Peter Albert Iles (born 23 December 1926) is an American engineer and a former New Zealand

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er and

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player. Iles began his cricket career as a leg-spin bowler, but later concentrated on his batting. He played two first-class matches for

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, in 1946 and 1952. In 1948 he represented New Zealand Universities at

as a

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, and in 1950 he played for the

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team against the

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team. Iles studied at

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, graduating

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in 1948, and

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with second-class honours in 1952. In the mid-1950s he spent some time in England before moving to Canada. Iles later moved to the United States, settling in California and becoming an American citizen, where he worked as an engineer developing

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s, including those used on early American satellites. In 1991, Iles received the William R. Cherry Award from the

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for his prolonged and sustained contribution to the field of photovoltaic conversion. He continued to publish on the subject until at least 2004, contributing a chapter, "Photovoltaic conversion: space applications", to the ''Encyclopedia of Energy'' published by

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that year.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Iles, Peter 1926 births Possibly living people New Zealand cricketers New Zealand men's association footballers Auckland cricketers Cricketers from Palmerston North University of Auckland alumni New Zealand emigrants to the United States American electrical engineers Naturalized citizens of the United States 20th-century New Zealand sportsmen