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Peter Boyle Biography
Peter BoyleactorBorn: 10/18/1933Birthplace: Philadelphia Playing character roles in film and TV from the late 1960's, he gained attention as the vigilante title character in Joe (1970), as the…Bernadette Peters Biography
Bernadette Peters(Bernadette Lazzara)actressBorn: 2/28/1948Birthplace: Queens, New York At age 19, Peters gained notice for her comic and musical talents in the off-Broadway musical Dames at Sea (…Zenger, John Peter
(Encyclopedia) Zenger, John PeterZenger, John Peterzĕngˈər [key], 1697–1746, American journalist, b. Germany. He emigrated to America in 1710 and was trained in the printing trade by the pioneer…Pázmány, Peter
(Encyclopedia) Pázmány, PeterPázmány, Peterpäzˈmänyə [key], 1570–1637, Hungarian churchman, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Of a Calvinist family, he was converted to Catholicism in 1583,…Eckermann, Johann Peter
(Encyclopedia) Eckermann, Johann PeterEckermann, Johann Peteryōhänˈ pāˈtər ĕkˈərmän [key], 1792–1854, German scholar and author. He assisted Goethe in various literary labors, was professor of…Anna, czarina of Russia
(Encyclopedia) Anna (Anna Ivanovna)Annaänˈnə ĭväˈnôvnə [key], 1693–1740, czarina of Russia (1730–40), daughter of Ivan V and niece of Peter I (Peter the Great). On the death of her distant cousin,…Petrozavodsk
(Encyclopedia) PetrozavodskPetrozavodskpyĕtˌrəzəvôtskˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 269,500), capital of Karelia, NW European Russia, a port on Lake Onega. It produces lumbering equipment and has shipyards…Pelham, Peter
(Encyclopedia) Pelham, PeterPelham, Peterpĕlˈəm [key], c.1695–1751, American engraver and painter, b. England; stepfather of John Singleton Copley. After studying and practicing in England, Pelham…Zaandam
(Encyclopedia) ZaandamZaandamzändämˈ [key], municipality (1991 est. pop. 130,000), North Holland prov., W Netherlands, near Amsterdam. Manufactures include food products, chemicals, lumber, and…Roger of Loria
(Encyclopedia) Roger of Loria, c.1245–1304, Sicilian-Aragonese admiral. An adherent of Manfred, last Hohenstaufen king of Sicily, he left Sicily for Aragón after Manfred's defeat (1266) by the…Trending
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