Pease — Pease, in Middle English, was a noun referring to the vegetable pea; see that article for its etymology. The word survives into modern English in pease pudding.Pease may also refer to:People* Pease family (Darlington), a prominent family in… … Wikipedia
Bas — meaning super lower in French may refer to:*Bas Caraquet, New Brunswick, meaning Lower Caraquet , a village on the Acadian Peninsula of New Brunswick, Canada *Bas Congo (post 2006, Kongo Central), a province of the Democratic Republic of the… … Wikipedia
Pease family (Darlington) — The Pease family was a prominent English and mostly Quaker family associated with Darlington and County Durham and descended from Joseph Pease of Darlington, son of Edward Pease (1711–1785).[1] They were one of the great Quaker industrialist… … Wikipedia
Michael Pease — Michael Stewart Pease OBE[1][2] (2 October 1890 – 27 July 1966) was a British classical geneticist at Cambridge University. Pease was the son of Edward Reynolds Pease, writer and a founding member of the Fabian Society, of the Pease family of… … Wikipedia
Darwin–Wedgwood family — The Darwin–Wedgwood family is actually two interrelated English families, descended from the prominent 18th century doctor, Erasmus Darwin, and Josiah Wedgwood, founder of the pottery firm, Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, the most notable member of… … Wikipedia
Derek Robinson (physicist) — Derek Charles Robinson FRS[1] (27 May 1941 – 2 December 2002) was a physicist who worked in the UK fusion power program for most of his professional career. Studying turbulence in the UK s ZETA reactor, he helped develop the reversed field pinch… … Wikipedia
Josiah Wedgwood, 1st Baron Wedgwood — Colonel Josiah Clement Wedgwood, 1st Baron Wedgwood, DSO sometimes referred to as Josiah Wedgwood IV (16 March 1872 ndash; 26 July 1943) was a British Liberal and Labour politician who served in government under Ramsay MacDonald. He was the great … Wikipedia
Darwin-Wedgwood family — The Darwin mdash; Wedgwood family was a prominent English family, descended from Erasmus Darwin and Josiah Wedgwood, the most notable member of which was Charles Darwin. The family contained at least ten Fellows of the Royal Society and several… … Wikipedia
Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs — The Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs is an international organization that brings together scholars and public figures to work toward reducing the danger of armed conflict and to seek solutions to global security threats. It was… … Wikipedia
Bedales School — Infobox Secondary school name = Bedales size = 100px native name = motto = Work of Each for Weal of All established = 1893 city = Petersfield state = Hampshire province = England country = United Kingdom, GU32 2DG campus = Rural type =… … Wikipedia
