mortar was also the name of a demolition weapon fitted to the Churchill AVRE tank, a mortar of 290mm b..
Petarded
redirect [[Template:Infobox Family Guy Season 4a]] Petarded is the title of a fourth season episode of the animated series Family Guy. Written by Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild. Directed by Seth Kearsley. Guest starring Cloris Leachman as herself, LeVar Burton as a social worker and Gilbert Gottfrie..
Petaro
Petaro (پٹارو) is a small town near Hyderabad حيدرآباد, Sindh سندھ, Pakistan پاکستان. Cadet College Petaro کیڈٹ کالج پٹارو is also located at Petaro. ..
Petarwar block
Petarwar block, one of the six administrative blocks of Bokaro district, Jharkhand state, India, has a population (1991 census) of 113,608. The block is comprised of sixty-five villages. ..
Petar Berislavić
Petar Berislavić was the ban (viceroy) of Croatia from 1513 to 1520. Petar was born in Trogir. Before he became ban he rose to the title of bishop in the Roman Catholic Church. He is most known for being one of the leaders of the Croats during the Ottoman invasions into their territory. He is also..
Petar Beron
Petar Beron is also the name of a promiment political figure in present-day Bulgaria. Dr. Petar Beron (Bulgarian: ) (c. 1795, Kotel–March 21, 1871) was a famous Bulgarian educator. He created the first modern Bulgarian primer, called the Fish Primer (Рибен буквар, Riben bukvar) because..
Petar Bojović
Petar Bojović (Serbian: Петар Бојовић) (born July 16 1858 in Miševica near Nova Varoš, died January 20 1945 in Belgrade) was a Serbian army field-marshal, and one of four Serbian vojvodas ("dukes") in Balkan Wars and World War I. He fought in Serbian-Ottoman Wars from 1876 to 1878 a..
Petar Borota
Petar Borota (born 5 March 1952 in Belgrade) is a retired Yugoslavian footballer who played as a goalkeeper, most notably for Chelsea. He signed for Chelsea from Partizan Belgrade in March 1979 for £70,000 with the club on the verge of relegation from the First Division. He made his debut against ..
Petar Božović
Petar Božović (born May 22, 1946 in Zemun,Serbia) is a popular actor from Serbia. External link ..
Petar Brzica
Petar Brzica was a law student and an ardent member of the foremast Catholic organization called the Catholic Crusaders. He was one of the Ustaša-guards in Jasenovac concentration camp. After World War II he emigrated to the United States. Yugoslav authorities were never able to capture him and he..
Petar Dachev
Petar Dachev (born 15 June 1979) is a Bulgarian long jumper, best known for his gold medal at the 2000 European Indoor Championships. His personal best was 8.30 metres, achieved in June 2000 in Nicosia. Achievements Year Tournament Venue Result Extra 1998 European Championships Budapest, Hungary..
Petar Dobrnjac
Petar Dobrnjac (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар Добрњац) (1771-1831) was a Serbian Vojvoda in the First Serbian Uprising. He was born in the Požarevac nahia, in the village of Dobrinji. In his youth, he was a hajduk, and later a trader in farm animals. Role in the Uprising In 1804, the year o..
Petar Dobrović
Petar Dobrović (1890-1942, Serbian Cyrillic: Петар Добровић, Hungarian: Péter Dobrovits) was a famous Hungary-born Serbian painter and politician. A proponent of Serbian colorism, he was known for portraits and landscapes. He had earlier worked in impressionism and cubism. He was b..
Petar Drapšin
Petar Drapšin (November 15th, 1914 - December 2nd, 1945) was a Yugoslav Partisan commander. Petar Drapšin was born in a family of farmers in Turija, near Stari Bečej. He was in Belgrade high school when he got in touch with Communists through school's literary group. He joined SKOJ and in 1937 h..
Petar Erdödy
Petar Erdödy was the ban of Croatia from 1557 to 1567 and the founding member of the Croatian branch of the Erdödy noble family. Petar was born in 1504. He succeeded the famous Nikola Šubić Zrinski as ban in 1557. He firstgained notoriety with a series of military victories against the Ottoman..
Petar Hektorović
Petar Hektorović (1487, Stari Grad, Hvar, Dalmatia,Croatia-March 13, 1572, Stari Grad), Croatian writer. He was a poet and collector of Hvar's fishermen songs, and an important figure of the Renaissance period in Croatian literature. His major work "Ribanje i ribarsko prigovaranje"/Fishing and fish..
Petar II
Petar II may refer to: the Bulgarian tsar Petar II Teodor (ruled 1186-1197)the Montenegrin ruler Petar Petrovic Njegos (1813-1851)the Yugoslavian king Petar II Karadjordjevic (ruled 1934-1945) This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title..
Petar II Petrović-Njegoš
Born : November 13 (November 1 Old Style) 1813 Njeguši, Montenegro Died : 31 October (October 19 Old Style) 1851 Cetinje, Montenegro Petar II Petrović-Njegoš (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар II Петровић-Његош) (November 13 (November 1 Old Style), 1813 - October 31 (Octo..
Petar I Petrović-Njegoš
Saint Peter of Cetinje Petar I Petrović Njegoš (St. Peter of Cetinje) (1747-1830) (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар I Петровић Његош) was the ruler of Montenegro, the Cetinje Episcop of the Eastern Orthodox Church (Владика in Serbian) and Exarch (claimholder) of the Serbian O..
Petar Kajevski
Petar Kajevski (Macedonian: Петар Кајевски) (born 1974) is an IT and management expert from Republic of Macedonia. He is most famous as creator of the Slavic Macedonian search engine "Najdi!"[Не барај, Најди!]. (Do not search, find!) Vreme daily. 30 November, 2004...
Petar Keglević
Petar Keglević of Bužim (-1554 or 1555) was the ban of Croatia, Dalmatia, and Slavonia from 1537 to 1542. From 1521 to 1522 he was captain, and later ban, of Jajce. He distinguished himself in battles against the Ottoman Empire. After the Battle of Mohács he sided with Emperor Ferdinand against ..
Petar Kočić
Petar Kočić Petar Kočić (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар Кочић) (1877 — 1916) was a Bosnian Serb poet and writer. Like Borisav Stanković who was self-made and successful poet of Slavic South, like Ivo Ćipiko who was poet of seaside - Kočić was poet of Bosnian mountains and fre..
Petar Konjović
Petar Konjović (1883-1970) was a Serbian composer. He was born in Čurug (Banat). While a pedagogy student in Sombor, Konjovic self-taught himself the art of compositure and conducting. He finished his education at the Prague Conservatorium in 1906. In 1907, he traveled to Belgrade, following an ..
Petar Krešimir IV of Croatia
Petar Krešimir IV was a notably energetic Croatian king (1058–1074) and last great ruler of Trpimirović dynasty. Under his rule the Croatia probably reached its peak. Under Petar Krešimir, Croatia was again encompassing large amounts of territory, the same or slightly larger than in Tomisla..
Petar Krpan
Petar Krpan (born 1 July, 1974) is a Croatian football player. He played for several clubs, including NK Osijek, Hajduk Split, Dinamo Zagreb, Sporting Lisboa and União Leiria in Portugal. He played for the Croatia national football team and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, where Croa..
Petar Krstic
Petar Krstic (February 18, 1877, Belgrade - January 21, 1957) was a Serbian composer and conductor famous throughout Yugoslavia. Krstic studied under the Austrian composer Robert Fox in Vienna. He was a famed conductor and pedagogue in Belgrade as well as musical leader of Belgrade radio. His most ..
Petar Krumov
Petar Krumov (Bulgarian: ) is a composer, arranger and conductor born on the 6 August, 1934 in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. He studied choral conducting with Professor Georgi Dimitrov at the Pancho Vladigerov State Academy of Music (Sofia), from which he graduated in 1957. During his studies and as a r..
Petar Lubarda
Petar Lubarda (Cetinje, 27th July 1907 - Belgrade, 13th February 1974) was an outstanding Montenegrin painter, considered to be the most influential figure on post-war painting in former Yugoslavia. He was born in Ljubotinj, near Cetinje. He studied painting in Belgrade and Paris. From 1932 unti..
Petar Mazev
Petar Mazev (1927-1993) was a Macedonian painter. External links [ArtFacts - Petar Mazev] ..
Petar Merkov
Petar Merkov (Bulgarian: Петър Мерков), born November 3, 1976 in Plovdiv, is a Bulgarian flatwater canoer, who won two Olympic silver medals in the K-1 event at the 2000 Summer Olympics, on both occasions finishing behind Knut Holmann of Norway. Merkov was K-1 500 European champion in ..
Petar Miloševski
Petar Miloševski (born 6 December 1973 in Bitola) is a Macedonian football goalkeeper who currently, as at June 2006, plays for Enosis Neon Paralimni FC. Miloševski made his debut for the Macedonian national team in 1998, and currently has 45 caps . Clubs 1997-1998: FK Vardar1998-2001: Trabzon..
Petar of Duklja and Travunia
Petar (Predimir) was the Prince of Duklja and Travunia during ca. 900. He was one of the first rulers of Duklja. ..
Petar Petrov
Petar Petrov may refer to: Petar Petrov, Bulgarian runner (born 1955).Petar Petrov, Bulgarian football player (born 1961). ..
Petar Petrov (runner)
Petar Petrov (born 17 February 1955) is a retired 100 metres runner from Bulgaria. He won three medals at the European Indoor Championships as well as a bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Achievements Year Tournament Venue Result Extra 1976 European Indoor Championships Munich, West Ge..
Petar Pop-Arsov
Petar Pop-Arsov (1868, Bogomila, present day Republic of Macedonia - 1941, Sofia, Bulgaria) was a Macedonian revolutionary, one of the founders of "The Committee for Obtaining the Political Rights Given to Macedonia by the Congress of Berlin" from which, as Petar Pop Arsov says in his writings, late..
Petar Preradović
Petar Preradović (March 19, 1818 - August 18, 1872) was a Croatian poet. Preradović was born in the village of Grabrovnica, which was part of the Austrian Military Frontier. His parents were Serbian Orthodox and, like many from the area, he chose to become a professional soldier. He was educated ..
Petar Stojanović
Petar Stojanović (September 7, 1877 – September 11, 1957) was a Serbian violinist and composer of operettas, ballets and orchestral music. (His birthday is also variously given as September 6 and August 25.) He was born in Budapest and studied the violin there with Jenő Hubay. At the Vien..
Petar Stoyanov
Petar Stefanov Stoyanov (born May 25, 1952) was President of Bulgaria from 1997 until 2002. He won the 1996 presidential election as a candidate of the Union of Democratic Forces. He received more votes than the socialist candidate Ivan Marazov and the Bulgarian Business Block candidate, George Ga..
Petar Svačić
--> Petar Svačić (died in 1097), was the last [[wiktionary:native|native]] king of Croatia (reigned 1093–1097). He was elected king by Croatian feudal lords in 1093. Petar's seat of power was based in Knin. His rule was marked by a struggle for control of the country with Hungary. Duri..
Petar Tale
Petar Tale (August 15, 1947) is a renowned Norwegian painter. He was born Petar Pavicevic in Montenegro but has been living in Norway since 1977. Tale's art work consist of drawings, watercolours and paintings. The motives are both figurative - landscapes, people - and non-figurative. He has his a..
Petar Trbojević
Petar Trbojević (born September 9, 1973) is a Serbian water polo player who played on the bronze medal squad of FR Yugoslavia at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the silver medal squad of Serbia and Montenegro at the 2004 Summer Olympics. ..
Petar Trifunovic
Dr. Petar Trifunović (August 31, 1910 - December 8, 1980) was an International Grandmaster and Yugoslav Champion of chess. Yugoslavia was for many years the world's second strongest chess nation and so it is a measure of his strength that he was able to win the national championship five times in ..
Petar V. Kokotovic
Petar V. Kokotovic (1936-) is a professor in the Department of Engineering at the University of California Santa Barbara. He was born in Belgrade, Serbia. He received B.S. (1958) and M.S. (1963) in Electrical Engineering from the University of Belgrade, and a Ph.D. (1965) from the USSR Academy of..
Petar Zhekov
Petar Zhekov (Bulgarian: ) (born October 10, 1944) is a former Bulgarian football player. Zhekov was born in Knizhovnik, Haskovo Province, and began his career in Dimitrovgrad. Later he moved to Beroe, where he twice became Bulgaria's top goalscorer. Between 1968 and 1975 Zhekov played for CSKA Sof..
Petar Živković
Petar Živković (Петар Живковић) (January 1, 1879–February 3, 1947) was a Yugoslav soldier and political figure. He was Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia from January 7, 1929, to April 4, 1932. Živković was born in Negotin, Serbia. A soldier at the Serbian court, Ži..
Petar Zoranić
Petar Zoranić (1508 - after 1569) was a Croatian writer from Zadar. He is most important as the author of Planine, the first Croatian novel. Pastoral in nature, the novel shows influence of Virgil, Ovid, Dante Alighieri, Francesco Petrarca and Giovanni Boccaccio. The novel was written in 1538 and ..
Petar Zrinski
Petar Zrinski (Croatian: Petar Zrinski, Hungarian: Zrínyi Péter; 1621-1671) was a Croatian and Hungarian warrior and member of the Zrinski noble family. After the death of his brother Nikola Zrinski, Petar became ban of Croatia. Petar fought for greater Croatian independence from the Hapsburg dyn..
Petar Đurković
Petar Đurković (Петар Ђурковић) was a Serbian astronomer known for discovering two asteroids. One is named for the Serbian scientist Milutin Milankovitch, the other for Zvezdara, the hill in Belgrade where the Belgrade Astronomical Observatory is located. Asteroids discovered: 2 1..
Petasis reaction
The Petasis reaction is the chemical reaction of an amine, aldehyde, and vinyl- or aryl-boronic acid to form substituted amines.Petasis, N. A.; Akritopoulou, I. Tetrahedron Lett. 1993, 34, 583–586. Petasis, N. A.; Zavialov, I. A. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 445–446. [Abstract] Petasis..
Petasis reagent
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Petasites frigidus
Petasites frigidus (Arctic Butterbur or Arctic Sweet Coltsfoot; syn. P. speciosa) is a species of Petasites native to arctic to cool temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in northern Europe, northern Asia and northern North America. It is a herbaceous perennial plant producing flowering s..
Petasos
A petasos is a style of hat, usually made of wool felt, leather or straw, with a broad, floppy brim. It was worn primarily by farmers and travellers in classical times, and was considered characteristic of rural people. The name is the Greek and Latin word for any hat. The pilos is the brimless v..
Petasus
Petasus is the winged hat that is the symbol of Hermes, the Greek mythological messenger god (Roman equivalent Mercury). Also spelt petasos. Also notably worn by French cartoon character Asterix. ..
Petaton
A petaton is an unit of mass that is equal to 1,000 teratons. ..
Petauke
Petauke is a town located in the Eastern Province of Zambia. petauke is 400 km from the capital city lusaka or air port the many spoken language is nsenga and communication it as two radio station the most listerned station is radio explorers 88.3fm which covers up to 120km and mostry used by chi..
Petauridae
The family Petauridae includes 11 medium-sized possum species: four striped possums, the six species wrist-winged gliders in genus Petaurus, and Leadbeater's Possum which has only vestigal gliding membranes. Most of the wrist-winged gliders are native to Australia, most of the striped possums (gen..
Petaurus
The genus Petaurus contains flying phalangers or wrist-winged gliders, a group of arboreal marsupials. There are six species, Sugar Glider, Squirrel Glider, Mahogany Glider, Northern Glider, Yellow-bellied Glider and Biak Glider, and all are native to Australia. Flying phalangers are typically n..
Petavius (crater)
Crater characteristics Coordinates ..
Petawawa, Ontario
Petawawa is a town located in the Canadian province of Ontario. Situated in the Ottawa Valley, with a population of 15,500, Petawawa is the most populous municipality in Renfrew County. Contents 1 Geography2 Transportation3 Primary industries4 History5 Communities6 ..
Petawawa Airport
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Petawawa River
The Petawawa River is a river in eastern Ontario, Canada. It starts in northern Algonquin Park and flows east, emptying into the Ottawa River at Petawawa. The river is 187 km in length and drains an area of 4,200 km². The river's name comes from the Algonquian language, meaning "where one hears a..
Petaybee Series
The Petaybee Series is a trilogy of young-adult science fiction novels by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough. It is also known as the "Powers Series". The Petaybee Series consists of three books: Powers that Be published in 1993, Power Lines (1994) and Power Play (1995). The series cente..
Peta (prefix)
This article describes the SI prefix peta. For other meanings, including People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, see Peta. In physics and mathematics, peta- (symbol: P) is a prefix in the SI (system of units) denoting 1015, or 1 000 000 000 000 000. For example: 1 pet..
Peta Brady
Peta Brady (born 17 July 1972) is an Australian actress. She is best known for playing Cody Willis in the TV soap Neighbours. Since she left the show, Brady has appeared in the film Mullet and the TV sitcom Kath & Kim. Peta also appears in the SBS series RAN (Remote Area Nurse). Although shy of pub..
Peta Buscombe, Baroness Buscombe
Peta Jane Buscombe, Baroness Buscombe (born 12 March, 1954) is a Conservative member of the House of Lords. She was made a life peer in 1998. She is a barrister. ..
Peta Nocona
Peta Nocona (b. ? - d. 1860) was a Native American chief who led the Noconi Comanches in Texas from the 1830s to 1860. He was the husband of Cynthia Ann Parker, an Anglo-Texas woman kidnapped as a child in a Comanche raid on Fort Parker in May of 1836. The couple had three children, famed Comanche ..
Peta Rutter
Peta Rutter is the actress who played Udonna in [[Power Rangers: Mystic Force]]. Contents 1 Filmography1.1 Film1.2 TV Work2 External links Filmography Film This Is Not a Love Story (2002) .... SuzanneThe Footstep Man (1992) .... Lucie TV Work "[[Power Rangers: Mystic Force]]"..
Peta Seaton
Peta Seaton is an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. ..
Peta Teanet
The late Peta Teanet was a South African musician of Tsonga descent, known as one of the country's most popular disco musicians. ..
Peta Toppano
Peta Toppano (8 April 1952, London) is an actress who found success in Australian television, as part of the original casts of both The Young Doctors (playing Dr Gail Henderson) and Prisoner (playing Karen Travers). In some of her early appearances her name was credited as Peita Toppano. She is a..
Peta Wilson
Peta Wilson on the DVD cover of the second season release of La Femme Nikita Peta Gia Wilson (born November 18, 1970) is an Australian actress and model. Contents 1 Biography1.1 Early life1.2 Career2 Filmography2.1 Herself3 External links Biography Early life ..
Petbe
In Egyptian mythology, Petbe was the god of revenge, worshipped in the area around Akhmin, in central Egypt. His name translates as Sky-Ba, roughly meaning Soul of the Sky, or Mood of the sky. However, Petbe may instead be a semitic deity introduced by immigrant workers from the Levant, with his nam..
Petca Parasceva
Saint Petca Parasceva was born in the town of Epibata on the shore of the Sea of Marmara, near the imperial city of Constantinople. She became an ascetic and lived in the wilderness many years, returning to Epibata two years before her death. Her feast day is October 14. Alternate forms of her na..
Petchara Chaowarat
Petchara Chaowarat (Thai: เพชรา เชาวราษฎร์, born January 19, 1943, in Rayong Province, Thailand) is a Thai film actress who starred in around 300 films from 1961 to 1979. An icon of the "Golden Age" of Thai cinema, she was known for her round, pool-like eyes and elab..
Petchtai Wongkamlao
Petchtai Wongkamlao, Thai เพชรทาย วงคำเหลา, is a Thai comedian, actor and film director. He is best known in Thailand by his stage name, Mum Jokmok (หม่ำ จ๊กม๊ก), and is a popular Thai television personality. He is variously credited as Mom Jok Mok..
PETCO
PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc (NASDAQ: [PETC]) is a leading chain of retail stores that offers pet supplies and services such as grooming and dog training. Founded in 1965 and incorporated in Delaware, it is headquartered in San Diego, California. As of 2006, PETCO has over 800 locations i..
Petcore
PET Container Recycling Europe, commonly known as Petcore, is a Brussels-based non-profit European trade association. Petcore was founded in 1992 to promote the collection, sorting and recycling of post-consumer PET bottles. It networks with national collection agencies, governments, and the recycl..
PETCO Park
Redirect [[Template:Infobox Stadium]]PETCO Park is an open-air stadium in downtown San Diego, California. Opened in 2004, it replaced Qualcomm Stadium as the home park of the San Diego Padres. The stadium is named after the pet food retailer PETCO, which is based in San Diego and paid for the naming..
Pete
Pete could refer to: A short form of the name PeterThe Petersen Events Center, an athletics complex and basketball arena on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaBlack Pete, a Disney characterPolyethylene terephthalate (PETE), a form of polymerthe Allied reporting nam..
Pete's Brewing Company
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Pete's Dragon
Promtional poster for theatrical release of Pete's Dragon Pete's Dragon (first released on November 3, 1977) is a live-action/animated musical feature film from Walt Disney Productions. It is a live-action film but its title character, a dragon named Elliott is animated. It is about a young b..
Pete's Eats
Pete's Eats has several uses: Pete's Eats Cafe is in Llanberis, north WalesPete's Eats Catering is also the name of an innovative home cooking instructional company in NY, NYPete's Eats Blog is the name of the popular Flash/tech blog run by Pete Barr-Watson since 2001 This is a [disambiguation..
Pete's Eats (disambiguation)
Pete's Eats has several uses: Pete's Eats Cafe is in Llanberis, north WalesPete's Eats Catering is also the name of an innovative home cooking instructional company in NY, NYPete's Eats Blog is the name of the popular Flash/tech blog run by Pete Barr-Watson since 2001..
Pete's Eats Cafe
Pete's Eats is a cafe in Llanberis, north Wales, popular amongst walkers and climbers in the Snowdonia region of mountains. Contents 1 History2 Pints of tea3 Climbers4 External links History Pete's Eats opened in August 1978[link], taking its name from Peter Norton,..
Pete's Eats Catering
Pete's Eats is the name of a catering cooking instructional company in New York City owned by chef Peter Shelsky. External links [Pete's Eats home cooking in NY]..
Pete's Meteor
Pete's Meteor is an Irish dramatic film released in 1998. It was written and directed by Joe O'Byrne and stars Mike Myers in his first dramatic role. Mike Myers plays a drug dealer living in the slums of Dublin. He tries to financially provide for the three children of his dead brother. The chi..
Pete's Pond
Pete's Pond is a pond in Botswana named for Pete Le Roux, general manager of Mashatu Game Reserve. Le Roux created it as a watering hole in the hopes of protecting wildlife from poachers on the Limpopo River. The pond was the site of a National Geographic "WildCam" project in 2005, which involved a..
Peteca
Pronounced ‘PA-TECK-A’ Peteca is a traditional sport of "hand shuttlecock" indigenous to Brazil and is reputed to be as old as the country itself. The object of the game is to hit the shuttlecock with your hand over a high net, making it land on the floor of the oppositions court. Doubles and..
Petechia
A petechia (puh-TEE-kee-uh, plural petechiae puh-TEE-kee-eye) is a small red or purple spot on the body, caused by a minor hemorrhage (broken capillary blood vessels). Forceful coughing or vomiting can cause facial petechiae, especially around the eyes. Newborns often have facial petechiae from the..
Peteg913/warnings
Contents 1 Concordia1.1 Warnings2 Vandalism2.1 Warning templates2.2 Trace IP Address Concordia Warnings Code Result Usage It seems to me that you are acting in an uncivil manner. Please remain [Civilitycivil] and don't resort to making personal attacks or in..
Peteinosaurus
Peteinosaurus (Peh-TEIN-o-sore-us) was a genus of flying reptiles belonging to the Pterosauria. It existed in the late Triassic period in the middle Norian (about 210 million years ago). The genus name means "flying reptile", the species name honours Rocco Zambelli, the curator of the Bergamo natu..
Petén (department)
El Petén Petén is a department of the nation of Guatemala. It is geographically the northernmost department of Guatemala, as well as the largest in size — at 12,960 square miles (33,566 km²) it accounts for about one third of Guatemala's area. The capital is Flores. The populati..
Peter
Peter is a common given name for males: see Peter (name). Peter could refer to the following real people: Saint Peter, Jesus' disciplePeter the Deacon, a confidant of Pope Gregory I and rector of SicilyAntipope Peter IIPeter the Hermit, a peasent religious icon during the First CrusadePeter of Por..
Peter's confession
Peter's Confession refers to Peter's statement in Matthew 16:16, that Jesus is the "Christ," the Anointed One. The Passage Matthew 16:13-20 Peter's confession comes, when Jesus wanders with his diciples through Caesarea Philippi. He asks them, who do people say the Son of Man is. After his discp..
Peter's Done It!
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Peter's Friends
Peter's Friends (1992) is a British comedy-drama film written by Rita Rudner and her husband Martin Bergman, and directed and produced by Kenneth Branagh. It starred Hugh Laurie, Alphonsia Emmanuel, Imelda Staunton, Richard Briers, Stephen Fry, Rita Rudner, Tony Slattery, Phyllida Law, Alex Lowe, E..
Peter's Got Woods
Family Guy Season 4BSeptember 11, 2005 - May 21, 2006List of Family Guy episodes Episodes: Peter's Got WoodsThe Perfect CastawayJungle LovePTVBrian Goes Back to CollegeThe Courtship of Stewie's FatherThe Fat Guy StranglerThe Father, the Son, and the Holy FonzBrian Sings and SwingsPatriot GamesI..
Peter's Pence
Peter's Pence is the practice of lay members of the Roman Catholic Church providing financial support to the Holy See. While the regular tithe goes to the local parish or diocese, the Peter's Pence goes directly to Rome. The practice originated in the eighth century A.D. when Anglo-Saxons decided t..
Peter's Pocket Grandpa
Peter's Pocket Grandpa was a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Dandy. It first appeared in issue 1771, dated 1 November 1975. The strip told the rather whimsical and sad story of a schoolboy named Peter Parker, who lived with his parents and grandfather in perfectly ordinary c..
Peter, Hereditary Prince of Yugoslavia
Hereditary Prince Peter was born February 5, 1980 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is the eldest son of Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia and Princess Maria da Gloria of Orleans-Braganca. Prince Peter is the grandson of HM King Peter II. His Godfather is HRH Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia, son of H..
