(Encyclopedia) Davies, Sir Peter MaxwellDavies, Sir Peter Maxwelldāˈvĭs [key], 1934–2016, English composer and conductor, b. Salford, studied Royal Manchester College of Music and Princeton with…
ALLEN Charles , a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Worcester, Mass.,
August 9, 1797; attended the Leicester Academy 1809-1811 and Yale College in
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Senate Years of Service: 1837-1849
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Peter Cattaneodirector Director known for his work in short films, TV, and music videos. The Full Monty (1997), for which he received an Oscar nomination for Best Director, was his first full-length…
(Encyclopedia) Carey, Peter, 1943–, Australian novelist, b. near Melbourne. Carey's combination of science fiction and fantasy motifs with a realistic style, displayed in the short stories in The Fat…
Senate Years of Service: 2001-2007
Party: Republican ALLEN George , a Representative and a Senator from Virginia; born in Whittier, Los
Angeles County, Calif., March 8, 1952; B.A., J.D.,…
Peter Druckerwriter, management consultant Born: 11/19/1909Birthplace: Vienna, Austria Having emigrated to the U.S. in 1937, he worked as an economist, a journalist, and a philosophy…
wine vintnerDied: February 4, 2008 (St. Helena, California) Best Known as: vintner who owned Sterling Vineyards and Newton Vineyard in the Napa Valley…
Peter Cooperengineer, manufacturer, philanthropistBorn: 2/12/1791Birthplace: New York City, N.Y. Having started his career making glue and isinglass, he and two partners began an iron works…
Peter MacNicol
actor
Born: 4/10/1954
Birthplace: Dallas, Texas
MacNicol's career was launched in films of the early 1980s, notably Dragonslayer (1981) and Sophie's Choice (1982), in which he…
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