Pease

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 Darlington, UK
* Al Pease (1921-), a Formula One driver
* Allan Pease, Australian author and motivational speaker
* Sir Alfred Pease, 2nd Baronet, English Liberal Party politician
* Alfred Pease (musician) (1838-1882), a composer
* Arthur Pease (MP) (1837-1898), an English MP
* Sir Arthur Pease, 1st Baronet (1866-1927), 1st Baronet and British coal magnate and railway director
* Bas Pease (1922-2004), British physicist
* Bob Pease, analog integrated circuit design expert
* Don Pease (1932-2002), a U.S. Representative from Ohio
* Edward Pease, several people
* Elisha M. Pease (1812-1883), Texas governor
* Francis Gladheim Pease (1881-1938), astronomer
* Frank Pease, Hollywood anti-Communist
* Harl Pease (1917-1942), awarded the Medal of Honor. The former Pease Air Force Base and the current Portsmouth International Airport at Pease are named after him
* Henry R. Pease, U.S. senator from Mississippi
* Herbert Pease, 1st Baron Daryngton (1867-1949), English MP
* Howard Pease, American writer of children's literature
* Jack Pease, 1st Baron Gainford (1860–1943), son of Sir Joseph Pease, 1st Baronet
* Joachim Pease (1842-unknown), Medal of Honor recipient
* John Pease (1936-current), professor of sociology, University of Maryland
* John Pease, 1st Baron Wardington (1869-1950), banker
* Joseph Pease (railway pioneer) (1799–1872), first Quaker elected Member of Parliament, railway owner
* Sir Joseph Pease, 1st Baronet, MP (1828–1903), son of Joseph Pease (1799–1872)
* Joseph Pease, 2nd Baron Gainford (1889–1971)
* Joseph Pease, 3rd Baron Gainford (born 1921)
* Patsy Pease (1956-), actress

Places

*Pease Pottage in West Sussex, UK
*Pease (crater), a crater on the Moon

;United States
*Pease, Minnesota
*Pease Air Force Base in New Hampshire (now closed)
*Portsmouth International Airport at Pease, often referred to as "Pease International Airport", at the former Air Force base


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  • Pease — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Al Pease (* 1921), kanadischer Autorennfahrer Allan Pease, australischer Autor Arthur Pease (1837–1898), britischer Politiker Arthur Francis Pease (1866–1927), britischer Kohleminen Magnat und… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Pease 1 — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Pease 1 (Kustner 648). Nebulosa planetaria descubierta fotográficamente (1928) en el seno del cúmulo globular M15 por el astrónomo norteamericano Francis Pease; es una de las cuatro descubierta hasta la fecha (2006)… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Pease — Pease, MN U.S. city in Minnesota Population (2000): 163 Housing Units (2000): 67 Land area (2000): 0.433095 sq. miles (1.121712 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.433095 sq. miles (1.121712 sq.… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Pease, MN — U.S. city in Minnesota Population (2000): 163 Housing Units (2000): 67 Land area (2000): 0.433095 sq. miles (1.121712 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.433095 sq. miles (1.121712 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Pease — Pease, n.; obs.pl. {Peases}, {Peasen}. [See {Pea}.] 1. A pea. [Obs.] A peose. Bread . . . of beans and of peses. Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster] 2. A plural form of {Pea}. See the Note under {Pea}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pease — Pease, Henry, englischer Eisenbahndirektor, jüngster Sohn des Eduard Pease, des Begründers der Stockton Darlington Bahn, geboren zu Darlington 1807, gestorben 1881. P. war, durch eine ausgezeichnete praktische Erziehung unter der unmittelbaren… …   Enzyklopädie des Eisenbahnwesens

  • pease — O.E., see PEA (Cf. pea), of which this is the etymologically correct form …   Etymology dictionary

  • pease — ► PLURAL NOUN archaic ▪ peas …   English terms dictionary

  • pease — [pēz] n. [see PEA ] 1. pl. peases or peasen [pēz n] Obs. a pea 2. archaic or Brit. dial. pl. of PEA …   English World dictionary

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