Peter, Paul and Mary
-->The trio Peter, Paul and Mary (often PP&M) is an American musical group that was one of the most successful folk-singing groups of the 1960s. The trio comprises Peter Yarrow, Noel "Paul" Stookey, and Mary Travers. Contents 1 History2 Discography3 Videography4 Song sample5&..
Peter, Paul and Mary (album)
Peter, Paul and Mary is the first album by Peter, Paul and Mary, recorded on record with vitaphonic, monophonic, high fidelity and released by the Warner Bros. label. Back Cover ROUSING...AND REAL THE FOLK SINGERS THREE: Peter, Paul and Mary sing folk music. In your hands you hold their first alb..
Peter, Paul and Mommy
Peter, Paul and Mommy, released on Warner Bros./Seven Arts Records in 1969, is the trio Peter, Paul and Mary's first children's album. It has hits like "Puff the Magic Dragon" among others. Track listing "The Marvelous Toy" (T. Paxton)"Day Is Done""Leatherwig Bat""I Have A Song To Sing, O!""All Thr..
Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater
"Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater" is an episode from the second season of the FOX animated television series Family Guy. First aired on September 23, 1999. Written by Chris Sheridan, and directed by Jeff Myers. Guest starring Robin Leach as himself and Fairuza Balk as Connie D'Amico. Production code 1A..
Peter, Sue and Marc
Peter, Sue and Marc were a Swiss music group from Berne. The members were Peter Reber (born 1949, vocals / piano / guitar), Sue Schell (born 1950, vocals), and Marc Dietrich (born 1948, vocals / guitar). They represented Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest four times (in ESC1971, 1976, 1979,..
Peter-Blair
Peter-Blair is an upscale men's clothing retailer located in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Founded in 1993, it offers traditional male clothing such as suits, sweaters, and pants and specializes in ties and bowties. ..
Peter-Ernst Eiffe
also known as "Eiffe, der Bär" (german for 'Eiffe, the bear') born 1941, died December 1982 near Hamburg, Germany First Graffiti artist in Germany. Froze to death when he escaped a mental hospital during winter. A few of his famous graffito, that were written onto street signs, walls and mailbo..
Peter-Frans Pauwels
Peter-Frans Pauwels (born 1966) is a Dutch entrepreneur. In 1991, soon after he completed his studies in Business and Computer Science at the Universiteit van Amsterdam, he founded, with his former university mate Pieter Geelen, a company called Palmtop Software, which was later renamed to TomTom. ..
Peter-Hugo Daly
Peter-Hugo Daly (also known as Peter Hugo Daly) is an actor and drummer, who appeared (playing drummer Mick "Lethal") in the film Breaking Glass with Hazel O'Connor. He has also appeared as Dave Morris in the McLibel mini-series, as well as having roles in Minder, The Bill, Gangs Of New York and F..
Peter-John Vettese
Peter-John Vettese (born 15 August 1956 in Scotland), also known as Peter Vettese, is a British keyboardist, songwriter and producer. Vettese began his music studies with piano lessons at the age of 4. At 9, he began playing in public with his father's band. He ran away from home at 17 to join one ..
Peter-Lukas Graf
Peter-Lukas Graf (born 1929) is a flautist. He was born in Zürich in Switzerland. He was a pupil of André Jaunet, and later attended the Paris Conservatoire, where he won first prize with Marcel Moyse and Roger Cortot. Besides playing the flute both in orchestras and as a soloist, he is a conduct..
Peter-Michael Kolbe
Peter-Michael Kolbe (born August 2, 1953 in Hamburg) is a German rower and is one of the greatest single scullers ever. And, with the possible exception of Australia's Stuart Mackenzie, the greatest to have never won an Olympic Gold Medal. He won a record 11 Olympic and World Championship medals ..
Peter-Paul Pigmans
Peter-Paul Pigmans (January 31, 1961 - August 27, 2003) was a Dutch gabber music producer, best known for his production under the pseudonym 3 Steps Ahead. Pigmans' music is widely considered one of the most innovative specimens of the gabber genre; while many gabber producers favor raw force and l..
Peterbald
The Peterbald is a breed of Russian hairless cat. Peterbalds look very elegant and slim and have a distinctive head: narrow and long with a straight profile, almond-shaped eyes, and big set-apart ears. Peterbald cats look much like hairless Oriental Shorthair cats. Peterbalds are usually sweet-t..
Peterbilt
Peterbilt Motors is a manufacturer of medium and heavy-duty Class 6 though Class 8 trucks headquartered in Denton, Texas. The company is a subsidiary of PACCAR. Founded in 1939, Peterbilt operates manufacturing facilities in Madison, Tennessee (1969), Denton, Texas (1980), and Sainte-Thérèse, Que..
Peterboro, New York
Peterboro is a historic village located in the Town of Smithfield, Madison County in the U.S. state of New York. The Gerrit Smith Estate in the community was a stop on the Underground Railroad and an important meeting place for abolitionists. External links [New York Stops on the Undergroun..
Peterborough
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. The City of Peterborough is a cathedral city and Unitary Authority in the East of England, UK. For ceremonial purposes it is in the county of Cambridgeshire. It is a relatively prosperous city with low unemployment and an economic boom and is set to face ra..
Peterborough, New Hampshire
Peterborough is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA. The population was 5,883 at the 2000 census. Contents 1 Geography2 Demographics3 Cultural life4 Education5 External links Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area..
Peterborough, Ontario
Peterborough Ontario (in detail) (in detail) City nickname: "The Electric City" Area¹ - Total - Water 61.37 km²? km² ?% Population (2004)¹ 74,600 % Change (1996 – 2001): 2.4 Racial Origins: White: 97.5%Asian: 0.8%mixed race: 0.5%Black: 0.3%Chinese: 0.3%Population density¹ 12..
Peterborough, South Australia
Location of Peterborough in South Australia (red) Peterborough ([32°58′S 138°50′E]) is a town in the mid north of South Australia, in wheat country, just off the Barrier Highway. It was originally named Petersburg after the landowner, Peter Doecke, who sold land to create the ..
Peterborough, Victoria
Peterborough is a small town on the historic Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia, about 3 hours drive from Melbourne. It was supposedly founded when the schooner The Schomberg was wrecked in the middle of the 19th century, and became a fishing village that is now a popular holiday destination. ..
Peterborough (CDP), New Hampshire
Peterborough CDP is a census-designated place (CDP) within the town of Peterborough in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. The U.S. Census uses the CDP as a reporting level to provide separate demographic detail for the more densely populated village area of the town. All the values r..
Peterborough (disambiguation)
Contents 1 Places1.1 ..
Peterborough (electoral district)
Demographics Population, 2001 110,887 Electors 88,695 Area (km2) 2,175 Population density (people per km2) 51.0 Peterborough is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1953. It will elect a member of the..
Peterborough (UK Parliament constituency)
Peterborough Borough constituency Peterborough shown within Cambridgeshire, and Cambridgeshire shown within England Created: 1547 MP: Stewart Jackson Party: Conservative Type: House of Commons County: Cambridgeshire EP constituency: East of England Peterborough is a constituency ..
Peterborough Airport
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Peterborough and District Football League
The Peterborough and District Football League is a football competition based in England. It has a total of six divisions including the Peterborough and District Football League Premier Division. The Premier Division sits at step 7 (or level 11) of the National League System. It is a feeder to the U..
Peterborough and District Football League Premier Division
The Peterborough and District Football League Premier Division is a football competition based in England. It sits at step 7 (or level 11) of the National League System. The top club will get promoted to the United Counties Football League Division One, while the bottom club will get relegated to th..
Peterborough Cathedral
Peterborough Cathedral Plan Peterborough Cathedral is dedicated to Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Andrew, and is very unusual amongst medieval cathedrals in Britain because of its triple front (dominated by the statues of the three saints) and overall asymmetrical appearance. Con..
Peterborough Chronicle
The Peterborough Chronicle (also called the Laud Manuscript), one of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, contains unique information about the history of England after the Norman Conquest. According to philologist J.A.W. Bennett, it is the only prose history in English between the Conquest and the later 14..
Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School
Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School is a Public High School located at 201 McDonnel Street in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. As one of the oldest public schools in the country, PCVS was founded in 1827. As of 2005 it has to 975 students and 78 teachers and support staff. It is a membe..
Peterborough County, Ontario
Peterborough County is located in Ontario, Canada. The county was founded as the District of Colborne in 1838, centred around Peterborough, which became the County of Peterborough in 1850. In 1862, the County was redivided into Haliburton County, Peterborough County, and Victoria County (now the ..
Peterborough culture
Peterborough culture is the name given by some archaeologists to the prehistoric people who produced Peterborough ware pottery and also distinctive polished flint knives. The manufacturers of the pottery lived in north and eastern Britain during the late Neolithic. Advances in archaeological knowl..
Peterborough East
Peterborough East was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1925. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which divided the County of Peterborough into two ridings. The East Riding consiste..
Peterborough Examiner
The Peterborough Examiner is a newspaper that services Peterborough, Ontario and area. The paper started circulation in 1847, and is currently owned by the Osprey Media Group. At one time, it was edited by Canadian man of letters Robertson Davies. See also Samuel Marchbanks ..
Peterborough Lift Lock
--> The Peterborough Lift Lock is a boat lift located on the Trent River in the city of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada and is Lock 21 on the Trent-Severn Waterway. The dual lifts are the highest hydraulic boat lifts in the world, rising 19.8 m (65 ft). This was a considerable accomplishment when c..
Peterborough Memorial Centre
The Peterborough Memorial Centre is a 4,329-seat multi-purpose arena in Peterborough, Ontario Canada. It was built in 1956. It is home to the Peterborough Petes ice hockey team. History Interior of Peterborough Memorial Centre before renovation The Peterborough Memorial Centre is a single-pa..
Peterborough Nene Valley
Peterborough Nene Valley is a station on the Nene Valley Railway and is the current eastern terminus of the line. Situated adjacent to Railworld, the station can be found west of the East Coast Main Line, at the Junction of London Road and Oundle Road. The station was built in 1986 as part of the ..
Peterborough Northern Star F.C.
Peterborough Northern Star F.C. are a football club based in Cambridgeshire, England. They joined the United Counties Football League Division One in 2003. In 2005, they changed their name from Eye United F.C. to their present name. For the 2005-06 season, they are members of the United Counties Foo..
Peterborough Petes
Peterborough Petes City: Peterborough, Ontario League: Ontario Hockey League Conference: Eastern Division: East Founded: 1956-57 Home Arena: Peterborough Memorial Centre Colours: Maroon and White Head Coach: Vacant General Manager: Jeff Twohey The Peterborough P..
Peterborough Phantoms
Peterborough Phantoms League: EPIHL Founded: 2002 Home Ice: Planet Ice Peterborough Capacity: 1250 Ice Size: 180ft x 85ft City: Peterborough, United Kingdom Colours: Maroon, Silver, White, and Black Head Coach: Kevin King Ownership: Unknown Peterborough Phanto..
Peterborough Pirates
Peterborough Pirates League: British National League Founded: 1982 Home Ice: Planet Ice Peterborough Capacity: 1250 Ice Size: 180ft x 85ft City: Peterborough, United Kingdom Colours: White, Orange, and Black Head Coach: Unknown Ownership: Unknown Peterborough ..
Peterborough railway station
Peterborough railway station serves the city of Peterborough, England. It lies on the East Coast Main Line (ECML). It is a major interchange, as it benefits from having both the North-South ECML as well as East-West local services. There is on site car parking, a large Royal Mail Sorting Office,..
Peterborough Rural District
Peterborough was a rural district near Peterborough in England from 1894 to 1974. It was created in 1894 under the Local Government Act 1972, from the part of the Peterborough rural sanitary district that was in the Soke of Peterborough (the rest, in Huntingdonshire, formed the Norman Cross Rural D..
Peterborough Stars
Peterborough Stars City Peterborough, Ontario League Ontario Provincial Jr A Founded 1965 Home Arena Evinrude Community Centre Colours Burgundy, Black, and White Coach Mike Lytle GM Joe Sullivan The Peterborough Stars are a Tier II Junior "A" ice hockey te..
Peterborough Summer Festival of Lights
Every summer, the City of Peterborough, Ontario has a series of free outdoor concerts with a display of fireworks at the end every Wednesday and Saturday night at Del Crary Park which is located in the downtown. Past Performers Tom Cochrane & Red RiderI Mother EarthKalan PorterGordon LightfootNatal..
Peterborough This Week
Peterborough This Week is a twice-weekly, community newspaper in Peterborough, Ontario that was established in 1989. It is one of three newspapers in the Kawartha Division of Metroland Publishing, a company that owns newspapers across Ontario. Peterborough This Week has a circulation reaching 47,5..
Peterborough to Lincoln Line
Peterborough-Lincoln Line Principal stations Peterborough for East Coast Main Line)Spalding Sleaford for Grantham-Skegness LineRuskington Metheringham Lincoln Central The Peterborough to Lincoln Line is a railway line linking Peterborough and Lincoln, via Sleaford and Spalding. The towns and v..
Peterborough Transmitter
Morbone hill site from west The Peterborough Transmitter is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility at Morborne Hill, near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, (Grid reference ). There are two tall structures on adjacent sites: a guyed steel lattice mast belonging to National Grid Wireless, ..
Peterborough United F.C.
Peterborough United F.C. are an English football team currently playing in League Two for the 2005-06 season. The club was formed in 1934, and was first admitted to the league in 1960, replacing Gateshead. In their first season as a league club, they scored 134 goals, a record which has never been..
Peterborough ware
Peterborough ware is a decorated pottery style of the later British Neolithic. It is known for the impressed pits made by bone or wood implements in its sides. Whipped cord was also used to make circular 'maggot' patterns. The earliest form of Peterborough ware is known as Ebbsfleet style and had m..
Peterborough West
Peterborough West was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1953. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which divided the County of Peterborough was into two ridings. The West Riding consi..
Peterchurch
Peterchurch is a small village within Herefordshire. ..
Peterculter
Peterculter (pronounced Peter-coo-ter) is a suburb on the western edge of Aberdeen, Scotland approximately 8 miles inland from the city centre. The latter part of the name is said to be derived from the Gaelic compound word "Cul-tir", which signifies the back part of the country, and would correc..
Petergeist
Family Guy Season 4BSeptember 11, 2005 - May 21, 2006List of Family Guy episodes Episodes: Peter's Got WoodsThe Perfect CastawayJungle LovePTVBrian Goes Back to CollegeThe Courtship of Stewie's FatherThe Fat Guy StranglerThe Father, the Son, and the Holy FonzBrian Sings and SwingsPatriot GamesI..
Peterhead
There is also a suburb of Adelaide named Peterhead, South Australia Peterhead is a town in Scotland with a population of approximately 18,000. It is situated in Aberdeenshire, at the easternmost point in mainland Scotland. Contents 1 Description1.1 Main Employers2 Tourism3 Ex..
Peterhead, South Australia
Peterhead is a north-western suburb of Adelaide 15km from the CBD, on the LeFevre Peninsula, in the state of South Australia, Australia and falls under the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. It is adjacent to Largs Bay and Birkenhead. The post code for Peterhead is 5016. It is bounded to the north by Wi..
Peterhead Community Hospital
Peterhead Community Hospital The services provided include a small midwife led maternity unit. In August 2005 Aberdeenshire Community Health Partnership issued a consultation document on Older People’s Services, Maternity Services and Diagnostic and Treatment Services which includes several pro..
Peterhead F.C.
Contents 1 Overview2 History3 Honours4 Club Records5 Current squad5.1 Out on loan6 External links Overview Peterhead FC are a football club based in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. They currently play in the Scottish Football League Second Division, follo..
Peterhead railway station, Adelaide
Peterhead railway station is a railway station on the Outer Harbor railway line which is located in the northwestern Adelaide, straddling the suburbs of Peterhead, Birkenhead, and Exeter on the LeFevre Peninsula. It is located 14.6km by railway from the Adelaide Railway Station. Adjacent Stations ..
Peterhof
Peterhof: the Samson Fountain and Sea Channel Peterhof (Russian: , Petergof, originally Peterhof, Dutch for "Peter's Court") is a series of palaces and gardens, laid out on the orders of Peter the Great, and sometimes called the "Russian Versailles". It is located about twenty kilometers we..
Peterhouse, Cambridge
Peterhouse, Cambridge Full name Peterhouse Motto - Named after St Peter Previous names The Scholars of the Bishop of Ely St Peter’s College Established 1284 Sister College(s) Merton College Master The Lord Wilson of Tillyorn Location [Trumpington Street&#..
Peterhouse Boat Club
Peterhouse Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Peterhouse. Alumni of Peterhouse Boat Club are eligible to join the Cross Keys Boat Club. Peterhouse is the smallest of all of the colleges of Cambridge University which regularly admit both undergraduates and graduates, yet crews from Peter..
Peterhouse Group of Boarding Schools
Please [Glossary#Wwikify] (format) this article or section as suggested in the [Guide to layoutGuide to layout] and the [Manual of StyleManual of Style]. Remove this template after wikifying. This article has been tagged since June 2006. The Peterhouse group of scho..
Peterhouse school of history
The Peterhouse school of history was named after the Cambridge college of the same name where the history taught concentrated on 'high politics'. That is, the study of 'fifty or sixty politicians in conscious tension with one another', in the words of Maurice Cowling, the most prominent member of th..
Peterlee
redirect [[Template:Infobox England place]]Peterlee is a new town in County Durham, England. Founded in 1948, the town is named after Peter Lee, a prominent local miner, and originally mostly housed coal miners. Contents 1 General information2 Schools and Colleges2.1 Primary2.2&nb..
Peterlee Newtown F.C.
Peterlee Newtown F.C. are a football club based in Peterlee, England. They formed in 1976 and joined Northern Football Alliance. In 1979, they joined the Wearside League. They played in the Northern League from 1982 to 2006, when they were relegated to the Northern Alliance and changed their name to..
Peterlingen Priory
Peterlingen Abbey or Priory was a Cluniac monastery at Peterlingen, now Payerne, in Lausanne, Switzerland. It was founded in the 10th century by Queen Bertha of Burgundy and was a very early priory of the Abbey of Cluny, from 962. The reforming Cluniac, Saint Ulrich of Zell, was prior here in the..
Peterloo Massacre
Print of the Peterloo Massacre published by Richard Carlile The Peterloo Massacre of August 16, 1819 was the result of a cavalry charge into the crowd at a public meeting at St. Peters Field, Manchester, England. It is also called the Manchester Massacre. Eleven people were killed and over 40..
Petermann (crater)
Crater characteristics Coordinates ..
Petermann Island
Adelie Penguin rookery on Petermann Island; their droppings make the gray rock pinkish. Petermann Island is a small island just off the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula of Antarctica, located at 65 deg 10 min S, 64 deg 10 min W, just a short distance south of Booth Island and the Lemaire ..
Petermann Orogeny
The Petermann Orogeny was an intracontinental event that affected basement rocks of the northern Musgrave Province and Proterozoic sediments of the (now) southern Amadeus Basin between ~550-535 Ma. Prior to the Petermann Orogen, which resulted in exhumation of the Musgrave Block, the Amadeus Basin..
Peterotica
Family Guy Season 4BSeptember 11, 2005 - May 21, 2006List of Family Guy episodes Episodes: Peter's Got WoodsThe Perfect CastawayJungle LovePTVBrian Goes Back to CollegeThe Courtship of Stewie's FatherThe Fat Guy StranglerThe Father, the Son, and the Holy FonzBrian Sings and SwingsPatriot GamesI..
Petero Civoniceva
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Petero Mataca
Archbishop Petero Mataca Petero Mataca (born at Cawaci, on Ovalau Island, 28 April 1933) is the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Suva, Fiji. After his education at St. John's College, Cawaci, he was ordained as a priest on 19 December 1959. He became a Bishop on 27 August 1974 when he was appoin..
Peterpan (band)
Peterpan is an Indonesian pop rock band from Antapani, Bandung, famous through the following songs: "Mimpi yang Sempurna","Ada Apa Denganmu", "Topeng", and "Kukatakan Dengan Indah". This band has six members, among them are: Ariel (vocal), Uki (guitar), Loekman (bas), Reza (drum), Andika (keyboard..
Peters
Peters is a surname, and may refer to Alan Peters, British furniture makerAndrew Peters, Canadian ice hockey playerAndi Peters, British television presenterArno Peters (1916-2002), German filmmakerArnold Peters, Canadian politicianArthur Peters, Canadian politicianAulana L. Peters, American lawyerB..
Peters's Duiker
Peter's Duiker (Cephalophus callipygus), is a small antelope found in Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, southern Cameroon and northern Republic of Congo. Peter's Duikers weigh about 40 pounds (18 kilogrammes) on average, and are about 20 inches (50 centimetres) at the shoulder. They have a grey-brown coa..
Peters's tube-nosed bat
The Peters's tube-nosed bat (Murina grisea) is a Vesper bat endemic to Uttar Pradesh, India. It is listed as a critically endangered species due to habitat loss and human disturbance from tourism. This bat's range is restricted to under 100 km². References Participants of CBSG CAMP workshop: Sta..
Peters' elephantnose fish
Peters' elephantnose fish, Gnathonemus petersii, is an elephantfish in the genus Gnathonemus. Other names in English include elephantnose fish, long-nosed elephant fish, and Ubangi mormyrid, after the Ubangi River. It is native to the rivers of West and Central Africa, in particular the lower Nige..
Peters' Mouse Lemur
Peters' Mouse Lemur (Microcebus myoxinus), also known as the Pygmy Mouse Lemur, is the smallest of the mouse lemurs and the smallest primate in the world, only weighing around 30 grams (roughly 1 ounce). Its dorsal side is a rufous-brown colour, and creamy-white ventrally. They live in dry deciduo..
Petersberg
Petersberg may refer to a Mountains:*Petersberg near Bonn, with Hotel Petersberg, site of**Petersberg Agreement, 1949, reagarding international status of West Germany.**Petersberg Tasks, 1992 & 1997, regarding European security cooperation. Also known as 'Petersburg Missions' or 'Petersberg Objectiv..
Petersberg, Hesse
Petersberg is a municipality in the district of Fulda, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated 3 km east of Fulda. ..
Petersberg agreement
The Petersberg Agreement is an international treaty that extended the rights of the Federal Government of Germany vis-a-vis the occupying forces of Britain, France, and the United States, and is viewed as the first major step of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) towards sovereignty. It was signe..
Petersberg tasks
Petersberg near Bonn The Petersberg tasks are a list of military and security priorities incorporated within the European Security and Defence Policy of the European Union. The Petersberg tasks were first fomulated by the Western European Union (WEU) in 1992 during a summit in at the Hotel P..
Petersboro, Utah
Petersboro is a census-designated place (CDP) in Cache County, Utah, United States. The population was 230 at the 2000 census. Geography Petersboro is located at [41°45′39″N, 111°59′3″W] (41.760838, -111.984191)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United Sta..
Petersburg, Alaska
Petersburg is a city in Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, Alaska, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 3,224. Contents 1 Geography2 Demographics3 History4 Trivia5 External links Geography Petersburg is located at [56°48′16″..
Petersburg, Georgia
The dead town of Petersburg, Georgia was an upriver market located in Wilkes (now Elbert) County. Named after Petersburg, Virginia, it was founded by Dionysius Oliver in 1786 to serve the rapidly growing Broad River Valley region, and enjoyed a good connection with Augusta, Georgia via the Savannah ..
Petersburg, Illinois
Petersburg is a city in Menard County, Illinois, on the bluffs and part of the floodplain overlooking the Sangamon River. The population was 2,299 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Menard County[Geographic references#6GR6]. Petersburg is located approximately two miles north of ..
Petersburg, Indiana
Petersburg is a city in Pike County, Indiana, United States. The population was 2,570 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Pike County[Geographic references#6GR6]. Geography Petersburg is located at [38°29′30″N, 87°16′49″W] (38.491653, -87.280372)[Ge..
Petersburg, Kentucky
Petersburg is a neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky centered along Petersburg Road & Indian Trail. References ↑  External links ..
Petersburg, Michigan
Petersburg is a city in Monroe County, Michigan, United States. The population was 1,157 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.2 km² (0.5 mi²), all land. Demographics As of the census2 of 2000, there were 1,157 people, 423 hou..
Petersburg, Nebraska
Petersburg is a village in Boone County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 374 at the 2000 census. Geography Petersburg is located at [41°51′10″N, 98°4′48″W] (41.852867, -98.080131)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, t..
Petersburg, North Dakota
Petersburg is a city in Nelson County, North Dakota in the United States. The population was 195 at the 2000 census. Petersburg was founded in 1884. Geography Petersburg is located at [48°0′37″N, 98°0′3″W] (48.010224, -98.000698)[Geographic references#1GR1]. Accordin..
Petersburg, Ohio
Petersburg is a small village in Springfield Township, Mahoning County, Ohio, USA. It was founded in the 1790's by German immigrants from Pennsylvania. Including those from Pennsylvania was Peter Musser, Israel Warner and family who are now buried outside of Petersburg in the Old Springfield Towns..
Petersburg, Pennsylvania
Petersburg is a borough in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 455 at the 2000 census. Geography Petersburg is located at [40°34′21″N, 78°2′53″W] (40.572417, -78.048036)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census ..
Petersburg, Tennessee
Petersburg is a town in Tennessee, United States. The population was 580 at the 2000 census. Geography Petersburg is located at [35°19′7″N, 86°38′15″W] (35.318501, -86.637456)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a t..
Petersburg, Texas
Petersburg is a city in Hale County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,262 at the 2000 census. Geography Petersburg is located at [33°52′12″N, 101°35′50″W] (33.869948, -101.597208)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, th..
Petersburg, Virginia
Petersburg is an independent city in Virginia, United States. The population was 33,740 at the 2000 census. It is in Tri-Cities area of the Richmond-Petersburg region and is a portion of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Petersb..
Petersburg, West Virginia
Petersburg is a city in Grant County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 2,423 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Grant County[Geographic references#6GR6]. Petersburg was founded circa 1745 by Jacob Peterson, who owned the area's first merchandising store. It was in..
Petersburgh, New York
Petersburgh is a town located in the northeast section of Rensselaer County, New York, USA. The population was 1,563 at the 2000 census. The town was named after an early settler. Contents 1 History2 Geography3 Demographics4 Communities and locations in Petersburgh5 Ex..
