Peter Bird (geologist)
Peter Bird may refer to: * Peter Bird (IT manager) (1934–2017), British computer operator * Peter Bird (footballer) (born 1976), Australian rules footballer * Peter Bird (rower) Peter Bird (19 February 1947 – 1996) was a British ocean rower who, in 1983, became the first person ever to row non-stop and solo across the Pacific from east to west when he completed his journey from America to Australia. Atlantic Bird fir ...

Peter Bird (IT Manager)
Peter John Bird (1934–2017) was a British computer operator in the early days of commercial computing, and rose to be a director of Lyons Computer Services. Bird was born in 1934 in north London, the second son of Eileen (née Darnell) and Jack Bird, a solicitors’ clerk. He served in the Merchant Navy, eventually becoming a first officer. Bird worked for J. Lyons and Co. from 1964 to 1991, initially as an operator of the LEO III computer. From the late 1980s, he developed an interest on the history of computing at Lyons, and thus in the history of the company in general. This led to him writing two books, one on each topic. He also developed a secondary career, as a consultant on Lyons' history for television programmes, on some of which he appeared. The LEO Computers Society's 2016 book 'LEO Remembered' is dedicated to him. In later years, he lived in Wokingham Wokingham is a market town in Berkshire, England, west of London, southeast of Reading, north ...
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Peter Bird (footballer)
Peter Bird (born 30 January 1976) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Australian Football League (AFL). Bird was selected by Fitzroy with pick 58 of the 1994 National Draft, from the Geelong Falcons. He made twelve appearances in the 1995 AFL season and a further three in 1996. From 1997 to 2002, Bird played for Subiaco, then moved to South Bunbury in the South West Football League. In 2004, after he had been cleared from the Lions, Bird was involved in a unique controversy when South Bunbury cleared him to Peel Thunder for ''one'' game against East Perth East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sunrise, Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from ... in the second round, but the Thunder, desperate after winning only one game in 2003, played him in their opening game with Claremont. Af ...
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