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Peter Mansfield Biography
inventorBorn: 1933 Working independently from Paul Lauterbur, Mansfield developed efficient technology that allowed for faster MRI imaging.Peter Newton Biography
wine vintnerDied: February 4, 2008 (St. Helena, California) Best Known as: vintner who owned Sterling Vineyards and Newton Vineyard in the Napa Valley…Peter Viertel Biography
writerDied: Nov. 4, 2007 (Marbella, Spain) Best Known as: Hollywood screenwriter and novelist Author and screenwriter who produced proactive works of…Hayes, Peter Lind
comedian, singerBirthplace: San FranciscoBorn: 1915Died: 1998Peter Cooper Biography
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 Drucker Biography
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…Tom Peters Biography
Tom Petersmanagement consultant, authorBorn: 1942Birthplace: Baltimore, Md. Having cut his consulting teeth at McKinsey and Co. (1974–81), he then established his own firm, the Tom Peters…Brewer's: Blue Peter
A flag with a blue ground and white square in the centre, hoisted as a signal that the ship is about to sail. Peter is a corruption of the French partir (leave or notice of departure). The…Brewer's: Long Peter
Peter Aartsen, the Flemish painter; so called on account of his extraordinary height. (1507-1573.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Long RunLong Parliament A…Brewer's: Lord Peter
The Pope is so called in The History of John Bull, by Dr. Arbuthnot. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Lord StruttLord Mayor's Day A B C D E F G H I…