Petersburg (disambiguation)
Several places in the United States of America have the name Petersburg: Petersburg, AlaskaPetersburg, IllinoisPetersburg, IndianaPetersburg, IowaPetersburg, KentuckyPetersburg, MichiganPetersburg, NebraskaPetersburg, OhioPetersburg, VirginiaPetersburg, West Virginia Slight variations appear in the ..
Petersburg (novel)
Petersburg or St. Petersburg, Russian: Петербург (1913, revised 1922) is the title of Andrei Bely's masterpiece, a Symbolist work that foreshadows Joyce's Modernist ambitions. For various reasons the novel never received much attention and was not translated into English until 1959 by Jo..
Petersburg High School
Petersburg High School can refer to: Petersburg High School in Petersburg, AlaskaPetersburg High School in Petersburg, TexasPetersburg High School in Petersburg, VirginiaPetersburg High School in Petersburg, West Virginia This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles a..
Petersburg Inn
The Petersburg Inn was built in what is now Petersburg, Ohio. The structure was an historical building and used to be an over-night inn for stage coach trips between Cleveland and Pittsburgh. The shell of this building revealed the old log cabin structures that made up the building. It was 160 years..
Petersburg James A. Johnson Airport
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Petersburg National Battlefield
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Petersburg National Battlefield Park
Petersburg National Battlefield Park is operated by the National Park Service in Petersburg, Virginia and the surrounding area. During the last years of the American Civil War, Union General Ulysses S. Grant determined that the successful capture of Petersburg and its network of railroads was the ke..
Petersburg Pilot
The Petersburg Pilot is a weekly newspaper published in Petersburg, Alaska established February 1974. External link [Petersburg Pilot] ..
Petersburg Public Schools
The following are schools in the Petersburg, Virginia school division. 21st Century Academy A. P. Hill Elementary School Blandford Elementary School J. E. B. Stuart Elementary School Peabody Middle School Petersburg High School Robert E. Lee Elementary School Vernon Johns Middle School Virginia Ave..
Petersburg Railroad
Petersburg Railroad was chartered in 1830 and opened in 1833. It ran from Petersburg, Virginia south to Garysburg, North Carolina, from which it ran to Weldon via trackage rights over the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad (later eliminated with a new alignment). The railroad saw much action and destruct..
Petersburg Township, Minnesota
Petersburg Township is a township in Jackson County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 269 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 93.6 km² (36.1 mi²). 93.5 km² (36.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of ..
Petersen
Petersen is a surname, and may refer to Alicia O'Shea Petersen, Australian activistAnders Petersen, Swedish photographerAnker Eli Petersen, Faroese writer and artistAnn Petersen, Belgian actressCarl PetersenCharles PetersenChris PetersenChristopher Flinder PetersenEwa Hedkvist PetersenFlo Bjelke-Pe..
Petersen Arboretum
Petersen Arboretum is a new arboretum located in Petersen Park, Alpine, Utah, USA. It was established prior to 2003, when 150 additional trees were planted. Its collection includes Big Tooth and Amur Maples, Tri-colored Oaks, and the Dawn Redwoods. See also List of botanical gardens in the United S..
Petersen Automotive Museum
The Petersen Automotive Museum is located on Wilshire Boulevard along Museum Row in the Miracle Mile neighborhood of Los Angeles. One of the world's largest automotive museums, the Petersen Automotive Museum is a non-profit organization specializing in the education and history of the automobile. F..
Petersen Events Center
The John M. and Gertrude E. Petersen Events Center is a 12,508-seat multi-purpose arena on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It hosts the men's and women's Pitt Panthers basketball teams. The arena opened in 2002 on part of the former site of Pitt Stadium, w..
Petersen graph
The Petersen graph is a small graph that serves as a useful example and counterexample in graph theory. The graph is named for Julius Petersen, who published it in 1898. Petersen constructed it to be the smallest bridgeless cubic graph with no three-edge-coloring.[The Petersen graph�..
Petersfield
Petersfield can refer to any of the following places: Petersfield, Hampshire, a market town in EnglandPetersfield, Manitoba, in CanadaPetersfield, South Carolina in the United States of AmericaPetersfield, an area of Cambridge, England This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a lis..
Petersfield, Hampshire
redirect [[Template:Infobox England place]]Petersfield is a market town in the English county of Hampshire, situated on the northern border of the South Downs. The town was founded at the end of the 11th Century. It grew as a coach stop on the Portsmouth to London route, and today is situated on bot..
Petersfield Herald
The Petersfield Herald is a broadsheet newspaper based in Petersfield, Hampshire, and published every Friday. It is one of a series of Herald titles, including the Alton Herald and Bordon Herald. Its direct competition in Petersfield is the tabloid Petersfield Post. External links http://www.pete..
Petersfield Museum
Petersfield Museum is situated in the Old Magistrates Courthouse, Petersfield, Hampshire. The museum was formed thanks to a group of local historians "The Petersfield Area Historical Society". Over the years, objects and archive material was collected, later formally transferred to the museum and no..
Petersfield Post
The Petersfield Post is a paid-for local tabloid newspaper based in Petersfield, Hampshire. It is owned and published by the Johnston Press, publishers of the Portsmouth News, every Wednesday. It is one of two paid-for Petersfield papers, the other being the broadsheet Petersfield Herald. External..
Petersfield railway station
right Petersfield railway station is a railway station serving the market town of Petersfield, Hampshire, England. It is located on the Portsmouth Direct Line which runs between London (London Waterloo) and Portsmouth (Portsmouth Harbour railway station). The station has two tracks, and two ..
Petersfield Town F.C.
Petersfield Town F.C. are an English Association football (soccer) team based in Petersfield, Hampshire, England. They are in the Wessex League Division One in the 2006-07 season. Petersfield's stadium is the Love Lane Stadium, in Love Lane, Petersfield. The club was founded in 1993 after the dem..
Petershagen
Petershagen is a town and a municipality in the Minden-Lübbecke district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the river Weser, approx. 10 km north-east of Minden. ..
Petershagen-Eggersdorf
Petershagen-Eggersdorf is a municipality in the district Märkisch-Oderland, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 30 km east of Berlin (centre). ..
Petersham
See also Petersham, Massachusetts, United States, or Petersham, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Petersham is a place in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames on the east of the bend in the River Thames south of Richmond, which it shares with neighbouring Ham. It provides the foreground of ..
Petersham, Massachusetts
Petersham (pronounced "Peter's Ham") is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 1,180 at the 2000 census. Petersham is home to a considerable amount of conservation land, including the Quabbin Reservation, Harvard Forest and Federated Women's Club State Fore..
Petersham, New South Wales
Petersham is a suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Approximately 6 km south-west of the central business district, Petersham is in the Marrickville Council area and is bordered by the suburbs of Leichhardt to the north, Stanmore to the East, Marrickville t..
Petersham railway station, Sydney
Petersham railway station is on the Inner West Line CityRail line in Sydney, New South Wales. It is a small station and only receives 4 services an hour on weekdays and 2 on weekends. The Inner West line uses the two southernmost tracks of the six tracks of the main suburban line. Petersham has ..
Petershausen Abbey
Petershausen Abbey (Kloster, Reichskloster or or Abtei Petershausen) was a Benedictine monastery situated at Petershausen, now a part of Konstanz in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was founded in 983 by Bishop Gebhard of Constance, and settled from Einsiedeln Abbey. Under Abbot Theodoric (1086 - ..
Petershill F.C.
Petershill Football Club are a Scottish football (soccer) club from Springburn in the north of Glasgow. Nicknamed the Peasy, they were formed in 1897 and are traditionally one of the stronger clubs at their level, although they have not been as successful in recent years as they have historically. ..
Peterskirche, Vienna
The Peterskirche (English: St. Peter's Church) in Vienna is a church with a long and eventful history. Contents 1 The first church2 The new building3 Access4 References5 External links The first church The oldest church building (of which nothing remains today) dat..
Peterson
Peterson is a patronymic surname meaning "son of Peter". People with the surname Peterson: Adrian Peterson, two men of that nameAmanda Peterson (US actress)Cassandra Peterson (best known for her screen persona Elvira)Collin Peterson (US politician)David Peterson (twentieth Premier of Ontario, Canad..
Peterson's
Peterson's is an American test preparation and educational publishing company that publishes materials designed to prepare students to pass high school and college entrance exams. They offer admissions, financial aid, and career planning services to help students, parents, and educators find the so..
Peterson's algorithm
Peterson's algorithm is a concurrent programming algorithm for mutual exclusion that allows just two processes to share a single-use resource without conflict, using only shared memory for communication. [Note: Peterson's Algorithm can be generalised for more than two processes, as discussed in..
Peterson, Iowa
Peterson is a city in Clay County, Iowa, United States. The population was 372 at the 2000 census. Geography Peterson is located at [42°55′7″N, 95°20′29″W] (42.918490, -95.341502)[Geographic references#1GR1]. It is situated near the Little Sioux River. According to t..
Peterson, Minnesota
Peterson is a city in Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 269 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.3 km² (0.5 mi²). 1.2 km² (0.5 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it (4.00%) is water. ..
Peterson 260SE
The Peterson 260SE The Peterson 260SE is a STOL conversion of a Cessna 182 airframe made by Todd Peterson. The conversion consists of the addition of a high-lift canard and a 260 hp (194 kW) engine. The 260SE traces its history to a STOL aircraft called Skyshark built by Jim Robertson in the ..
Peterson Air Force Base
Peterson Air Force Base (Peterson AFB) is a base of the United States Air Force located in El Paso County, Colorado near Colorado Springs. Peterson AFB is home to the 21st Space Wing. History Peterson AFB Peterson AFB was established on May 6, 1942 at the Colorado Springs Municipal Airport. I..
Peterson Events Center
Peterson Events Center also known as the "Pete" is the sports arena for the University of Pittsburgh men's and women's NCAA Division I Basketball teams and also hosts some Pittsburgh Xplosion ABA games. It is one of the newer basketball arenas in the world and has been touted as one of the best ven..
Peterson Island
Peterson Island ([66°28′S 110°30′E]) is an Antarctic rocky island, 2 mi long, with two inlets indenting the north side, lying immediately west of Browning Peninsula in the south part of the Windmill Islands. It was first mapped from air photos taken by USN Operation Highjump and Oper..
Peterson olefination
The Peterson olefination (also called the Peterson reaction) is the chemical reaction of α-silyl carbanions 1 with ketones (or aldehydes) to form a β-hydroxysilane 2 which eliminates to form alkenes 3.[#endnote_Peterson1968] Several review have been published.[#endnote_Birkofer19..
Peterson Pipes
Friedrich and Heinrich Kapp, German immigrants to Ireland from Nürnberg, Germany, founded the famed Kapp Brothers store on Grafton Street, Dublin in 1865. Shortly thereafter, a Latvian immigrant, Charles Peterson, strolled into the Kapp workshop and declared that he could make better pipes than the..
Peterson Quartet
The Petersen Quartet is a string quartet founded in 1979 by students at the Hanns Eisler Music Conservatory in Berlin. Its members are: Conrad Muck, (violin)Daniel Bell, (violin)Friedermann Weigle, (viola)Jonas Krejci, (cello) They have been guided by, amongst others, Sandor Vegh, Thomas Brandis an..
Peterson Road Elementary School
Peterson Road Elementary is a public elementary school in Langley, British Columbia part of School District 35 Langley. ..
Peterson Toscano
Peterson Toscano, a playwright, actor and gay activist, spent nearly two decades in the ex-gay movement attempting to alter his sexual orientation through reparative therapy. In addition to receiving pastoral counseling and discipleship training, he attended several ex-gay programs including Life Mi..
Petersson inner product
In mathematics the Petersson inner product is an inner product defined on the space of entire modular forms. It was introduced by the German mathematician Hans Petersson. Definition Let [\mathbb_k] be the space of entire modular forms of weight k and [\mathbb_k] the space of..
Peterstar
Peterstar Telecommunications is the leading CLEC in St. Petersburg, Russia. PeterStar offers a wide range of fixed telecom services including voice, data (ISDN, Frame Relay, ATM, Ethernet), calling cards, PBX sales (Avaya and Ericsson). PeterStar maintains the entire 32x-xxxx St. Petersburg numbe..
Peterston-super-Ely
Peterston-Super-Ely (Welsh: ) is a small village situated about eight miles from the centre of Cardiff in the Vale of Glamorgan. As its name suggests, it is on the River Ely and the local church is St. Peter's. Peterston-super-Ely is the primary outdoor filming location for the Welsh-language soap..
Peterstown, West Virginia
Peterstown is a town in Monroe County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 499 at the 2000 census. The town is the site of the 1928 discovery of the 34.48 carat (6.896 g) Jones Diamond by Grover C. Jones and his son, William "Punch" Jones. Geography Peterstown is located at [37..
Petersville
Petersville Australia Limited was an Australian public company which specialised in food product manufacture, distribution and marketing until its takeover by Adelaide Steamship Co. in the 1980s. Petersville was noted for establishing Peters Ice Cream in the 1930s by its founder Fred Peters. It div..
Petersville, Alaska
Petersville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. The population was 27 at the 2000 census. Geography Petersville is located at [62°22′37″N, 150°44′49″W] (62.376890, -150.746952)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According ..
Peterswald v Bartley
Peterswald v Bartley (1904) 1 CLR 497 is an early High Court of Australia case that dealt with section 90 of the Australian Constitution, which prohibits States from levying excise. Per Griffith CJ, an excise is a customs duty imposed on goods either in relation to quantity or value when produced..
Peters (crater)
Crater characteristics Location of Peters crater. Coordinates Wikimedia Commons has media related to: [Special] ..
Peters and Lee
Peters and Lee were a successful British folk/pop duo of the 1970s, comprising Lennie Peters (1933 - 1992) and Dianne Lee (born 1950). Lennie Peters, who was blinded in an accident when aged 16, was a pianist playing in London pubs when he teamed up with actress and dancer Dianne Lee in 1970. They e..
Peters Canyon Elementary School
Peters Canyon is an elementary school located in Tustin, California. It opened in 1997. The school is named after the nearby Peters Canyon Regional Park. Peters Canyon earned the 2004 California Distinguished School award. It was also nominated the National Blue Ribbon award in 2005. Peters Canyon i..
Peters Cartridge Company
The Peters Cartridge Co. founded along the banks of the Little Miami River near Kings_Mills,_Ohio. Started operations just prior to 1900. Peters had married into the King Family, founders of the King Powder Co. and makers of smokeless powder. With this and his invention of the automatic cartridg..
Peters Ice Cream
Peters Ice Cream is an Australian ice cream brand developed by former American Fred Peters in the 1930s, using his mother's recipe. The company (Petersville Australia Limited) became based in the Melbourne suburb of Mulgrave from the 1960s until it was taken over by Adsteam in the late 1980s. Subseq..
Peters Marland
Peters Marland is a small village in North Devon, England. The nearest town is Great Torrington. ..
Peters Plus, Ltd.
Russian company producing the Sprinter line of considerably-enhanced computers based on a clone of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum design. External link [Peters Plus Ltd. website (English-language version] ..
Peters Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Peters Township is a township in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,251 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 145.1 km² (56.0 mi²). 144.8 km² (55.9 mi²) of it is land and 0.4 km² (0.2 mi²) ..
Peters Township, Pennsylvania
Peters Township is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania: Peters Township, Franklin County, PennsylvaniaPeters Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred y..
Peters Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania
Peters Township is a township in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 17,566 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 51.2 km² (19.8 mi²). 50.7 km² (19.6 mi²) of it is land and 0.5 km² (0.2 mi²)..
Peters Township School District
Peters Township School District is a public school district located in Washington County, Pennsylvania. It operates five schools, Bower Hill Elementary, Pleasant Valley Elementary, McMurray Elementary, Peters Township Middle School, and Peters Township High School. In 2005, all five schools met the ..
Petervale, Gauteng
Petervale is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region 3. Suburbs in Region 3 of Johannesburg Abbotsford | Atholhurst | Atholl Gardens | Atholl | Bagleyston | Benmore Gardens | Beverley Gardens | Birdhaven | Birnam | Blairgowrie | Blue Haven | Bordeaux | Bramley ..
Peterview, Newfoundland and Labrador
Peterview is a town located in the Exploits Valley area of central Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, where Peters River empties into the Bay of Exploits, just south of Botwood, off Route 350. Originally named Peters Arm, the community was incorporated as the Town of Peterview in 1962. The curr..
Peter "Black Prince" Jackson
For other people named , see {{{1. Peter "Black Prince" Jackson, born July 3,1861 in Frederiksted, St. Croix, British West Indies – died July 13, 1901 in Roma, Queensland, Australia. Standing at the Height of 6' 1 1/2" tall and weighing in at 192-210 lbs he became the winner of the Australian H..
Peter & Friends String Quartet
The Peter & Friends String Quartet is a Hong Kong mini-orhcestra based in the Department of Politics and Public Administration of the University of Hong Kong. One of the most notable orchestras in South China, it is considered by some to be the best university orchestra in Hong Kong. The String Qua..
Peter & Gordon
Peter & Gordon were a British Invasion-era performing duo, formed by Peter Asher and Gordon Waller, that rocketed to fame in 1964 with "A World Without Love". Peter Asher's sister (the actress Jane Asher) was dating Paul McCartney (of The Beatles), and so Peter & Gordon recorded several songs writte..
Peter 'Possum' Bourne
Peter Raymond George Bourne - better known as Possum Bourne (April 13, 1956 - April 30, 2003) - was a champion New Zealand rally car driver. He died of head injuries sustained in a non-competitive car crash on April 18, 2003, at the 'Race To The Sky' event held in Cardrona, Queenstown, New Zealand. ..
Peter 'Tubes' Dale
Tubes is a Soccer AM crew member and television personality. He has his own segment on the popular Sky Sports show by the name of Soccer AM called Tubes' Question. This segment involves him asking a celebrity "One Question And One Question Only" Peter Dale's nickname of Tubes comes from a previous ..
Peter (actor)
Peter (or ピーター) (b. August 8, 1952 in Osaka, Japan as Shinnosuke Ikehata) is a Japanese transvestite and actor who has appeared in Akira Kurosawa's Ran and Toshio Matsumoto's Bara no soretsu. He adopted the name Peter after his style of dress and dance which was said to ..
Peter (II) Delyan of Bulgaria
Peter Delyan being nominated for Bulgarian king. Illustration from John Skylitzes' Synopsis of Histories Peter II Delyan (Bulgarian Petăr II Deljan) was the leader of the Bulgarian revolt against the Byzantine Empire and was proclaimed emperor (tsar) of Bulgaria 1040–1041. His original..
Peter (name)
For disambiguation and list of people named "Peter", see: Peter. "Petros" redirects here. For , see Petros, Tennessee. Peter is a popular male given name. It comes from the Greek word πέτρα (read petra, in Latin used as petro-), meaning rock. According to the New Testament, Jesus gave the Apo..
Peter A. Carlesimo
Peter A. Carlesimo (September 2, 1915 in Newark, New Jersey - June 22, 2003 in Montclair, New Jersey) was a longtime coach and athletic director at the University of Scranton and Fordham University. He is sometimes credited with being the person most responsible for keeping the NIT alive in the lat..
Peter A. Peyser
Peter A. Peyser (born September 7, 1921) was a United States Representative from New York, serving from 1971 to 1977 as a Republican and from 1979 to 1983 as a Democrat. He was born in Cedarhurst, Long Island and grew up there and in Manhattan. He graduated from Dwight Preparatory School in New Yo..
Peter A. Quinn
Peter Anthony Quinn (1904-1974) ofNew York City was a U.S. Representative from New York from 1945 to 1947 and a Justice of New York Supreme Court from 1955 to 1974. ..
Peter A. Seligmann
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Peter A. Singer
For other persons with the name, see Peter Singer (disambiguation). Peter A. Singer, MD, MPH, FRCPC, is Sun Life Financial Chair in Bioethics and director of the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics and professor of medicine at the University of Toronto and University Health Network. He ..
Peter A. Sturrock
Peter Andrew Sturrock (born 1924) is a British scientist. Much of his career has been devoted to astrophysics, plasma physics, and solar physics, but Sturrock is interrested in other fields, including ufology, scientific inference and in the history of science and philosophy of science. Sturrock has..
Peter Abbay
Peter Abbay is an American actor. He plays the mysterious unseen Banker on NBC's hit game show, Deal or No Deal. He also appeared on several TV shows, such as House, Punk'd, and Another World. He recently co-starred in the independent film Manhattan Minutiae. External links ['Peter Abbay''&..
Peter Abelard
Pierre Abélard (in English, Peter Abelard) or Abailard (1079 – April 21, 1142) was a French scholastic philosopher. The story of his affair with his student, Héloïse has become legendary. Contents 1 Life1.1 Youth1.2 Rise to fame1.3 His love, Héloïse1.4 Later lif..
Peter Abeles
Sir Peter Emil Herbert Abeles AC (April 25, 1924–June 25, 1999) was an Australian transportation magnate. A refugee from Hungary, he became one of the most powerful businessmen in Australia, and was knighted in 1972. Abeles was born in Vienna, in Austria, but grew up in Budapest. When Germa..
Peter Abrahams
There are several notable individuals named Peter Abrahams For the crime fiction novelist see Peter Abrahams (crime fiction). Peter Abrahams photo taken by Carl Van Vechten, 1955 Peter Abrahams (born March 3, 1919) is a South African novelist. He was born in the poor township of Vrededorp, b..
Peter Abrahams (crime fiction)
Peter Abrahams is an American writer of crime thrillers. His works include Oblivion, The Tutor, The Fury of Rachel Monette, Hard Rain, The Fan, Crying Wolf, Last of the Dixie Heroes, and Lights Out, and many more, the last of which was nominated for an Edgar Award for best novel. His literary infl..
Peter Abrahams (US Author)
Peter Abrahams is an American writer of crime thrillers, including The Fury of Rachel Monette, Hard Rain, The Fan, Crying Wolf, Last of the Dixie Heroes, Down the Rabbit Hole, and Lights Out, the last of which was nominated for an Edgar Award for best novel. Stephen King has referred to him as "my f..
Peter Achinstein
Peter Achinstein is a Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. He received his B.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard. He specializes in philosophy of science, and also has interests in the history of science. Professor Achinstein has held Guggenheim, NEH, and NSF fellowships, and has served as a..
Peter Ackerman
Peter Ackerman was born November 6 1946 in New York City, New York. As an undergraduate he attended Colgate University. After he graduated from Colgate, he attended the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy where in 1976 he earned a PhD in International Relations. One of Dr. Ackerman's advisor was Ge..
Peter Ackroyd
Peter Ackroyd (born October 5 1949 in London) is a British author. Ackroyd won a double first in English at Clare College, Cambridge as an undergraduate and was a Mellon Fellow at Yale University, in the United States. His career started in poetry, including works such as London Lickpenny (1973)..
Peter Acres
Peter Acres (born November 22 1987) is an actor and musician from London. He starred in Cold Blooded Killer, by David Collins, alongside Monika Kozlowska and Joseph Walkin. ..
Peter Adair
Peter Adair was a filmmaker and artist, best known for his pioneering documentary, Word is Out. He was born in Los Angeles County on 22 November, 1943. Adair entered the film industry in the 1960s and first gained critical attention with his 1967 documentary Holy Ghost People, a film record of a P..
Peter Adam
Peter Adam is a British filmmaker and author. Born in Nazi Germany, his work includes Art of the Third Reich (ISBN 0810919125). ..
Peter Adams
The Honourable Peter Adams, PC , BA, M.Sc, Ph.D (born April 17, 1936 in the United Kingdom) is a Canadian politician, and a former Liberal Member of Canada's House of Commons. He was a Member of Parliament from 1993 until 2005, representing the riding of Peterborough in eastern Ontario. Previous..
Peter Adamson
Peter Adamson (16 February 1930 - 17 January 2002) was a British actor born in Liverpool. He is best known for playing 'rough diamond' Len Fairclough in Coronation Street from 1961 to 1983. He died from stomach cancer in Lincoln County Hospital in 2002. Allegation In April 1983, a Sunday newspap..
Peter Adams (actor)
Peter Adams was a New Zealand-born actor, best remembered for his performances in Australian television. He appeared in the soap opera Number 96 in 1974-1975 and then became a leading cast member in the police procedural series Cop Shop as Detective Jeff Johnson starting in 1977. He left that s..
Peter Adkison
--> Peter Adkison is a game developer, one of the founders of game companies Wizards of the Coast and Hidden City Games. Peter Adkison is the current owner of Gen Con. His work includes the role-playing game The Primal Order. From 1993 through 2001 Adkison was CEO for Wizards of the Coast. In 20..
Peter Aerts
Peter Aerts (December 25,1970), also known as the "Dutch lumberjack", is a Dutch kickboxer who has won K-1 WORLD GP tournament 3 times. He belongs to Mejiro Gym. Aerts is probably best known for his extremely powerful strikes, namely high kicks to the head. His style is utilizing ones full powe..
Peter Agre
redirect[[Template:Portal]]Peter Agre (born January 30, 1949) is an American biologist who was awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (which he shared with Roderick MacKinnon) for his discovery of aquaporins. Born in Northfield, Minnesota, he received his B.A. from Augsburg College in Minneapoli..
Peter Ahola
Peter Kristian Ahola is a former National Hockey League player that has played for the Los Angeles Kings, Pittsburgh Penguins, Calgary Flames, and the San Jose Sharks. He was born in Espoo, Finland Playing Career In his rookie year in Los Angeles, Ahola led all the Kings in +/- with a +12 in the 1..
Peter Ainsworth
Peter Michael Ainsworth (born 16 November 1956) is a British politician of the Conservative Party, the Member of Parliament for East Surrey and the Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The son of a naval officer, he was educated at the Ludgrove School in Wokingham; B..
Peter Akinola
The Most Revd Peter Akinola The Most Reverend Peter Jasper Akinola (born 1944) is the current Anglican Primate of Nigeria. He is also Bishop of Abuja (Nigeria's capital) and Archbishop of Province III, which covers the northern and central parts of the country. A very "low church" Evangelica..
Peter Albach
Peter Albach (born July 26, 1956 in Sömmerda) is a German politician and member of the CDU. External link [Profile at bundestag.de] ..
