Columbia Encyclopedia

(Encyclopedia) Peter Claver, Saint klāˈvər [key], 1581–1654, Spanish Jesuit missionary, called the Apostle of the Blacks. He was sent to what is now Colombia in 1610 and began at once his life work of ministeri...

(Encyclopedia) Waldo, Peter: see Waldenses.

(Encyclopedia) Veregin, Peter: see Dukhobors.

(Encyclopedia) Pindar, Peter: see Wolcot, John. ...

(Encyclopedia) Bienewitz, Peter: see Apianus, Petrus. ...

(Encyclopedia) Bennewitz, Peter: see Apianus, Petrus. ...

(Encyclopedia) Schöffer, Peter: see Fust, Johann.

(Encyclopedia) Blume, Peter blo͞om [key], 1906–92, American painter, b. Russia. Blume immigrated to the United States in 1911. In his early work, such as The Parade (1930; Mus. of Modern Art, New York City), he s...

(Encyclopedia) Serkin, Peter: see under Serkin, Rudolf. ...

(Encyclopedia) Yastrzemski, Carl Michael, 1939–, American baseball player, b. Southampton, N.Y. A career-long member of the Boston Red Sox, “Yaz” was signed in 1959, brought up to the majors in 1961 (replacing...