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Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation (PTNS) Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation (PTNS) is one of the least invasive forms of neurostimulation, currently used for a variety of urologic conditions including interstitial cystitis, urge incontinence and OverActive Bladder (OAB). The methodology was first invented by Dr.
Percy and Florence Arrowsmith Percy Arrowsmith (March 13, 1900 - June 15, 2005) and Florence Arrowsmith (born October 31, 1904) were, until Percy's death, a married couple residing in Hereford, England. On June 1, 2005 they erroneously made it into the Guinness Book of Records for the longest marriage for a living couple and the oldest aggregate age of a married couple.
Percy Adams Percy Webster Adams, born at St Pancras, London on September 5, 1900 and died at Pimlico, London, on September 28, 1962, was a cricketer who achieved fame by being selected by Wisden as one of its five Cricketers of the Year in 1919, when the choice was restricted because of the lack of first-class cricket the previous summer.
Percy Alleline Sir Percy Alleline is a fictional character in British novelist John Le Carré's work. He is the Chief of the "Circus", Le Carré's fictionalised version of MI6/SIS, in the novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.
Percy Avery Rockefeller Percy Avery Rockefeller (1878–1934) was the son of William Rockefeller and his wife, Almira Geraldine Goodsell. He attended Yale University from 1897 to 1900, where he was also a member of the 1900 class of Skull & Bones.
Percy B. Molesworth Percy Braybrooke Molesworth (April 2,1867 – December 25,1908) was a Major in the corps of Royal Engineers and amateur astronomer. He obtained his commission in 1886 and was stationed at Fort Camnden until 1891.
Percy Bass Book of Traditional Decoration The Percy Bass Book of Traditional Decoration is a book by conservative politician and interior designerJennie Elias. In the book, she presents the stories of traditional decorative suppliers, their products and offers guidance on how to co-ordinate these diverse elements and create a cohesive, elegant room .
Percy Beames Percy James Beames (born July 27, 1911 in Ballarat, Victoria, died March 28, 2004 in Melbourne, Victoria) was an Australian rules footballer with the Melbourne Demons and first-class cricketer at state level for Victoria.
Percy Bullock Percy George Bullock (28 August 1893 - 1 December 1986) was an English cricketer who played three first-class matches for Worcestershire in 1921. He was not successful, scoring 2, 0, 9, 0 and 0 in his five innings for the county.
Percy Bysshe Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley (August 4 1792 – July 8 1822; pronounced ) was one of the major English Romantic poets and is widely considered to be among the finest lyric poets of the English language. He is perhaps most famous for such anthology pieces as Ozymandias, Ode to the West Wind, To a Skylark, and The Masque of Anarchy.
Percy Clyde Statton Percy Clyde Statton (VC, MM)(21 October 1890-5 December 1959) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Percy de Somerville In Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel's Legacy series, Percy de Somerville, also called "Percy of L'Agnace", is an important nobleman, the Comte de Somerville and Commander of the Royal Army. He is cousin-germane to Rolande de la Courcel, kinsman to Queen Genevieve, a Prince of the Blood, though he seldom claims that title.
Percy Daggs III Percy Daggs III (born July 20, 1982) is an American actor best known for his role as Wallace Fennel in the Rob Thomas television series Veronica Mars. He has had guest appearances on such shows as Boston Public, The Guardian, NYPD Blue and The Nightmare Room.
Percy Dearmer The Revd Dr Percy Dearmer MA (Oxon), DD, (February 27, 1867 – May 29, 1936) was an English priest and liturgist best known as the author of The Parson's Handbook, an Anglo-Catholic liturgical manual. A lifelong socialist, he was very concerned with social justice.
Percy Ernst Schramm Percy Ernst Schramm (1894-1970) was a German historian of medieval political symbolism and ritual. His research focused primarily on the ideology of the medieval state, particularly the ways in which the rulers of the Holy Roman Empire in the Middle Ages represented their authority through images and rituals, as well as the transmission of ideas about the Roman Empire in medieval political and religious thought.
Percy Erskine Nobbs Percy Erskine Nobbs (1875-1964) was a Canadian architect who was born in Haddington, Scotland and trained in the United Kingdom, but spent most of his career in the Montreal area. He was responsible, alone or within a practice, for constructing a great many of what would eventually become Montreal's heritage buildings.
