Pease, in
Middle English
Middle English (abbreviated to ME) is a form of the English language that was spoken after the Norman conquest of 1066, until the late 15th century. The English language underwent distinct variations and developments following the Old English ...
, was a noun referring to the vegetable
pea; see that article for its etymology. The word survives into modern English in
pease pudding
Pease pudding, also known as pease porridge, is a savoury pudding dish made of boiled legumes, typically split yellow peas, with water, salt and spices, and often cooked with a bacon or ham joint. A common dish in the north-east of England, ...
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Pease may also refer to:
People
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Pease family (Darlington), a prominent family in Darlington, UK
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Al Pease
Victor "Al" Pease (15 October 1921 – 4 May 2014) was a British-Canadian motor racing driver, born in Darlington, England. He holds the unusual accolade of being the only driver to be disqualified from a Formula One World Championship race due ...
(1921–2014), Formula One driver
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Sir Alfred Pease, 2nd Baronet
Sir Alfred Edward Pease, 2nd Baronet (29 June 1857 – 27 April 1939), was a British Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1885 and 1902 and who became a pioneer settler of British East Africa, now Kenya.
Early life
A ...
(1857–1939), English Liberal Party politician
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Alfred Pease (musician) (1838–1882), composer
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Arthur Pease (MP)
Arthur Pease, DL (12 September 1837 – 27 August 1898) was a British politician, son of Joseph Pease.
Biography
He was a Liberal Member of Parliament for Whitby from 1880 to 1885, and a Liberal Unionist MP for Darlington from 1895 until his d ...
(1837–1898), English MP
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Sir Arthur Pease, 1st Baronet Sir Arthur Francis Pease, 1st Baronet, DL (11 March 1866 – 23 November 1927) was an English coal owner and public servant.
He was a member of the Quaker Pease family of Darlington, born in Hummersknott, a suburb of Darlington, the son of the coa ...
(1866–1927), 1st Baronet and British coal magnate and railway director
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Arthur Stanley Pease (1881–1964), U.S. professor of Classics and amateur botanist
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Bas Pease
Rendel Sebastian "Bas" Pease FRS (2 November 1922 – 17 October 2004) was a British physicist who strongly opposed nuclear weapons while advocating the use of nuclear fusion as a clean source of power.
Biography
Pease was born at 9 Brunswick ...
(1922–2004), British physicist
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Bob Pease
Robert Allen Pease (August 22, 1940 – June 18, 2011) was an electronics engineer known for analog integrated circuit (IC) design, and as the author of technical books and articles about electronic design. He designed several very successf ...
(1940–2011), analog integrated circuit design expert
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Don Pease (1932–2002), U.S. Representative from Ohio
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Edward Pease (disambiguation), several people
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Elisha M. Pease (1812–1883), Texas governor
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Francis G. Pease (1881–1938), astronomer
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Frank Pease (1879–1959), Hollywood anti-Communist
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Harl Pease (1917–1942), awarded the Medal of Honor
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Henry Pease (disambiguation)
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Herbert Pease, 1st Baron Daryngton
Herbert Pike Pease, 1st Baron Daryngton, (7 May 1867 – 10 May 1949), was a British politician.
Biography
Pease was born into a wealthy family, the son of the politician Arthur Pease and his wife Mary Lecky née Pike. His brother was (Sir) ...
(1867–1949), English MP
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Howard Pease (1894–1974), American writer of children's literature
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Jack Pease, 1st Baron Gainford
Joseph Albert Pease, 1st Baron Gainford (17 January 1860 – 15 February 1943), known as Jack Pease, was a British businessman and Liberal politician. He was a member of H. H. Asquith's Liberal cabinet between 1910 and 1916 and also served ...
(1860–1943), son of Sir Joseph Pease, 1st Baronet
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Joachim Pease (1842-unknown), Medal of Honor recipient
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John Pease (disambiguation), several people
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Joseph Pease (railway pioneer)
Joseph Pease (22 June 1799 – 8 February 1872) was a British proponent and supporter of the earliest public railway system in the world and was the first Quaker permitted to take his seat in Parliament.
Life
Joseph Pease joined his father Edw ...
(1799–1872), first Quaker elected Member of Parliament, railway owner
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Sir Joseph Pease, 1st Baronet
Sir Joseph Whitwell Pease, 1st Baronet (23 June 1828 – 23 June 1903) was a British Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1903.
Biography
Pease was a member of the Darlington Pease family, being the son of Jo ...
, MP (1828–1903), son of Joseph Pease (1799–1872)
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Joseph Pease, 2nd Baron Gainford (1889–1971)
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Joseph Pease, 3rd Baron Gainford (1921–2013)
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Ken Pease (born 1943), British criminologist
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Lute Pease
Lucius Curtis "Lute" Pease Jr. (March 27, 1869 – August 16, 1963), was an American editorial cartoonist and journalist. He was cartoonist for the ''Newark Evening News'' from 1914 to 1954, and received the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Car ...
(1869–1963), American cartoonist
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Patsy Pease
Patsy Pease is an American actress. She is most known for her role as Kimberly Brady on the soap opera '' Days of Our Lives''.
Early life
Pease was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. She attended the North Carolina School of the Arts four year ...
(born 1956), American actress
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Spencer A. Pease (1817–1889), American lawyer, physician, newspaper editor, and politician
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William Harper Pease (1824–1871), American malacologist
Places
United Kingdom
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Pease Pottage
Pease Pottage is a village in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the southern edge of the Crawley built-up area, in the civil parish of Slaugham.
The village has a motorway service station, named after the village ...
, West Sussex, UK
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Pease Dean, Scottish Borders, Scotland
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Pease Bay
Pease Bay is a bay in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, close to the border with East Lothian as well as Cockburnspath, Cove and Dunglass. The area is notable as a holiday destination, for surfing in Scotland, and also for the large static ...
, a nature reserve at Pease Bay8
United States
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Pease, Minnesota
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Pease, Missouri
Pease is an unincorporated community in Laclede County, in the Ozarks of southern Missouri. Pease is located along the Osage Fork Gasconade River, just upstream of the Missouri Route J crossing and the confluence
In geography, a confluence (al ...
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Pease Air Force Base, New Hampshire (now closed), named after Harl Pease
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Pease Air National Guard Base, located on a portion of the former Air Force base
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Portsmouth International Airport at Pease
Portsmouth International Airport at Pease , formerly known as Pease International Airport, is a joint civil and military use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) west of the central business district of Portsmouth, a city in Rockingham ...
, often referred to as "Pease International Airport", at the former Air Force base, also named after Harl Pease
Other uses
See also
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Pea (disambiguation)
A pea is a small spherical seed or the seed-pod of various plants commonly used as a source of food, particularly ''Pisum sativum''.
Pea or PEA may also refer to:
Geography
* Pea River, Alabama, US
* Peas Creek, a stream in Iowa
Medicine
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Peace (disambiguation)
Peace may refer to:
* Peace: a generic term for a state of tranquility or harmony
** Peace (law), various legal protections offered to people in a specific area, by a court, head of state or legislature
** World peace
** Inner peace
Peace may als ...
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Piece (disambiguation)
Piece or Pieces (not to be confused with peace) may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Games
* Piece (chess), pieces deployed on a chessboard for playing the game of chess
* ''Pieces'' (video game), a 1994 puzzle game for the Super NES
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