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Peromyscus melanurus (rodent)
...white in some populations of cotton mice (Peromyscus gossypinus) in the southeastern United States, but it can range from gray through bright buff, brown, reddish brown, and to blackish in P. melanurus, which inhabits the mountain forests of southern Mexico. Species living in dark and wet forests tend to have dark coats, whereas those adapted to deserts and prairies are generally....
Perón, Eva Duarte de (Argentine political figure and actress)
second wife of Argentine president Juan Perón, who, during her husband’s first term as president (1946–52), became a powerful though unofficial political leader, revered by the lower economic classes....
Perón, Isabel (president of Argentina)
president of Argentina 1974–76, third wife of President Juan Perón....
Perón, Juan (president of Argentina)
army colonel who became president of Argentina (1946–52, 1952–55, 1973–74) and was founder and leader of the Peronist movement....
Perón, Juan Domingo (president of Argentina)
army colonel who became president of Argentina (1946–52, 1952–55, 1973–74) and was founder and leader of the Peronist movement....
Perón, María Eva Duarte de (Argentine political figure and actress)
second wife of Argentine president Juan Perón, who, during her husband’s first term as president (1946–52), became a powerful though unofficial political leader, revered by the lower economic classes....
peroneal artery (anatomy)
Arising from the posterior tibial artery a short distance below the knee is the peroneal artery; this gives off branches that nourish the lower leg muscles and the fibula (the smaller of the two bones in the lower leg) and terminate in the foot. The anterior tibial artery passes down the lower leg to the ankle, where it becomes the dorsalis pedis artery, which supplies the foot....
peroneal muscular atrophy (pathology)
a group of inherited nerve diseases characterized by slowly progressive weakness and wasting of the muscles of the lower parts of the extremities. In Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT), the myelin sheath that surrounds motor and sensory nerves gradually deteriorates, blocking the conduction of nerve impulses to the muscles. Onset usu...
peroneal nerve, common
...plexus. It emerges from the spinal cord in the lumbar portion of the spine and runs down through the buttocks and the back of the thigh; above the back of the knee it divides into the tibial and the common peroneal nerve, both of which serve the lower leg and foot....
Peronist (Argentine history)
in Argentine politics, a supporter of Juan Perón, a member of the Justicialist Party (Partido Justicialista; PJ), or an adherent of the populist and nationalistic policies that Perón espoused. Peronism has played an important part in Argentina’s history since the mid-1940s....
Peronist Party (political party, Argentina)
...Fernández de Kirchner and her spouse, former president Néstor Kirchner (2003–07), consolidated their grip on power in the run-up to the 2011 presidential election. While the Peronist Kirchners’ prospects for victory in 2011 increased as the year progressed, the anti-Kirchner Peronist and non-Peronist political opposition often found itself on the defensive as well as...
Peronista (Argentine history)
in Argentine politics, a supporter of Juan Perón, a member of the Justicialist Party (Partido Justicialista; PJ), or an adherent of the populist and nationalistic policies that Perón espoused. Peronism has played an important part in Argentina’s history since the mid-1940s....
Péronne (battle site, France)
...with Francis of Brittany and with Edward IV of England, but in 1468 Louis invaded Brittany and detached Francis from the alliance. He then went to his disastrous interview with Charles the Bold at Péronne (October 1468). During the negotiations Charles learned of an insurrection in Liège, fomented by the French king’s agents. Furious, he put Louis under house arrest, forced...
Peronosporales (order of fungi)
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Peronosporomycetes (protist)
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Peroryctidae (mammal family)
...for 1 genus (Isoodon), which extends to southern New Guinea; bilbies (Macrotis) are sometimes placed in a third family, Thylocomyidae. Family Peroryctidae (rainforest bandicoots)12 species in 4 primitive genera restricted to New Guinea and adjacent islands. Weight up to 7 kg (15......
perosis (bird disease)
a disorder of chicks, turkey poults, and young swans, characterized by enlargement of the hock, twisted metatarsi, and slipped tendons; it can be largely eliminated by adding manganese and choline to the diet....
Pérot, Alfred (French scientist)
...A.A. Michelson (1881) in an attempt to find the luminiferous ether—a hypothetical medium thought at that time to pervade all space—and by two French physicists, Charles Fabry and Alfred Pérot (1896), specifically for high-resolution spectroscopy....
Perot, Henry Ross (American businessman)
American businessman and philanthropist who ran as an independent candidate for U.S. president in 1992 and 1996....
