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Alfred Pearson

Alfred L. Pearson (1838–1903), lawyer and Union Army general in the American Civil War


A Wizard of Earthsea

Further inspiration came from the work of her parents, anthropologists Alfred L. Kroeber and Theodora Kroeber, with Ishi.

Adams George Archibald

This allowed Archibald to run for the riding in a by-election, in which he defeated Liberal Frederick Pearson, 1585 votes to 1230.

Albert J. Pearson

He was not a candidate for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress, and instead resumed the practice of his profession.

Alfred L. Jenkins

Alfred L. Jenkins was an American diplomat, lecturer and author, born September 14, 1916 in Manchester, Georgia.

Alfred L. Rives

Later he accepted a position in Washington under Captain Montgomery Meigs, of the United States Engineering Corps where he served for one year as assistant engineer of the United States Capitol and Post Office buildings.

Being proficient in engineering, he determined to adopt that as a profession, and in 1848 entered the University of Virginia, where he remained one session, then accompanied his father to France.

Alfred Wilson

Alfred L. Wilson (1919–1944), United States Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient in World War II

Biorheology

The term was first proposed by Alfred L. Copley, a German-American medical scientist, at the first International Congress on Rheology in 1948.

Birger A. Pearson

His book, Ancient Gnosticism: Traditions and Literature, examines the primary texts for Gnostic beliefs, including Christian Gnosticism, Hermetic Gnosticism, Mandaeanism, and Manicheanism.

Brown Grand Theatre

The last movie to be shown at the Brown Grand was the world premiere of The Devil and LeRoy Bassett which was written and directed by Robert E. Pearson, a native of Concordia.

Central United Church

The congregation has been served by several notable clergy, including Egerton Ryerson, historian George Playter and E.A. Pearson, the father of Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson.

Charles A. Pearson

Charles Anthony Pearson (born 1956), younger son of the Third Viscount Cowdray and owner of Dunecht estate in Aberdeenshire

Daniel R. Pearson

From 1981 to 1987, Pearson was the agricultural legislative assistant to former Sen. Rudy Boschwitz in Washington, D.C., where he was responsible for legislative and regulatory issues under the jurisdiction of the Senate Agricultural Committee.

Fort Magruder

Soldiers and impressed slaves constructed the line to the east of Williamsburg as recommended by Captain Alfred L. Rives, an 1848 civil engineering graduate of Virginia Military Institute (VMI) who was acting chief of the Engineer Bureau at Confederate headquarters in Richmond.

George Pearson

George F. Pearson (1799–1867), former rear admiral in the United States Navy

Halvard Lange

Mr. Lange was, together with Lester B. Pearson and Gaetano Martino, one of the "three wise men" on the "Committee of Three" advising NATO on ways to strengthen its non-military cooperation.

Hemorheology

Alfred L. Copley, the scientist who introduced the term hemorheology.

Henry C. Pearson

His correspondence with Heaney, and his comprehensive collection of Heaney books, manuscripts and memorabilia, is now housed at the University of North Carolina.

Ica stones

Excavations in Ica Province were carried on in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by scholars such as Max Uhle, Julio C. Tello, Alfred L. Kroeber, William Duncan Strong and John Howland Rowe.

Ishi Wilderness

Ishi is the name given by anthropologist Alfred L. Kroeber to the last surviving Native American from the Yahi Yana tribe.

Ishi: The Last of His Tribe

Ishi: The Last of His Tribe (1978) is a made-for-television biopic based on a book by Theodora Kroeber which relates the experiences of her husband Alfred L. Kroeber who made friends with Ishi, thought to be the last of his people, the Yahi tribe.

J. C. Pearson

Pearson began broadcasting NFL games since 2003 after spending several years calling college football for ESPN Plus, often paired with Chris Marlowe on Mountain West Conference games.

Pearson left Fox following the 2008 season to return to ESPN to call college football games on ESPN2 and ESPN with Dave Lamont.

