Peter Wyso

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Peter Wyon

Peter Wyon (1767-1822) was an engraver of medals and coins. He was born into a family who had a long tradition of dye-engraving. He was the son of George Wyon, as well as the brother of Thomas Wyon, wread more...ith whom he went into business for a short time. Both his nephew, Thomas Wyon, and his son, William Wyon, held the position of Chief Engraver at the Royal Mint.read less...

Pete Gray

Peter James Gray was an American professional baseball outfielder who played for the St. Louis Browns of Major League Baseball in 1945, despite having lost his right arm in a childhood accident.

Peter Cathcart Wason

Peter Cathcart Wason was a cognitive psychologist at University College, London who pioneered the Psychology of Reasoning. He progressed explanations as to why people make certain consistent mistakes read more...in logical reasoning. He designed problems and tests to demonstrate these processes, for example the Wason selection task, the THOG problem and the 2-4-6 problem. He also coined the term "confirmation bias" to describe the tendency for people to immediately favor information that validates their preconceptions, hypotheses and personal beliefs regardless of whether they are true or not.read less...

Peter Y. Solmssen

Peter York Solmssen is an American lawyer and business executive who served as general counsel of Siemens AG, the German engineering company, until November 2013. Solmssen was the first American memberead more...r of its managing board (Vorstand), and was also responsible for the company's operations in North and South America. Solmssen is best known for having negotiated the first internationally coordinated settlement of multiple foreign bribery prosecutions and for leading a global campaign against bribery. That work began during his service at Siemens and continues. He co-authored a Report to the Secretary General of the OECD entitled On Combating Corruption and Fostering Integrity, and together with Tina Soreide, founded and led a network of lawyers, academics, NGOs and former prosecutors called the Recommendation 6 Network. He serves as Chairman of the Non-trial Resolutions Subcommittee of the International Bar Association.read less...