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(Encyclopedia)Roches, Peter des dā rōsh [key], d. 1238, English churchman and statesman, b. Poitou. A chamberlain under Richard I of England, then entered the service of King John, who gave him rich estates and m...Veregin, Peter
(Encyclopedia)Veregin, Peter: see Dukhobors.Waldo, Peter
(Encyclopedia)Waldo, Peter: see Waldenses.Dickinson, Peter
(Encyclopedia)Dickinson, Peter (Peter Malcolm de Brissac Dickinson), 1927–2015, b. Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia). The son of a civil servant, he returned to England (1935) with his family and attend...Schöffer, Peter
(Encyclopedia)Schöffer, Peter: see Fust, Johann.Pindar, Peter
(Encyclopedia)Pindar, Peter: see Wolcot, John. ...Bennewitz, Peter
(Encyclopedia)Bennewitz, Peter: see Apianus, Petrus. ...Bienewitz, Peter
(Encyclopedia)Bienewitz, Peter: see Apianus, Petrus. ...Serkin, Peter
(Encyclopedia)Serkin, Peter: see under Serkin, Rudolf. ...Astrakhan, city, Russia
(Encyclopedia)Astrakhan ăsˈtrəkăn, Rus. äˈstrəkhənyə [key], city (2020 pop. 535,000), capital of Astrakhan region, SE European Russia. A Caspian Sea port on the Volga R...Browse by Subject
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