Peter Hackett (physicist)
Peter Hackett may refer to: * Peter Hackett (frontiersman) (ca. 1763–1828), American frontiersman *Peter Hackett (racing driver), Australian motorsport racer *Peter Hackett (mountaineer) Peter H. Hackett is an American mountaineer and medical doctor. He is the third person to have summited Mount Everest in a solo ascent, climbing from South Col to the top on October 24, 1981. He studies the effect of altitude on human physiology, a ...

Peter Hackett (frontiersman)
Peter Hackett (ca. 1763 - 1828) was an American frontiersman. Biography born in approximately 1763 in the English colony of Virginia. It is believed that Peter was the son of Thomas Hackett, likely of Montgomery County, Virginia. As a boy Peter was bonded out to Captain James Estill, in approximately 1771, and was a part of the broad Scotch-Irish migration along the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap from Virginia into what later became known as Kentucky in the late 18th century. In 1779 he was a resident of Boonesborough, one of the first English-speaking settlements beyond the Appalachian Mountains, and lived there until 1780. In 1780 Hackett helped establish Estill's Station, Kentucky, and lived there until about 1788. Peter died in about 1828 in Scott County, Kentucky. Estill's Station and the Battle of Little Mountain West of the Appalachian Mountains the American Revolutionary War was an "Indian War." Most American Indians supported the British, who supplied their n ...
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Peter Hackett (racing Driver)
Peter Hackett is an Australian Endurance Championship GT race driver and driving instructor. He was born in Sydney, resides in Melbourne and has competed in varying Australian motor racing categories since 2000, but has particularly focused on the Australian Endurance Championship in recent years. After his win at the 2017 Hampton Downs Motorsport Park event, Hackett joined " David Wall and the late Allan Simonsen as the most successful drivers in Australian GT history, with 17-victories to their names." Early Years Hackett's first forays into motor racing were not in his home country of Australia, but rather the United Kingdom. From 1995-1997 he raced in various categories including British Formula Vauxhall Junior and British Formula Ford Championship. These early years did not yield any major successes, and Hackett returned home to Australia in the late 90s. His return to Australia in 20000 saw him compete in Australian Formula 3 and Australian Formula 2 followed by a full s ...
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