Percy Faith Percy Faith (April 7, 1908 – February 9, 1976) was a band-leader, orchestrator and composer, known for his arrangements of standard tunes with lush string sections and female chorus vocal and wordless. The female chorus became a Percy Faith signature with his mid to late 60's "Young Lovers" projects, and was used in his final Holiday album "Christmas Is" released in 1967.
Percy Farnfield Percy Hamilton Farnfield (16 June 1881 - 19 August 1962) was an English cricketer who played a single first-class match, for Worcestershire against Hampshire in August 1925. His short career was singularly unsuccessful, as he was bowled for a duck in his only innings by Frederick Gross.
Percy Fawcett Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett (1867 – presumably 1925) was a British archaeologist and explorer who, along with his son, disappeared under unknown circumstances in 1925 during an expedition to find what he believed to be an ancient lost city in the uncharted jungles of Brazil.
Percy Foreman Percy Foreman, born Percy Eugene Foreman (June 21, 1902 – August 25, 1988) was a criminal defense attorney from Houston, Texas. His clients included James Earl Ray, who was convicted of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Percy Gilchrist Percy Carlyle Gilchrist (December 27, 1851 - December 16, 1935) was a British chemist and metallurgist born in Lyme Regis, Dorset, and who studied at the Royal School of Mines. He is best known for his collaboration with his cousin, Sidney Gilchrist Thomas on what became the standard method of making steel.
Percy Gray Henry Percy Gray (1869-1952) was born into a San Francisco family endowed with a broad literary and artistic background. He studied under Arthur Frank Mathews at the San Francisco School of Design and later under William Merritt Chase.
Percy Hansen Percy Howard Hansen (VC, DSO, MC, Croix de Guerre (France)) (26 October 1890 – 12 February 1951) was a Danish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He is buried at the Garnisons Kirkegard Cemetery, Copenhagen.
Percy Harris Percy Harris (born as Margaret Harris) was a costume designer who together with her sister Sophia and their friend Elizabeth Montgomery formed the a Motley design team. Motley had huge influence amongst British and American theatre in the early 20th century.
Percy Heath Percy Heath, (April 30, 1923 – April 28, 2005), was a jazz musician, most famous for his 40+ years as the double bass player for the Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ). He is the brother of tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath and drummer Tootie Heath, with whom he formed the Heath Brothers in 1975.
Percy Herbert Cherry Percy Herbert Cherry (VC, MC) (June 4, 1895- March 27, 1917) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Percy Hill Percy Hill was a band, based in the New England area, that enjoyed more than a decade of respect and praise for its high-energy live performances, polished songwriting and, as time progressed, remarkably professional and passionate studio recordings.
Percy Hobart Major-General Sir Percy Cleghorn Stanley Hobart (14 June 1885-19 February 1957) - also known as "Hobo" - was a British military engineer, noted for his command of the 79th Armoured Division during World War II. He was responsible for many of the specialised armoured vehicles ('Hobart's Funnies') that took part in the invasion of Normandy.
Percy Chapman Arthur Percy Frank Chapman (was born at Reading, Berkshire on 3 September 1900 and died at Alton, Hampshire on 16 September 1961) was an outstanding English cricketer who captained England to a then English-record-equalling seven consecutive Test match wins, a record that was not surpassed until Michael Vaughan's team (with one game captained by Marcus Trescothick) won eight in a row in 2004. Chapman won his first nine Tests as captain, but this sequence was interrupted by Tests in which others captained England.
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief Percy Jackson and the Olympians Book 1: Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan is a children's book which uses many of the characters from Greek Mythology in a modern context. It was originally published in 2005 as The Lightning Thief and is part of the series Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
Percy Jones (boxer) Rhondda's Percy Jones became the first Welshman ever to win a World Title when he took the World Flyweight Championship from Bill Ladbury in 1914. Appropriately born on Boxing Day, 1892, the diminutive Jones also took the British and European Flyweight Championships from Ladbury in the same match.
Percy Jones Army Hospital The Percy Jones Army Hospital in Battle Creek, Michigan, formerly the Battle Creek Sanitarium, was purchased by the United States Army in 1942 and converted into a 1,500-bed military hospital for treating soldiers wounded in World War II. The army continued to operate the hospital through the Korean Conflict.
Percy Julian Percy Lavon Julian (April 11, 1899-April 19, 1975) was an American research chemist of international renown, and a pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs. During his lifetime he received more than 130 chemical patents.
Percy LeSueur Percy LeSueur (November 18, 1881 in Quebec City, Quebec - January 27, 1962) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goalie who played for the Ottawa Senators and Toronto Ontarios / Shamrocks of the National Hockey Association.