Peter Alexander
Peter Alexander (born Peter Alexander Ferdinand Maximilian Neumayer June 30, 1926 in Vienna, Austria), is an Austrian singer and actor, who became popular in the 1950s and 60s with his numerous roles in German musical films. He married Hilde Haagen in 1952, they have two children, Susanne Alex..
Peter Alexander Macdonald
Peter Alexander Macdonald was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. ..
Peter Alexeyevich Bezsonov
Peter Alexeyevich Bezsonov (1828 - 1898) was a Russian student of folklore. He was born in Moscow, and graduated at Moscow University in 1851. After five years of graduate work in ancient and modern languages, he earned the government printing commission. From 1864 to 1867 he was supervisor of th..
Peter Alfonsi
Peter Alfonsior Pedro Alfonso, known also as Moshe Sephardi (Huesca, Spain, 1062 - 1140) was a Jewish Spanish writer and astronomer. He was the physician of Alfonso the Battler, and when he converted to the Christian faith was the same Alfonso the Battler that acted as godfather for his baptism, ..
Peter Allan
Peter Allan (September 6, 1799 - August 31, 1849) was an English recluse and eccentric who carved rocks in the Marsden Bay at Marsden, Tyne and Wear into a house. Contents 1 Early life2 Marsden3 Controversy4 Links5 References Early life Born to Peter Allan, a shoemaker ..
Peter Allan (cricketer)
Peter AllanAustralia (AUS) Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling type Right-arm fast-medium Tests First-class Matches 1 57 '''Runs scored - 689 Batting average - 10.59 100s/50s -/- -/- Top score - 41 Balls bowled 192 - Wickets 2 206 Bowling..
Peter Allen
--> Section>sections].Please format the article according to the guidelines laid out at[Manual of Style]. This article is about the Australian performer. For the broadcast host of the Metropolitan Opera see Peter Allen (broadcaster). Peter Allen, born Peter Allen Woolnough (Feb..
Peter Allen (broadcaster)
Peter Allen, American Broadcaster host of the Metropolitan Opera. redirect [[Template:Uncategorized]] ..
Peter Allgeier
Peter F. Allgeier was the Acting United States Trade Representative from February 18 to April 29, 2005. As Deputy Trade Representative, he assumed that post on February 18, 2005 following the resignation of Robert Zoellick serving until Rob Portman was confirmed for the permanent post. He has resume..
Peter Alliss
Peter Alliss on the cover of one of his books, Play Golf with Peter Alliss (1977) Peter Alliss (born February 28, 1931) is an English golfer, television presenter and commentator, author and golf course designer. His father Percy was a professional golfer who won several tournaments on the Eu..
Peter Alsop
Peter Alsop is an American children's musician whose songs try to help kids deal with life. He covers a broad range of subjects: fear of sleep, dealing with loss, dealing with invasion of privacy, being called 'gay' for showing emotion, gender differences, individual tastes, dealing with disabiliti..
Peter Altabef
Peter Altabef (born 1959) is the current CEO of Perot Systems, a position which he has held since October 2004. Born in New York, he received his bachelor's in economics from Binghamton University, and a degree in law from the University of Chicago. Despite his training in economics and law, he was..
Peter Altenberg
Peter Altenberg (1859 - 1919) was a writer and poet from Vienna, Austria. His was born Richard Engländer on March 9, 1859. The nom de plume, Altenberg, came from a small town on the Danube River. Allegedly, he chose the surname to honor a woman with whom he was in unrequited love. Although he gr..
Peter Altmaier
Peter Altmaier (born June 18, 1958 in Ensdorf, Saarland) is a German politician and member of the CDU. ..
Peter Aluma
Peter Aluma (born April 23 1973 in Lagos, Nigeria) is a former professional basketball player. After high school in Isolo, Nigeria, the 6'10" center became a star at Liberty University. Aluma played briefly for the NBA's Sacramento Kings during the lockout-shortened 1998-1999 season. He later pla..
Peter Ambroziak
Peter Ambroziak (born September 15, 1971, in Kanata, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger. He was drafted in the fourth round, 72nd overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft. Drafted from the Ontario Hockey League's Ottawa 67's, Ambroziak debuted with Buff..
Peter Ames
Peter Ames was the lead male character in the now-defunct American Soap Opera, The Secret Storm. Although played by many actors, Peter Hobbs was the actor most identified in the role. Sudden widower Peter was the father of three children who had suddenly lost his wife in a tragic car accident. ..
Peter Amigo
Peter Emmanuel Amigo (26 May, 1864-1 October, 1949) was a Catholic bishop. Peter Amigo was born at Gibraltar on 26 May, 1864. He studied at St Edmund's, Ware, and St. Thomas's, Hammersmith. He was ordained priest on 25 February, 1888. He was for a short time at Stoke Newington, then professor at S..
Peter anderson
Peter Anderson (1901-1984) Potter and founder of Shearwater Pottery, Ocean Springs, Mississippi. After receiving training from Edmund deF Curtis and Charles F. Binns, and with backing from his parents, George Walter Anderson and Annette McConell Anderson, Peter Anderson founded Shearwater in 1928,..
Peter Anderson
Peter Anderson was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. ..
Peter Anderson (footballer)
Peter Dennis Anderson (born September 11, 1932) was an English professional footballer, playing as a winger. He was born in Devonport, Devon. Peter Anderson began his career with local Devon side Oak Villa whilst studying at the Astor Institute, signing for Plymouth Argyle in July 1950. His league ..
Peter Andersson
Peter Andersson was born in Boxholm in 1973, 20th of March. He is music composer within the ambient, noise, industrial, electronic and experimental genre. His projects are raison d'être, Stratvm Terror, Necrophorus, Atomine Elektrine, Yantra Atmospheres, Panzar, Bocksholm, Svasti-ayanam, Cataclyst,..
Peter Andersson (hockey)
Peter Andersson (born March 2, 1962 in Federtalve, Sweden) is a retired Swedish ice hockey player who played briefly in the National Hockey League. Drafted in 1980 by the Washington Capitals, Andersson also played for the Quebec Nordiques. External Links [Career Statistics] ..
Peter André
André on stage Peter André, (born as Peter James Andrea February 27, 1973 in Harrow, London, UK) is a pop singer achieving success mainly in the United Kingdom. He was raised in Australia, and is of Cypriot descent. Born to Greek parents Savvas and Thea, André has four older brothers (Andre..
Peter Andreas Amundsen Morell
Peter Andreas Amundsen Morell (1868-1948) was the Norwegian Minister of Social Affairs 1926-1928. ..
Peter Andreas Blix
Peter Andreas Blix was born in Frederiksvern (near Stavern) on November 4, 1831 - died in Vik in Sogn January 31, 1901 was a Norway architect and engineer. Blix was educated at Polytechnikum Hannover and in Karlsruhe. His first work was in the Canal Works in Norway and designed his first structure,..
Peter Andreas Hansen
Peter Andreas Hansen (December 8, 1795 – March 28, 1874), Danish astronomer, was born at Tondern, in the duchy of Schleswig (now Tønder, Denmark). The son of a goldsmith, he learned the trade of a watchmaker at Flensburg, and exercised it at Berlin and Tondern, 1818–1820. He had, howev..
Peter Andreas Munch
Peter Andreas Munch (1810 - 1863) (usually known as P. A. Munch) was a Norwegian historian, known for his work on the medieval history of the nation that had recently regained its independence. He was one of the first non-Catholics to be allowed into the archives of the Vatican. His research there l..
Peter Andren
Peter Andren Peter James Andren (born 28 August 1946), is an Australian politician. He has been an independent member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1996, representing the electorate of Calare in New South Wales. He was born in Gulargambone, New South Wales, and was ed..
Peter Andreoli
Peter Andreoli was born on April 28th, 1941, in New York. He grew up to become a record producer and vocalist. In 1968, working with his friend and colleague Vincent Poncia Jnr, he released The Anders And Poncia Album. Track 7, Smokey Joe's Cafe, features Ry Cooder on bottleneck guitar. With Jack S..
Peter Andrews
Peter B. Andrews is an American mathematician and Professor of Mathematics at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1964 under the tutelage of Alonzo Church. He received the Herbrand Award in 2003. His research group designed th..
Peter and Iona Opie
Peter and Iona (Archibald) Opie were a husband-and-wife team of folklorists, who applied modern techniques to children's literature, summarized in their studies, The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes (1952) and The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren (1959) Their collection of some 1200 titles of ..
Peter and Murray Corren
Peter and Murray Corren are a same-sex couple in Coquitlam, British Columbia who have been appointed by the government of British Columbia to amend public school kindergarten through grade 12 curriculums to incorporate LGBT-related material such as same-sex marriage and remove "heterosexism". They ..
Peter and Paul
Peter and Paul is a 1981 film starring Anthony Hopkins as Paul of Tarsus and Robert Foxworth as Peter the Fisherman, directed by Robert Day. External links ..
Peter and Paul Cathedral
The Peter and Paul Cathedral is located inside the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, Russia. The fortress, originally built under Peter the Great and designed by Domenico Trezzini, is the first and oldest landmark in St. Petersburg built between 1703 and 1733 on Zayachy Island along the Ne..
Peter and Paul Fortress
View of the fortress in 1905 The Peter and Paul Fortress (Russian: Петропавловская крепость, also Fortress of SS Peter and Paul) is the original citadel of St. Petersburg, Russia, designed by Domenico Trezzini and founded in 1703. The fort contains a number of buildings ..
Peter and Rosemary Grant
Peter R. Grant and his wife, B. Rosemary Grant are both evolutionary biologists at Princeton University. They are noted for their work on Darwin's Finches on the Galapagos Island named Daphne Major. The Grants spent six months of the year since 1973 capturing, tagging, taking blood samples, and rel..
Peter and the Starcatchers
Peter and the Starcatchers is a prequel to Peter Pan written by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. A CGI (computer-generated imagery) animated feature film of Peter and the Starcatchers has been planned for development by Disney studios. A second book, Peter and the Shadow Thieves, has been announced..
Peter and the Test Tube Babies
Peter and the Test Tube Babies are a punk rock band formed around Brighton in 1977 and still touring today. In 1982 they covered the chart-topping Gary Glitter hit "I'm The Leader of The Gang (I Am)", on their album Pissed and Proud which got some notoriety, being called a contender for the worst co..
Peter and the Wolf (Prokofiev)
Peter and the Wolf is a composition by Sergei Prokofiev written in 1936 after his return to Russia. It is a children's story (also written by Prokofiev) spoken by a narrator accompanied by the orchestra. Stalin had ordered that art had to be reflective of the Communist ideal and that music had to ..
Peter Angelos
Peter G. Angelos (born July 4, 1929) is a trial lawyer and the current owner of the Baltimore Orioles, a baseball team in the American League East Division. He led a group of investors that purchased the team in 1993 for $173 million. He opposed the relocation of the Washington Nationals (formerly..
Peter Angelo Cavicchia
Peter Angelo Cavicchia, Member of the United States Congress, was born in Roccamandolfi, Province of Campobasso, Italy, May 22, 1879. He immigrated to the United States in 1888 with his parents, who settled in Newark, New Jersey Cavicchia attended the public schools and was graduated from the Ameri..
Peter Angelsen
Peter Angelsen (1935-) was the Norwegian Minister of Fisheries 1997-2000, and minister of Nordic cooperation 1999-2000. ..
Peter Angerer
Peter Angerer (b. July 14 1959 in Siegsdorf). Is a former German biathlete. At the 1984 Winter Olympic Games in Sarajevo he won gold medal in the 20 km individual. In addition he won silver in the sprint distance and bronze with the West German relay team. Already at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games i..
Peter Anghelides
Peter Anghelides is a British author and dramatist best known for his work on various spin-offs related to the BBC television series Doctor Who. Work Anghelides' first published work was the short story "Moving On" in the third volume of the Virgin Decalog collections, which led to further short s..
Peter Annet
Peter Annet (1693-1769), English deist, is said to have been born at Liverpool. A schoolmaster by profession, he became prominent owing to his attacks on orthodox theologians, as well as for his membership of a semi-theological debating society, the Robin Hood Society, which met at the Robin Hood an..
Peter Anthony Allen
Peter Anthony Allen was twenty-one years old when on 13 August 1964 he became one of the two last people in the United Kingdom to be executed. He was hanged for the murder the previous 7 April of John Alan West. See article on West for the story of the murder and trial and execution. See also Capit..
Peter Antonie
Peter Antonie is an Australian rower of high acclaim, having competed in a large number of international events. Thomas Keller Medal Outstanding International Rowing Career, Awarded by FISA ..
Peter Appleyard
Peter Appleyard (born August 26 1928) is a Canadian Jazz vibraphonist. In 1992, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in recognintion of his being an "internationally renowned vibraphonist [who] has represented the Canadian jazz community across North America, Europe, the Middle Ea..
Peter Arbogast
Peter Arbogast (born December 5, 1954) is an American sportscaster, born in Chicago, Illinois but grew up mostly in Los Angeles, California. Contents 1 Biography1.1 Education1.2 Broadcasting1.3 Personal life2 Trivia Biography Arbogast is the child of legendary radio DJ a..
Peter Archer, Baron Archer of Sandwell
Peter Kingsley Archer, Baron Archer of Sandwell, PC (born 20 November 1926), is a Labour Party member of the House of Lords. He was made a Life Peer in 1992. He was previously the Member of Parliament for Warley, West. He held the post of Solicitor General from 7 March 1974 to 4 May 1979. Affil..
Peter Argetsinger
Peter Argetsinger is a race car driver born in the United States of America. Although his career spanned from 2000 until 2002, he only completed partial seasons, in the GrandAm Motorola Cup of 2000 and GrandAm Series of 2001. He also filled in for races in the GrandAm Series in other years (2000, ..
Peter Armbruster
Peter Armbruster (born July 25 1931 in Dachau, Bavaria) is a physicist at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung (GSI) facility in Darmstadt, Germany, and is credited with discovering elements 108 Hassium, 109 Meitnerium, 110 (darmstadtium), 111 (roentgenium), and 112 (ununbium). He studied ph..
Peter Armitage
Peter Armitage (born July 15, 1924) is a statistician specialising in medical statistics. Peter Armitage attended Huddersfield College and went on to read mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge. Armitage belonged to the generation of mathematicians who came to maturity in the Second World War. H..
Peter Arne
Peter Arne (born 29 September 1920 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaya, died 1 August 1983) is an actor best known for various performances in British film and television. Film credits include: Men of Sherwood Forest, The Cockleshell Heroes, Tarzan and the Lost Safari, The Moonraker, Ice Cold in Alex, Intent t..
Peter Arnett
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Peter Arnison
Major General Peter Maurice Arnison AC CVO KStJ (born Lismore, New South Wales 1940), was Governor of Queensland from 1997 until 2003. He graduated from the Royal Military College, Duntroon in 1962, and retired from the Australian Army in 1996. He was Land Commander of the Royal Australian Army fro..
Peter Arno
Peter Arno's grave in Kensico Cemetery Peter Arno (1904 - 1968) was a U.S. cartoonist. Born Curtis Arnoux Peters, Jr. in New York, New York, and educated at Yale University, his cartoons were published in The New Yorker from 1925-1968. They often depicted a cross-section of New York society fro..
Peter Arnold Heise
Please [Glossary#Wwikify] (format) this article or section as suggested in the [Guide to layoutGuide to layout] and the [Manual of StyleManual of Style]. Remove this template after wikifying. This article has been tagged since June 2006. Peter Heise (1830 - 1879) wa..
Peter Arshinov
Peter Andreyevich Arshinov (Marin, Пётр Андреевич Аршинов in Russian) (1887 - c. 1937) was a metal worker from Ukraine who, in 1904, joined the Bolshevik Party and became an anarchist after the 1905-06 revolution. He was later imprisoned, and escaped to France. In 1909 he retur..
Peter Artedi
Peter Artedi (February 22, 1705 – September 27, 1735) was a Swedish naturalist and is known as the "father of Ichthyology." Artedi was born in the province of Ångermanland. Intending to become a clergyman, he went, in 1724, to study theology at Uppsala University, but he turned his attention..
Peter Artner
Peter Artner (born May 20, 1966) is an Austrian football player. He played mostly for Admira Wacker and Austria Salzburg. He played for Austria national football team (55 caps/1 goal) and was a participant at the 1990 FIFA World Cup. ..
Peter Arundell
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Peter Ascanius
Peter Ascanius (Aure, 1723 - 1803) was a Norwegian biologist, and a student of Linnaeus. He taught zoology and mineralogy in Copenhagen in 1759-1771, later he worked as supervisor at the mines in Kongsberg and elsewhere in Norway. Among his works was the 5-volume illustrated Icones rerum naturalium...
Peter Ashby
Peter Ashby is a multi-instrumentalist British musician and composer. He has been a member of several groups whilst also releasing solo material including much experimental music. He started his musical career with Clacton-on-Sea's cult heroes Frenzid Melon before joining Blank Screens; Spasmodic ..
Peter Ashdown
For the politician and Internet entrepreneur, see Pete Ashdown. Peter Ashdown ..
Peter Asher
Peter Asher (born on June 22, 1944 in London, England) is a guitarist, singer and record producer. Asher is best known as 'Peter' of 1960s duo Peter & Gordon, whose biggest hit was "World Without Love"; since Peter & Gordon disbanded, Asher has enjoyed great success as a producer. While attending ..
Peter Athans
Pete Athans is one of the world's foremost high-altitude mountaineers. He is best known for being the only non-sherpa to summit Mount Everest seven times, and has appropriately earned the moniker "Mr. Everest". He first attempted to climb Everest in 1985 via the West Ridge. Unfortunately, he was ..
Peter Atherton
Peter Atherton is an English football player who can play in defence or midfield. Biography He was born in Wigan on June 4, 1970. Playing career He started out playing for home club Wigan Athletic before moving to Coventry City, Sheffield Wednesday and Birmingham City. He played for Bradford City ..
Peter Atkins
Peter William Atkins (born 1940) is a Fellow and professor of chemistry at Lincoln College in the University of Oxford. He is a prolific writer of popular chemistry textbooks, particularly Physical Chemistry (ISBN 0198792859), Inorganic Chemistry (ISBN 019850330X),and Molecular Quantum Mechanics, th..
Peter Atkinson
Peter Atkinson (born 19 January 1943, Northumberland) has been British Member of Parliament for Hexham since 1992. He is a member of the Conservative Party. Peter has caused controversy, both within his constituency and beyond, regarding his support for hunting and the war in Iraq, his campaign a..
Peter Aufschnaiter
Peter Aufschnaiter Peter Aufschnaiter (November 2, 1899–October 19, 1973) was an Austrian mountaineer, agricultural scientist ,geographer and cartographer. Life Born in Kitzbühel, Austria, he went to high school in Kufstein. During his school time he was drafted into military service ..
Peter August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
Peter August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, was born on December 7, 1696. He was the son of Friedrich Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck and Luise Charlotte of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg. Peter died on March 22, 1775. Peter married Sophie von Hessen-P..
Peter Auriol
Peter Auriol or Aureol (c. 1280 – January 10 1322) was a Franciscan theologian and philosopher at the University of Paris. Further reading Friedman, Russell (2002) "[Peter Auriol]", in The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy [The Peter Auriol Homepage] [Peter Aurio..
Peter Avanzino
Peter Avanzino is an American animation director. He has directed several episodes of Drawn Together, and currently serves as Supervising Director on the series. He has also directed episodes of Futurama, Duckman, The Wild Thornberrys, and Ren & Stimpy. External links [IMDB entry] ..
Peter Avery
Peter Avery OBE is an eminent British scholar of Persian and a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge. After gaining a BA at the School of Oriental and African Studies, he became principal language teaching officer at the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. He has contributed to English language work on Persi..
Peter Aylen
Peter Aylen (1799 – probably October, 1868) was a timber producer and later public official who was, for a time, known as "King of the Shiners". He was born Peter Vallely in Liverpool in 1799. He arrived in Canada in the 1810s, possibly as a result of running away while working as a sailor an..
Peter B. Gillis
Peter B. Gillis is a comic book writer who was quite prolific at Marvel Comics and First Comics in the mid-1980s. Comics which he has contributed to include numerous issues of What If...? Vol.1 (1980 - 1984), The Defenders Vol.1 (1984 - 1986), Micronauts: The New Voyages (1984 - 1986), Eternals V..
Peter B. Kronheimer
Peter Benedict Kronheimer is a British mathematician, famous for his work on gauge theory and its applications to 3- and 4-dimensional topology. He is presently a Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University. Kronheimer has frequently collaborated with Tomasz Mrowka of MIT. One of their first imp..
Peter Bacanovic
Peter Bacanovic was Martha Stewart's stockbroker involved in the ImClone scandal. Bacanovic grew up in New York City and graduated from Columbia University in 1984. He received his masters of business administration (MBA) from New York University in 1988. Before beginning work at Merrill Lynch i..
Peter Baco
Peter Baco (born on 9 April 1945 in Opatová) is a Slovak politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Ludova strana - Hnutie za demokraticke Slovensko, and is therefore a Non-Inscrit in the European Parliament. He sits on its Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, and is a ..
Peter Baden-Powell, 2nd Baron Baden-Powell
Arthur Robert Peter Baden-Powell, 2nd Baron Baden-Powell (30 October 1913 in Ewhurst, East Sussex – 9 December 1962) was the son of Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell and Olave St. Clair Soames. He married Carine Crause-Boardman, daughter of Clemen..
Peter Bagge
Peter Bagge (pronounced /bag/) (born December 11, 1957) is a US comics artist and creator of Buddy Bradley, Hate, Neat Stuff, Martini Baton, and Sweatshop. His stories often use black humor and exaggeratedly "cartoonish" art and dramatize the reduced expectations of middle-class Americans, especial..
Peter Bagrationi
Peter (Petre) Bagrationi (September 12, 1818-January 17, 1876) was an outstanding Georgian statesman, general and scientist, the inventor of the first dry galvanic cell, descendant of the Georgian Kings. His father Roman (Revaz) Bagrationi (1778-1834) was a famous general, brother of well-known gene..
Peter Baker
Peter Baker may refer to: Peter Baker (H&A) is a fictional character on soap opera Home And AwayPeter Baker (author), author of a book on the impeachment of US President Bill ClintonPeter Baker (golfer), (born 1967), a British golferPeter Baker (footballer), who played for Tottenham HotspursPeter B..
Peter Baker (golfer)
For other people with similar names, see Peter Baker Peter Baker (born 7th October 1967 in Shifnal, Shropshire) is an English golfer. He learned golf at his father's nine hole Himley Hall course and was taught by Sandy Lyle's father Alex. Baker represented Great Britain & Ireland in the 1985 Walker..
Peter Baker (H&A)
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Peter Baker (UK politician)
For other people with similar names, see Peter Baker Peter Arthur David Baker (April 20, 1921 - November 14, 1966) was a British Conservative politician and Member of Parliament (MP). He was the last MP to be expelled from the House of Commons. Baker was educated at Eastbourne College and served in..
Peter Bakowski
Peter Bakowski (15 October 1954-), an Australian poet, was born in Melbourne, to Polish-German immigrants. He commenced writing poetry while travelling through Texas in 1983. His early works, including his first book Thunder Road, Thunder Heart (1988), show the influence of American Beat writers s..
Peter Balakian
Peter Balakian (born 1951) is an Armenian-American poet, writer and academic. Among Balakian's books are Black Dog of Fate (1997), a memoir of his family's experiences during the Armenian Genocide which won the PEN/Martha Albrand Prize for Memoir, The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and Ameri..
Peter Baldwin
This is an article about the actor, for the Australian Labor politician, see Peter Baldwin (Australian politician) Peter Baldwin is an British actor, born in 1933, best known for his role of Derek Wilton in the UK soap opera Coronation Street. Baldwin had a love for acting when he was a child. He l..
Peter Baldwin (Australian politician)
Peter Baldwin is a former Australian Labor politician. He held the seat of Sydney from 1983 to 1998. He was previously a member of the NSW Legislative Council. In the 1970s he was prominent as a left-wing activist in the Australian Labor Party, seeking to break the grip over the corrupt right-wing ..
Peter Bales
Peter Bales (1547-1610?), English calligraphist, one of the inventors of shorthand writing, was born in London in 1547, and is described by Anthony Wood as a "most dexterous person in his profession, to the great wonder of scholars and others". We are also informed that "he spent several years in sc..
Peter Ballantine
Peter Ballantine (1781 – January 23, 1883) was founder of Patterson & Ballantine Brewing Company in 1840 in Newark, New Jersey. He was born in 1781 in Dundee, Angus, Scotland. He married Julia Wilson (1796-?) who was from Troy, New York, and they had the following children: Peter Hood Ballant..
Peter Baltes
In the past 26 years, Peter has made 14 albums with his heavy metal group Accept, selling 30 million records to fans around the world. Peter's music helped forge a new heavy metal musical style during the 70's, 80's and 90's that became part of mainstream popular culture, and which made ACCEPT one o..
Peter Bamford
Peter Bamford has been the Chief Marketing Officer of Vodafone during the period between 2003 - April 2006. He was also a Board director since: April 1998. Previously, he was Chief Executive, Northern Europe, Middle East & Africa Region and Managing Director of Vodafone UK. Before joining Vodaf..
Peter Banks
For the keyboard player Peter Banks, see the entry for the band After the Fire. Peter Banks is the stage name of Peter William Brockbanks (born July 15, 1947 in Barnet, Hertfordshire, England). He was the original guitarist of the progressive rock band Yes. When he was a young boy, his father bou..
Peter Barca
Peter Barca (born August 7, 1955) was a Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Wisconsin. His political career culminated in a short stint in the U.S. House of Representatives. Barca was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin and graduated from the University of Wisconsin. After attending graduate school..
Peter Bardens
[link title]Peter Bardens (born June 19, 1944) was one of the founding members of the British progressive rock group Camel, playing keyboards. Prior to Camel, his band Peter B's Looners or the Peter B's included several musicians who would go on to form Fleetwood Mac. During the late 80s..
Peter Barham
Dr. Peter Barham is a Reader of Physics at Bristol University and author of the book The Science of Cooking (ISBN 3540674667). Peter Barham's research at the University of Bristol is concerned with polymer physics, and he has found great ways to connect his research with his love of penguins, inclu..
