Pearson may refer to:
Organizations
Education
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Lester B. Pearson College
Lester B. Pearson United World College of the Pacific (Pearson College UWC) is one of eighteen schools and colleges around the world in the UWC (United World Colleges) movement. It is named after the late Canadian Prime Minister Lester Bowles Pear ...
, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Pearson College (UK), London, owned by Pearson PLC
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Lester B. Pearson High School (disambiguation) Lester B. Pearson High School can refer to:
* Lester B. Pearson High School (Calgary), in Calgary, Alberta
*Lester B. Pearson High School (Burlington), in Burlington, Ontario
* Lester B. Pearson High School (Montreal), in Montreal, Quebec
* Lester B ...
Companies
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Pearson PLC
Pearson plc is a British multinational corporation, multinational publishing and education company headquartered in London, England.
It was founded as a construction business in the 1840s but switched to publishing in the 1920s.J. A. Spende ...
, a UK-based international media conglomerate, best known as a book publisher
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Pearson Education
Pearson Education is a British-owned education publishing and assessment service to schools and corporations, as well for students directly. Pearson owns educational media brands including Addison–Wesley, Peachpit, Prentice Hall, eCollege, ...
, the textbook division of Pearson PLC
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Pearson-Longman, an imprint of Pearson Education
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Pearson Yachts
Places
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Pearson, California (disambiguation)
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Pearson, Georgia
Pearson is a city in Atkinson County, Georgia, United States. The population was 2,117 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Atkinson County.
History
Pearson was founded in 1875 as a depot on the Brunswick and Western Railroad. It ...
, a US city
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Pearson, Texas, an unincorporated community in the US
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Pearson, Victoria, a ghost town in Australia
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Pearson, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community in the US
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Toronto Pearson International Airport, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Pearson Field, in Vancouver, Washington, US
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Pearson Island, an island in South Australia which is part of the Pearson Isles
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Pearson Isles, an island group in South Australia
Other uses
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Pearson (surname)
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Pearson correlation coefficient, a statistical measure known as Pearson's ''r''
*Pearson (motorcycle), a British motorcycle with an
Ateliers de Construction Mecanique l'Aster engine
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''Pearson'' (TV series), an American television series that is a spin-off of ''Suits''
See also
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Pearson's (disambiguation)
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Pearson Peacekeeping Centre, a Canadian NGO supporting international peace
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Pearson Air Museum
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Pearson v. Chung, $67 million lawsuit over a pair of pants
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Justice Pearson (disambiguation)
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Persson Persson (also Person, Pärsson) is the eighth most common Swedish family name. It is a patronymic surname and literally means "son of Per".
People with the surname
*Åke Persson, Swedish jazz trombonist
*Erling Persson, founder of Swedish clothing ...
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