Pearson
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In places:
- Pearson, California (disambiguation)
- Pearson, GeorgiaPearson, GeorgiaPearson is a city in Atkinson County, Georgia, United States. The population was 1,805 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Atkinson County.-Geography:Pearson is located at ....
, a US city - Pearson, TexasPearson, TexasPearson, named for Dr. 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 Medina Valley Irrigation Company as a stop on the Southern Pacific Railroad...
, an unincorporated community in the US - Pearson, VictoriaPearson, VictoriaPearson was a town in Victoria, Australia, located 1 1/2 miles southwest of Walhalla. It was also known as The Happy, and Happy Go Lucky.The town's history began with the discovery of a quartz reef outcrop or 'blow' by prospector William McGregor in 1863. McGregor was cutting an access track into...
, a ghost town in Australia. - Pearson, WisconsinPearson, WisconsinPearson is an unincorporated community in Langlade County, Wisconsin, United States located within the town of Ainsworth. Pearson is west of the community of Pickerel and north-northeast of Antigo, the county seat of Langlade County. The community is located along Pickerel Creek near its...
, an unincorporated community in the US
People:
- Pearson (surname)Pearson (surname)-A:* Adam Pearson, chairman of Hull City A.F.C.* Albie Pearson, American baseball player* Alister Pearson, British illustrator* Allison Pearson, British journalist* Andrew Pearson , English cricketer* Anthony Pearson , English Protestant martyr...
- James Larkin PearsonJames Larkin PearsonJames Larkin Pearson was a poet and newspaper publisher. From 1953 - 1981 he served as North Carolina's Poet Laureate, and was the second poet to hold the title.-Background:...
, (1879-1981) Poet, Editor. Former North Carolina Poet Laureate - John Loughborough PearsonJohn Loughborough PearsonJohn Loughborough Pearson was a Gothic Revival architect renowned for his work on churches and cathedrals. Pearson revived and practised largely the art of vaulting, and acquired in it a proficiency unrivalled in his generation.-Early life and education:Pearson was born in Brussels, Belgium on 5...
, (1817–97) English architect - Karl PearsonKarl PearsonKarl Pearson FRS was an influential English mathematician who has been credited for establishing the disciplineof mathematical statistics....
(1857–1936), British statistician - Lester B. PearsonLester B. PearsonLester Bowles "Mike" Pearson, PC, OM, CC, OBE was a Canadian professor, historian, civil servant, statesman, diplomat, and politician, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957 for organizing the United Nations Emergency Force to resolve the Suez Canal Crisis...
, former Prime Minister of Canada - Pearson, abbreviation for Oliver Paynie Pearson (1915–2003), per List of zoologists by author abbreviation
Other:
- Pearson PLCPearson PLCPearson plc is a global media and education company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is both the largest education company and the largest book publisher in the world, with consumer imprints including Penguin, Dorling Kindersley and Ladybird...
, a UK-based international media conglomerate, best known as a book publisher- Pearson EducationPearson EducationPearson Education is an international educational publishing and technology company providing textbooks and other educational material, such as multimedia learning tools...
, the textbook division of Pearson PLC- Pearson-Longman, an imprint of Pearson Education
- Pearson Education
- Pearson YachtsPearson YachtsPearson Yachts was a small manufacturer of fiberglass sailboats built in Bristol, Rhode Island founded by cousins Clinton and Everett Pearson in 1956. The company is one of earliest fiberglass sailboat manufacturers. The Carl Alberg designed Triton 28 launched at the New York Boat Show in January...
- Toronto Pearson International AirportToronto Pearson International AirportToronto Pearson International Airport is an international airport serving Toronto, Ontario, Canada; its metropolitan area; and the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration that is home to 8.1 million people – approximately 25% of Canada's population...
, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Pearson FieldPearson FieldPearson Field , is a city-owned public-use airport located one mile southeast of the central business district of Vancouver, a city in Clark County, Washington, United States....
, in Vancouver, Washington, US - Pearson product-moment correlation coefficientPearson product-moment correlation coefficientIn statistics, the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient is a measure of the correlation between two variables X and Y, giving a value between +1 and −1 inclusive...
statistical measure, also known as Pearson r
See also
- Pearson's (disambiguation)
- Pearson Peacekeeping CentrePearson Peacekeeping CentreEstablished in 1994 by the Government of Canada, the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre is an independent, not-for-profit organization with its office based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on the campus of Carleton University...
, a Canadian NGO supporting international peace - Pearson Air MuseumPearson Air MuseumThe Pearson Air Museum is an aviation museum at Pearson Field in Vancouver, Washington, USA. The museum specializes in aircraft made before or during World War II. The displays are housed in the U.S.'s second oldest wooden aircraft hangar, built in 1918 and used as a hangar since 1921. During World...
- Pearson v. ChungPearson v. ChungPearson v. Chung, better known as the "pants lawsuit", is a civil case filed in 2005 by Roy L. Pearson, Jr., an administrative law judge in the District of Columbia in the United States, following a dispute with a dry cleaning company over a lost pair of trousers. Pearson filed suit against Soo...
, $67 million lawsuit over a pair of pants