Pasteur, Louis. 1822-95. French microbiologist. Antibiotics. Pasteurization 1864. Rabies virus 1881.

Patriotic Front. 1973-9. Guerillas for black power in Rhodesia. Mugabe. Nkomo.

Peary, Robert. 1856-1920. US explorer. First to North Pole 1909.

Peel, Robert. 1788-1850. English Prime Minister 1834~46. London police force 1829. Income Tax 1842. Founded Conservative Party. Bank Charter Act. Repealed Corn Laws 1846.

Peelites. 19C Free Trade Conservatives under Peel, Aberdeen.

Physiocrats. 18C. Agricultural based philosophy. Land is source of all wealth. Elimination of controls over economy. Laissez-Faire. Quesnay. Turgot.

Porter, Edwin. 1869/70-1941. US filmmaker. First dramatic editing -Great Train Robbery 1903; First US documentary -The Life of an American Fireman 1903.

Prime Minister. =Premier. Head of parliamentary government under the head of state (monarch or president). Walpole (1721-42) considered first British Prime Minister. Richelieu 1624 France. Chancellor.

Procrustes. Greek robber. Adjusted victims to his bed length by stretching or cutting.

Raikes, Robert. 1736-1811. English Sunday School pioneer.

Rauschenberg, Robert. 1925-. US Pop artist. Collage. Trapeze 1964.

Remak, Robert. 1815-65. Cell division 1852.

Resurrectionists. 1826-30. Provided bodies for anatomists by grave-robbing or murder. Scotland.

Revolutions of 1848. Vienna, Prague, Venice. Romanticism, economic problems, bad harvest, unrest within Austrian Empire led to concessions, abdication of Emperor Ferdinand I.

Ridolfi, Roberto. 1531-1612. Italian Catholic plotter vs Elizabeth I 1571. Norfolk.

Robbins, Frederick. 1916-. US physician. Discovered polio virus with Enders, Weller.

Robert, Charles. Paris balloonist 1783.

Robert I. Duke of Normandy 1027-35. Father of William I.

Robert II. 1054-1134. Duke of Normandy 1087-1106. Son of William I. Led First Crusade.

Robert II. 1316-90. First Stuart King of Scotland. 1371-.

Robert, Henry. 1837-1923. US writer. Robert’s Rules of Order 1876.

Robert Guiscard. 1015-85. Norman. Conquered and founded Two Sicilies.

Robert of Geneva. Clement VII, Antipope.

Roberts, Charles. 1860-1943. Poet, “Father of Canadian literature”. Songs of the Common Day 1893.

Roberts, Frederick. 1832-1914. British Field Marshal. Afghan War. Boer War.

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