Penrose
Encyclopedia
Places
- Penrose, Arlington, VirginiaPenrose, Arlington, VirginiaPenrose is a neighborhood in Arlington County, Virginia, USA, located roughly three miles from Washington, DC....
, a neighborhood in the United States - Penrose, ColoradoPenrose, ColoradoPenrose is a census-designated place in Fremont County, Colorado, United States. The population was 4,070 at the 2000 census. The Penrose Post Office has the ZIP Code 81240.-Geography:Penrose is located at ....
, a town in the United States - Penrose, Padstow, a small village in north CornwallCornwallCornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
, England, with a World War II base near it - Penrose, Philadelphia, a neighborhood in the United States
- Penrose, Porthleven, a country house (in private ownership) and National Trust estate in west CornwallCornwallCornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
, including Loe Pool and Bar. - Penrose, New ZealandPenrose, New ZealandPenrose is an industrial suburb in Auckland City, New Zealand. It is located to the southeast of the city centre, at a distance of about nine kilometres, between the suburbs of Oranga and Mount Wellington, and close to the Mangere Inlet, an arm of the Manukau Harbour...
, a suburb of Auckland - Penrose, New South Wales (Wingecarribee), a small town south-west of Sydney, Australia
- Penrose, New South Wales (Wollongong), a suburb of Wollongong, New South WalesWollongong, New South WalesWollongong is a seaside city located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. It lies on the narrow coastal strip between the Illawarra Escarpment and the Pacific Ocean, 82 kilometres south of Sydney...
, Australia
People
- Barrie PenroseBarrie PenroseBarrie Penrose is a British investigative journalist, interviewer and trainer.He worked for the New York Herald Tribune in Paris, the Observer in London, BBC Television and the Sunday Times...
, British investigative journalist, interviewer and trainer - Boies PenroseBoies PenroseBoies Penrose was an American lawyer and Republican politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1897 until his death in 1921.-Biography:...
(1860–1921), American lawyer and Republican Senator from Philadelphia - Charles PenroseCharles PenroseCharles Penrose was an English music hall and theatre performer, and later radio comedian, who is best known for his unusual comic song "The Laughing Policeman"...
(1873–1952), English entertainer, father of actor Peter Penrose - Charles W. PenroseCharles W. PenroseCharles William Penrose was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from July 7, 1904. Penrose was also a member of the First Presidency of the church under Church Presidents Joseph F. Smith and Heber J...
(1832–1925), American leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Craig PenroseCraig PenroseCraig R. Penrose is a former professional American football quarterback. He spent five seasons in the National Football League with the Denver Broncos and the New York Jets and 2 seasons with the United States Football League's Denver Gold. His family origin is Cornish American.-External links:**...
(1953- ), American football player - Edith PenroseEdith PenroseEdith Elura Tilton Penrose was an American-born British economist whose best known work is The Theory of the Growth of the Firm, which describes the ways which firms grow and how fast they do. Writing in The Independent the economist Sir Alec Cairncross, stated that the book brought Dr...
(1914–1996), British economist - Emily PenroseEmily PenroseDame Emily Penrose, DBE was Principal of Somerville College, Oxford University from 1907 until 1926. She was the second of five children and eldest of the four daughters of Francis Cranmer Penrose, architect and archaeologist.-Career:Penrose, who never married, was emblematic of the history of...
(1858-1942), English principal at Somerville College, Oxford University - Francis PenroseFrancis PenroseFrancis Cranmer Penrose FRS was an English rower, architect, archaeologist and astronomer.-Early life:...
(1817-1903), British architect, archaeologist and astronomer - George William Penrose, Lord PenroseGeorge William Penrose, Lord PenroseGeorge William Penrose, Lord Penrose, PC is a Scottish judge and member of the Privy Council who sat in the Court of Session, the supreme civil court. He is best known for heading the Penrose Inquiry into the near-collapse of the mutual life assurance company Equitable Life. In 2001, Lord Penrose...
, Scottish judge - John PenroseJohn Penrose (clergyman)John Penrose was a Church of England clergyman and theological writer.-Early life:John Penrose was born in Cardinham in Cornwall, where his father, also named John, was vicar of the parish. Penrose was educated at Blundell's School in Tiverton and at Corpus Christi College in Oxford...
(1778-1859), Church of England clergyman and theological writer - John PenroseJohn Penrose (archer)John Penrose was a British archer who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.Penrose entered the double York round event in 1908, taking fourth place with 709 points.-References:*...
, British archer - John PenroseJohn Penrose (actor)John Penrose was a British actor.His best known role was in the 1949 film Kind Hearts and Coronets, where he played Lionel, Sibylla's dull husband whom Louis was accused of murdering. He also appeared in The Lion Has Wings , Freedom Radio and The Secret People .-External links:...
(1914-1983), British actor - John Penrose (1964- ), British conservative member of parliament
- Jonathan PenroseJonathan PenroseJonathan Penrose, OBE is an English chess player, emeritus Grandmaster, and International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster who won the British Chess Championship ten times between 1958 and 1969. He is the son of Lionel Penrose, a world famous professor of genetics, and brother of Roger Penrose...
