Peter Bowler (other)
Peter Bowler may refer to: * Peter Bowler (lexicographer) (1934–2020), Australian lexicographer * Peter J. Bowler (born 1944), historian of science * Peter Bowler (cricketer) (born 1963), Australian cricketer who played for Derbyshire, Somerset and Leicestershire See also * Bowler (other) Bowler may refer to: Places United States * Bowler Hill, Missouri * Bowler, Montana * Bowler, Virginia * Bowler, Wisconsin Other places * Bowler Rocks, a group of rocks off the north coast of Greenwich Island, Antarctica Sports * Bowler (cric ...

Peter Bowler (lexicographer)
Peter Bowler was an Australian lexicographer and author of '' The Superior Person's Book of Words'', '' The Superior Person's Second Book of Weird and Wondrous Words'', and '' The Superior Person's Third Book of Well-Bred Words''. He specialized in esoteric, arcane, archaic, and otherwise unusual words, which he catalogued humorously in his three books, along with "real-life" situations in which such words might come in handy A spare-time author, his main work lay in his forty years in education policy and management, in both public and private sectors. He was at various times: leader of Australian delegations to the Unesco/IBM World Conference on Public Education in Geneva and the Conference of Directors of Education in the South Pacific; member of Australian delegations to Commonwealth of Nations Education and Medical Conferences, Chairman of the Commonwealth of Nations Book Development Committee; member of the National Training Council and Australian Apprenticeship Advisor ...
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Peter J
Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) Culture * Peter (actor) (born 1952), stage name Shinnosuke Ikehata, Japanese dancer and actor * ''Peter'' (album), a 1993 EP by Canadian band Eric's Trip * ''Peter'' (1934 film), a 1934 film directed by Henry Koster * ''Peter'' (2021 film), Marathi language film * "Peter" (''Fringe'' episode), an episode of the television series ''Fringe'' * ''Peter'' (novel), a 1908 book by Francis Hopkinson Smith * "Peter" (short story), an 1892 short story by Willa Cather Animals * Peter, the Lord's cat, cat at Lord's Cricket Ground in London * Peter (chief mouser), Chief Mouser between 1929 and 1946 * Peter II (cat), Chief Mouser between 1946 and 1947 * Peter III (cat), Chief Mouser between 1947 ...
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Peter Bowler (cricketer)
Peter Duncan Bowler (born 30 July 1963) is a former English-born Australian cricketer who played for Leicestershire in 1986, Tasmania in 1986/87, Derbyshire from 1988 to 1994 and for Somerset from 1995 to 2004. Despite his name, Bowler was not a bowler, but a batsman. Playing career Bowler played three youth Test matches during a 1982 tour of Pakistan; he made 82 on his debut, also making a 76 on the tour. In 1986, Bowler made a century on his Leicestershire debut. Though he played in Australia during the following season, he came back to England in 1988, playing for Derbyshire and, fourteen times in the ensuing seventeen seasons, top-scored in the season with an innings exceeding 100. In 1988, his first season with Derbyshire, he scored 1725 runs, a record which stood for three years until broken by Mohammad Azharuddin. Bowler's top score in first-class cricket was 241 not out. Even in 1992, when he possessed his highest season average, of nearly 66 runs, he failed to get a cal ...
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