Peter Barkworth
Peter Barkworth was born in Margate, Kent on 14 January 1929 but grew up in the North of England. He joined the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art on leaving school and became an actor, though he is now retired. A string of television and film appearances followed spanning four decades. He is perhaps be..
Peter Barlow
Peter Barlow Peter Barlow (October 1776 - March 1, 1862) was an English writer on pure and applied mathematics. Barlow was born in Norwich. In 1806 he was appointed mathematical master in the Royal Military Academy in Woolwich, south-east London, and he filled that post for 41 years. In 1823 ..
Peter Barlow (Coronation Street)
Coronation Street character Peter Barlow Played by Chris Gascoyne Duration 1965-1977, 1986-1988, 2003 Date of Birth 15th April 1965 Date of Death Marital Status Annulled Occupation Former Sailor Family Ken, Valerie, Deirdre, Susan, Peter, Tracy, Amy, Adam Peter Barlow..
Peter Barnes
For other people with the same name, see Peter Barnes (disambiguation). Peter Barnes, (January 10 1931–July 1 2004), was an English Olivier Award-winning playwright and screenwriter. His most famous work is the play The Ruling Class, which was made into a 1972 film for which Peter O'Toole rece..
Peter Barnes (disambiguation)
People named Peter Barnes include: Peter Barnes, an award-winning English playwright and screenwriterPeter J. Barnes, a New Jersey assemblymanPeter Barnes (footballer), a British soccer player ..
Peter Barnes (footballer)
Peter Simon Barnes (born June 10 1957), was an English footballer. He is most famous for winning the League Cup with Manchester City in 1976 at the age of 19. The same year he was voted Young Player of the Year by the Professional Footballers Association. Barnes was also West Bromwich Albion's most ..
Peter Barnhart
Peter Barnhart Peter Barnhart - after whom Barnhartvale, British Columbia, Canada is named. Barnhart was the conductor on the first CPR transcontinental train in 1886. In 1905 Barnhart purchased property in what was then known as Campbell Creek and in 1906 opened a Post Office there. Initially ..
Peter Barron
Peter Barron http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/biographies/biogs/news/peterbarron.shtml is the editor of Newsnight, a British daily news analysis, current affairs and politics program broadcast between 22.30 and 23.20 on weekdays on BBC Two. A proponent of investigative journalism, he and his team..
Peter Barry
Peter Barry (Irish: Piaras de Barra) (born August 10, 1928) is a retired Irish Fine Gael politician and businessman. As Minister for Foreign Affairs he helped negotiate the Anglo-Irish Agreement and served for a short time as Tánaiste (deputy prime minister). Peter Barry was born on 10 August 1..
Peter Barry (hurler)
Peter Barry (born 24 November, 1974) is an Irish sportsman. He is a player on the Kilkenny senior hurling team. A player with the James Stephens GAA club in County Kilkenny, Barry joined the county's senior hurling panel in 1996. An accountant by profession, Barry has won many honours with Kilken..
Peter Bart
Peter Bart, an American journalist and film producer born July 24, 1932 (some reports claim 1930), has been the editor-in-chief of Variety since 1989. Bart also serves as vice-president and editor-in-chief of Variety, Inc., and presides over its sister publications Daily Variety and Daily Variety - ..
Peter Bartholomew
Barthelemi Undergoing the Ordeal of Fire, by Gustav Dore Peter Bartholomew was a poor monk and mystic from France who accompanied the knights of the First Crusade. In December, 1097, during the siege of Antioch, Peter began to have visions, mostly of St. Andrew. Peter claimed St. Andrew took ..
Peter Bartlett
Peter Bartlett is a American-born soap opera actor. With appearances on shows such as Law & Order and films such as Meet the Parents, Bartlett currently portrays Nigel Bartholomew Smythe on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live. He has portrayed this role since 1991. In 2004 he appeared on Broadway..
Peter Barton
Peter Thomas Barton (b. July 19, 1956 in Valley Stream, Long Island, New York, USA) has starred in several TV series in the 1980s and 1990s, including Shirley, with Shirley Jones; The Powers of Matthew Star, with Louis Gossett, Jr.; Burke's Law with Gene Barry; and soaps, The Young and the Restless ..
Peter Basch
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Peter Batchelor
Peter Batchelor (born 1950) is an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 1990, representing the electorate of Thomastown. He is the state Minister for Transport, Manager of Government Business in the Legislative Assembly. Prio..
Peter Batten
Peter Batten is probably best known as the voice of George Harrison in the 1968 movie Yellow Submarine. In reality it turned out he was a deserter from the British Army and was arrested during recording, the voice had to be finished by someone else. ..
Peter Bauer (computer specialist)
This article is about the computer specialist. For the economist,see Peter Thomas Bauer. Peter Bauer (born October 29 1957) is perhaps best known as the Help Desk Director for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP). he is the author of a number of books on Adobe Photoshop, Adobe..
Peter Baumann
Peter Baumann (born January 29, 1953 in Berlin) formed the core line-up of the German electronic group Tangerine Dream with Edgar Froese and Christopher Franke in 1971. While touring with the band, Baumann composed his first solo album in 1976. Shortly thereafter, in 1978, he left the band and start..
Peter Bawden
Peter Colwell Bawden (January 1 1929 – February 28 1991) was a Canadian businessman and former Member of Parliament. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons representing the riding of Calgary South in 1972. A Progressive Conservative, he was re-elected in 1974. In 1989, he was made a..
Peter Bayley
Peter Bayley was an English fellow at University College, Oxford. Peter C. Bayley was educated at University College, Oxford, England. He was subsequently Praelector in English and Keeper of the College Buildings at the college. Bayley was the author of books on John Milton and Edmund Spenser. He..
Peter Baynham
Peter Baynham is a British comedy writer and performer born in Cardiff, Wales. He often collaborates with Armando Iannucci and Chris Morris and has worked with Stewart Lee and Richard Herring. Arguably his best works not involving the above 'big names' were the "comic book in radio format" series Th..
Peter Bazalgette
Peter Bazalgette is the founder of the television production company Bazal, which produced the popular BBC2 'Food and Drink' programme from 1983 to 2000. Bazalgette took a degree in Law at Cambridge University where he was President of the Cambridge Union Society. He started in BBC News and then wo..
Peter Beadle
Peter Clifford William James Beadle (born May 13, 1972 in Lambeth) is an ex-professional footballer. A striker, he made his debut with Gillingham, and showed much promise, earning a move to Premiership side Tottenham in 1992. However, he never made a first team appearance for Spurs, and after loan s..
Peter Beagrie
Peter Beagrie (born in Middlesbrough, England, on August 28, 1965) is one of a small breed of traditional English 'left-wingers'. Dribbling and crossing were Peter's main attributes and he could shake off a defender with a drop of a shoulder. Even without the pace and agility of youth he still sho..
Peter Beale
Peter Beale is a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. He is played by James Martin. Contents 1 Biography2 Trivia3 Mistakes4 Quotes5 Family6 External links Biography Peter is the twin brother of Lucy Beale and the son of Ian Beale and Cindy ..
Peter Beamish
Peter Beamish researches animal communication in Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. His focus is on the humpback whale and its capacity for what Beamish calls rhythm-based communication, a concept originally proposed by Soviet researchers in the 1970s and 1980s. Beamish's work has attracted support and at..
Peter Beardsley
Peter Andrew Beardsley MBE (born January 18, 1961, Newcastle-upon-Tyne) was a renowned English footballer of the 1980s and 1990s, who once set a record transfer fee in the game and represented his country 59 times. Contents 1 Early career2 Newcastle United3 Liverpool4 Everton5..
Peter Bearman
Peter Bearman is an American Sociologist, He is Chair of the Department of Sociology at Columbia University and Director of the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy (ISERP), the direct descendant of the Bureau of Applied Social Research (BASR) founded by Paul Lazarsfeld. Bearman ..
Peter Beattie
Peter Beattie Peter Douglas Beattie (born November 18, 1952), Australian politician, is the Premier of the Australian state of Queensland and leader of the Australian Labor Party in that state. His sweeping victories in the 2001 and 2004 state election made him one of the most successful polit..
Peter Beckett
Musician and songwriter, Peter Beckett was born in the Aigburth district of Liverpool, England. He was greatly influenced by going to see the Beatles perform at the famous Cavern Club and at 16 he joined a band called The Thoughts before moving on to another outfit called Winston G. He then joined a..
Peter Beer
Air Vice Marshal Peter Beer, CBE LVO RAF was a senior Royal Air Force officer and was Equerry to The Queen 1971-1974, and was also in attendance on Princes Andrew and Edward. Beer was born in 1941. He attended the Royal College of Defence Studies, and the RAF Staff College, Cranwell. Beer was st..
Peter Behrens
Peter Behrens (April 14, 1868–February 27, 1940) was a German architect and designer. Biography Behrens was born in Hamburg. He studied painting in his native city, as well as in Düsseldorf and Karlsruhe, from 1886 to 1889. In 1890, he married Lilly Kramer and moved to Munich. At first, ..
Peter Beighton
Peter Beighton, a geneticist was born in England 1934 and in 1957 he qualified in medicine at the University of London's St Marys Hospital. In 1968 Beighton published a report in the British Heart Journal outlining that air travel can produce "an ideal climate for precipitating Deep vein thrombosis..
Peter Beilenson
Dr. Peter Beilenson is a Democratic Party politician in Maryland, United States. He is a former Health Commissioner of Baltimore, Maryland, having served for 13 years under the administrations of Kurt Schmoke and Martin J. O'Malley. He is currently seeking the Democratic Nomination for Maryland's th..
Peter Beinart
Peter Beinart (born 1971) is a journalist and editor-at-large for The New Republic, having served as editor of TNR from November 1999 until March 2006. He is a 1993 graduate of Yale University. Beinart won a Marshall Scholarship (declined) and a Rhodes Scholarship for graduate study at Oxford Univer..
Peter Belches
Lieutenant Peter Belches (1796–1890) was an early explorer in Western Australia. Born in Scotland in 1796, Belches joined the Royal Navy. He was a midshipman on the HMS Volage in December 1826, when it was anchored in Sydney Harbour along with the HMS Warspite under Sir James Brisbane and the ..
Peter Bell
Peter Bell is the name of several famous people. "Peter Bell" was also 19th century English slang for a "simple rustic". Peter Hansborough Bell, 1812-98, was a Governor of Texas, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and a Republic of Texas veteran. Two well-known Australian rules footballe..
Peter Bellamy
Peter Bellamy: Wake the Vaulted Echoes Peter Bellamy (8 September 1944 – 24 september 1991) was an English folk singer. He was a founding member of The Young Tradition but also had a long solo career, recording numerous albums and touring folk clubs and concert halls. He committed suicid..
Peter Bellinger Brodie
Peter Bellinger Brodie (1815-1897), English geologist, son of P. B. Brodie, barrister, and nephew of Sir Benjamin C. Brodie, was born in London in 1815. While still residing with his father at Lincoln's Inn Fields, he gained some knowledge of natural history and an interest in fossils from visits to..
Peter Bell (footballer)
Two well-known Australian rules footballers have been named Peter Bell: Peter F. Bell is captain of Fremantle and has also played for the Kangaroos. Peter R. Bell was a player with St Kilda between 1973 and 1977. For other prominent people with the name Peter Bell, see Peter Bell. This is a [..
Peter Benchley
Peter Bradford Benchley (May 8, 1940 – February 11, 2006) was an American author best known for writing the novel Jaws and co-writing the screenplay for its highly successful film adaptation. The success of the book led to publishers commissioning books about mutant rats, rabid dogs and the ..
Peter Benenson
Peter Benenson Peter James Henry Solomon Benenson (July 31, 1921 – February 25 2005) was a British lawyer and the founder of human rights group Amnesty International (AI). Biography Born in London, his army officer father died while Benenson was still young, and he was tutored privately ..
Peter Bengtson
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Peter Benjamin Golden
Peter Benjamin Golden (1941- ) is Professor of History at Rutgers University. He earned his bachelors degree from CUNY Queens College in 1963 and his PhD in History from Columbia University in 1970. He is the author of a wide array of books, articles and other written works on Turkic and Central ..
Peter Benoit
Peter Benoit (born August 17,1834, died March 8, 1901) was a Belgian composer and a music teacher. He founded the Royal Flemish Conservatory and had a great influence on modern Flemish music. External Links [Biography on Famous Belgians][Biography on Naxos.com]*Free scores by &#..
Peter Bensley
Peter Bensley (born 1954 in Warialda, New South Wales, Australia) was an Australian "pin up" actor of the 1970s. He appeared in such soap operas as The Restless Years, The Young Doctors, Prisoner, Neighbours and Home and Away. In 1992, Peter Bensley appeared as Dr. John Austin in the Australian m..
Peter Bentley
Peter John Gerald Bentley (born March 17, 1930) is a Canadian businessman and the third Chancellor of the University of Northern British Columbia. Born in Vienna, Austria, the son of Leopold Bloch-Bauer and Antoinette Ruth Pick, his family fled Vienna in 1938 and settled in British Columbia. His fa..
Peter Benton
Dr. Peter Benton was a fictional surgeon on the television series ER from season one through season eight. He was portrayed by Eriq La Salle. His character was often portrayed as irritable and hostile, concealing a hidden passion for medicine. Dr. Benton was fired from County General by Doctor Ro..
Peter Berg
Director Peter Berg and Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson discuss his next big stunt on the set of The Rundown. Peter Berg (born March 11, 1964 in New York City, New York) is an American actor, film director, film producer, & writer. Born to a Jewish American father, Larry Berg and a Catholic mother, S..
Peter Bergen
Peter Bergen is a print and televison journalist who appears as a terrorism analyst on CNN. He is known for conducting the first television interview with Osama Bin Laden in 1997. He has written several books on terrorism, including Holy War, Inc. and The Osama bin Laden I Know (ISBN 0743278925)...
Peter Bergeron
Peter Francis Bergeron (born November 9, 1977, in Greenfield, Massachusetts) is a Major League Baseball outfielder. Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 4th round of the 1996 MLB amateur draft, Bergeron would make his Major League Baseball debut with the Montreal Expos on September 7, 1999. A..
Peter Berglar
Peter Berglar (1919–10 November 1989) was a German historian. Professor of Modern and Contemporary History in the University of Cologne, he is known for his many publications, amongst which his biography of Thomas More is considered one of the best. Early life and education Peter Berglar w..
Peter Bergman
This article is about the soap opera actor. For the Firesign Theatre member, see Peter Bergman (comedian). Peter Bergman as Jack Abbott Peter Bergman (born June 11, 1953) is an American soap opera actor. The son of an American Naval officer, he was born in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. His most not..
Peter Bergman (comedian)
Peter Bergman (born November 29, 1939, in Cleveland, Ohio) is a founding member of The Firesign Theatre. He is "the bald one" who plays Lt. Bradshaw in the Nick Danger series. His other claim to fame is coining the word "love-in" in 1966. ..
Peter Berkowitz
Peter Berkowitz is an American political scientist, presently holding a fellowship at the Hoover Institution and an associate professorship of law at George Mason University School of Law. He holds a J.D. and a Ph.D. in political science from Yale University; an M.A. in philosophy from the Hebrew Un..
Peter Berlin
Peter Berlin is a renowed photographer, artist, filmmaker, model, and gay sex symbol. In the early to mid-1970s, Berlin created some of the most recognizable gay male erotic imagery of his time. Serving as his own photographer, model, and fashion designer, Berlin redefined self-portraiture and becam..
Peter Berling
Peter Berling (March 20, 1934 in Meseritz-Obrawalde) is a german actor and writer. For a number of its Middle Ages novels Berling processed the conspiracy theory around the Prieuré de Sion Films Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)The Name of the Rose (1986)Cobra Verde (1987)Gangs of New York (2002)T..
Peter Bernard Luccin
Peter Bernard Luccin aka Luccin (born 9 April 1979 in Marseille, France) is French football player who currently plays for Atlético de Madrid of the Spanish La Liga. His usual demarcation is Midfielder. Teams 1996-1997: AS Cannes1997-1998: FC Girondins de Bordeaux1998-2000: Olympique de Marseille2..
Peter Berner
Peter Berner is an Australian comedian. He is the host of the ABC television show The Einstein Factor. From 1999 to 2002 he hosted the political satire series BackBerner. In 2001, a portrait of him was hung in the Archibald Prize, painted by Martine Emdur, titled Laughing on the inside Peter Berne..
Peter Berngardovich Struve
Peter (or Pyotr) Berngardovich Struve (January 26, 1870, Perm - February 22, 1944, Paris) was a Russian political economist, philosopher and editor. He started out as a Marxist, later became a liberal and after the Bolshevik revolution joined the White movement. Contents 1 Biography1.1 ..
Peter Berresford Ellis
Peter Berresford Ellis is a historian, literary biographer and novelist who has published over 50 books to date under his own name and that of his pseudonym Peter Tremayne. An expert on Celtic history and culture, he is best known in Cornwall as the author of 'The Cornish Language and its Literature..
Peter Best (actor)
Peter Best is an actor who played Walden Macnair in the third Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Macnair makes an appearance in the graveyard though he is not played by Peter Best. There are several actors credited "Death Eater" and M..
Peter Betz
Note: The name of the defendant in this article has been changed to protect their identity as they were a minor at the time of the court proceeding. Peter Betz (May 5, 1949 – March 7 1988) was a Philadelphia Phillies executive and a prominent member of the Upper Dublin community. His father ..
Peter Bialobrzeski
Peter Bialobrzeski originally studied politics and sociology in Germany before gaining considerable celebrity as a photographer. His photographs have been published in many magazines, and Bialobrzeski has worked for corporate clients such as Daimler-Chrysler, Philip Morris, Siemens, and Volkswagen...
Peter Bichsel
Peter Bichsel (born March 24, 1935) is a popular Swiss-German writer and journalist representing modern German literature. Bichsel was born 1935 in Luzern, Switzerland the son of craftsmen, manual laborers. Shortly after he was born, the Bichsels moved to Olten, also in Switzerland. To this day, Pe..
Peter Biddle
Peter Nicholas Biddle (born December 22, 1966) joined Microsoft in 1990. Biddle is the original inventor of the Darknet, a founder of SDMI, CPTWG, and TCPA, an early Technical evangelist for DVD and DVR, the founding father of Microsoft’s Next-Generation Secure Computing Base (NGSCB, aka Palladium..
Peter Billingsley
Peter Billingsley (born April 16, 1972 in New York City), is an American actor probably best known for his role as Ralphie in the 1983 movie A Christmas Story, whose requests for a genuine Red Ryder B-B gun were repeatedly greeted with "You'll shoot your eye out!" He is also remembered as Messy Mar..
Peter Binsfeld
Peter Binsfeld (c. 1545 - 1598), son of a farmer and craftsman, was born in the village Binsfeld in the German Eifel region; he died in Trier as a victim of the Bubonic plague. Binsfeld grew up in the rural Catholic environment of the Eifel region. Considered by a local abbot as a very gifted boy, h..
Peter Binsfield
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Medieval demonologist and Jesuit priest. In 1589, the same year Galileo was beginning his revolutionary experim..
Peter Birch-Reichenwald
Peter Birch-Reichenwald (1843-1898) was the Norwegian Minister of Labour 1889-1891, and Minister of the Interior 1894-1895. ..
Peter Birks
Peter Birks (3 October 1941- 6 July 2004) was the Regius Professor of Civil Law at the University of Oxford from 1989 until his death and a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. He is widely credited as having sparked academic enthusiasm for the English law of Restitution. Before taking up his Oxfo..
Peter Biros
Peter Biros (born April 5, 1976 in Miskolc) is a Hungarian water polo player, who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics. He is nicknamed Facan, meaning 'pheasant', and made his debut for the national side in 1997, during an international tournament in..
Peter Birrel
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Peter Biskind
Peter Biskind is a journalist and author famous for some of his entertaining and provocative portrayals of life in Hollywood in books like Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood, Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance, and the Rise of Independen..
Peter Bjärgö
redirect [[Template:Importance]]This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Peter Bjärgö, born 26th of April in 1974 in Eskilstuna, Sweden. At the age of..
Peter Bjornson
Peter Bjornson is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He is currently a Cabinet Minister in the government of New Democratic Premier Gary Doer. Bjornson has lived for his entire life in the community of Interlake, Manitoba. He worked as a teacher before entering politics, and has extensive experience..
Peter Blackmore
Peter Blackmore was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. ..
Peter Black (Australian politician)
Peter Black is an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. ..
Peter Black (Welsh politician)
Peter Black (born 1960) is a Welsh Liberal Democrat politician, and Member of the Welsh Assembly for South Wales West Region. He is currently chairman of the Welsh Assembly Education Select Committee, and is the education spokesman for his party in Wales. Peter, who is based in Swansea, is activ..
Peter Bladen
Peter Bladen was born at Perth in 1922. He was later educated at the University of Western Australia, and the University of Melbourne. He travelled extensively through Australia, later moving to Turkey, and travelling through the United States. Bibliography The Old Ladies at Newington (1953)Masqu..
Peter Blaikie
Peter Macfarlane Blaikie (born May 10, 1937 in Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada) is a prominent lawyer and statesman. He is the son of Kenneth Guy ("Bill") Blaikie (1897-1968), a chemist who emigrated from his native Scotland to Canada. In 1958, Blaikie earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bishop's Uni..
Peter Blake
There have been several notable individuals named Peter Blake. Peter Blake (actor)Peter Blake (artist)Peter Blake (yachtsman)Peter Blake (editor)Peter Blake (sprint car driver) ..
Peter Blaker, Baron Blaker
Peter Blaker, Baron Blaker KCMG (born 4 October 1922) is a British Conservative politician. He was MP for Blackpool South from 1964 until he retired in 1992, after which he accepted a peerage and became Baron Blaker. He served as a Minister for the Army (1972-74), Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs ..
Peter Blake (actor)
Peter Blake, British actor, was born on December 8, 1951, in Selkirk, Scotland. He has appeared in many British TV series, including Minder, Bergerac and The New Statesman. In 2005 he earned plaudits playing 'Sgt Bill Kent' in the long running detective Television program Taggart, who appears to b..
Peter Blake (artist)
Blake's Sgt. Pepper album cover Sir Peter Thomas Blake (born June 25, 1932) is a British pop artist, best known for his design of the sleeve for The Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Contents 1 Early life2 Career3 Work4 External links Early life Blak..
Peter Blake (editor)
Peter Blake is a founder and editor of Throttle, a Richmond Virginia based alternative music and culture magazine. ..
Peter Blake (sprint car driver)
Peter Blake is an Australian sprint car driver. His car number is 48N (N for New South Wales). Peter races at Parramatta City Raceway which is a Dirt track racing in Australia#New_South_Wales External link [Official Website] ..
Peter Blake (yachtsman)
Sir Peter James Blake, KBE (October 1, 1948–December 6, 2001) was a New Zealand yachtsman who led his country to two successive America’s Cup victories. He previously won the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1989, and the Jules Verne Trophy in 1994 by setting the fastest time around the wor..
Peter Blau
Peter Blau Peter Michael Blau (February 7, 1918–March 12, 2002) was a sociologist. Born in Vienna, Austria, he emigrated to the United States in 1939. He received his PhD at Columbia University in 1952 before moving on to teach at the University of Chicago from 1953 to 1970. In 1970 he ..
Peter Blauner
Peter Blauner is an American fiction author. Novels 1992 - Slow Motion Riot1996 - Casino Moon1997 - The Intruder2000 - Man of the Hour2004 - The Last Good Day2006 - Slipping Into Darkness ..
Peter Blegvad
Peter Blegvad (born 14 August 1951) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and cartoonist. He was a founding member of the avant-rock band Slapp Happy and released several solo albums after Slapp Happy split up. He collaborated with bassist John Greaves (recording Kew.Rhône with Greaves in ..
Peter Bleser
Peter Bleser (born July 23, 1952 in Brachtendorf, Cochem-Zell) is a German politician and member of the CDU. ..
Peter Blume
Peter Blume (October 27, 1906 - November 30, 1992) was an American painter (born in Russia) of the magic realism school. He and his family emigrated from Russia to New York City in 1906. He painted The Eternal City which is a reference to Rome, Italy. In 1934 he won the Carnegie International Awa..
Peter Blusch
Peter Blusch (born June 11, 1942) is a former German footballer. Blusch began his career at Sportfreunde Siegen, before beginning professionally in 1964 for Eintracht Frankfurt. He made it into the first team in Frankfurt and played 110 games altogether. In 1968 he moved to 1. FC Köln, where he pl..
Peter Boardman
Peter Boardman (1950-1982) was a British climber, Everest summiteer, and author of several mountaineering books. Born in Stockport, England, he began climbing in his teens, and at the age of 16 made his first visit to the Alps. He quickly became a proficient Alpine climber, and made the first Brit..
Peter Boatman
Peter Boatman is a former British police officer who now works as a consultant to, amongst others, the Youth Justice Board. His company, Pro-Tect Systems, is currently the only authorised importer of Taser devices to Britain. The Sunday Times has claimed that he had a 50% stake in the company while..
Peter Bodrogi
This article lacks information on the [Importanceimportance] of the subject matter. If you are familiar with it, please expand the article, or discuss its significance on the talk page. Peter Bodrogi was born on the 30th of July, 1969, in New York, USA. His parents, Michael Bodrogi (1925-..
Peter Boettke
Peter J. Boettke (b. 3 January 1960) is an American economist of the Austrian School. Contents 1 Early life and education2 Professional history3 Books3.1 As author:3.2 As editor:4 External links Early life and education Boettke was born in Rahway, New Jersey to F..
Peter Bogdanovich
redirect [[Template:Context]] --> Peter Bogdanovich (born July 30 1939) is an American film director, writer and actor born in Kingston, New York. The son of immigrants fleeing the Nazis, his father is a Serbian painter and pianist and his mother descended from a rich Austrian Jewish family, Bogdan..
Peter Bolgar
Peter Bolgar is a British television and radio announcer, married since 1962 to Archers actress Angela Piper. He announced for BBC Television from 1967 to 1995, and since then he has announced for the BBC World Service. He speaks with a distinctive, slow-paced Received Pronunciation accent which is ..
Peter Bondra
Peter Bondra, #12 (#10 while with the Ottawa Senators in the 2003-2004 NHL season) is a Slovak professional hockey player born on February 7, 1968 in Luck in the U.S.S.R., now in Ukraine. When he was 3 years old, his family moved to Poprad in Czechoslovakia, now Slovakia. He played for hockey team..
