Search
Search results
Displaying 181 - 190
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…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…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…Director Peter Jackson
Bringing Middle-earth to the silver screen by Laura Hayes Peter Jackson "I want to take movie-goers into Middle-earth, in a way that is believable and powerful." —Peter Jackson Frodo…Brewer's: Dwarf Peter
(das Peter Manchen). An allegorical romance by Ludwig Tieck. The dwarf is a castle spectre that advises and aids the family; but all his advice turns out evil, and all his aid productive…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: Peter the Great
of Russia built St. Petersburg, and gave Russia a place among the nations of Europe. He laid aside his crown and sceptre, came to England, and worked as a common labourer in our dockyards…