Percy Levar Walton Percy Levar Walton (born on October 18, 1978) is an African American from Virginia who was convicted and sentenced to death in 1997 for the November 1996 murders of Elizabeth and Jessee Hendrick, aged 81 and 80, and Archie Moore, aged 33, in Danville, Virginia.
Percy Lindsay Percival (Percy) Charles Lindsay (1870-1952) was an Australian landscape painter, illustrator and cartoonist, born in Creswick, Victoria. Percy was the first child born to Jane Lindsay (nee Williams) and Dr Robert Charles Lindsay.
Percy Lubbock Percy Lubbock, CBE (June 41879-1 August1965) was an English man of letters, known as an essayist, critic and biographer. He was a good friend of Henry James in James's later life, and became a follower in literary terms, and his editor after his death.
Percy MacKaye Percy MacKaye (1875 - 1956), was an American dramatist and poet. He wrote the plays, The Canterbury Pilgrims in 1903, Sappho and Phaon in 1907, The Scarecrow in 1908, Anti-Matrimony in 1910, and the poetry collection The Far Familiar in 1937.
Percy Mayfield Percy Mayfield (12 August, 1920 – 11 August, 1984) was an American songwriter famous for the songs "Hit the Road Jack" and "Please Send Me Someone to Love", as well as a successful rhythm and blues artist known for his smooth vocal style.
Percy McNamara Percy McNamara was an Australian rugby league player who played with the Eastern Suburbs club in the first years of the new code. A five-eigth McNamara played in the NSWRL's first premiership final, kicking a field goal in Eastern Suburbs 14–12 loss to South Sydney.
Percy Montgomery Percival Colin "Percy" Montgomery (born 15 March 1974 in Walvis Bay, then a South African possession and now part of Namibia) is a South African rugby player who currently plays as a fullback for the Springboks internationally, Natal Sharks domestically, and the Sharks in Super 14.
Percy Noble (naval officer) Sir Percy Lockhart Harnam Noble, GBE, KCB, CVO (1880–1955) was a British Naval Officer who rose to the rank of Admiral and was the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Navy’s Western Approaches Command for two crucial years during the Second World War.
Percy Olivares Percy Celso Olivares Polanco (born June 5, 1968 in Lima) is a retired football defender from Peru, who obtained 83 international caps for his national team, in which he scored one goal. He made his debut on June 19, 1987 against Chile (1-3), and played his last international match for his native country on June 2, 2001 against Ecuador (1-2), three days before his 33rd birthday.
Percy pigs Percy Pigs are pig-shaped confectionery made by Marks & Spencer. They are a traditional sweet in the United Kingdom and have been around for many years, whilst the original derivation of the Percy Pig is unknown, sources suggest it has been around since before the First World War when it was sold for less than a penny.
Percy Paris Percy Paris is a Canadian politician and member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, representing the riding of Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank for the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party. He was first elected in the 2006 election.
Percy Perrin Percival Albert Perrin (born May 26, 1876 at Stoke Newington; died November 20, 1945 at his country house overlooking Hickling Broad, Norfolk), known as either "Percy" or "Peter", was an English cricketer who played for Essex as a right-handed, middle-order batsman for more than 30 years from 1896.
Percy Pilcher Percy Sinclair Pilcher (January 1866, Bath, Somerset—October 2, 1899, Leicestershire) was a British inventor and pioneer aviator who, in one of the big "what if" events of history, could well have become the first person to achieve controlled, powered, heavier-than-air flight well before the Wright brothers had he not been tragically killed in a glider accident.
Percy Pringle William Moody (born April 10 1954 in Mobile, Alabama), known professionally as Percy Pringle, is a professional wrestling manager. He is best known for playing the character Paul Bearer in World Wrestling Entertainment.
Percy Qoboza Percy Peter Tshidiso Qoboza (January 17, 1938 - January 17, 1988), was an influential black South African journalist, author, and outspoken critic of the apartheid government in South Africa during the early periods of world recognition of the problems evident in the racially divided land. His eloquent editiorials did much to challenge the white South Africans who were shielded from the savage horrors of apartheid as experienced by millions of black South Africans at the hands of the minority government.
Percy Rodriguez Percy Rodriguez (born June 13, 1924 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a character actor who has appeared in countless television shows and films from the 1950s to the 1980s. He is probably most recognized for his role as Commodore Stone in the Star Trek episode Court Martial.
