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 was a British higher education institution, founded in 2012; it was based in London and was previously owned by Pearson plc. The institution was officially separated into two subdivisions - Pearson Business School, which o ...
, London, owned by Pearson PLC
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Lester B. Pearson High School (disambiguation) Lester B. Pearson High School can refer to:
* Lester B. Pearson High School (Calgary), in Calgary, Alberta
* Lester B. Pearson High School (Burlington), in Burlington, Ontario
* Lester B. Pearson High School (Montreal), in Montreal, Quebec
* Lester ...
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
Pearson Education, known since 2011 as simply Pearson, is the educational publishing and services subsidiary of the international corporation Pearson plc. The subsidiary was formed in 1998, when Pearson plc acquired Simon & Schuster's educatio ...
, the textbook division of Pearson PLC
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Pearson-Longman, 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 1,821 in 2020. 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 was incorp ...
, a US city
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Pearson, Texas, an unincorporated community in the US
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Pearson, Victoria, a ghost town in Australia
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Pearson, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community in the US
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Toronto Pearson International Airport
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 surrounding region known as the Golden Horseshoe. Pearson is the ...
, 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 the ...
, 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 island group, group known as the Investigator Group about southwest by west of Cape Finniss on the ...
, 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 withi ...
, an island group in South Australia
Other uses
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Pearson (surname)
Pearson is an English surname. It may refer to:
Surname
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* Aaron Pearson (born 1964), American football player
* Adam Pearson (disambiguation), multiple people
* Albert Pearson (disambiguation), multiple people
* Albie Pearson (1934–2023), ...
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Pearson correlation coefficient
In statistics, the Pearson correlation coefficient (PCC) is a correlation coefficient that measures linear correlation between two sets of data. It is the ratio between the covariance of two variables and the product of their standard deviatio ...
, 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 mass ...
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 organiza ...
, 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 visito ...
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Pearson v. Chung, $67 million lawsuit over a pair of pants
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Justice Pearson (disambiguation)
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Persson
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