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:
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Pease family (Darlington) The Pease family is an English and mostly Quaker family associated with Darlington, County Durham, and North Yorkshire, descended from Edward Pease of Darlington (1711–1785).
They were 'one of the great Quaker industrialist families of the ni ...
, a prominent family in Darlington, UK
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Al Pease (1921–2014), Formula One driver
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Sir Alfred Pease, 2nd Baronet (1857–1939), English Liberal Party politician
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Alfred Pease (musician)
Alfred Humphreys Pease (May 6, 1838 in Cleveland, Ohio – July 12, 1882 in St. Louis, Missouri), studied at Kenyon College, where he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and later in Germany under music professors Theodor Kullak, Richard Wü ...
(1838–1882), composer
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Arthur Pease (MP) (1837–1898), English MP
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Sir Arthur Pease, 1st Baronet (1866–1927), 1st Baronet and British coal magnate and railway director
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Arthur Stanley Pease Arthur Stanley Pease (September 22, 1881 – January 7, 1964) was a professor of Classics, a respected amateur botanist, and the tenth president of Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. (1881–1964), U.S. professor of Classics and amateur botanist
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Bas Pease (1922–2004), British physicist
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Bob Pease (1940–2011), analog integrated circuit design expert
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Don Pease
Donald James Pease (September 26, 1931 – July 28, 2002) was an American politician. He served eight terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio's 13th District, an area in northeast Ohio. He was a Democrat.
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(1932–2002), U.S. Representative from Ohio
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Edward Pease (disambiguation) Edward Pease may refer to:
* Edward A. Pease (born 1951), former US congressman from Indiana
* Edward Pease (railway pioneer) (1767–1858), railway pioneer
* Edward R. Pease (1857–1955), first cousin twice removed of Edward Pease (1767–1858), ...
, several people
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Elisha M. Pease
Elisha Marshall Pease (January 3, 1812 – August 26, 1883) was a Texas politician. He served as the fifth and 13th governor of Texas.
Texas Republic
A native of Enfield, Connecticut, Pease moved to Mexican Texas in 1835. He soon became active ...
(1812–1883), Texas governor
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Francis G. Pease
Francis Gladheim Pease (January 14, 1881 – February 7, 1938) was an American astronomer.
He joined the Yerkes Observatory in Wisconsin, where he was an observer and an optician. There he assisted George W. Ritchey who built many of America's f ...
(1881–1938), astronomer
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Frank Pease
Major Frank Pease (September 22, 1879 - January 12, 1959) was president of the Hollywood Technical Directors Institute, an anti-communist activist organization during the 1920s and 1930s. His was best known for his opposition to Sergei Eisenstein' ...
(1879–1959), Hollywood anti-Communist
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Harl Pease
Harl Pease Jr. (April 10, 1917 – October 8, 1942) was a United States Army Air Corps officer and a recipient of the United States military's highest award, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during World War II. He was the namesake for Pease ...
(1917–1942), awarded the Medal of Honor
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Henry Pease (disambiguation)
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Herbert Pease, 1st Baron Daryngton (1867–1949), English MP
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Howard Pease
Howard Pease (September 6, 1894–April 14, 1974) was an American writer of adventure stories from Stockton, California. Most of his stories revolved around a young protagonist, Joseph Todhunter ("Tod") Moran, who shipped out on tramp freight ...
(1894–1974), American writer of children's literature
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Jack Pease, 1st Baron Gainford (1860–1943), son of Sir Joseph Pease, 1st Baronet
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Joachim Pease (1842-unknown), Medal of Honor recipient
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John Pease (disambiguation), several people
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Joseph Pease (railway pioneer) (1799–1872), first Quaker elected Member of Parliament, railway owner
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Sir Joseph Pease, 1st Baronet, MP (1828–1903), son of Joseph Pease (1799–1872)
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Joseph Pease, 2nd Baron Gainford (1889–1971)
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Joseph Pease, 3rd Baron Gainford (1921–2013)
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Ken Pease (born 1943), British criminologist
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Lute Pease (1869–1963), American cartoonist
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Patsy Pease (born 1956), American actress
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Spencer A. Pease
Spencer Adams Pease (February 24, 1817 – December 19, 1889) was an American physician, newspaper editor, lawyer, and politician.
Born in Spafford, Onondaga County, New York, Pease was educated in Auburn, New York. In 1837, Pease settled in ...
(1817–1889), American lawyer, physician, newspaper editor, and politician
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William Harper Pease
William Harper Pease (1824–1871) was a 19th-century American conchologist, shell collector and malacologist. He described many species of Indo-Pacific marine mollusks from the Cuming collection.
He moved in 1849 to Honolulu
Honolulu ( ...
(1824–1871), American malacologist
Places
United Kingdom
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Pease Pottage, West Sussex, UK
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Pease Dean
Pease Dean is a nature reserve at Pease Bay, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, near the Anglo-Scottish border and Cockburnspath, Cove, and Dunglass. OS 67 NT794707.
The reserve is managed by the Scottish Wildlife Trust and has two parts ...
, Scottish Borders, Scotland
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Pease Bay, a nature reserve at Pease Bay8
United States
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Pease, Minnesota
Pease is a city in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 242 at the 2010 census.
History
A post office called Pease was established in 1894, and remained in operation until 1994. Pease was named by railroad officials. ...
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Pease, Missouri
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Pease Air Force Base, New Hampshire (now closed), named after Harl Pease
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Pease Air National Guard Base
Pease Air National Guard Base is a New Hampshire Air National Guard base located at Portsmouth International Airport at Pease in New Hampshire. It occupies a portion of what was once Pease Air Force Base, a former Strategic Air Command facility ...
, located on a portion of the former Air Force base
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Portsmouth International Airport at Pease, often referred to as "Pease International Airport", at the former Air Force base, also named after Harl Pease
Other uses
See also
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Pea (disambiguation)
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Peace (disambiguation)
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Piece (disambiguation)
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