Peter Bone
--> Peter William Bone (October 19. 1952) British politician and is the Conservative MP for Wellingborough. Peter Bone was born in 1952 in Billericay and was educated at Westcliffe Grammar School. 1977 was an important year for Peter Bone, he was elected as a councillor to Southend-on-Sea Boroug..
Peter Bonerz
Peter Bonerz (b. August 6, 1938) is a New Hampshire-born American actor and director. He is best known for playing the role of "wacky" dentist Jerry Robinson on The Bob Newhart Show, whose frequent foil was Marcia Wallace as Carol, the sharp-tongued secretary. In motion pictures he played a wort..
Peter Bonetti
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Peter Boro
Peter Boro was a performer of Croatian music, best known for his playing of the gusle and misnice. In the 1930s and 40s, he brought Croatian music to an American audience, and is featured on the Library of Congress's California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties Collection. Exte..
Peter Borwein
Peter B. Borwein (St. Andrews, Scotland, 1953) is a Canadian mathematician, co-developer of an algorithm for calculating π to the nth digit, co-discoverer of the billionth, four billionth, 40th billionth, and quadrillionth digits of π, and professor at Simon Fraser University. Contents 1&nb..
Peter Bosustow
Peter Bosustow (born October 27, 1957) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League. Known as "The Buzz", Bosustow was a flamboyant character recruited from Western Australia who regularly took big marks and once took Mark of the Year. While Bosustow only played from 19..
Peter Bottomley
Peter James Bottomley (born 30 July 1944) is a British politician. He is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Worthing West. Peter Bottomley was born in Newport, Shropshire, the son of a diplomat and of a social worker, he received his schooling in Washington, D.C. and then Westminster School ..
Peter Boulware
Peter Boulware (born December 18, 1974 in Columbia, South Carolina) is an American football linebacker who plays for the Baltimore Ravens. He graduated first from Spring Valley High School, and went on to play for Florida State University. In 1997 Boulware was named The NFL Defensive Rookie of the ..
Peter Bourne
Dr. Peter Bourne is a physician, anthropologist, biographer, author and international civil servant with experience in several senior government positions. He is currently chairman of the board of the American Association for World Health, and Professor and Vice Chancellor Emeritus at St. George's U..
Peter Bowler
This page is about the Australian lexicographer; for the historian of science, see Peter J. Bowler. Peter Bowler is an Australian lexicographer and author of The Superior Person's Book of Words, The Superior Person's Second Book of Weird and Wondrous Words, and The Superior Person's Third Book of We..
Peter Bowles
Peter Bowles (born October 16, 1936 in London) is an English actor. He became famous in the late 1970s and 1980s for portraying upper class characters typically caught in hilarious situations. He starred in television comedies including To the Manor Born, The Irish R.M., The Bounder, and Perfect Sco..
Peter Bowness
Peter Spencer Bowness, Baron Bowness CBE DL (b. 19 May 1943) is a British Conservative politician and member of the House of Lords. Bowness was educated at Whitgift School, South Croydon and the Law Society School of Law and College of Law. He began work as a solicitor in 1966. Peter Bowness becam..
Peter Boyle
Peter Boyle (born October 18, 1935, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American actor. A native Philadelphian of Irish descent, Boyle has won praise for playing both comic and dramatic roles. He served in the Army, but his military career was shortened by a nervous breakdown. Boyle was also a m..
Peter Boyle de Blaquière
Peter Boyle de Blaquière (April 26 1783-October 23 1860) was a political figure in Upper Canada and the first chancellor of the University of Toronto. He was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1783, the son of John Blaquiere who emigrated from France and became a member of the peerage. He served in the Ro..
Peter Brabeck-Letmathe
Peter Brabeck-Letmathe (* November 13 1944 in Villach, Austria) is CEO of Nestlé. He was born in Austria in 1944, in a family with its origins in Iserlohn-Letmathe in North West Germany. After completing his studies in Economics at the University of World Trade in Vienna, he joined Nestlé in 1968..
Peter Brachacki
Peter Brachacki was a production designer who worked for BBC Television in the 1960s. Although he worked on several programmes, he is best remembered as the first production designer for Doctor Who in 1963, making him responsible for the iconic design of the TARDIS interior. Contents 0.1 Doc..
Peter Brackley
Peter Brackley is a football commentator, perhaps most famous for covering Football Italia on Channel 4 in the 1990s. He is a supporter of Brighton and Hove Albion. He also provides the often condemned commentary for the Pro Evolution Soccer series of games, for which he has attained cult status. In..
Peter Bradley
Peter Charles Stephen Bradley (born April 12, 1953) is an English politician, and was Labour Member of Parliament for The Wrekin from the 1997 election until the 2005 election, when he lost his seat to Mark Pritchard of the Conservative Party. He had previously served on Westminster Council, and ..
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw is a British writer and film critic. Bradshaw is film critic for The Guardian. He wrote a novel, Dr Sweet and his Daughter, published in 2004. He wrote and performed a BBC radio programme titled For One Horrible Moment, recorded October 10, 1998 and first broadcast January 20, 1999...
Peter Brame
Peter Brame (born 25 July, 1979 in Chelmsford) is an English singer-songwriter, pop singer and guitarist, based in Colchester, Essex. He first became well known through his appearances on television as a contestant on Fame Academy. Brame taught himself to play the guitar when he was 17, and perfor..
Peter Brand
Dr Peter Brand (born 1947) is a United Kingdom general practitioner and Liberal Democrat politician. He was elected Member of Parliament for the Isle of Wight from 1997, but lost his seat to the Conservatives in 2001. External links [Guardian Politics Ask Aristotle - Peter Brand][Th..
Peter Braunstein
Peter Braunstein (born 1964) is a New York City-based journalist, writer and playwright who became infamous as the prime suspect in an October 31, 2005 rape, leading police on a multi-state manhunt until his capture and self-injury in Memphis, Tennessee on December 16, 2005. Dubbed the "Halloween..
Peter Brearey
Peter Leslie Brearey (23 December 1939 - 7 May 1998) was a British secularist, socialist and journalist. He was born in Dewsbury. Although his family background was Methodist, Brearey rejected religion as a teenager. He was a member of the Young Communist League and subsequently the Communist Party..
Peter Breck
Peter Breck (born March 13, 1929 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, United States) is an American actor who has played roles on television and in movies. One early role was as Doc Holliday on the TV series Maverick, a part that had been played twice earlier in the series by Gerald Mohr. Prior to that, he ..
Peter Breen
Peter Breen was an American figure skater. He competed in ice dance with Rachel Mayer at the 1992 Winter Olympics. He later partnered with Kate Robinson. Competitive highlights (with Mayer) 1992 U.S. Championships - 2ndOlympics - 15thWorld Championships - 15th(with Robinson) 1997 U.S. Championships..
Peter Breggin
Peter R. Breggin is a controversial psychiatrist from the United States. Dr. Breggin is best known as a critic of biological psychiatry and psychiatric medication, and as the author of books such as Toxic Psychiatry, Talking Back to Prozac, and Talking Back to Ritalin. Contents 1 Early car..
Peter Breiner
Peter Breiner (b. 1957 in Humenné, Slovakia) is one of the most successful living Slovak musicians as well as one of the world's most recorded ones (over 1.2 million CDs sold on Naxos/Marco Polo labels only). He composes, conducts and performs as a pianist. Biography He began to play the piano at ..
Peter Bridgewater
The original president of the San Jose Clash, Peter Bridgewater was involved with professional soccer in San Jose since 1984, when he was named general manager of the original San Jose Earthquakes of the North American Soccer League. Bridgwater later bought the Earthquakes franchise, and then after ..
Peter Briggs
Peter Briggs is a British screenwriter, responsible for many high-profile subjects, a number of which have suffered due to "bad luck". Briggs hit the screenwriting scene in 1991 (after being a film cameraman for several years) with his well-received Alien vs. Predator screenplay, sold to 20th Centu..
Peter Brimelow
Peter Brimelow Peter Brimelow (born 1947) is a British-American financial journalist and author. Brimelow has been the editor of many publications, including Forbes, the Financial Post, and the National Review. Outside financial circles, he is best known for his controversial writings on immi..
Peter Brixtofte
Peter Brixtofte (born 1949-12-11, son of Keld Brixtofte and Inger Elise Brixtofte). Brixtofte was a Member of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget) representing Venstre (Liberals) from 1973-12-04 to 1977-02-14 and again from 1990-12-12. He left Venstre on 2002-05-14 when a scandal broke about his adm..
Peter Broadbent
Peter Broadbent is the current Anglican Bishop of Willesden. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood, Middlesex. He studied English at Jesus College, Cambridge. He was 15 when he became a Christian through a youth organisation called 'Crusaders'. He attended at St John's College, No..
Peter Brocco
Peter Brocco (January 16, 1903 – December 20, 1992) was an American film and TV actor for nearly 60 years. He appeared as a criminal type in several episodes of The Adventures of Superman. He holds the distinction of having been killed off in two of them, a relative rarity for villains in the..
Peter Brock
Peter Geoffrey Brock (born February 26, 1945) is an Australian racecar driver. Brock rose to fame in touring car racing, winning the Bathurst 1000, Australia's most prominent domestic motorsport event, a total of nine times through the 1970s and '80s. As the lead driver for the pseudo-factory Hold..
Peter Broeker
Peter Broeker (May 15, 1929 in Hamilton, Ontario - 1980) was a Formula One driver from Canada. He participated in 1 grand prix, debuting on October 6, 1963. He scored 0 championship points. Peter Broeker ..
Peter Broggs
Peter Broggs (born 1954 in Hanover Parish, Jamaica) ist a Jamaican reggae musician. He is a successful artist in Jamaica and well-known in the international reggae scenes. Broggs suffered a stroke on August 27, 2004, and since then he is almost unable to move his right body half and can hardly spea..
Peter Bromhead
Peter Bromhead is a New Zealand cartoonist and illustrator. External link [Peter Bromhead] ..
Peter Bronfman
Peter Frederick Bronfman (1928 – December 1 1996) was a Canadian businessman born in Montreal, and member of the Bronfman family. He was the co-founder with his brother Edward Bronfman of Edper Group Limited. On November 14, 1996, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. It was present..
Peter Brook
For the Conservative British politician, see Peter Brooke. Peter Stephen Paul Brook CH CBE (born 21 March 1925) is a highly influential British theatrical producer and director. Born in London, England, United Kingdom, he studied at Westminster School, Gresham's School and Oxford, and made his di..
Peter Brooke
For the British theatrical producer and director, see Peter Brook. Peter Leonard Brooke, Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville, CH, PC (born March 3, 1934), is a British politician, a former Conservative Cabinet member, and former Member of Parliament for the Cities of London and Westminster. He is t..
Peter Brötzmann
Peter Brötzmann (born March 6, 1941) is a German free jazz saxophonist. Peter Brötzmann at Avant Jazz, Jazz Club 'Die Röhre', Moers/Germany, 12. Feb 2006 Brötzmann is among the most important European free jazz musicians. His rough, lyrical timbre is easily recognized on his many recordi..
Peter Brough
Peter Brough (February 26, 1916 - June 3, 1999) was an English radio ventriloquist who became a well-known name to audiences in the 1950s. He is associated with the puppet Archie Andrews. Radio days Born in Shepherd's Bush, London, Peter began his radio career in 1944 in ventriloquism (audiences d..
Peter Broun
Portrait of Peter Broun Peter Nicholas Broun (August 17 1797–November 5 1846), known for most of his life as Peter Nicholas Brown, was the first Colonial Secretary of Western Australia, and a member of Western Australia's first Legislative Council. Contents 1 Early life2 Co..
Peter Brown
There have been several people named Peter Brown. Peter Brown (anthropologist)Peter Brown (astronomer), Canadian astronomer and physicistPeter Brown (Beatles), personal assistant to The Beatles and Brian EpsteinPeter Brown (classical scholar), Head of the Faculty of Classics at the University of Ox..
Peter Brownback
Peter Brownback is a retired military officer and lawyer.[#endnote_UsaToday040824] He was appointed to be a presiding officer on the Guantanamo military commissions, by retired General John D. Altenburg. . The Washington Post reported: "...that Brownback and Altenburg have known each othe..
Peter Browne
Peter Browne (?1665 - August 27, 1735), Irish divine and bishop of Cork and Ross, was born in County Dublin, not long after the Restoration. He entered Trinity College, Dublin, in 1682, and after ten years' residence obtained a fellowship. In 1699 he was made provost of the college, and in the same..
Peter Brown (actor)
Peter Brown was an American television actor best known for his role as Deputy Johnny McKay opposite John Russell as Marshal Dan Troop in the 1958 Warner Bros. western series Lawman. Brown also appeared on dozens of other television shows and did several crossovers with other western series as John..
Peter Brown (anthropologist)
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Peter Brown (Beatles)
Peter Brown was an assistant to Brian Epstein and The Beatles during the 1960s. He was the witness at John Lennon and Yoko Ono's wedding in Gibraltar on 20 March, 1969. Lennon immortalized Brown in a line from The Bealtes' 1969 hit "The Ballad of John and Yoko." Brown later wrote a "tell-all" book..
Peter Brown (historian)
Peter Robert Lamont Brown (b. 1935) was born in Dublin, Ireland, to a Protestant family. He is a fellow of All Souls', Oxford. He has taught at Oxford, the University of London, and UC Berkeley, as well as Princeton University, where he is currently the Philip and Beulah Rollins Professor of History..
Peter Brown (politician)
Peter Brown (born 1939) is a member of the New Zealand Parliament, and deputy leader of the New Zealand First party. He formerly managed a stevedoring company and led the New Zealand Stevedoring Employers Association; he holds a sea captain's certificate. Brown was nearly elected to parliament as ..
Peter Brown (rugby player)
Peter Brown (born December 16, 1941) played No. 8 and lock for West of Scotland R.F.C. and Gala R.F.C., and captained Scotland 10 times in his 27 internationals (1964-73). Peter is an independent member of Scottish Rugby's appeals panel and acts as a match and discipline commissioner for both the ..
Peter Brown (singer)
Peter Brown (born July 11, 1953) is an artist, writer and producer who was also a pioneer in home recording, having recorded his seminal hit in his bedroom. He signed with the label Drive Records, a subsidiary of T.K. Records. He released his first album, A Fantasy Love Affair which was issued in ..
Peter Brown (South African politician)
Peter Brown (1924–2004) was a founding member of the South African Liberal Party and succeeded Alan Paton as its national chairman in 1958. Brown was arrested in March 1960, 10 days after the Sharpeville massacre and was released without charge after 98 days in prison. Brown was born on 24 Decem..
Peter Brown (VC)
Peter Brown (1837-10 September, 1894) was a Swedish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Details He was approximately 42 years old, and a Trooper in the Mounted Rifleme..
Peter Bruff
--> Section>sections].Please format the article according to the guidelines laid out at[Manual of Style]. Peter Schuyler Bruff (1812 - 1900), born in Portsmouth, was an astute civil engineer most well known for founding the seaside resort town of Clacton on Sea, Essex, and for ..
Peter Bruinvels
Peter Bruinvels is a British Conservative Party politician, born March 30, 1950. He was educated at St. John's School, Leatherhead, a public school in Surrey. Bruinvels held various voluntary offices in the Conservative Party in Dorking and at regional level in South East England. Never having he..
Peter Brunt
Peter Astbury Brunt (born June 23, 1917 in Coulsdon, Surrey; died November 5, 2005 in Oxford) was an eminent ancient historian at Oxford University. Brunt, son of a Methodist minister, was the Camden professor of ancient (Roman) history and a fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford, from 1970 to 1982. ..
Peter Bryant
Peter Bryant (born 27 October 1923 in London - died 19 May 2006) was the fourth producer of the BBC science fiction programme Doctor Who. Bryant was originally an actor and appeared in the 1950s soap opera The Grove Family. Later, he became a BBC Radio announcer whilst writing radio scripts as a s..
Peter Buchan
Peter Buchan (1790 - September 19, 1854), Scottish editor, was born at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. In 1816 he started in business as a printer at Peterhead, and was successful enough to be able eventually to retire and devote himself to the collection and editing of Scottish ballads. His Ancient Ball..
Peter Buck
For the New Zealand Maori leader and academic, see Te Rangi Hiroa (Peter Buck) redirect [[Template:Not verified]] Peter Lawrence Buck (born December 6, 1956 in Berkeley, California) is the guitarist and co-founder, along with Bill Berry, Mike Mills, and Michael Stipe of the seminal 1980s alternativ..
Peter Bucknell
Peter Bucknell, a Viola player, held the position of Viola Professor at the Crane School of Nusic (State University of New York at Potsdam) He can be heard performing with [The New York Harp Trio]. In 1992, Peter won the Auckland International Viola Congress Competition and the Queen ..
Peter Bucktrout
Pete Bucktrout is currently a photographer, digital imaging specialist and film cameraman with the British Antarctic Survey based in Cambridge, England. Bucktrout was the cameraman in 1997, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies's Antarctic Symphony. External link [BBC article on the Antarctic Symphony&..
Peter Buck (restaurateur)
Peter Buck is a nuclear physicist and co-founder of the Subway restaurant chain. He loaned Fred DeLuca $1,000 in 1965 to open a sandwich shop to help pay for college. Buck currently lives in Danbury, Connecticut. ..
Peter Budaj
Peter Budaj, #31 (born September 18, 1982 in Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia) is a Slovak ice hockey goaltender currently (2006) with the Colorado Avalanche of the NHL. Peter Budaj was drafted by the Avalanche in 2001, as the first pick for the Avalanche (63rd overall). He wears number 31 for the..
Peter Buell Porter
Peter Buell Porter Peter Buell Porter (August 14, 1773 - March 20, 1844) was a U.S. political figure and soldier. He served as the Secretary of War between 1828 and 1829. Porter was born in Salisbury, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale College in 1791, studied law in Litchfield, Connecticu..
Peter Buffett
Peter Andrew Buffett (born May 4, 1958[#endnote_birth]) is an American musician, composer, and producer. Buffett is the second son of billionaire investor Warren Buffett and his late wife Susan Buffett. Contents 1 Biography2 Discography3 Filmography4 References5 ..
Peter Bull
Peter Bull (21 March 1912 - 20 May, 1984) was a British character actor. He was the son of Hammersmith MP Sir William Bull. His performance as the Russian Ambassador, Alexi de Sadesky, in [[Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb]] (1963) is among the best-known of his..
Peter Bullfrog Moore
Peter "Bullfrog" Moore (1932 - 5 July 2000) was an Australian Rugby League administrator, particularly associated with the Canterbury Bulldogs, where he was Chief Executive 1969-1995, serving a record 26 years at the helm. The Canterbury club won four grand finals during his 25 years at its head, a..
Peter Burchard
Peter Burchard is an author. He wrote the book One Gallant Rush, which the movie Glory was based on. ..
Peter Burge
Peter BurgeAustralia (AUS) Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling type Right-arm medium Tests First-class Matches 42 233 '''Runs scored 2290 14640 Batting average 38.16 47.53 100s/50s 4/12 38/68 Top score 181 283 Balls bowled 0 195 Wickets 0 1..
Peter Burgoyne
Peter Burgoyne (born January 29, 1978) is an indigenous Australian rules footballer. Beginning his AFL career with the inaugural Port Adelaide side to enter the AFL, Burgoyne has become well-regarded for his performance as an attacking midfielder. He was selected straight from the Port Adelaide si..
Peter Burke
Peter Burke (born 1937) is a British historian. He received his doctorate from Oxford University. For sixteen years he was part of the School of European Studies at the University of Sussex, before moving to the University of Cambridge where he still holds the title of Professor Emeritus of Cultura..
Peter Burnett
Peter Hardeman Burnett (November 15, 1807 – May 17, 1895) was California's first Governor, serving from December 20 1849 to January 9 1851. He had previously served (during December 1849) as California's territorial and military governor. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Peter Hardeman Burnett..
Peter Burnett Academy
Peter Burnett Academy, or Burnett Academy for short, is a middle school located in San Jose, California which is affiliated with the International Baccalaureate Organization. The school first opened in 1931. As of 2005, the school principal is Dr. Robert Perez. Their mascot is the grizzly bear..
Peter Burtniak
Peter Burtniak (born March 26, 1925 in Fork River, Manitoba, died April 8, 2004) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1969 to 1977, and served as a cabinet minister in the government of Edward Schreyer. Burtniak was educa..
Peter Burton
Peter Burton (April 4, 1921 - November 1989) is an English film and television actor born in Bromley, England. His biggest claim to fame is being the first actor to portray Major Boothroyd, better known as Q, in the first James Bond film, Dr. No (1962). Due to a scheduling conflict Burton was not av..
Peter Burwash
--> Peter Burwash is a former Canadian professional tennis player who reached a career high of World No. 64 in singles and number one in Canada in singles [[http://www.tennisserver.com/circlegame/circlegame_99_03.html]]. Burwash was drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the National Hockey League but..
Peter Butcher
Peter Butcher (1947 - ) is a British diplomat. As of 2006, he is the Ambassador to Turkmenistan. Born August 6 1947, Butcher was attended the University of Bath, graduating in Development Studies. He entered the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1974. After serving as a desk officer until 1979,..
Peter Butler
Peter Butler (born 10 June, 1951) is a British Conservative politician. In 1992, he became the first MP for Milton Keynes North East. In 1997, he lost the seat by only 240 votes to Labour's Brian White. References "Times Guide to the House of Commons", Times Newspapers Limited, 1997 edition. ..
Peter Butterworth
Peter Butterworth Peter Butterworth (February 4 1919 - January 16 1979) was an English comic actor who appeared in sixteen of the Carry On films. He was married to fellow actor Janet Brown, who presented Picture Book on 1950s BBC Children's Television and later was a celebrated impersonator of..
Peter Byrne (accountant)
Peter E Byrne is an English chartered accountant. He is the current treasurer of The Cricket Society and he is also the company secretary of the Cricket Society Limited. He is also active as an statistician with the ACS, MCC and Middlesex CCC. ..
Peter Byrne (actor)
Peter Byrne (born 29 January 1928) is an English actor and director. He was born in London and trained at the Italia Conti Stage School. He made his name by playing George Dixon's son-in-law Andy Crawford in the long-running BBC Television serial Dixon of Dock Green for twenty years from 1955. He..
Peter B Evans
For the English poker player known as "The Bandit", see Peter Evans (poker player). [Peter B. Evans] (1944-) is a sociologist and political scientist, Chair of the Department of Sociology at the Institute of International Studies, University of California, Berkeley. Evans is widely publis..
Peter C. Aichelburg
Peter C. Aichelburg is an Austrian physicist well-known for his contributions to general relativity, particularly the Aichelburg-Sexl ultraboost of the Schwarzschild vacuum. Aichelburg teaches at the University of Vienna, where he holds an appointment in the Institute of Theoretical Physics. Ref..
Peter C. B. Phillips
Peter Charles Bonest Phillips (March 23 1948 Weymouth, UK) is a leading American econometrician. He received his PhD from LSE in 1974. Since 1979 he was Professor of Economics and Statistics at Yale University. He is a founding editor of the journal Econometric Theory. Phillips has published an enor..
Peter C. Eagler
Peter C. Eagler (born November 23, 1954, Clifton, New Jersey) is an American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey. He is currently a city councilman in Clifton. Eagler a former member of the New Jersey General Assembly representing the 34th legislative district. He served as an assemblyman..
Peter C. Elco
Peter C. Elco is the current Democratic mayor of the city of Absecon,_New_Jersey ..
Peter C. Fishburn
Peter C. Fishburn (born 1936) is known as a pioneer in the field of decision making processes. He received his B.S. in Industrial engineering from Pennsylvania State University in 1958, his M.S. in Operations Research in 1961, and a Ph.D in Operations Research in 1962, the latter two from the Case ..
Peter C. Lemon
Peter C. Lemon is one of the youngest surviving recipients of the Medal of Honor. He was born in Toronto, Canada, on 5 June 1950. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on 1 April 1970 while serving in Tay Ninh province during the Vietnam War. He was the only Canadian citizen to win the..
Peter C. Newman
Peter Charles Newman, CC (born May 10 1929) is a Canadian journalist. Born in Vienna, Austria, he emigrated from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia to Canada in 1940 as a Jewish refugee. His father, Peter, was a wealthy factory owner. Newman was educated at Upper Canada College and the University of Tor..
Peter C. O'Malley
Peter C. O'Malley (born 1970) , brother of Baltimore mayor Martin O'Malley, was admitted to the Maryland bar in 2000. He received his undergraduate degree from Catholic University and law degree from the University of Baltimore. He is General Counsel of GovStat, LLC. He is also considered one of the..
Peter C. Perdue
Peter C. Perdue is an American author, professor, and historian. He holds the title of T.T. and Wei Fong Chao Professor of Asian Civilizations in Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Perdue has a Ph.D. degree(1981) from Harvard University in the field of History and East Asian Languages. He is the..
Peter Cadbury
Peter Egbert Cadbury (February 6 1918 – April 17 2006) was a British entrepreneur. He was the son of Sir Egbert Cadbury, a World War I flying ace and managing director of Cadbury Brothers, the chocolate enterprise. He was educated at Leighton Park, a Quaker school founded by his grandfathe..
Peter Caddy
Peter Caddy (March 20, 1917—February 18, 1994) was a British caterer, hotelier, and founder of the Findhorn Foundation community. Educated at Harrow, he apprenticed as a director with J. Lyons and Company, and was a member of the Rosicrucian Order Crotona Fellowship. On the outbreak of the Se..
Peter Callanan
Peter Callanan is an Irish politician and member of the 22nd Seanad Éireann for Fianna Fáil. Born in Clonakility, County Cork, Callanan was educated in Mount Melleray College, County Waterford. Married with six children, he is a farmer at Innishannon, County Cork. A member of Cork County Council..
Peter Calthorpe
Peter Calthorpe has been named one of twenty five "innovators on the cutting edge" by Newsweek magazine for his work redefining the models of urban and suburban growth in America. Starting practice in 1972, he has had a long and honored career in urban planning and architecture, combining his experi..