Perot, Ross (American businessman)
American businessman and philanthropist who ran as an independent candidate for U.S. president in 1992 and 1996....
Pérotin (French composer)
French composer of sacred polyphonic music, who is believed to have introduced the composition of polyphony in four parts into Western music....
Perotinus (French composer)
French composer of sacred polyphonic music, who is believed to have introduced the composition of polyphony in four parts into Western music....
Pérouse, Jean-François de Galaup, Count de La (French navigator)
French navigator who conducted wide-ranging explorations in the Pacific Ocean....
Perov, Vasily G. (Russian artist)
...is not well known outside Russia, the serene landscapes of Isaak Levitan, the expressive portraits of Ivan Kramskoy and Ilya Repin, and the socially oriented genre paintings of Vladimir Makovsky, Vasily Perov, and Repin arguably deserve an international reputation....
Perovsk (Kazakhstan)
city, south-central Kazakhstan, on the Syr Darya (ancient Jaxartes River). Originally founded in the early 19th century as the Kokand fort of Ak-Mechet, it was renamed Perovsk after its capture by the Russians in 1853. After the Russian Revolution of 1917 the name of Ak-Mechet was restored, but in 1925 the city was renamed Qyzylorda, when it...
perovskite (mineral)
calcium titanate mineral (CaTiO3) found as brilliant black cubes in many mafic igneous rocks, in their associated pegmatites, and in metamorphic contact zones. It also occurs in chlorite or talc schists. For detailed physical properties, see ...
peroxidase (enzyme)
...vegetables is especially difficult because they tend to clump together. The effectiveness of the blanching treatment is usually determined by measuring the residual activity of an enzyme called peroxidase....
peroxide (chemical compound)
any of a class of chemical compounds in which two oxygen atoms are linked together by a single covalent bond. Several organic and inorganic peroxides are useful as bleaching agents, as initiators of polymerization reactions, and in the preparation of ...
peroxide ion
...also form peroxides. These are intermediate in character between the ionic peroxides and the essentially covalent peroxides formed by metals such as zinc (Zn), cadmium (Cd), and mercury (Hg). The peroxide ion, O22−, has a single oxygen-oxygen covalent bond and an oxidation state of −1 on the oxygen atoms. The peroxide ion is a powerful hydrogen ion acceptor,....
peroxisomal disorder (pathology)
Peroxisomes are cytoplasmic organelles that play a central role in the catabolism of very-long-chain fatty acids and other compounds through the process of beta-oxidation. They also are critical in the biosynthesis of important cellular membrane constituents (plasmalogens), cholesterol, and bile acids. Unlike mitochondria, peroxisomes do not contain DNA, therefore all of the components of their......
peroxisome (biology)
membrane-bound organelle occurring in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells. Peroxisomes contain enzymes that oxidize certain molecules normally found in the cell, notably fatty acids and amino acids. These oxidation reactions produce hydrogen peroxide, which is the basis of the name ...
peroxy acid (chemical compound)
any of a class of chemical compounds in which the atomic group −O−O−H replaces the −O−H group of an oxy acid (a compound in which a hydrogen atom is attached to an oxygen atom by a ...
peroxy radical (biochemistry)
...· ) present in the food removes a hydrogen (H) atom from a lipid molecule, producing a lipid radical (L · ). This lipid radical reacts with molecular oxygen (O2) to form a peroxy radical (LOO · ). The peroxy radical removes a hydrogen atom from another lipid molecule and the reaction starts over again (propagation). During the propagation steps, hydroperoxide......
peroxyacetic acid (chemical compound)
Sterilization of metal isolators and most utensils is accomplished with steam under pressure. Germicidal vapour sterilization (2% peracetic acid) is used for plastic isolators, which cannot endure the heat of steam sterilization. Air for the isolated organism is sterilized by mechanical filtration. Eggs are surface-treated with mercuric chloride, and seeds with peracetic acid or......
peroxyacetyl nitrate (chemical compound)
Ethylene, ozone, and peroxyacetyl nitrate are produced as reaction products in the air and are clearly implicated in plant injury. In addition, certain bisulfites and nitrogen dioxide are under suspicion; there are probably others. Ozone is a major air pollutant affecting agriculture. Damage has been identified in a number of field crops, including spinach, tobacco, fruits, vegetables, forest......
peroxyacetyl nitrate injury (pathology)
Ozone and peroxyacetyl nitrate injury (also called oxidant injury) are more prevalent in and near cities with heavy traffic problems. Exhaust gases from internal combustion engines contain large amounts of hydrocarbons (substances that principally contain carbon and hydrogen molecules—gasoline, for example). Smaller amounts of unconsumed hydrocarbons are formed by combustion of fossil......
peroxysulfuric acid (chemical compound)
...covalently linked to atoms other than hydrogen. One category is represented by cumene hydroperoxide, an organic compound used as a polymerization initiator and as a source of phenol and acetone, and peroxysulfuric acid, an inorganic compound used as an oxidizing agent. The other category includes di-tert-butyl peroxide and ammonium peroxydisulfate, both used as initiators. ...
