Pease

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 Darlington, UK
• Al Pease (1921–2014), Formula One driver
• Sir Alfred Pease, 2nd Baronet (1857–1939), English Liberal Party politician
• Alfred Pease (musician) (1838–1882), composer
• Arthur Pease (MP) (1837–1898), English MP
• Sir Arthur Pease, 1st Baronet (1866–1927), 1st Baronet and British coal magnate and railway director
• Arthur Stanley Pease (1881–1964), U.S. professor of Classics and amateur botanist
• Bas Pease (1922–2004), British physicist
• Bob Pease (1940–2011), analog integrated circuit design expert
• Don Pease (1932–2002), U.S. Representative from Ohio
• Edward Pease (disambiguation), several people
• Elisha M. Pease (1812–1883), Texas governor
• Francis G. Pease (1881–1938), astronomer
• Frank Pease (1879–1959), Hollywood anti-Communist
• Harl Pease (1917–1942), awarded the Medal of Honor
• Henry Pease (disambiguation)
• Herbert Pease, 1st Baron Daryngton (1867–1949), English MP
• Howard Pease (1894–1974), American writer of children's literature
• Jack Pease, 1st Baron Gainford (1860–1943), son of Sir Joseph Pease, 1st Baronet
• Joachim Pease (1842-unknown), Medal of Honor recipient
• John Pease (disambiguation), several people
• Joseph Pease (railway pioneer) (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 (1889–1971)
• Joseph Pease, 3rd Baron Gainford (1921–2013)
• Ken Pease (born 1943), British criminologist
• Lute Pease (1869–1963), American cartoonist
• Patsy Pease (born 1956), American actress
• Spencer A. Pease (1817–1889), American lawyer, physician, newspaper editor, and politician
• William Harper Pease (1824–1871), American malacologist

Places

United Kingdom

• Pease Pottage, West Sussex, UK
• Pease Dean, Scottish Borders, Scotland
  • Pease Bay, a nature reserve at Pease Bay

United States

• Pease, Minnesota
• Pease, Missouri
• Pease Air Force Base, New Hampshire (now closed), named after Harl Pease
  • Pease Air National Guard Base, 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

See also

• Pea (disambiguation)
• Peace (disambiguation)
• Piece (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with Pease
• All pages with titles containing Pease