Peter Camani
Peter Camani is an eccentric and ingenious artist who teaches at Almaguin Highlands Secondary School outside of Sundridge, Ontario, Canada. A favourite among his students, Camani is best known for his legendary castle in Burk's Falls, Ontario, which he has spent over 25 years constructing. Monolith..
Peter Camejo
--> Peter Miguel Camejo Peter Miguel Camejo (born December 31, 1939) is a financier, businessman, political activist, author, and one of the founders of the socially responsible investment movement. In 2004, he was selected by independent candidate Ralph Nader as his vice-presidential running..
Peter Camenzind
Peter Camenzind was the first novel by Hermann Hesse and contains a number of themes that were to preoccupy many of Hesse's later works, most notably the individual's search for a unique spiritual and physical identity amidst the backdrops of nature and modern civilization and the role of art in th..
Peter Cameron
Peter Cameron (born in Pompton Plains, New Jersey in 1959) is an American novelist and writer living in New York, NY. He is best known for his novels Andorra, The Weekend and The City of Your Final Destination. Contents 1 Biography2 Select bibliography2.1 Fiction3 External lin..
Peter Campbell Blaicher
Peter Campbell Blaicher was mayor of Hamilton, Ontario from 1892 to 1893. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Peter Canavan
Peter Canavan is an Irish Gaelic Football player who played inter-county football for his native Tyrone. Canavan plays his club football for Tyrone club, Errigal Ciarán. Interestingly enough, Canavan was also on the panel for the Underaged Hurling team in Killyclogher, although he never played for ..
Peter Canero
Peter Canero (born January 18, 1981 in Glasgow) is a Scottish football (soccer) defender and midfielder, who currently plays for Red Bull New York of Major League Soccer. Canero came up through the youth ranks with Kilmarnock in 1987 and stayed with the club until 2004, earning a £250,000 transf..
Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt
Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt is a fictional character originally owned by Charlton Comics and later acquired by DC Comics. Still later, ownership of the character reverted back to its creator, writer-artist Pete Morisi. Charlton Comics The character debuted in Peter Cannon ... Thunderbolt #1 (Jan. 19..
Peter Cantrell
Peter CantrellNetherlands (NED) Batting style Right-handed batsman (RHB) Bowling type Right-arm offbreak (RO) Tests ODIs Matches 0 5 '''Runs scored N/A 160 Batting average N/A 32.00 100s/50s N/A -/- Top score N/A 47 ..
Peter Capaldi
Peter Capaldi (born 1958) in Glasgow is a Scottish actor and director. He is currently best known for playing Malcolm Tucker in the BBC sitcom The Thick of It, written by fellow Scottish-Italian, Armando Iannucci. This character is reportedly based on the New Labour spin doctor Alastair Campbell. A..
Peter Caras
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Peter Caras (b. April 11 1941), with an international reputation, is considered one of today’s foremost illust..
Peter Cardinal Shirayanagi
Peter Seiichi Cardinal Shirayanagi (白柳誠一, born 17 June 1928) is a Cardinal Priest and Archbishop Emeritus of Tokyo in the Roman Catholic Church. Born in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan, Shiryanagi studied at Sophia University, earning a degree in philosophy in 1951 and a speciali..
Peter Cardinal Turkson
Peter Kodwo Appiah Cardinal Turkson (born October 11 1948) is a Ghanaian prelate, the Archbishop of Cape Coast and Cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church. Biography Born in Wassaw Nsuta, in Ghana, Turkson studied in New York City and Rome as well as his native country, earning a doctorate in Sacred S..
Peter Carew
Sir Peter Carew (1514–1575) was a Devonshire adventurer, who served during the reign of Queen Elizabeth of England and became a controversial figure in the Tudor re-conquest of Ireland. Contents 1 Early life and career2 Ireland3 Legacy4 References Early life and career ..
Peter Carey
Peter Carey Peter Philip Carey (born May 7, 1943) is an Australian novelist. Born in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, and after living in Melbourne, London and Sydney he is now based in New York. He wrote advertising copy in the early days of his literary career. He also collaborated on the screenpl..
Peter Carey (umpire)
Peter Carey (born 19--) is a former Australian Rules football umpire in the Australian Football League. Carey is perhaps most famous for the mark that he took whilst umpiring his 299th AFL match between Fremantle and St. Kilda at Subiaco Oval in 1999. Fremantle's Adrian Fletcher kicked the ball fr..
Peter Cargill
Peter Cargill (born 2 March, 1964) is a retired Jamaican football player. He played mostly for Harbour View F.C.. He played for the Jamaica national football team and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. ..
Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington
Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, KG, GCMG, CH, MC, PC, DL (born 6 June 1919) is a British Conservative politician and served as British Foreign Secretary between 1979 and 1982 and as Secretary-General of NATO from 1984 to 1988. Carington was educated at Eton and RMA Sandhurst..
Peter Carlisle
Peter Benson Carlisle is the Prosecuting Attorney of Honolulu in the state of Hawaii. Carlisle was born in 1952 in Ridgewood, New Jersey. He attended Kent School in Connecticut and pursued an undergraduate degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After graduating with a bachelor..
Peter Carlstein
Peter CarlsteinSouth Africa (RSA) Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling type Legbreak Tests First-class Matches 8 148 '''Runs scored 190 7554 Batting average 14.61 31.60 100s/50s -/- 9/46 Top score 42 229 Balls bowled - - Wickets - 9 Bowlin..
Peter Carl Fabergé
Bouquet of Lilies or Madonna Lily Egg by Fabergé Peter Carl Fabergé original name Carl Gustavovich Fabergé (May 30, 1846–September 24, 1920) was a Russian jeweller, best known for the fabulous Fabergé eggs, made in the style of genuine Easter eggs, but using precious metals and gemst..
Peter Carl Goldmark
Peter Carl Goldmark (1906 – 1977) was a Hungarian-born, American engineer who, during his time with Columbia Records, was instrumental in developing the long-playing (LP) microgroove 33-1/3 rpm vinyl phonograph discs which defined home audio for two generations. Goldmark's LP records were int..
Peter Carnley
The Most Reverend Dr Peter Carnley AO (1937-) was the Archbishop of Perth, Australia and was Primate of the Anglican Church of Australia from 2000 until July 2005. He was born in New Lambton, New South Wales and became warden of St John's College at the University of Queensland before he became a bi..
Peter Carroll
Peter Carroll is about the author. For the American football coach, see: Pete Carroll. Peter J. Carroll (born 8th January 1953, 1:30am; 50 degrees 50 minutes N, 0 degrees 25 minutes W, i.e. Patching, England) is a modern occultist, author and co-founder of the Illuminates of Thanateros. Carroll t..
Peter Carruthers
Peter Carruthers was an American figure skater. He competed in pairs with his adopted sister Kitty Carruthers. The duo captured four gold medals at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships and a silver medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics. Since retiring from skating, Carruthers has worked as a skating ..
Peter Carter-Ruck
Peter Frederick Carter-Ruck (February 26, 1914-December 19, 2003) was an English lawyer, specialising in libel cases. Carter-Ruck was educated at St Edward's School, Oxford. He spent three months in Germany during the 1930s, observing the rising popularity of Hitler, an experience that greatly affe..
Peter Cartwright
Peter Cartwright (exhorter) was a "hellfire and brimstone" preacher born in Amherst County, Virginia.Peter Cartwright (New Zealand) is the husband of the Governor-General of New Zealand, Silvia Cartwright and is chair of the Broadcasting Standards Authority, and holds various other posts. This is a ..
Peter Cartwright (exhorter)
Peter Cartwright Peter Cartwright, (September 1, 1785 – September 25, 1872), was an early American "hellfire and brimstone" preacher. Born in Amherst County, Virginia, Cartwright was a missionary who helped start the Second Great Awakening and personally baptized twelve thousand people..
Peter Caruana
Peter Richard Caruana Peter Richard Caruana QC (born October 15, 1956) is a Gibraltarian politician, and has been Chief Minister since 1996, when his party, the Gibraltar Social Democrats, first came to power. His party was re-elected to office in 2000 and 2003. He is a barrister by profession...
Peter Case
Peter Case is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, born in Buffalo, New York, April 5, 1954. Case has had a wide-ranging career ranging from new wave music to solo acoustic performance. In 1976, Case teamed up with Jack Lee and Paul Collins, to form early new wave band The Nerves in San ..
Peter Cash
Peter Cash is a Canadian singer-songwriter. He was a member of Skydiggers from 1987 to 1996. After leaving that band, he began to write and record music with his brother, singer-songwriter Andrew Cash, which was released as The Cash Brothers. ..
Peter Casserly
Peter Casserly (January 28, 1898 – June 24, 2005) was the last surviving member of the 1st AIF serving in France in World War I. At the time of the death, he was believed to be the oldest living Australian male and his marriage to Monica Delgrado was also believed to be Australia's longest. Con..
Peter Catalanotto
Educated at the Pratt Institute, Peter's career as an illustrator began in the 1980's, painting jackets for young adult books, and illustrating for newspapers and magazines. In 1987 he was asked to illustrate All I See by Cynthia Rylant. Peter then went on to write several picture books, the first..
Peter Cathcart Wason
Peter Cathcart Wason (22 April 1924 - 17 April 2003) was a cognitive psychologist, who worked on the psychology of reason. He made great progress in explaining why people make certain consistent mistakes in logical reasoning. He designed logical problems and tests to demonstrate these processes, f..
Peter Cavanagh
Peter Cavanagh is an English footballer currently playing for Accrington Stanley. ..
Peter Caven
Peter Caven (born May 16, 1970) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League. Tony Lockett incident In 1994, playing for the Sydney Swans, Caven made the headlines by being involved in a brutal incident with St Kilda full-forward Tony Lockett. Lockett elbowed..
Peter Cellier
Peter Cellier is an English actor who has appeared in film, stage and television. He is from a family of actors including his father Frank and sister Antoinette. One of his more recognisable roles was that of Sir Frank, the Treasury Secretary, in the BBC comedy series Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime ..
Peter Celsing
Façade of the Bank of Sweden building Interior of Celsing's Reading Room C of Carolina Rediviva Peter Celsing (1920-1974) was a Swedish modernist architect. Celsing studied at the architectural school of the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and at the Royal Swedish Academy o..
Peter Cetera
Peter Paul Cetera (born September 13,1944 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American singer, songwriter, and bass player best known for his tenure in the band Chicago. The voice of major Chicago hits such as "25 or 6 to 4," "If You Leave Me Now," and "You're The Inspiration," Cetera is also an accomplis..
Peter Cetera (album)
Peter Cetera, released in 1981, is the self-titled first solo release by then-Chicago member and lead vocalist Peter Cetera. A much more rock-oriented album than Chicago had been producing at the time, Cetera released the album in December 1981 while still a member of the band. Released on Full ..
Peter Chamberlen
Peter Chamberlen was the name of two brothers, the sons of William Chamberlen, a Huguenot surgeon who fled from Paris to England. They are famous as they discovered the modern use of obstetrical forceps. It remained a family secret for over a century. Obstetrical Forceps 1792 Peter the Elder..
Peter Chan
Peter Chan, or Chan Ho-sun (陳可辛; born in 1962 in Hong Kong) is a film director and producer. He spent his teens in Bangkok, Thailand and studied in the United States, where he attended film school at UCLA. He returned to Hong Kong in 1983 and started working in the film industry. He served as..
Peter Chanel
St. Peter Chanel (1803-1841), Catholic priest, missionary and martyr. He was declared a saint and the first martyr of Oceania (the South Pacific). Peter Louis Mary Chanel was born on July 12 1803 in Cuet, near Belley, France. His piety and intelligence attracted the attention of the local priest, a..
Peter Charles Larkin
Peter Charles Larkin, PC (1856-1930) was a Canadian businessman, diplomat, and political patron. Larkin, a world traveller who specialized in finding foodstuffs for import, was best known for founding the Salada Tea Company in 1892. Larkin introduced the concept of packaging tea in foil to maintia..
Peter Checkland
British academic Peter Checkland (1930 - ) is the developer of soft systems methodology (SSM) in the field of systems thinking. Peter Checkland was Professor of Systems at the Lancaster University. Prior to that he worked in industry for 15 years. He is the author of three books on the Soft Systems..
Peter Chen
Dr. Peter Chen is the originator of the Entity-Relationship Model (ER Model). The ER Model serves as the foundation of many systems analysis and design methodologies, computer-aided software engineering (CASE) tools, and repository systems. The ER Model is the basis for IBM's Repository Manager/MV..
Peter Chernin
Peter Chernin (born May 29, 1951 in Harrison, New York) is President and Chief Operating Officer of News Corporation, and Chairman and CEO of the Fox Group. Widely considered one of the most powerful media executives in the world, Chernin has been credited in particular with the success of Fox's ca..
Peter Cheyney
Peter Cheyney (1896 - 1951) was a British author of hard-boiled fiction. He wrote a considerable number of short stories and novels, some of which were adapted to film; his character Lemmy Caution was famously appropriated by French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard for the science fiction movie Alphaville..
Peter Chiarelli
Peter Chiarelli is the current general manager of the Boston Bruins. He was hired on May 26, 2006. He was signed to a four-year contract. He previously worked as an assistant general manager for the Ottawa Senators over the last two years, including the Lockout season. The Senators were given a cond..
Peter Chilvers
Peter Chilvers is the inventor of the Windsurfer. His idea for a board with a sail was conceived as a 12 year old on Hayling Island, off the south coast of Britain. Among many things, Peter Chilvers has been a successful engineer for Lotus and has founded a sailing and windsurfing centre in Londo..
Peter Chin
"Peter Chin" may refer to: Peter Chin (mayor), mayor of DunedinPeter Chin (minister), Plantation, Industries and Commodities Minister, MalaysiaPeter Chin (golfer), a Bronx golferPeter Chin (associate professor), Associate Professor Science Education – Chemistry at Queen's University, Kingston, Ca..
Peter Chingoka
Peter Chingoka (born 2 March 1954) in Bulawayo) is a Zimbabwean cricket administrator. Helped by a family background that enabled him to attend prestigious schools despite the pro-white Ian Smith regime, as a player in 1970s Rhodesia he was the first black cricketer to play to a high level, appearin..
Peter Chin (mayor)
Peter (Wing Ho) Chin born 1941 is the current Mayor of Dunedin. He was elected in 2004, replacing the retiring Sukhi Turner. Mr Chin's family owned a takeaways in Stuart St. Chin was a student in the 1950s at Otago Boys' High School then the University of Otago. He has worked in Dunedin as a lawyer..
Peter Chrisp
Peter Chrisp is a widely acclaimed children's author of books on history. With over sixty books published, his various works include Blitzkrieg!, Dorling Kinderserly's Ancient Egypt Revealed and Ancient Rome Revealed, The Spanish Conquests of the New World, and many more. See also Dorling Kinders..
Peter Christensen
Peter Christensen (born April 25 1975) is a Danish politician representing the Liberal Party Venstre. He is an electrician by profession and has been a Member of Parliament since November 20 2001. He is currently the spokesman of finances for Venstre, and served as Chairman of Venstres Ungdom 1999..
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
PC Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (1812-1885) was a Norwegian writer and scientist. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe (1813-1882) were collectors of Norwegian folklore. They were so closely united in their lifes' work that their folk tale collections are commonly mentioned only as "Asbj�..
Peter Christiansen
Peter Christiansen is a Danish football player, currently playing for Helsingborgs IF in Sweden. His position is left back. Christiansen joined the club after several seasons at FC Copenhagen in Denmark. His mother club is Vejle. ..
Peter Christopherson
Peter Martin Christopherson, a.k.a. Sleazy (born February 27, 1955) is a musician, video director and designer, a member of the influential British design agency Hipgnosis. He was one of the original members of the infamous Industrial Records band, Throbbing Gristle. He also helped create the firs..
Peter Chrysologus
Saint Peter Chrysologus (Latin for golden word) (406–450) was the Archbishop of Ravenna from 433 to his death. He is revered as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church, and was declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Benedict XIII in 1729. Peter was born in Imola, where he was ordained a deacon..
Peter Chung
Peter Chung Peter Chung (born 1961 in Seoul, South Korea) is a Korean American animator. He is best known as the creator and director of Æon Flux, which ran as shorts on MTV's Liquid Television before launching as its own half-hour television series. He studied animation at CalArts. Chung's ..
Peter Chura
Peter Chura is a Canadian television journalist in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He has been National Affairs Reporter for CHUM Limited TV stations A Channel and Citytv since 2000. He has a Bachelor's degree in Journalism and History from Carleton University in Ottawa and has worked since 1992 at CBC..
Peter Churcher
Peter Churcher (born 1964) is an Australian artist. He was born in Brisbane, Australia. He often paints portraits and figures in a realistic style. He is the son of Betty Churcher, who was the director of the National Gallery of Australia from 1990-1997. He holds a Bachelor of Music (Hons) from ..
Peter Churchill
Peter Morland Churchill (1909 - 1972) was an SOE officer during the World War II. His code name was "Michel". Peter Churchill was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands in January 14 1909. In Cambridge University he mainly excelled in athletic pursuits. After the outbreak of World War II he became an in..
Peter Cincotti
Born on July 11, 1983 in New York City, he started playing a toy piano at the age of three. While in high school, he gigged regularly at top clubs throughout Manhattan, studied with renowned jazz masters David Finck and James Williams, starred in the off-Broadway hit Our Sinatra and performed at ..
Peter Cipollone
Peter Cipollone was the coxswain of the 2004 gold-medal winning U.S. men's eight rowing team. External links [Biography of Peter Cipollone] ..
Peter Clack
Peter Clack was a drummer with rock band AC/DC. He joined the band in April 1974, joining Malcolm Young (Rhythm Guitar), Angus Young (Lead Guitar), Dave Evans (Lead Vocals) and Rob Bailey (Bass). He was one of the more regular members of the band's rhythm section during 1974, continuing until J..
Peter Clarke
Peter Clarke can refer to: The current Children's Commissioner for WalesPeter Clarke (footballer), a soccer player with Blackpool F.C.Peter Clarke (footballer), a soccer player with Un-attachedPeter Clarke (cartoonist), a cartoonist for The Guardian ..
Peter Clarke (cartoonist)
Peter Clarke was at school with John Bratby. They both failed ‘O’ level Art. Clarke later won Prestigious ‘Cartoonist of the Year’ award. Bratby became a Royal Academician -so much for education. Clarke introduced the Apple Macintosh Graphics computer into The Guardian. By the ingenious ma..
Peter Clarke (footballer)
Peter Clarke (born January 3rd 1982 in Southport) is a professional footballer who started his career with Everton where he gained England U21 honours and represented his club side in the Premiership a handful of times, largely at the unfamiliar position of right back (as opposed to his preffered ce..
Peter Clavelle
Peter Clavelle speaking 12 October 2004 Peter A. Clavelle (born May 10, 1949) is a prominent Vermont politician and former mayor of Burlington. He was first elected mayor in 1989, serving seven terms. Prior to his election, he was a community development consultant and public official, serving..
Peter Claver
Saint Peter Claver (in Spanish: Pedro Claver) was a Jesuit who, due to his remarkable life and work, become the patron saint of slaves, of Colombia and of African Americans. ' Saint Pedro Claver Saint Peter Claver Confessor Born 1580 in Catalonia, Spain, Died 1654 in Cartagena, Colombia..
Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg
Baron Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg, known in Russian as Pyotr Karlovich Klodt (1805-1867), was a favourite sculptor of Nicholas I of Russia. Stemming from a distinguished family of Baltic Germans, Klodt started his career as a professional artillery officer and amateur sculptor. He attended the ..
Peter Coad
In the 1990s, Peter Coad built a small consulting firm (Object International), co-authored six software design books, and became a well-known software development methodologist. In 1999, he was one of the founders of the software company TogetherSoft, which was sold to Borland Software Corp. in Ja..
Peter Coates
Peter Coates is a businessman from Stoke-on-Trent who made his money in catering (Stadia and Lindley Catering) and gambling (Bet 365). He recently sold his Bet 365 street stores to Coral for a figure believed to be around £40 million (73 million USD). He's currently the owner of Stoke City Footba..
Peter Cochran
Peter Cochran was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. ..
Peter Coe
Percy N 'Peter' Coe father and athletics coach to Sebastian Coe. As an engineer he found athletics coaching offered to his son to be 'all tales, nothing seemed coherent' , and was determined to systematically apply his expertise to this field. References Publications Winning Running: Succ..
Peter Coffee
Peter Coffee is a commentator for Ziff Davis. He is the Technology Editor of eWEEK, Ziff Davis Media's national news magazine of enterprise infrastructure. He has twenty years' experience in evaluating information technologies and practices as a developer, consultant, educator, and internationally p..
Peter Coffin
Peter Mathias Coffin (born July 20, 1984) is a former member of the defunct sketch comedy group (The Stupid Show), filmmaker, and musician from Watervliet, Michigan. Peter is also a blogger (see [petercoffin.com], his site) as well as an internet performance artist. The most known of his ..
Peter Cohan
Peter Cohan is an American businessman. Education Cohan earned a B.A. in art history in 1979 and a B.S. in electrical engineering in 1980 from Swarthmore College. He did graduate work in computer science at MIT and earned an MBA from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Achievements ..
Peter Coke
Peter Coke (1913 -) British actor, playwright and artist. Coke studied at RADA, acted on stage and screen and wrote comic plays, but he is best known for playing the part of Paul Temple in the long-running BBC radio drama series based on the novels of Francis Durbridge. Still very alert at the age o..
Peter Collecott
Dr Peter Collecott, CMG, is the British Ambassador to Brazil. Biography Born on 8 October 1950.Graduated in Mathematics from St John's College, Cambridge, where he was Captain of Soccer.PhD in Theoretical Physics from University of Cambridge.Married Judith Patricia Pead in 1982. Career Entered Dip..
Peter Collier
For other Peter Colliers, see Peter Collier (disambiguation) Peter Collier is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal member of the Western Australian Legislative Council since 2005, representing the North Metropolitan region. He is currently the Liberal Shadow Minister for Education and Tr..
Peter Collier (disambiguation)
Peter Collier, Australian politicianPeter Collier (political author), co-author of seven books with David Horowitz[Peter Collier], professor of French and translator redirect[[Template:Disambig]]..
Peter Collier (political author)
Peter Collier was the founding publisher of Encounter Books in California. He held that position until he resigned in 2005, when Encounter Books offices were moved from San Francisco to New York City, and Collier was replaced as publisher by Roger Kimball. Collier is also an associate with David Hor..
Peter Collins
The name Peter Collins may apply to one of the following: Peter Collins (organ builder)Peter Collins (racing driver)Peter Collins (record producer)Peter Collins (soccer player)Peter Collins (speedway rider) ..
Peter Collinson
Peter Collinson may refer to: Peter Collinson, scientist and friend of Benjamin Franklin.Peter Collinson, film director.Peter Collinson, computer scientist.The pseudonym used by the American author Dashiell HammettThis is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associate..
Peter Collinson (computer scientist)
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations.Peter Collinson is best known as an old-school Unix hacker who contributed greatly to the BSD Unix kernel. A par..
Peter Collinson (film director)
Peter Collinson (April 1, 1936 – December 16, 1980) was a British film director probably best known for directing the 1969 cult movie The Italian Job. Peter Collinson was born in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire in 1936. His parents, an actress and a musician, separated when he was 2 years old; he ..
Peter Collinson FRS
Peter Collinson Peter Collinson (January 1694–August 11, 1768) was a Fellow of the Royal Society best known for his friendship with Benjamin Franklin and their correspondence about electricity. Born the son of a London woollen draper he entered his father's business and developed an in..
Peter Collins (Australian politician)
Peter Collins was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. References [NSW Parliament member profile] ..
Peter Collins (organ builder)
Peter Collins is an English pipe organ builder based in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. He specialises in tracker action organs typically with clean, modernist light wood casework and well-balanced classical voicing. Collins is an advocate of computer-aided design, using it to produce remarkably ..
Peter Collins (racing driver)
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Peter Collins (speedway rider)
Peter Collins MBE is a former speedway rider who spent his whole career (1971-1986) with the Belle Vue Aces, the team he supported as a child. The only other club he rode for was the now defunct Rochdale Hornets (Belle Vue's nursery team), with whom he spent the first season of his career on loan. ..
Peter Collyer
Peter Collyer (born Northampton, 28 November 1952) is a British artist and author. His odyssey around Britain's surrounding seas to paint the sea areas and coastal stations of the Shipping Forecast for his first book Rain Later, Good brought him to a wide audience, with several television appearan..
Peter Coman
Peter George Coman (b. 13 April, 1943) was the first player to play one-day internationals and never appeared in a Test match. ..
Peter Connolly
Peter Connolly (born 1935) is a renowned British scholar of the ancient world, Greek and Roman military equipment historian and artist. Connolly has also written and illustrated many books for children about the ancient world, including the award-winning Legend of Odysseus. Connolly studied at th..
Peter Connolly (Australian politician)
Peter Connolly was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. ..
Peter Conrad
Peter Conrad or Conradi may refer to several people: Charles Pete Conrad (1930-1999) was an United States astronaut.Peter Conrad (academic) (b. 1948) an Australian academic long resident in the United Kingdom. Peter Conradi an author and journalist who is Deputy Foreign Editor of the London Sunday ..
Peter Conradi
For other people with similar names, see Peter Conrad. Peter Conradi is an author and journalist who should not be confused with Peter J. Conradi, another author with a similar name. He is the author of: The Red Ripper: Inside the Mind of Russia's Most Brutal Serial Killer (about Andrei Chikatilo)..
Peter Conrad (academic)
Peter Conrad (b. 1948, Hobart, Tasmania) is an Australian academic specializing in English literature, currently teaching at Christ Church at Oxford University. Conrad moved to Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship in 1968. He became a Fellow of All Souls, Oxford, from 1970 to 1973 before taking up his cu..
Peter Cook
This article is about the British comedian, Peter Cook. For others that are similarly named, see Peter Cook (disambiguation). Peter Edward Cook (17 November, 1937 – 9 January, 1995) was an English satirist, writer and comedian who is widely regarded as the leading figure in the British satire ..
Peter Cookson
Peter Cookson (May 8, 1913 - January 6, 1990) was a film actor of the 1940s. Cookson, once married to stage and film actress Beatrice Straight, acted in films G.I. Honeymoon (1945) and Fear. The actor was born in Milwaukie, Oregon. ..