Pērōz-Shāpūr, battle of (Mesopotamian history)
...The Roman emperor Gordian III led a large army against Shāpūr I in 243. The Romans retook Harran and Nisibis and defeated the Sāsānians at a battle near Resaina, but at Anbār, renamed Pērōz-Shāpūr (“Victorious Is Shāpūr”), the Sāsānians inflicted a defeat on the Romans, who lost their empero...
perpend (brickwork)
Bonding may be achieved by overlapping alternate courses (rows or layers) in brickwork, by using metal ties, and by inserting units vertically so they join adjacent courses. A bond course of headers (units laid with their ends toward the face of the wall) can be used to bond exterior masonry to backing masonry. Headers used in this manner may also be called throughstones, or perpends. Units......
Perpendicular Gothic style
Phase of late Gothic architecture in England roughly parallel in time to the French Flamboyant style. The style, concerned with creating rich visual effects through decoration, was characterized by a predominance of vertical lines in stone window tracery, enlargement of windows to great proportions, and conversion of the interior stories int...
Perpendicular style
Phase of late Gothic architecture in England roughly parallel in time to the French Flamboyant style. The style, concerned with creating rich visual effects through decoration, was characterized by a predominance of vertical lines in stone window tracery, enlargement of windows to great proportions, and conversion of the interior stories int...
perpendicular valve (mechanical device)
On gasoline engines, poppet valves are used to control the admission and rejection of the intake and exhaust gases to the cylinders. In the Figure (right centre), the valve, which consists of a disk with a tapered edge attached to a shank, is held against the tapered seat C by a compressed spring. The valve is raised from its seat by the action of a rotating cam that pushes on the bottom of the......
Perpetua (typeface)
Typefaces he designed included Perpetua (1925), Gill Sans Serif (1927), Joanna (1930), and Bunyan, designed in 1934 but recut for machine use and renamed Pilgrim in 1953....
Perpetua (Christian martyr)
Christian martyr who wrote The Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicity, a journal recounting her trial and imprisonment that was continued by a contemporary who described Perpetua’s death in the arena. Both her martyrdom and its account have been highly revered by ancient and modern Christians. Her text is one of the rare surviving documents written by a w...
Perpetua and the Habit of Unhappiness (work by Beti)
...in his homeland, was immediately banned in France and in Cameroon. Two years later he published the novels Perpétue et l’habitude du malheur (1974; Perpetua and the Habit of Unhappiness) and Remember Ruben (1974). Perpetua is a mystery story of the murder of a promising young woman ...
perpetual calendar (chronology)
type of dating system that makes it possible to find the correct day of the week for any date over a wide range of years. Aspects of the perpetual calendar can be found in the Jewish calendar and the Julian calendar, and some form of it has appeared in proposed calendar reforms. The 19th-century French philosopher Auguste Comte, for example,...
perpetual check (chess)
...or draw. There are six ways a draw can come about: (1) by mutual consent, (2) when neither player has enough pieces to deliver checkmate, (3) when one player can check the enemy king endlessly (perpetual check), (4) when a player who is not in check has no legal move (stalemate), (5) when an identical position occurs three times with the same player having the right to move, and (6) when no......
Perpetual Edict of 1577 (Dutch history)
...about to be accomplished. But the idea of a “common fatherland,” though steadily growing, was not yet strong enough to overcome particularistic or religious divisions. Because of the Perpetual Edict of 1577, the treaty the States General concluded with the new governor-general, Don John of Austria, specified that the Roman Catholic religion was to be maintained all over the......
Perpetual Edict of 1667 (Dutch history)
...of Holland, he acquired a specialized knowledge of public business. His exceptional promise and the popular devotion he had inherited made it impossible to deny him all advancement, but the Perpetual Edict (1667) decreed that the offices of stadholder and captain general, formerly held simultaneously by the princes of Orange, should never again be held by the same person....
perpetual flowering carnation (plant)
The perpetual flowering carnation, perhaps derived from crosses between the border carnations and the D. plumarius, is taller, up to 1 metre (3 feet) in height, is stouter, and produces larger flowers; it blooms almost continuously in the greenhouse. Miniature (baby) and spray varieties of the perpetual carnation are also grown for the florist trade....
