Praetor (/ˈpriːtər/ PREE-tər, Classical Latin: [ˈprae̯tɔr]), also pretor, was the title granted by the government of Ancient Rome to a man acting in one... 29 KB (3,857 words) - 21:53, 1 April 2024 |
Gavin Edmund Pretor-Pinney is a British author, known for his books The Cloudspotter's Guide and The Wavewatcher's Companion. Pretor-Pinney is son of... 4 KB (320 words) - 12:54, 20 October 2023 |
Pretor (Macedonian: Претор) is a village in the Resen Municipality of North Macedonia, on the northeastern shore of Lake Prespa. It is over 13 kilometres... 9 KB (241 words) - 12:22, 1 May 2023 |
John Pinney (redirect from John Pretor Pinney) John Pretor Pinney (1740 – 23 January 1818) was a plantation owner on the island of Nevis in the West Indies and was a sugar merchant in Bristol. He made... 9 KB (1,002 words) - 22:07, 22 March 2023 |
The Cloud Appreciation Society is a society founded by Gavin Pretor-Pinney from the United Kingdom in January 2005. The society aims to foster understanding... 3 KB (218 words) - 14:16, 17 April 2024 |
Archived 2009-12-13 at the Wayback Machine The Cloudspotter's Guide By Gavin Pretor-Pinney, p. 233 "Cloud Iridescence | SKYbrary Aviation Safety". skybrary... 7 KB (634 words) - 17:04, 3 March 2024 |
The Idler magazine, which he established in 1993 with his friend Gavin Pretor-Pinney. His philosophy, in his published books and articles, is of a relaxed... 7 KB (626 words) - 14:37, 7 March 2024 |
Ewa Wiśnierska, a paraglider who also went through a thunderstorm cloud. Pretor-Pinney, Gavin (2006). The Cloudspotter's Guide. The Cloud Appreciation Society... 6 KB (521 words) - 22:13, 21 March 2024 |
Atlas. Vol. I. pp. 37–39. ISBN 92-63-10407-7. Retrieved 26 August 2014. Pretor-Pinney, Gavin (2007). The Cloudspotter's Guide: The Science, History, and... 11 KB (1,165 words) - 14:19, 28 March 2024 |
and above commune. It was headed by a Pretor, appointed by the county Prefect. The institution headed by the Pretor was called Pretură. The division of... 2 KB (170 words) - 02:25, 27 January 2021 |
devoted to its ethos of 'idling'. Founded in 1993 by Tom Hodgkinson and Gavin Pretor-Pinney, the publication's intention is to improve public perception of idling... 10 KB (814 words) - 06:07, 12 February 2024 |
Praetorius, Pratorius, Pretorius, (German), and in English Preater, Preter and Pretor)[citation needed], Pretorius is a surname of Germanic origins, although... 3 KB (343 words) - 23:06, 7 February 2024 |
each județ was further divided into several plăși, each administered by a pretor. After the adoption of a new Constitution in 1923, the traditional local... 36 KB (2,036 words) - 13:17, 6 April 2024 |
written. Vaughan had maintained his friendship with Pretor until his death and at his request Pretor undertook the duties of his literary executor. The... 9 KB (1,115 words) - 13:00, 18 April 2024 |
archived from the original on January 1, 2011, retrieved August 17, 2010 Pretor-Pinney, Gavin (2010), The Wavewatcher's Companion, Bloomsbury Publishing... 29 KB (3,195 words) - 09:46, 27 March 2024 |
its totality elects a mayor and a local council, which then name five pretors, one for each sector. They deal more locally with administrative matters... 84 KB (6,774 words) - 18:06, 21 April 2024 |
cardiologist Silas U. Pinney (1833–99), American jurist and politician Gavin Pretor-Pinney, British designer and author Pinney's Beach, Nevis 14678 Pinney,... 1 KB (177 words) - 01:42, 10 August 2023 |
The Wavewatcher's Companion is a 2010 science book by Gavin Pretor-Pinney. The book was the 2011 winner of the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books... 4 KB (346 words) - 19:55, 24 January 2023 |
the chaired ones by a governor-captain general were the pretorial Audiencias. As the pretorial Audiencias were chaired by a governor-captain general, this... 30 KB (3,469 words) - 06:01, 17 April 2024 |