Peter Cook (architect)
This article is about the British architect Peter Cook. For other people called Peter Cook, see Peter Cook (disambiguation). Peter Cook (born in 1936 in Southend, Essex) is a notable English architect, teacher and writer about architecture. From 1953 to 1958, he studied architecture at Bournemouth..
Peter Cook (Australian politician)
This article is about the Australian politician Peter Cook. For other people called Peter Cook, see Peter Cook (disambiguation). Peter Francis Salmon Cook (8 November 1943 - 3 December 2005), Australian politician, was an Australian Labor Party member of the Senate from 1983 to 2005, representing t..
Peter Cook (disambiguation)
Peter Cook may be: The British architect, Peter Cook (born 1936)The British comedian, Peter Cook (1937-1995)The Australian politician Senator Peter CookThe American Poet, Peter Cook This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an r..
Peter Coombs
Peter W G Coombs is an English artist living in St Albans, Hertfordshire. He works in media including pastels and acrylics, and cartoons in various media, and specialist subjects include landscape, steam trains and aircraft. He runs demonstrations of pastel techniques and has written a book, Pai..
Peter Cooper
Peter Fennimore Cooper (February 12, 1791–April 4, 1883) was an American industrialist, inventor and philanthropist. Contents 1 History1.1 Industry1.2 Politics1.2.1 Presidential candidacy2 External links History Cooper was born in New York City, the son of Dutch..
Peter Cooper Hewitt
Peter Cooper Hewitt (May 5, 1861 - August 25, 1921) was an American electrical engineer, who demonstrated the mercury-vapor lamp for which he deposited a patent. He fabricated a discharge lamp in a vapor of mercury heated by the current passing through the liquid phase. The lamp was started by tilt..
Peter Cooper Village
Peter Cooper Village is a residential development on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. It sits just north of its sister community, Stuyvesant Town, stretching between the Avenue C and 1st Avenue from 20th to 23rd Street. Peter Cooper is a venerated figure in the cultural history of New York. Among..
Peter Cope
redirect [[Template:Not verified]]Peter Roland Cope (December 7, 1921 - April 4 2005) was the last surviving test pilot from the Avro Arrow program. Born in Croydon, England, Cope signed up for the Royal Air Force in 1939 after graduating from Croydon College with a degree in science and applied ma..
Peter Copley
Peter Copley (born 20 May 1915 in Bushey, Hertfordshire, England) is an actor, best remembered for his appearances on television. Credits include: Danger Man, The Saint, The Avengers, The Forsyte Saga, The Troubleshooters, The Champions, Department S, Doomwatch, Z Cars, Fall of Eagles, Survivors, D..
Peter Corey
Peter Corey is the writer of a series of books whose titles always begin with Coping With... These books are targeted and younger people like teenagers because they are humourous. He has written other books but they are serious. He has also written scripts for many television programs and he has p..
Peter Cormack
Peter Barr Cormack (born Edinburgh, July 17 1946) was a Scottish footballer who reached his peak in the first great Liverpool side of the 1970s. A skilful midfield player who won nine caps for Scotland, Cormack was signed by manager Bill Shankly from Nottingham Forest in 1972, having started his ca..
Peter Cornelius
Peter Cornelius Carl August Peter Cornelius (24 December 1824 – 26 October 1874) was a German composer, writer about music, poet and translator. He was born and died in Mainz. Cornelius played violin and composed lieder from an early age, and began studying composition with Heinrich ..
Peter Cornelius (musician)
Peter Cornelius, born in Vienna, Austria on January 29, 1951, is an Austrian musician and, later, a member of Enigma. ..
Peter Corroon
Peter Corroon (born 1964) is the current mayor of Salt Lake County, Utah. He graduated from Golden Gate University School of Law in San Francisco, California. He is also the first cousin of former US Presidential candidate Howard Dean. Preceded by:Nancy Workman Mayor of Salt Lake County 20..
Peter Cory
The Honourable Peter Cory Peter deCarteret Cory, CC, BA, LL.B, LL.D (born October 25, 1925) was a puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada from 1989 to 1999. Born in Windsor, Ontario, the son of Andrew and Mildred (Beresford Howe) Cory, he was educated at the University of Western Ontario ..
Peter Cosgrove
General Peter Cosgrove AC, MC General Peter John Cosgrove, AC, MC, CNZM (born 28 July 1947) is an Australian general. He was the Chief of the Australian Defence Force from 3 July 2002 to July 2005, when he retired from active service. Contents 1 Military service2 Cyclone Larry Ta..
Peter Costa
Peter Costa Peter Costa in the William Hill Poker Grand Prix Nickname(s) The PoetThe Silver Fox Hometown Las Vegas, Nevada World Series of Poker Bracelet(s) None Money finishes 8 Highest ITM main event finish None World Poker Tour Titles None Final tables None Money Fin..
Peter Costello
Peter Costello Peter Howard Costello (born 14 August 1957), Australian politician, has been Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party since 1994, and Treasurer in the Australian government since 1996. Costello was born in Melbourne, into a middle-class family of committed Christians: his brother, Tim..
Peter Costigan
Peter Costigan (born June 21, 1935; died August 5, 2002) was an Australian journalist, and Lord Mayor of Melbourne from 1999 to 2001. ..
Peter Coudrin
Peter Coudrin, depicted in a stained-glass window of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu, founded the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. Peter Coudrin or Pierre Coudrin of France was the founder of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, a religiou..
Peter Courtenay
Peter Courtenay (Died September 23,1492) English prelate. A grandnephew of Richard Courtenay. Educated at Exeter College, Oxford, Peter became dean of Windsor, then dean of Exeter; in 1478 Bishop of Exeter; and in 1487 Bishop of Winchester in succession to William Waynflete. With Henry Stafford, 2..
Peter Cousens
Peter Cousens is an Australian actor, remembered for his performances in a number of soap operas on television during the 1980s - Dr. Russell Edwards in The Young Doctors, Luke Carlyle in Sons and Daughters and Dennis Harper in Return to Eden. More recently, he has a successful career in musical th..
Peter Cousins
Peter Cousins was the computer scientist who created the first EAI product, "Geneva". Understanding the limitations of the hub and spoke architecture, he recast the notion of integration using Web Services, and ESB approaches to distribute integration to the edge of the network, thereby greatly imp..
Peter Coveney
Peter V. Coveney is currently (April 2005) Professor in Physical Chemistry and Director, Centre for Computational Science (CCS) at University College London (UCL). Coveney is probably best known to the general public for his two popularizations in science: PV Coveney and RR Highfield, The Arrow of..
Peter Cowhey
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Peter Cowie
Peter Cowie (born 1939, England) is a film historian and author of more than twenty books on film. He has been well known since 1963 as the founder/publisher and general editor of the annual The International Film Guide, a survey of worldwide film production. His books include definitive surveys o..
Peter Cox (album)
This is the debut solo album from Go West frontman Peter Cox. It features 11 tracks mostly written by Peter and album producer Peter-John Vettesse. Tracks Track 1. Ain't Gonna Cry Again Track 2. If You Walk Away Track 3. Change Track 4. One More Kiss Track 5. I'll Be Good To You Track 6. Tender ..
Peter Cox (Australian politician)
Peter Cox was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. ..
Peter Coyote
Peter Coyote Peter Coyote (born Robert Peter Cohon October 10, 1941) is an American actor and author. He is the cofounder, with Emmett Grogan, of the San Francisco Diggers and a veteran of the San Francisco Mime Troupe. Coyote became a member, and later chairman, of the California State Arts ..
Peter Craig
Peter Craig is an American writer known for his darkly comic novels of imploding father-child relationships. His first novel, The Martini Shot, published by William Morrow in 1998, chronicles has-been action film star Charlie West's troubled relationship with his two children. His second novel, Hot..
Peter Craine
Peter Craine was a Manx politician. He died in 2003. He was originally with Mec Vannin. In the 1976 election they put up ten candidates. Only Peter Craine was successful. He remains to this day the only Mec Vannin MHK there has ever been, although several ex-members have gone on to become MHKs. ..
Peter cramp
Peter Cramp teaches Economics and Politics at Nottingham High School. He has written a number of books for students and teachers of AS and A-level Economics and has examined for Edexcel. Books Economic Development, 2nd Edition (2001) ..
Peter Crampton
Peter Crampton was a United Kingdom member of the European Parliament from 1994 to 1999, representing the region of Hull for the Labour Party. ..
Peter Crane
Professor Sir Peter Crane is the Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, London. He is a fellow of the Royal Society, a foreign associate of the United States National Academy of Sciences and a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. He was awarded a knighthood on June 12, 200..
Peter Craven
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Peter Crawford
Peter Charles Anson Crawford Born 18 May 1979 Peter Crawford is Scotland's joint highest goal polo player (3 handicap), yet is it's most up and coming star. Playing professionally in England, he represents Scotland in the annual [Festival Cup] at Scone Palace. His father, James, is a f..
Peter Craze
Peter Craze (born 27 August 1946) was a British actor and brother to Michael Craze. He has had many film and television appearances including in Doctor Who, EastEnders and Blake's 7. External links [Peter Craze] at the Internet Movie Database ..
Peter Cresswell
Peter Cresswell is an Auckland, New Zealand architect and libertarian activist. He was the Libertarianz party leader from 1999 to 2002, and has been a political candidate for that party in several general elections. He writes a blog called 'Not PC.' External links [Not PC] ..
Peter Crill
Sir Peter Leslie Crill KBE (February 1, 1925 – October 3, 2005) was Bailiff of Jersey from 1986 to 1995. As a young man, he was one of the few people who successfully escaped from German-occupied Jersey during the Second World War. He later followed a legal career, and entered politics, being ele..
Peter Crimmins
Peter Crimmins was a rover for the Hawthorn Football Club in the VFL, playing 184 games and kicking 252 goals from 1966 to 1975. He was an inspirational player and captain from 1974 who wore number 5. He died of cancer just days after the club's 1976 premiership win. Was an inspiration to the Hawth..
Peter Crimmins Medal
The Peter Crimmins Medal is an Australian rules football award given to the player(s) from the Hawthorn Football Club deemed best and fairest for the season. Peter Crimmins was a rover for Hawthorn, playing 1966-1975. He died of cancer just days after the club's 1976 premiership win. Recipients: 20..
Peter Criss
Peter Criss as he appeared on his 1978 solo album George Peter Criscuola (born December 20, 1945) a.k.a. Peter Criss, is an American musician best known as the drummer for the rock band KISS. Contents 1 Early years2 KISS3 Solo career3.1 The homeless urban legend4 The..
Peter Criss (album)
Peter Criss is a 1978 solo album from the drummer of American hard rock band KISS. It was one of four solo albums released by the members of KISS on September 18, 1978. The other albums were released by Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley and Ace Frehley.The album would also be the weakest selling of all ..
Peter Croker
Born - 21/12/1921 Place Of birth - Kingston, England Peter Croker was a full-back who played for Charlton Athletic and watford He is one of two survivors left from charlton fa cup victory in 1947 Links http://sport.independent.co.uk/football/charlton/article12060.ece ..
Peter Crombie
Peter Crombie is an American film and television actor. He has appeared in movies such as Born on the Fourth of July, Natural Born Killers, Se7en, and My Dog Skip. His best-known television role was as the recurring minor character "Crazy" Joe Davola on Seinfeld. He also made guest appearances in ..
Peter Cronin
Peter Michael Cronin, (born 21 December 1947), was an Australian Test cricket match umpire, from South Australia. He umpired 1 Test match in 1980 between Australia and England at Melbourne on 1 February to 6 February 1980, won by Australia by 8 wickets, with Greg Chappell scoring a century and Denn..
Peter Cross
Peter Cross can also mean Cross of St. Peter Peter Cross (born 1951 in Guildford) is a British illustrator. He first worked as a technical illustrator for Hawker Siddeley. His style features lifelike drawings of British wildlife, in cartoon-like situations. Ostensibly produced for children, the i..
Peter Crouch
Peter James Crouch (born January 30 1981 in Macclesfield, Cheshire) is an English international football player, known simply as "Crouchy" to many fans. He currently plays for the English club Liverpool as a striker. His height of 2.01 m / 6 ft 7 in makes him the tallest man ev..
Peter Crüger
Peter Crüger (1580—1639) was a German mathematician and astronomer. He was also professor of poetry and mathematics at the Danziger Akademikum (Danzig Academy), in which capacity he was associated with the poet Johannes Plavius. Plavius' Institutio Poetica mentions Crüger in its opening letter..
Peter Cullen
Peter Cullen provided the voice for Optimus Prime in the Transformers animated series. Peter Cullen, a member of the first graduating class of the National Theatre School of Canada, is a voice actor who has provided the voices for Optimus Prime, Ironhide and Slugslinger in Transformers, Eeyore..
Peter Cundall
Peter Cundall (born in 1927 in Manchester, England, UK) is a horticulturalist and television personality in Australia. He currently lives in Tasmania's Tamar Valley, and is a presenter of the ABC TV program Gardening Australia. Military career Near the end of World War II, Cundall joined the Britis..
Peter Cundy
Wing Commander Peter John Cundy DSO AFC RAF (3 October, 1916 – 4 August, 2005) was a British pilot credited as one of the top U-boat killers of the Second World War At RAF Coastal Command he was involved in new techniques for locating and destroying enemy submarines - among these air to sea r..
Peter Cunnah
Peter Cunnah (born on 30 August, 1966, in Derry, Northern Ireland) is best known as lead singer and song writer with 1990s dance-pop duo [[D:ream]] (alongside DJ Al Mackenzie). Prior to forming D:ream, he was lead guitarist with Belfast-based band Tie The Boy who were briefly signed to the Mother R..
Peter Cunningham
Peter Cunningham (1816 - 1869) was a Scottish writer, son of Allan Cunningham. Cunningham published several topographical and biographical studies, of which the most important are his Handbook of London (1849) and The Life of Drummond of Hawthornden (1833). References External links ..
Peter Curtin
Peter Curtin is an actor. Selected filmography [[Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid]] - lawyer External Links ..
Peter Curzon, 4th Viscount Scarsdale
Peter Ghislain Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Viscount Scarsdale (b. 6 March 1949) is the son of the 3rd Viscount Scarsdale to whose titles he succeeded in 2000. Lord Scarsdale has chosen not to take up residency at the family seat in Kedleston, but instead spends his time in the United States. His half brot..
Peter Cushing
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Peter Cushing OBE Cushing (left) in the television adaptation of Nineteen Eighty-Four in the winter of ..
Peter D'Adamo
Peter J. D'Adamo ND (born 17 July, 1956) is a practicing American naturopathic physician noted for his popular book series on the blood type diet. Co-authored by health writer Catherine Whitney, D'Adamo's books suggest that appropriate diet and lifestyle depend on an individual's blood type. Conte..
Peter D'Amato
Peter D'Amato is a well-known carnivorous plant grower who has over thirty years experience in the field. His nursery, California Carnivores, houses the world's largest collection of carnivorous plants. In 1998, D'Amato published his first and only book, The Savage Garden (Ten Speed Press), which ..
Peter D. Clark
Peter D. Clark was Regional Chair of Ottawa-Carleton from 1991-1997. He received a BComm degree from the University of Windsor in 1964 and an MBA from the University of Michigan in 1974. He was mayor of Cumberland Township, Ontario from 1980 to 1989. Clark was defeated by Bob Chiarelli in an electi..
Peter D. Eimas
Peter D. Eimas (1934-October 28 2005) was an expert in psychology and cognitive sciences and a professor at Brown University. His seminal paper showed that infants have greater linguistic and cognitive abilities than previously thought. Eimas was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He died in Providenc..
Peter D. Feaver
Peter D. Feaver is a professor of political science at Duke University and director of the Triangle Institute for Security Studies. He is on sabbatical until August 2006 in the Bush administration, as a special advisor for strategic planning and institutional reform on the National Security Council...
Peter D. Keisler
Peter D. Keisler is the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice. He was sworn into the position on July 1, 2003. Prior to that, he served as Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General and Acting Associate Attorney General. He joined the Departme..
Peter D. Kramer
Peter D. Kramer, M.D., is a psychiatrist and faculty member of Brown Medical School specializing in the area of depression. He considers depression to be a serious illness with tangible physiological effects such as disorganizing the brain and disrupting the functioning of the cardiovascular system..
Peter D. Mitchell
Peter D. Mitchell (September 29 1920- April 10 1992)[#endnote_Saier] was a British biochemist who was awarded the 1978 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his discovery of the chemiosmotic mechanism of ATP synthesis. Contents 1 Chemiosmotic hypothesis2 Biography3 Independant res..
Peter Daicos
Peter Daicos (born September 20, 1961 in Fitzroy, Victoria) is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL/AFL. Commonly known as The Macedonian Marvel due to his heritage, the mulleted Daicos is known as one of the most exciting forward pockets of his time - with an incredible knack to score g..
Peter Daji
Peter Parkas Daji (born July 18, 1960 in Auckland) is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that finished seventh at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Eight years later Daji ended up in eight position at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Ba..
Peter Daka
Peter M. Daka is a member of the Pan-African Parliament from Zambia. During the Third Ordinary Session of The Pan-African Parliament, Hon. Daka proposed the creation of a Pan-African Parliament Trust Fund. External links [Members of the Pan-African Parliament] ..
Peter Dale
See also Peter Dale (Derbyshire) for the valley in the Peak District. Peter Dale is a UK poet and translator. He was Head of English at Hinchley Wood School and has published many collections of verse. His other books include translations of François Villon, Jules Laforgue, and Dante, and An Int..
Peter Dale's classification of rhymes
Peter Dale classifies forty types of rhymes in his book ''An Introduction To Rhyme (ISBN 1-85725-124-5). Contents 1 Traditional Pure Rhyme2 Pararhyme3 Assonance Rhyme3.1 Pure Assonance Rhyme4 Consonance Rhyme5 Syllable Rhyme6 Uneven Rhyme7 Other types of rh..
Peter Dale Scott
Peter Dale Scott (born 1929) is a Canadian poet and a former English professor at the University of California, Berkeley. The son of noted Canadian poet and constitutional lawyer F. R. Scott, he is known for his anti-war stance and his criticism of U.S. foreign policy dating back to the Vietnam War...
Peter Dalle
Peter Dalle (born December 5, 1956) is a Swedish actor, comedian, writer and film director. Dalle grew up in Täby outside Stockholm. External link ..
Peter Danckert
Peter Wilhelm Danckert (born July 8, 1940 in Berlin) is a German politician and member of the SPD. ..
Peter Danielson
Peter Danielson is the author of a series of 19 books published by Bantam Books between 1984 and 1995. The series, called Children of the Lion is loosely based on Old Testament Biblical events. The original Peter Danielson was a writer named George Warren. He wrote #1 through #14. #15 was by Frank..
Peter Darrell
Peter Darrell CBE, a ballet choreographer who founder of the Scottish Ballet, was born at Richmond, Surrey, on September 16 1929 and died in Glasgow on December 2 1987. For almost four decades had been one of the most productive and imaginative talents in British Ballet. He studied at the Sadler's ..
Peter Darvill-Evans
Peter Darvill-Evans (born 1954, Buckinghamshire, England) is a British writer and editor. He lived in Buckinghamshire until he went to university, graduating in 1975 from University College, London with a degree in History. In 1976 Darvill-Evans joined the staff of Games Centre, a specialist games ..
Peter Dasent
Peter Dasent is a New Zealand musician and composer. He played keyboards in the bands Spats, and The Crocodiles. He leads the chamber-jazz group the Umbrellas, is writing a book on the music of Nino Rota and currently works in music composition for film and television. External links [Peter Da..
Peter Davenport
Peter Davenport is the Director of the National UFO Reporting Center since July 4, 1994. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri and graduated from Stanford University in California. He completed his graduate program at University of Washington in Seattle. Davenport is a regular guest on Coast-to-Coast..
Peter Davenport (footballer)
Peter Davenport (born March 24, 1961 in Birkenhead) was an English football player. Peter was purchased from Nottingham Forest F.C. in 1986 by Manchester United. The much maligned striker went on to score 26 goals for United before leaving the club for Middlesbrough F.C. in 1989. In 1992 Peter pl..
Peter Davey
Peter Davey was a British actor and the father of the actor-director Mark Wing-Davey. ..
Peter David
Peter David Peter Allen David (often abbreviated PAD) (born September 23, 1956) is an American writer, best known for his work in comic books and Star Trek novels. David often jokingly describes his occupation as "writer of stuff". David is noted for his prolific writing, characterized by its ..
Peter David Hamilton
Pete Hamilton (fl. 2000s)is a British visual artist and film maker. He started his academic career studying garden design in 1999 and has since completed a Bachelor of Arts Honours degree in Contemporary Creative Practice. His Re:Photo Series of video works has developed from searches through..
Peter Davies
Peter Davies (born March 22, 1989) is an English actor who has appeared in many minor roles in such BBC productions as Little Britain, Holy Cross, and the more recent Sweeney Todd. Davies has also played several roles in many of the Hijinx Welsh Theatre Company's productions. TV Appearances Holy Cr..
Peter Davis
Peter Davis is the name of several prominent people: Sir Peter Davis - British businessmanPeter Davis (New Zealand) - Husband of current New Zealand Prime Minister Helen ClarkPeter Davis (Mayor of Melbourne) - Major of Melbourne This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of arti..
Peter Davison
Peter Davison (born 13 April, 1951) is an English actor, best known for his roles as Tristan Farnon in the television version of James Herriot's All Creatures Great and Small and as the fifth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who, which he played from 1981 to 1984. Peter Davison as the Fifth D..
Peter Davis (New Zealand)
Professor Peter Davis (BA S’ton, MSc Lond, PhD) is the husband of New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark. The couple married in 1981 after her campaign for Parliament. His speciality is in medical sociology, and he is currently Head of Department and Professor of Sociology at the University of Au..
Peter Dawkins
Peter Dawkins may refer to: Pete Dawkins: Vice Chairman of the CitiGroup Private Bank and former Chairman/CEO of Primerica Financial Services, Inc. Peter Dawkins (FBRT): English founder of the Francis Bacon Research Trust Peter Dawkins (musician): New Zealand musician and producer, based in Austral..
Peter Dawkins (FBRT)
Peter Dawkins (born in England) is an internationally known author, teacher, consultant and leader of workshops and pilgrimages worldwide. Peter is a recognised authority on the Baconian-Rosicrucian philosophies and Ancient Wisdom teachings, including especially the wisdom enshrined within the Sha..
Peter Dawkins (musician)
Peter Dawkins (b. 1946) is a New Zealand-born record producer and musician, best known for his hit 1970s productions for Australian-based pop artists, including Dragon, Australian Crawl and Air Supply. He has won multiple production awards, including the Countdown Producer of the Year. In the late 1..
Peter Dawson
Peter Dawson (31 January 1882-27 September 1961) was an Australian bass/baritone in the 1920s and 1930s when he was possibly the most popular singer of that era. Dawson made his first recording in 1904, and continued to release songs for EMI and HMV until 1958. In this time he performed classical t..
Peter Dawson (Alberta politician)
The Honorable Peter Dawson was a politician and member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. He was elected as the member for Little Bow in 1935 and served until 1963. He represented the Alberta Social Credit Party and served the longest tenure as the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly for twent..
Peter Dawson (golfer)
Peter Dawson (born 9 May 1950 in Doncaster) is an English golfer. He was a member of the European Tour in the 1970s and won his sole European Tour title at the 1975 Double Diamond Stroke Play. However his most consistent season by far was 1977, when he finished seventh on the European Tour Order of ..
Peter Day
Professor Peter Day (b. 20 Aug 1938) is a distinguished British inorganic chemist. He held the post of Director of the Royal Institution from 1991 to 1998. He was elected to the Royal Society in 1986. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Peter Deakin
Peter Deakin (1954-2004) was raised in Oldham, England. He played Rugby League in the town but made his name through his extraordinary drive in the field of sports marketing. After a spell learning the industry in America, he returned to make Bradford Bulls big at the box office again, and was so ..
Peter Dean
Peter Dean (born 2nd May 1939, in Hoxton, London) is a British actor, probably most famous for his role as Pete Beale in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. Although other TV credits include 'Jeff Bateman' in Coronation Street (1980); Sergeant Jack Wilding in Woodentop (prequel to ITV police drama The..
Peter Debnam
--> Peter Debnam (born 21 April 1954), Australian politician, is the leader of the New South Wales Liberal Party and is the Shadow Treasurer, Shadow Minister for Western Sydney, Redfern/Waterloo and Citizenship. He was elected unopposed on 1 September 2005 following the resignation of former leade..
Peter DeBoer
Peter DeBoer (born June 13, 1968 in Dunnville, Ontario, Canada) is currently the head coach of the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League. Contents 1 Playing career2 Coaching Career3 Awards4 Head Coaching Statistics5 NHL Players6 References Playing career De..
Peter Debye
Petrus Josephus Wilhelmus Debije (March 24, 1884 – November 2, 1966) was a Dutch physical chemist. He later legally changed his name to Peter Joseph William Debye. Contents 1 Early life2 Scientific contributions prior to the Nobel Prize3 His Nobel Prize4 War years5 ..
Peter Deeley
--> Peter Deeley is a prominent British journalist and until Jan 2006, was a talk radio presenter on the London phone-in station LBC 97.3. Peter Deeley has lately become known as 'Fish' because of his love for Fish & Chips. Listeners and the production team on the through the night show came up w..
Peter DeFazio
Congressman Peter DeFazio Peter Anthony DeFazio (born May 27, 1947 in Needham Massachusetts) is a Democratic U.S. Representative from Oregon, representing the 4th Congressional District ([map]) in Eugene. DeFazio served in the U.S. Air Force from 1967 to 1971. He received a bachelor..
Peter DeLuise
Peter DeLuise is an American actor and director, (born November 6,1966) in New York, New York, born in a family full of actors. Peter DeLuise is the son of actor/comedian Dom DeLuise and actress Carol DeLuise, brother of actors Michael DeLuise and David DeLuise. Contents 1 Biography1.1 ..
Peter Demens
Peter Demens (1850-1919) Born Pyotr Alexeyevitch Dementyev to a wealthy family in the Tver Oblast of Russia. Demens was a well educated aristocrat who was also liberal-minded. He became a member of the Imperial Guard and later became outspoken about the Czarist regime. He left Russia following the a..
Peter Denny
Shipbuilder and Shipowner based in Dumbarton,Scotland Director