Pearson may refer to:
Organizations
Education
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Lester B. Pearson College, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Pearson College (UK)
Pearson College London is a higher education institution, founded in 2012; it is based in London and owned by Pearson plc. The institution is officially separated into two subdivisions - Pearson Business School, which offers business-related degr ...
, London, owned by Pearson PLC
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Lester B. Pearson High School (disambiguation)
Companies
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Pearson PLC, a UK-based international media conglomerate, best known as a book publisher
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Pearson Education, the textbook division of Pearson PLC
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Pearson-Longman
Longman, also known as Pearson Longman, is a publishing company founded in London, England, in 1724 and is owned by Pearson PLC.
Since 1968, Longman has been used primarily as an imprint by Pearson's Schools business. The Longman brand is also ...
, an imprint of Pearson Education
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Pearson Yachts
Pearson Yachts was a sailboat manufacturer founded by Everett Pearson and Clinton Pearson in 1956. One of the first fiberglass sailboat manufacturers, they grew rapidly during the 60s and 70s, while also developing and designing new boats. Howe ...
Places
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Pearson, Georgia
Pearson is a city in Atkinson County, Georgia, United States. The population was 2,117 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Atkinson County.
History
Pearson was founded in 1875 as a depot on the Brunswick and Western Railroad. It wa ...
, a US city
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Pearson, Texas
Pearson, named for Frederick Stark Pearson, is an unincorporated community in Medina County, Texas, United States. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area. Pearson was established in 1912 by the San Antonio Suburban Irrigati ...
, an unincorporated community in the US
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Pearson, Victoria
Pearson was a town in Victoria, Australia, located miles southwest of Walhalla. It was in the local government area of the Shire of Baw Baw
The Shire of Baw Baw is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, in the eastern part of the ...
, a ghost town in Australia
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Pearson, Wisconsin
Pearson is an unincorporated community in the town of Ainsworth, Langlade County, Wisconsin, United States. Pearson is west of Pickerel and north-northeast of Antigo, the county seat of Langlade County. The community is situated on Pickerel C ...
, an unincorporated community in the US
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Toronto Pearson International Airport
Lester B. Pearson International Airport , commonly known as Toronto Pearson International Airport, is an international airport located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It is the main airport serving Toronto, its metropolitan area, and the surr ...
, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Pearson Field
Pearson Field also once known as Pearson Airpark, is a city-owned municipal airport located one mile (2 km) southeast of the central business district of Vancouver, a city in Clark County, Washington, United States.
Pearson Field is t ...
, in Vancouver, Washington, US
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Pearson Island
Pearson Island is an island located in the Australian state of South Australia within the Pearson Isles an island group located in the larger group known as the Investigator Group about southwest by west of Cape Finniss on the west coast ...
, an island in South Australia which is part of the Pearson Isles
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Pearson Isles
Pearson Isles (also called the Pearson Islands, Pearson Group and Pearson Archipelago) is an island group located in the Australian state of South Australia about to west south-west of Cape Finniss on the west coast of Eyre Peninsula wit ...
, an island group in South Australia
Other uses
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Pearson (surname)
Pearson is an English surname at Norman conquest of England period, and may refer to many people.
Surname
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* Aaron Pearson (born 1964), American football player
* Adam Pearson (disambiguation), multiple people
* Albert Pearson (disambiguatio ...
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Pearson correlation coefficient
In statistics, the Pearson correlation coefficient (PCC, pronounced ) ― also known as Pearson's ''r'', the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient (PPMCC), the bivariate correlation, or colloquially simply as the correlation coefficient ...
, a statistical measure known as Pearson's ''r''
*Pearson (motorcycle), a British motorcycle with an
Ateliers de Construction Mecanique l'Aster
L'Aster, Aster, Ateliers de Construction Mecanique l'Aster, was a French manufacturer of automobiles and the leading supplier of engines to other manufacturers from the late 1890s until circa 1910/12. Although primarily known as an engine mas ...
engine
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''Pearson'' (TV series), an American television series that is a spin-off of ''Suits''
See also
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Pearson's (disambiguation) Pearson's may refer to:
* Pearson's Candy Company, chocolate and confectionery manufacturer
* Pearson's Magazine, a British literary magazine
* Pearson's Magazine (US), an American version of the British magazine of the same name
* Pearson product ...
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Pearson Peacekeeping Centre
Established in 1994 by the Government of Canada as the Lester B. Pearson Canadian International Peacekeeping Training Centre (more commonly the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre, or simply the Pearson Centre) was an independent, not-for-profit organizat ...
, a Canadian NGO supporting international peace
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Pearson Air Museum
The Pearson Air Museum is a place-based aviation museum at Pearson Field in Vancouver, Washington, USA. Managed by the National Park Service as part of the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, museum exhibits provide an opportunity for visitor ...
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Pearson v. Chung
''Pearson v. Chung'', also known as the "$54 million pants" case, is a 2007 civil case decided in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia in which Roy Pearson, then an administrative law judge, sued his local dry cleaning establishment fo ...
, $67 million lawsuit over a pair of pants
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Justice Pearson (disambiguation) Justice Pearson may refer to:
* Bird M. Pearson, associate justice of the Florida Supreme Court
*Colin Pearson, Baron Pearson, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
*Richmond Mumford Pearson
Richmond Mumford Pearson (1805–1878) was an American jurist who ...
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