Percy Sparks Born on March 7 1880 in Ottawa, on the site of where the Supreme Court stands today, Roderick Percy Sparks was the great grandnephew of Ottawa pioneer Nicholas Sparks. Educated at the Ottawa Public School, and the Ottawa Collegiate Institute, he was a garment manufacturer as well as president of the Canadian Association of Garment Manufacturers, president of the Commercial Protective Association, and member of the executive committee of the Canadian Manufacturers Association.
Percy the Small Engine Percy the Small Engine is a fictional anthropomorphic steam engine from the children's television series, Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends, and The Railway Series books written by the Reverend Wilbert Vere Awdry and his son, Christopher Awdry.
Percy Thompson Dean Percy Thompson Dean (20 July 1877 – 20 March 1939) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Percy Toplis Francis Percy Toplis (August 22, 1896 – June 6, 1920) was a British deserter and impostor during World War I. He is sometimes claimed to have taken part in the Etaples Mutiny as "The Monocled Mutineer" during the war but further researchers dispute this claim.
Percy Traub Percy L. "Puss" Traub (August 23, 1896 – May 5, 1948, Swift Current, Saskatchewan) was a professional ice hockey player who played for teams in the S-SSHL, NHL, WHL, WCHL, SSHL, and the SIHA hockey leagues.
Percy Valentine Storkey Percy Valentine Storkey (7 December 1891-3 October1969) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Percy W. Nelles Admiral Percy Walker Nelles was an officer in the Royal Canadian Navy and the Chief of the Naval Staff from 1934 to 1944. He oversaw the massive wartime expansion of the RCN and the transformation of Canada into a major player in the Battle of the Atlantic.
Percy Walker Percy Walker, (son of John Williams Walker and great-great-uncle of Richard Walker Bolling), a Representative from Alabama; born in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, in December 1812; completed preparatory studies; was graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1835; commenced the practice of medicine in Mobile, Alabama; served in the campaign against the Creek Indians; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced in Mobile; State’s attorney for the sixth judicial district; member of the State house of representatives in 1839, 1847, and 1853; elected as a candidate of the American Party to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1855–March 3, 1857); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1856; died in Mobile, Alabama, December 31, 1880; interment in Magnolia Cemetery.
Percy Warrington The Reverend Percy Ewart Warrington (1889–1961) was an educationist and evangelical Church of England clergyman who created an education empire, known as Allied Schools in the 1920s by purchasing a group of 10 schools in Britain and a girls school in Kenya. One of the schools was located in Wellington, Shropshire: Warrington renamed it the Wrekin College.
Percy Williams Bridgman Percy Williams Bridgman (April 21, 1882 Cambridge, Massachusetts – August 20, 1961) was an American physicist who won the 1946 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the physics of high pressures. He also wrote extensively on the scientific method and on other aspects of the philosophy of science.
Percy Zachariah Cox Sir Percy Zachariah Cox (20 November, 1864 - 20 February, 1937) was a British administrator and diplomat in the British Mandate of Iraq. He was born in Herongate, Essex, England and died in Melchbourne, Bedfordshire, England.
Perdana Leadership Foundation Perdana Leadership Foundation is a foundation established to preserve, develop and spread information regarding former Prime Ministers of Malaysia. The foundation's main aim is to increase awareness of Malaysia's intellectual heritage based on its belief that past leadership can provide important resources and insights for future development Perdana Leadership Foundation Retrieved 9 June 2006.
Perdekop Perdekop, (Afrikaans for horse hill), is a small town situated on top of a 1,889m peak in Mpumalanga, South Africa. The was established during an equine sickness epidemic when farmers found that when they brought their horses to the top of this hill they where protected from the sickness.
Perdiccas (general) Perdiccas (in Greek Περδικκας; died 321 BC) was one of the generals who held a subordinate command under Eumenes in the war against Antigonus, 321 BC. He was preparing to desert to the enemy, when Eumenes became apprised of his project, and sent Phoenix against him, who surprised his camp in the night, took him prisoner, and brought him before Eumenes, who caused him to be put to death.
Perdido Key, Florida Perdido Key, Florida is a unincorporated community located in Escambia County, Florida, outside the Pensacola city limits near the community of Pensacola. It literally translates to "Lost Island" in Spanish.
Perdikaki Perdikaki, older name " Sakaretsi (Greek, Modern: Περδικάκι, Ancient/Katharevousa: -Perdikakion), is a village located in the northeastern part of the prefecture named Aetolia and Acarnania. It belongs to the municipality of Inachos.
