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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.


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 Pearson

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

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.

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.

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.

Pearson was known for abstract, multi-colored globes; 'stochastic' or chance-generated paintings; paintings modeled on Dogon (West African) sculpture; as well as paintings based on the map work he did in the army.

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.

The president and his national security advisor, Henry Kissinger, took that program to Moscow and negotiated the abolition of such systems.

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.

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.

Lester B. Pearson Building

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

Lester B. Pearson Collegiate Institute

The school attempts to promote appreciation of diversity as inspired by its motto, "Peace through Understanding" taken from the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize speech by Lester B. Pearson.

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.

Metchosin, British Columbia

Pearson College is named after former Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and architect of the United Nations Peace Keeping program.

Michael Pearson

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

Murray v. Pearson

The nation's oldest black collegiate fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha, initiated Pearson v. Murray on June 25, 1935 as part of its widening social program, and retained Belford Lawson to litigate the case.

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.

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.

Robert E. Pearson

Pearson has had Parkinson's disease for nearly a decade, is blind in his right eye and legally blind in his left eye—plus he has been color-blind his entire life.

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.


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