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(Encyclopedia) Stuyvesant, Peter stīˈvəsənt [key], c.1610–1672, Dutch director-general of New Netherland. He served as governor of Curaçao and lost a leg in an expedition against St. Martin before succeeding ...

(Encyclopedia) Gansevoort, Peter gănsˈvo͝ort [key], 1749–1812, soldier in the American Revolution, b. Albany, N.Y. He served in the Quebec campaign and in 1777 was in command of Fort Schuyler (former Fort Stanw...

(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...