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Cornelius, Peter von
(Encyclopedia) Cornelius, Peter von, 1783–1867, German painter. He studied at Düsseldorf and in Rome, where he joined the German Nazarene group and collaborated with other members in the decoration…Goldmark, Peter Carl
(Encyclopedia) Goldmark, Peter Carl, 1906–77, Hungarian-American engineer, b. Budapest. He studied at the Univ. of Vienna (B.S., 1929, Ph.D., 1931); worked for a radio company in England (1931–33).…Ueberroth, Peter Victor
(Encyclopedia) Ueberroth, Peter Victor, 1937–, American business and sports executive, b. Evanston, Ill. As president of the organizing committee for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, Ueberroth created…Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich
(Encyclopedia) Tchaikovsky, Peter IlyichTchaikovsky, Peter Ilyichĭlyēchˈ chīkôfˈskē [key], 1840–93, Russian composer, b. Kamsko-Votkinsk. Variant transliterations of his name include Tschaikovsky and…Berger, John Peter
(Encyclopedia) Berger, John PeterBerger, John Peterbûrˈjər [key], 1926–2017, British art critic, cultural historian, and writer, b. London. Berger, who began his career as a painter, is best known…Strawson, Peter Frederick
(Encyclopedia) Strawson, Peter Frederick, 1919–2009, British philosopher, grad. Oxford 1940. An influential advocate for so-called ordinary language philosophy, he began teaching at Oxford in 1947…Wuorinen, Charles Peter
(Encyclopedia) Wuorinen, Charles PeterWuorinen, Charles Peterwûrˈĭnən [key], 1938–2020, American composer, conductor, and pianist, b. New York City. Wuorinen studied at Columbia (B.A., 1961; M.A.,…Agre, Peter Courtland
(Encyclopedia) Agre, Peter Courtland, 1949–, American molecular biologist, b. Northfield, Minn., M.D. Johns Hopkins, 1974. From 1981 to 2005, Agre taught at Johns Hopkins in the departments of…Moody, Deborah
(Encyclopedia) Moody, Deborah, d. 1659, American colonial religious leader and colonizer, b. England. She emigrated (1639) to Massachusetts Bay and settled in Saugus (now Lynn, Mass.). After being…Held, Julius Samuel
(Encyclopedia) Held, Julius Samuel, 1905–2002, American art historian, b. Germany. Held immigrated to the United States in 1934. In 1937 he began to teach at Barnard College, where he was professor…Trending
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