Perpetual Maritime Truce of 1853 (Persian Gulf history)
...year the British government installed Muḥammad ibn Thānī Āl Thānī, sheikh of Doha, as the premier ruler of Qatar. He agreed to abide by the terms of the Perpetual Maritime Truce of 1853, and piracy was greatly reduced. In the late 19th century the Ottoman Empire, as suzerain of much of the Arabian Peninsula, sporadically maintained a garrison at......
perpetual motion (physics)
the action of a device that, once set in motion, would continue in motion forever, with no additional energy required to maintain it. Such devices are impossible on grounds stated by the first and second laws of thermodynamics....
perpetual rose, hybrid (plant)
...Hybrid teas come in the complete range of rose colours and have large, symmetrical blossoms. Hybrid teas resulted from the crossbreeding of frequently blooming but fragile tea roses with vigorous hybrid perpetual roses. The hybrid perpetuals achieved great popularity until they were supplanted by the hybrid teas in the early 20th century. Polyantha roses are a class of very hardy roses that......
perpetual virginity (theology)
The tradition that she remained a virgin though she gave birth to Jesus was generally accepted in the early church. A further appreciation of her holiness led to the doctrine that she was so favoured by God’s grace that she could not have sinned and, in the view of some theologians, that she was even free from the effect of the disobedience of Adam. The latter doctrine, known as the Immacul...
Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions, The (speech by Lincoln)
...One of his recurring themes—probably his central theme—was the promise and the problem of self-government. As early as 1838, speaking to the Young Men’s Lyceum of Springfield on “The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions,” he recalled the devotion of his Revolutionary forefathers to the cause and went on to say:Their ambition aspired to displa...
“Perpétue et l’habitude du malheur” (work by Beti)
...in his homeland, was immediately banned in France and in Cameroon. Two years later he published the novels Perpétue et l’habitude du malheur (1974; Perpetua and the Habit of Unhappiness) and Remember Ruben (1974). Perpetua is a mystery story of the murder of a promising young woman ...
perpetuity (annuity)
A special case of the annuity certain is the perpetuity, which is an annuity that continues forever. Perhaps the best-known example of a perpetuity is the interest payment on the British government bonds known as consols. Because these obligations have no maturity date, it is intended that the interest payments will continue indefinitely....
perpetuity (inheritance law)
...obtaining a divorce, the gift is either invalid or valid without conditions. Generally, property given by testament cannot be tied up by the testator for an indefinite future. Under the rule against perpetuities, as developed in England and commonly applied in the United States, a testator may leave property to a person for life and upon the first taker’s death to some other person; but ...
Perpetuus (bishop of Tours)
...upon the Western Church—Peter Chrysologus (reigned c. 433–450) delivered such homilies (sermons). The earliest reference to a season of Advent is the institution by Bishop Perpetuus of Tours (reigned 461–490) of a fast before Christmas, beginning from St. Martin’s Day on November 11. Known as St. Martin’s Lent, the custom was extended to other Frankish ...
Perpignan (France)
city, capital of Pyrénées-Orientales département, Languedoc-Roussillon région, southern France. It is situated on the Têt River, 8 miles (13 km) west of the Mediterranean Sea an...
perquisite (business)
any nonwage payment or benefit (e.g., pension plans, profit-sharing programs, vacation pay, and company-paid life, health, and unemployment insurance programs) granted to employees by employers. They may be required by law, granted unilaterally...
Perrault, Charles (French author)
French poet, prose writer, and storyteller, a leading member of the Académie Française, who played a prominent part in a literary controversy known as the quarrel of the Ancients and Moderns. He is best remembered for his collection of fairy stories for children, Contes de ma mère l’oye (1697; Tales of ...
Perrault, Claude (French physician and architect)
French physician and amateur architect who, together with Louis Le Vau, Charles Le Brun, and François d’Orbay, designed the eastern facade of the Louvre....
Perrault, Pierre (French hydrologist)
French hydrologist whose investigation of the origin of springs was instrumental in establishing the science of hydrology on a quantitative basis. He showed conclusively that precipitation was more than adequate to sustain the flow of rivers; thus he refuted theories traceable as far back as the writings of Plato and Aristotle that invoked some variety of subterranean condensation or return flow o...