Perdita Durango Based on Barry Gifford's novel, novel 59° and Raining: The Story of Perdita Durango, Perdita Durango is a cross between the crime and horror genres. Perdita (Rosie Perez) is a tough, no-nonsense lady clad in a Tura Satana-style black outfit.
Perdurantism Perdurantism or perdurance theory is a philosophical theory of persistence and identity. The perdurantist view is often defined as being the claim that objects have distinct Temporal Parts as opposed to endurantism (primarily endurantism is defined as stating that the whole of an individual is always present).
Pere de Montagut Catalan squire who helped, in the 1230’s, King James I of Aragon to conquer some zones of the kingdom of Valencia from the moors. As a reward, he was given some territories under the condition that he had to repopulate them with Christian settlers.
Pere Esteve i Abad Pere Esteve i Abad (December 26 1942 - June 10 2005) was a Catalan politician, belonging to the political organisation Catalunya 2003 (now dissolved), who became Minister of Trade, Tourism and Consumer Affairs of the Catalan Government proposed by the ERC party, with whom one appeared to the autonomic elections of the 2003. He resigned in October of 2004 by health reasons.
Pere Marquette 1225 Pere Marquette 1225 is a 2-8-4 (Berkshire) steam locomotive built for Pere Marquette Railroad (PM) by Lima Locomotive Works in Lima, Ohio. 1225 is one of only two surviving Pere Marquette 2-8-4 type locomotives and it is the only example in operable condition.
Pere Marquette Hotel Pere Marquette Hotel, 501 Main Street, Peoria, Illinois, was built in 1927 and features 288 guest rooms. This hotel was named for Jacques Marquette, and it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Pere Marquette Rail-Trail The Pere Marquette Rail-Trail is a 28-mile paved rail trail, located in both Midland County, Michigan and Isabella County, Michigan, along the former CSX Transportation railway that stretched from beyond Clare, Michigan to Saginaw, Michigan. The trail is either 12 or 14 feet wide, and is paved in asphalt.
Pere Marquette Railway The Pere Marquette Railway was a railroad that operated in the Great Lakes region of the United States. The railroad had trackage in the states of Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and the Canadian province of Ontario.
Pere Marquette State Forest The Pere Marquette State Forest Campground encompasses lands in Michigan’s upper lower peninsula, on the western side of the state. Counties within the Pere Marquette are: Leelanau, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Manistee, Wexford, Missaukee, Mason, Lake, Osceola, Oceana, Newaygo and Mecosta.
Pere Marsili Pere Marsili (also known as Peter Marsili) was a Dominican friar, chronicler, translator, and royal ambassador during the XIII and XIV centuries. In 1314 King James II of Aragon ordered him to make a Latin adaptation of a now-lost autobiography of James I of Aragon, the Llibre dels feyts.
Perea (Holy Land) Perea ("the country beyond"), a portion of the kingdom of Herod the Great occupying the eastern side of the Jordan River valley, from about one third the way down from the Sea of Galilee to about one third the way down the eastern shore of the Dead Sea; it did not extend too far inland. Traditionally its limits have been considered to be the eastern bank of the Jordan River between the rivers Arnon and Hieromax (currently, the Yarmouk).
Peredelkino Peredelkino is a dacha village, situated just to the south-west of Moscow. The settlement originated as the estate of Peredeltsy, owned by the Leontyevs (maternal relatives of Peter the Great), then by Princes Dolgorukov and by the Samarins.
Peredur son of Efrawg Peredur son of Efrawg is one of the three Welsh Romances associated with the Mabinogion. It tells what is essentially the same story as Chrétien de Troyes' unfinished romance Perceval, the Story of the Grail, but it contains many striking differences from that work, most notably the absence of the French poem's central object, the Holy Grail.
Peredvizhniki Peredvizhniki (), often called The Wanderers or The Itinerants in English, were a group of Russian realist artists who in protest to academic restrictions formed an artists' cooperative which evolved into the Society for Traveling Art Exhibitions in 1870.
Peregrine Bertie, 13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby Peregrine Bertie, 13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby (1555-1601) was the son of Richard Bertie and Katherina Willoughby, 12th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby. Richard was Katherine's second husband, the first being Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk.
Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven PC (29 April 1686 – 1 January 1742), also known as Peregrine Bertie (1686–1701), Lord Willoughby de Eresby (1701–1715) and Marquess of Lindsey (1715–1723), was a British nobleman and statesman.
