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unusual facts about Peter P. Dubrovsky


Peter P. Dubrovsky

According to Graham Stewart, a journalist: "We should recognise that Dubrovsky did not just Russia a favour, but also the world," because he rescued many manuscripts from possible destruction.


Codex Corbeiensis I

The St. Germain Library was suffered severely during the French Revolution, and Peter Dubrowsky, Secretary to the Russian Embassy at Paris acquired some of manuscripts stolen from the public libraries.

Codex Sangermanensis

The St. Germain Library was suffered severely during the French Revolution, and Peter Dubrovsky, Secretary to the Russian Embassy at Paris acquired this manuscript together with many other manuscripts stolen from the ecclesiastical libraries.

Peter Carr

Peter P. Carr (1890–1966), American grocer and Wisconsin state senator

Peter P. Jurchak

His musicianship was often requested for church functions, and it soon became standard for him to play at events such as the Christmas Eve celebration at St. Adrian's.

Peter P. Mahoney

He was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses (March 4, 1885 - March 3, 1889); was not a candidate in 1888 for reelection to the Fifty-first Congress; became ill while attending the inauguration ceremonies of President Benjamin Harrison March 4, 1889, and died in Washington, D.C., March 27, 1889 at the age of 40.

Peter P. McCann

Peter P. McCann, of University Park, Florida, is a philatelist who has supported the hobby of philately on a national scale.

Peter P. Silvester

After a period of industrial practice, he continued his studies at the University of Toronto, obtaining the MASc in 1958, and then at McGill University (Montreal), where he was awarded the PhD in Electrical Engineering, in 1964.

Peter P. Straub

Peter P. Straub (Born 28 June 1850 in Felldorf Starzach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany) is the founder of the Straub Brewery in St. Mary's, Pennsylvania.

Peter aspired to be a brewer and at the age of 19 in 1869 immigrated to the United States for a better and more prosperous life.

Peter P. Walsh

From 1920 until 1926 he worked in the private sector as Chief of Security for the Jones and Laughlin Steel Company.

In 1928 a grand jury indicted Chief Walsh and some of his command staff for conspiracy to violate the Volstead Act.


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