Perréal, Jean (French artist)
painter, architect, and sculptor, the most important portrait painter in France at the beginning of the 16th century....
Perrers, Alice (English mistress)
mistress of King Edward III of England. She exercised great influence at the aging monarch’s court from about 1369 until 1376....
Perret, Auguste (French architect)
French architect notable for his pioneering contributions to the vocabulary of reinforced-concrete construction....
Perret, Clement (Dutch calligrapher)
...was evolving. The first copybook to be printed in the Netherlands from engraved metal plates was the Exercitatio alphabetica (1569; “Alphabet Practice”) by the 17-year-old Clément Perret. Perret’s book contains examples in many different hands chosen to match the language of the text. The beautifully ornate writing in Exercitatio is somewhat...
Perrier, Carlo (Italian mineralogist)
...metal of Group 7 (VIIb) of the periodic table, the first element to be artificially produced. The isotope technetium-97 (4,210,000-year half-life) was discovered (1937) by the Italian mineralogist Carlo Perrier and the Italian-born American physicist Emilio Segrè in a sample of molybdenum that had been bombarded by deuterons in the Berkeley (California) cyclotron. This isotope is the......
Perrin, Ami (Swiss religious leader)
Swiss opponent of the religious Reformer John Calvin at Geneva and leader of the anti-Calvinist Libertines....
Perrin, Claude (French general)
a leading French general of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars, who was created marshal of France in 1807....
Perrin, Jean (French physicist)
French physicist who, in his studies of the Brownian motion of minute particles suspended in liquids, verified Albert Einstein’s explanation of this phenomenon and thereby confirmed the atomic nature of matter. For this achievement he was honoured with the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1926....
Perrin, Jean-Baptiste (French physicist)
French physicist who, in his studies of the Brownian motion of minute particles suspended in liquids, verified Albert Einstein’s explanation of this phenomenon and thereby confirmed the atomic nature of matter. For this achievement he was honoured with the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1926....
Perrin, Pierre (French poet)
Cambert was a pupil of the harpsichord composer Jacques Chambonnières and in 1662 became superintendent of music to the dowager queen, Anne of Austria. In 1659 he collaborated with the poet Pierre Perrin in his first stage work, the Pastorale d’Issy. In 1669 Louis XIV granted Cambert and Perrin the exclusive right to produce operatic performances in France. They founded the fi...
Perrine, Charles Dillon (American astronomer)
U.S. astronomer who discovered the sixth and seventh moons of Jupiter in 1904 and 1905, respectively. In 1904 he published a calculation of the solar parallax (a measure of the Earth–Sun distance) based on observations of the minor planet Eros during one of its ...
Perron, Charles Edgar du (Dutch writer and critic)
writer and critic, cofounder with Menno ter Braak of the influential Dutch literary journal Forum (1932–35), which aimed to replace superficial elegance of literary style with greater sincerity of literary content. The Forum writers resisted National Socialism and th...
Perron, Edgar du (Dutch writer and critic)
writer and critic, cofounder with Menno ter Braak of the influential Dutch literary journal Forum (1932–35), which aimed to replace superficial elegance of literary style with greater sincerity of literary content. The Forum writers resisted National Socialism and th...
Perronet, Jean-Rodolphe (French engineer)
French civil engineer renowned for his stone-arch bridges, especially the Pont de la Concorde, Paris....
perros hambrientos, Los (work by Alegría)
...this first appeared in his novel La serpiente de oro (1935; The Golden Serpent), which portrays the diverse human life to be found along the Marañón River in Peru. Los perros hambrientos (1938; “The Hungry Dogs”) describes the difficulties faced by the sheepherding Indians of the Peruvian highlands. The novel that is generally considered......
Perrot, Jules (French dancer and choreographer)
French virtuoso dancer and master choreographer who was celebrated internationally for creating some of the most enduring ballets of the Romantic period....
Perrot, Jules-Joseph (French dancer and choreographer)
French virtuoso dancer and master choreographer who was celebrated internationally for creating some of the most enduring ballets of the Romantic period....
Perrot, Nicolas (French fur trader, official, and explorer)
French fur trader, North American colonial official, and explorer....
Perrot, Sir John (lord deputy of Ireland)
lord deputy of Ireland from 1584 to 1588, who established an English colony in Munster in southwestern Ireland....
perry (alcoholic beverage)
...cereals and corn (maize) interspersed with beech groves are popular with tourists. The western valleys next to the Severn produce milk and some cheese, and apples and pears are grown for cider and perry (fermented pear juice)....