Peregrine Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire Peregrine Andrew Morny Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire, CBE (born April 27, 1944), is a British peer. He is the elder and only surviving son of the 11th Duke of Devonshire and his wife, the former Deborah Mitford.
Peregrine Eliot, 10th Earl of St Germans Peregrine Nicholas Eliot, 10th Earl of St Germans was born on January 2 1941 to Nicholas Richard Michael Eliot, 9th Earl of St Germans (January 26 1914 - 1988) and his wife Helen Mary Villers (c.1918 - December 6 1951).
Peregrine Falcon The Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus), sometimes formerly known in North America as Duck Hawk, is a medium-sized falcon about the size of a large crow: 380-530 millimetres (15-21 in) long. The English and scientific species names mean "wandering falcon", and refer to the fact that some populations are migratory.
Peregrine Investments Holdings Peregrine (including Peregrine Investments Holdings Limited and Peregrine Infrastructure Investments Limited) was an investment company based in Hong Kong. It was liquidated following the downturn of the Indonesian economy during the Asian financial crisis, and was acquired by BNP Paribas.
Peregrine Laziosi Saint Peregrine (Pellegrino) Laziosi (Latiosi) (1265 - 1 May 1345) is an Italian saint. He is the patron saint for persons suffering from cancer, AIDS and other serious diseases, according to the Catholic Church.
Peregrine Maitland Grover Peregrine Maitland Grover (October 17 1818 – May 28 1885) was an Ontario farmer, businessman and political figure. He represented Peterborough East in the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative member from 1867 to 1874.
Peregrine system Peregrine Systems, Inc. develops enterprise software solutions that enable organizations to evolve their IT service and asset management practices to reduce costs, improve IT productivity and service levels, and mitigate risk by managing portfolios of IT assets and streamlining service management operations.
Peregrine White Peregrine White (November 20 1620-July 20, 1704) was the first English child born to the Pilgrims in the New World. He was born in Provincetown Harbor to William and Susanna White, before the passengers of the Mayflower had decided where they would settle.
Peregrine Worsthorne Sir Peregrine Gerard Worsthorne (born December 22, 1923) is a conservative British journalist, writer and broadcaster. He was educated at Stowe public school, Peterhouse, Cambridge and Magdalen College, Oxford University.
Perejaume Perejaume (born in 1957, Barcelona, Spain) is a contemporary artist. His work covers a discursive plane of subject matter that includes humans' relationship with nature, the society of the spectacle, and the reevaluation of modernist painting.
Peremptory challenge Peremptory challenge usually refers to a right in jury selection for the defense and prosecution to reject a certain number of potential jurors who appear to have an unfavourable bias without having to give any reason. Other potential jurors may be challenged for cause, i.
Peremptory norm A peremptory norm (also called jus cogens, Latin for "compelling law") is a fundamental principle of international law considered to have acceptance among the international community of states as a whole. Unlike ordinary customary law that has traditionally required consent and allows the alteration of its obligations between states through treaties, peremptory norms cannot be violated by any state.
Peremptory plea In the common law legal system, the peremptory pleas (pleas in bar), are pleas that set out special reasons for which a trial cannot go ahead. They are the plea of autrefois convict, the plea of autrefois acquit, and the plea of pardon.
Peremyshl, Russia Peremyshl () is a village in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located at . Formerly a capital of one of the Upper Principalities, Peremyshl contains the ruins of a mid-16th century cathedral which collapsed in the 1980s from neglect.
Perené Ashéninka Ashéninka Perené or Ashéninca Perené is an indiginous American language of the Arawakan family spoken by natives in Perú's Upper Perené river, a tributary of the Pachitea river. This variety of Ashéninka is somwhat mutually comprehensibale with other Ashéninka languages.
Perendale The Perendale is a breed of sheep developed in New Zealand by Massey Agricultural College (now Massey University) for use in steep hill situations. The breed is named after Sir Geoffery Peren and it achieves its aims by being the offspring of Romney ewes and Cheviot rams with sturdy legs.
Perennial candidate A perennial candidate is one who frequently runs for public office with a record of success that is either infrequent or non-existent. Perennial candidates are often either members of minority political parties or have political opinions that are not mainstream.
Perennial philosophy The notion of perennial philosophy (Latin: philosophia perennis) suggests the existence of a universal set of truths and values common to all peoples and cultures. The term was first used in the 16th century by Augostino Steuco in his book entitled: De perenni philosophia libri X (1540), in which Scholastic philosophy is seen as the Christian pinnacle of wisdom to which all other philosophical currents in one way or another point.

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