He eventually became a regular middle-tier broadcaster in 2005, working alongside Curt Menefee and later Matt Vasgersian.

James B. Pearson

Following his reelection in 1972, Pearson was appointed by Nixon as a delegate to the United Nations General Assembly.

Pearson and Democrat Fred Harris of Oklahoma introduced the first major legislation with economic incentives for rural development.

Jerry McDaniel

In 1963, he enrolled in the Experimental Workshop at the New School for Social Research (NSSR) taught by Italian artist Angelo Savelli and later American artist Henry C. Pearson.

John A. Pearson

The previous Centre Block burned in 1916, entirely destroyed except for the Library of Parliament.

Karuk traditional narratives

The published record of Karuk oral literature is an unusually rich one, thanks to the efforts of Alfred L. Kroeber, John Peabody Harrington, William Bright, and others.

Kevin Pearson

Kevin W. Pearson (born 1957), general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Kevin W. Pearson

As a general authority, he has served as a counselor in the church's Europe East Area, as an Assistant Executive Director of the Missionary Department, and since 2011, as a counselor in the Pacific Area, based in Auckland, New Zealand.

Last of the Country Gentlemen

Last of the Country Gentlemen is a single disc album release from Texan musician Josh T. Pearson.

Leslie White

Thus, contrary to Alfred L. Kroeber, Kluckhohn, and Edward Sapir, White saw the delineation of the object of study not as a cognitive accomplishment of the anthropologist, but as a recognition of the actually existing and delineated phenomena which comprise the world.

Lester B. Pearson Building

It is named after Lester B. Pearson, former external affairs minister, Nobel Peace Prize winner and Prime Minister of Canada.

Louis-Philippe Gélinas

He was appointed to the Senate for the Montarville, Quebec division on 11 June 1963 following nomination by Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson.

Michael Pearson

Lester B. Pearson (1897–1972), known as Mike Pearson, 14th Prime Minister of Canada

Nancy K. Pearson

She is author of Two Minutes of Light (Perugia Press, 2008), and has had her poems published in many literary journals and magazines including The Iowa Review, Black Warrior Review, Indiana Review, and Hayden’s Ferry Review. Her honors include winning the Perugia Press Prize, the 2009 L. L. Winship/PEN New England Award and fellowships at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

The NAACP's Baltimore chapter, under president Lillie Mae Carroll Jackson, challenged segregation in Maryland state professional schools by supporting the 1935 Murray v. Pearson case argued by Marshall.

Organizational patterns

Kroeber speaks of universal patterns that describe some overall scheme common to all human culture; of systemic patterns are broad but normative forms relating to beliefs, behaviors, signs, and economics; and total culture patterns that are local.

Organizational patterns also have roots in Kroeber's classic anthropological texts on the patterns that underlie culture and society.

Pacatnamu

Kroeber made some sketches of the main architectural features of the site but only of one portion of the site.

Pearson Cup

Named after former Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, it was originally created to raise money for minor league baseball in Canada.

Peter Sasala

He manages American musician Josh T. Pearson and produced Pearson's critically acclaimed album Last Of The Country Gentlemen.

T. R. Pearson

His writing captures a uniquely Southern social order, outlook, and voice and has been compared to the work of Mark Twain and William Faulkner.

The Men and the Issues

This miniseries featured interviews with the federal political party leaders prior to the 1963 federal election: Lester B. Pearson, John Diefenbaker, Tommy Douglas and R. N. Thompson.

Victor Vaughn Morris

According to Peruvian researcher Guillermo Toro-Lira, among the notable individuals who attended Morris' Bar were Elmer Faucett (founder of the Faucett Perú airline), José Lindley (founder of the Corporación José R. Lindley S.A. and Inca Kola), Alfred L. Kroeber (the cultural anthropologist), and Richard Halliburton (an adventurer and cultural ambassador to Peru).

Woodrow W. Jones

Jones was elected in 1950 as a Democrat to the 81st Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative Alfred L. Bulwinkle.


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