(born 1933), English chess grandmaster, son of Lionel Penrose - Lionel PenroseLionel PenroseLionel Sharples Penrose, FRS was a British psychiatrist, medical geneticist, mathematician and chess theorist, who carried out pioneering work on the genetics of mental retardation. He was educated at the Quaker Leighton Park School and St...
(1898–1972), English geneticist, father of Oliver, Roger and Jonathan Penrose - Llewellin Penrose, fictional character in the novel, Mr. Penrose: The Journal of Penrose, Seaman by William Williams (artist)William Williams (artist)William Williams was an English/American painter. He was born in Bristol, England. His family is believed to have originated in Caerphilly, Wales just across the Severn River from Bristol. He began living in Philadelphia around 1747 after time at sea...
(1727-1791) - Oliver PenroseOliver PenroseOliver Penrose FRS, FRSE is a British theoretical physicist.He is the son of the scientist Lionel Penrose, brother of the mathematical physicist Roger Penrose, and brother of chess master Jonathan Penrose...
(born 1929), English mathematician, son of Lionel Penrose - R.A.F. Penrose, Jr. (1863–1931), American mining geologist and entrepreneur
- Roger PenroseRoger PenroseSir Roger Penrose OM FRS is an English mathematical physicist and Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford and Emeritus Fellow of Wadham College...
(born 1931), English mathematical physicist, son of Lionel Penrose - Roland PenroseRoland PenroseSir Roland Algernon Penrose CBE was an English artist, historian and poet. He was a major promoter and collector of modern art and an associate of the surrealists in the United Kingdom.- Biography :...
(1903-1984), English artist, historian and poet - Scott PenroseScott PenroseScott Penrose is an English magician and magic consultant and is the son of magician John Penrose.Scott is the Vice President of The Magic Circle and a Gold Star member of the Inner Magic Circle. He was awarded the title The Magic Circle Stage Magician of the Year in 2000.He also works as a magic...
(born 1969), British magician, magic and illusion consultant - Spencer PenroseSpencer PenroseSpencer Penrose was a philanthropist in and around Colorado Springs at the turn of the 20th century. He was born into a prominent Philadelphia family of Cornish descent and was brother to Boies Penrose and Richard Penrose...
(1865-1939), American mining magnate, philanthropist and hotelier - Tricia PenroseTricia PenrosePatricia "Tricia" Penrose is an English actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Gina Ward in ITV1's long-running 1960s drama Heartbeat, a role she played continuously from 1993 to 2010...
(1970- ), English actress and singer - Willie PenroseWillie PenroseWillie Penrose is an Irish politician. He has been a Teachta Dála for the Longford–Westmeath constituency since May 2007...
(1956- ), Irish labour party politician
Other
- The Penrose AnnualThe Penrose AnnualThe Penrose Annual was a London-based review of graphic arts, printed nearly annually from 1895 to 1982.Penrose began in 1895 as Process Work Yearbook – Penrose's Annual. Lund Humphries has printed the publication since 1897 and has been responsible for its content since 1906...
, a London-based review of graphic arts (1895-1982) - Penrose drainPenrose drainA Penrose drain is a surgical device placed in a wound to drain fluid. It consists of a soft rubber tube placed in a wound area, to prevent the build up of fluid.It is named for the American gynecologist Charles Bingham Penrose -Common uses:...
, a surgical device placed in a wound to drain fluid - Penrose MedalPenrose MedalThe Penrose Medal was created in 1927 by R.A.F. Penrose, Jr. as the top prize awarded by the Geological Society of America to those who advance the study of geoscience.-Award winners:* 2011 Paul F. Hoffman* 2010 Eric J. Essene* 2009 B. Clark Burchfiel...
, the top prize awarded by the Geological Society of America to those who advance the study of geoscience - Penrose tilingPenrose tilingA Penrose tiling is a non-periodic tiling generated by an aperiodic set of prototiles named after Sir Roger Penrose, who investigated these sets in the 1970s. The aperiodicity of the Penrose prototiles implies that a shifted copy of a Penrose tiling will never match the original...
is a nonperiodic infinite tiling of a plane - Penrose (brand), a brand name owned by ConAgra Foods, Inc.. The Penrose brand is used only for pickled sausages
- Penrose trianglePenrose triangleThe Penrose triangle, also known as the Penrose tribar, is an impossible object. It was first created by the Swedish artist Oscar Reutersvärd in 1934. The mathematician Roger Penrose independently devised and popularised it in the 1950s, describing it as "impossibility in its purest form". It is...
, an impossible geometry object - Penrose stairsPenrose stairsThe Penrose stairs or Penrose steps, also dubbed the impossible staircase, is an impossible object created by Lionel Penrose and his son Roger Penrose...
, an impossible geometry object - Penrose Virtual Directory, an open source Virtual directoryVirtual directoryIn computing, a virtual directory or virtual directory server is a software layer that delivers a single access point for identity management applications and service platforms...
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