Perry (Oklahoma, United States)
city, seat (1893) of Noble county, north-central Oklahoma, U.S. Named for J.A. Perry, a member of the Cherokee Strip Commission, the town was founded in 1893 when the area was opened to white settlement. Located 60 miles (97 km) north of Oklahoma City, Perry is a shipping centre for agricultural produce and contains several manufacturing plants. Inc. 1902. Pop...
Perry (county, Pennsylvania, United States)
county, south-central Pennsylvania, U.S., bounded to the northwest by Tuscarora Mountain, to the east by the Susquehanna River, and to the south by Blue Mountain. The mountainous ridge-and-valley terrain is drained by the Juniata River and Sherman, Buffalo, and Fishing creeks. Some recreational areas are Tuscarora State Forest and ...
Perry, Antoinette (American actress and director)
American actress and director in whose honour the American theatre’s Tony Awards are named....
Perry, Audrey Faith (American singer)
American country music singer known for her commercial success on both the country and pop music charts....
Perry, Bliss (American editor)
U.S. scholar and editor, especially noted for his work in American literature....
Perry, Carrie Saxon (American politician)
...N. Morial in New Orleans in 1977; Richard Arrington in Birmingham in 1979; Wilson Goode in Philadelphia and Harold Washington in Chicago in 1983; Kurt L. Schmoke in Baltimore in 1987. Also in 1987, Carrie Saxon Perry of Hartford, Conn., became the first black woman to be elected mayor of a large city. An African American became mayor of the largest city in the United States in 1989 when David.....
Perry Convention (Japan-United States [1854])
(March 31, 1854), Japan’s first treaty with a Western nation. Concluded by representatives of the United States and Japan at Kanagawa (now part of Yokohama), it marked the end of Japan’s period of seclusion (1639–1854). The treaty was signed as a result of pressure from U.S. Commodore Matthew C. Perry, who sailed into ...
Perry, Edgar A. (American writer)
American short-story writer, poet, critic, and editor who is famous for his cultivation of mystery and the macabre. His tale The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1841) initiated the modern detective story, and the atmosphere in his tales of horror is unrivaled in American fiction. His ...
Perry, Emmitt, Jr. (American playwright, actor, screenwriter, producer, and director)
American playwright, actor, screenwriter, producer, and director whose works—in which he often portrayed the character Madea, an outspoken grandmother—combined humour, religious wisdom, and personal triumph....
Perry, Fletcher Joseph (American football player)
Jan. 22, 1927Stephens, Ark.April 25, 2011Tempe, Ariz.American football player who possessed tremendous speed and an uncanny ability to find holes in the defensive line as the powerful fullback (1948–60 and 1963) for the San Francisco 49ers of the All-America Football Conference (from...
Perry, Frank (American director)
U.S. director of such wide-ranging films as David and Lisa, Diary of a Mad Housewife, Mommie Dearest, and On the Bridge, which dealt with his battle against prostate cancer (b. Aug. 21, 1930--d. Aug. 29, 1995)....
Perry, Fred (British athlete)
("FRED"), British tennis player (b. May 18, 1909, Stockport, Cheshire, England--d. Feb. 2, 1995, Melbourne, Australia), during the period 1933-36 led England to victory in four consecutive Davis Cup finals and won eight Grand Slam singles titles: three...
Perry, Frederick John (British athlete)
("FRED"), British tennis player (b. May 18, 1909, Stockport, Cheshire, England--d. Feb. 2, 1995, Melbourne, Australia), during the period 1933-36 led England to victory in four consecutive Davis Cup finals and won eight Grand Slam singles titles: three...
Perry, Gaylord (American baseball player)
...magnate Ray Kroc purchased the franchise in 1974 to keep it in San Diego. The Padres had their first winning season in 1978 behind the play of future Hall of Famer members Dave Winfield and Gaylord Perry, the latter of whom won the 1978 NL Cy Young Award (at age 39) for outstanding pitching. The winning was short-lived, however, as the Padres posted losing records in each of the......
Perry, Grayson (British potter)
British potter who embedded in his work images of violence and other disturbing social issues....
Perry, James (English inventor)
...bronze pen was found in the ruins of Pompeii). John Mitchell of Birmingham, England, is credited with having introduced the machine-made steel pen point in 1828. Two years later the English inventor James Perry sought to produce more-flexible steel points by cutting a centre hole at the top of a central slit and then making additional slits on either side....