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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 p ...

, was a noun referring to the vegetable

pea The pea is most commonly the small spherical seed or the seed-pod of the flowering plant species ''Pisum sativum''. Each pod contains several peas, which can be green or yellow. Botanically, pea pods are fruit, since they contain seeds and d ...

; see that article for its etymology. The word survives into modern English in pease pudding. Pease may also refer to:

People

Pease family (Darlington) The Pease family is an English and mostly Quaker family associated with Darlington, County Durham, and North Yorkshire, descended from Edward Pease of Darlington (1711–1785). They were 'one of the great Quaker industrialist families of the ni ...

, a prominent family in Darlington, UK * Al Pease (1921–2014), Formula One driver * Sir Alfred Pease, 2nd Baronet (1857–1939), English Liberal Party politician *

Alfred Pease (musician) Alfred Humphreys Pease (May 6, 1838 in Cleveland, Ohio – July 12, 1882 in St. Louis, Missouri), studied at Kenyon College, where he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and later in Germany under music professors Theodor Kullak, Richard Wü ...

(1838–1882), composer *

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 *

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 *

Arthur Stanley Pease Arthur Stanley Pease (September 22, 1881 – January 7, 1964) was a professor of Classics, a respected amateur botanist, and the tenth president of Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts.

(1881–1964), U.S. professor of Classics and amateur botanist *

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 *

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 *

Don Pease Donald James Pease (September 26, 1931 – July 28, 2002) was an American politician. He served eight terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio's 13th District, an area in northeast Ohio. He was a Democrat. Educ ...

(1932–2002), U.S. Representative from Ohio * Edward Pease (disambiguation), several people *

Elisha M. Pease Elisha Marshall Pease (January 3, 1812 – August 26, 1883) was a Texas politician. He served as the fifth and 13th governor of Texas. Texas Republic A native of Enfield, Connecticut, Pease moved to Mexican Texas in 1835. He soon became active ...

(1812–1883), Texas governor *

Francis G. Pease Francis Gladheim Pease (January 14, 1881 – February 7, 1938) was an American astronomer. He joined the Yerkes Observatory in Wisconsin, where he was an observer and an optician. There he assisted George W. Ritchey who built many of America's f ...

(1881–1938), astronomer * Frank Pease (1879–1959), Hollywood anti-Communist *

Harl Pease Harl Pease Jr. (April 10, 1917 – October 8, 1942) was a United States Army Air Corps officer and a recipient of the United States military's highest award, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during World War II. He was the namesake for Pease ...

(1917–1942), awarded the Medal of Honor *

Henry Pease (disambiguation) Henry Pease is the name of: * Henry R. Pease (1835–1907), U.S. Senator from Mississippi * Henry Pease (MP) Henry Pease (4 May 1807 – 30 May 1881)http://www.saltburnbysea.com/history/LeedsMercTues31May1881.jpg was an English railway owner, pe ...

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) A ...

(1867–1949), English MP *

Howard Pease Howard Pease (September 6, 1894–April 14, 1974) was an American writer of adventure stories from Stockton, California. Most of his stories revolved around a young protagonist, Joseph Todhunter ("Tod") Moran, who shipped out on tramp freight ...

(1894–1974), American writer of children's literature * Jack Pease, 1st Baron Gainford (1860–1943), son of Sir Joseph Pease, 1st Baronet *

Joachim Pease Joachim Pease (born 1842, date of death unknown) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the American Civil War. Biography Although Joachim Pease has been ...

(1842-unknown), Medal of Honor recipient *

John Pease (disambiguation) John Pease may refer to: * John Pease (sociologist) (born 1936), associate professor of sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park * John Pease (American football) (1943–2021), retired football coach * Beaumont Pease, 1st Baron Ward ...

, several people *

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 * Sir Joseph Pease, 1st Baronet, MP (1828–1903), son of Joseph Pease (1799–1872) *

Joseph Pease, 2nd Baron Gainford Joseph Pease, 2nd Baron Gainford (1889–1971) was a British hereditary peer and a member of the Pease family. Family He was the only son of the Liberal peer Joseph Albert Pease, 1st Baron Gainford and his wife Ethel Havelock-Allan, a daughter ...

(1889–1971) *

Joseph Pease, 3rd Baron Gainford Joseph Edward Pease, 3rd Baron Gainford (25 December 1921 – 4 April 2013) was a British hereditary peer and a member of the Pease family. He was the eldest son of Joseph Pease, 2nd Baron Gainford and his wife Veronica Margaret Noble. He was ...

(1921–2013) *

Ken Pease Kenneth George Pease (born August 5, 1943) is a British forensic psychologist and criminologist. He is a visiting professor at the Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science at University College London, a visiting professor at the University of Lough ...

(born 1943), British criminologist *

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 *

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 b ...

(born 1956), American actress * Spencer A. Pease (1817–1889), American lawyer, physician, newspaper editor, and politician *

William Harper Pease William Harper Pease (1824–1871) was a 19th-century American conchologist, shell collector and malacologist. He described many species of Indo-Pacific marine mollusks from the Cuming collection. He moved in 1849 to Honolulu Honolulu ( ...

(1824–1871), American malacologist

Places

United Kingdom

* Pease Pottage, West Sussex, UK *

Pease Dean Pease Dean is a nature reserve at Pease Bay, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, near the Anglo-Scottish border and Cockburnspath, Cove, and Dunglass. OS 67 NT794707. The reserve is managed by the Scottish Wildlife Trust and has two parts ...

, Scottish Borders, Scotland ** Pease Bay, a nature reserve at Pease Bay8

United States

Pease, Minnesota Pease is a city in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 242 at the 2010 census. History A post office called Pease was established in 1894, and remained in operation until 1994. Pease was named by railroad officials. ...

* Pease, Missouri *

Pease Air Force Base Pease, in Middle 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 may also refer to: People * Pease family (Darlington), a prominent family in D ...

, New Hampshire (now closed), named after Harl Pease **

Pease Air National Guard Base Pease Air National Guard Base is a New Hampshire Air National Guard base located at Portsmouth International Airport at Pease in New Hampshire. It occupies a portion of what was once Pease Air Force Base, a former Strategic Air Command facility ...

, located on a portion of the former Air Force base * Portsmouth International Airport at Pease, often referred to as "Pease International Airport", at the former Air Force base, also named after Harl Pease

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