Pearson

[peer-suhn]

noun

1. Drew Andrew Russell Pearson, 1897–1969, U.S. journalist.

2. Karl, 1857–1936, English statistician.

3. Lester Bowles 1897–1972, Canadian diplomat and politician: Nobel Peace Prize 1957; prime minister 1963–68.

Pearson

/ ˈpɪəsən /

noun

1. Karl. 1857–1936, British mathematician, noted for his work in statistics, esp as applied to biological problems

2. Lester B ( owles ). 1897–1972, Canadian Liberal statesman; prime minister (1963–68): Nobel peace prize 1957 for helping to resolve the Suez crisis (1956)

Example Sentences

If he were to do that, he would want to make sure to share his memories of the other victims, too: Courtney Stewart, 20, a Fullerton classmate he described as smart, fun, and not at all scared to tease her ballplayer friends about their play; and Henry Pearson, 25, a law student and aspiring sports agent who Wilhite said never took a moment for granted.

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But, after a minute or so, he talked of the relationships he had built with the families of Adenhart, Pearson and Stewart, and the baseball community that supported him, and the close friends who stepped up to help him in his time of need.

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"First you violate expectations by making something worse, then you compound the injury by revealing the violation was both expensive and avoidable," psychologist and neuroscientist Joel Pearson told the BBC, explaining the public outrage.

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The new site, Mr Pearson said, "was scrambling the neurological shortcuts that people had spent a decade building".

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The incident reflected a fundamental misunderstanding of how the culture of naming works, Mr Pearson said.

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