Peter Townsend
Peter Townsend was a British aircraft pilot and writer (1914–1995). He was born at Yangon and died at Saint-Léger-en-Yvelines.
Also recorded as Peter Wooldridge Townsend; G/Capt. Peter Woolridge Townsend.
Peter Townsend in brief
- Born
- 1914
- Died
- 1995
- Known for
- aircraft pilot and writer
- Place of birth
- Yangon
Contents
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Peter Wooldridge Townsend and G/Capt. Peter Woolridge Townsend. His recorded language was English.
He was the child of Edward Copleston Townsend. He married Rosemary Pratt, Marchioness Camden and Marie-Luce Jamagne. 4 children are recorded: Isabelle Townsend, Marie-France Townsend, Pierre Townsend and Giles Peter Townsend.
Catalogued works
24 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1750 to 1990.
Time and Chance, dated 1978. The smallest pawns in the game. Duel of Eagles. Odds against us. The postman of Nagasaki. Sumiteru and the last atomic bomb. Un duel d'aigles. La guerre aux enfants. L' ENFANT DE NAGASAKI. The odds against us. Earth, my friend. The girl in the white ship. The last emperor. Duel in the dark. Bureau Table, dated c. 1770, mahogany, chestnut, and tulip poplar, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1984.1387. Table, dated 1750–90, mahogany, beech and maple, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1957.115. Sociology and social policy / Peter Townsend., dated 1976,, held by Wellcome Collection. Nursing homes in England and Wales : a study of public responsibility / Caroline Woodroffe and Peter Townsend., dated [foreword 1961], held by Wellcome Collection. Put away : a sociological study of institutions for the mentally retarded / Pauline Morris ; foreword by Peter Townsend., dated 1969, held by Wellcome Collection. Campaigning for the poor : CPAG and the politics of welfare / Michael McCarthy; foreword by Peter Townsend., dated [1986], held by Wellcome Collection. The last refuge : a survey of residential institutions and homes for the aged in England and Wales / by Peter Townsend., dated 1962, held by Wellcome Collection. The family life of old people : an inquiry in East London / [Peter Townsend] ; foreword by J.H. Sheldon., dated [1957], held by Wellcome Collection. A dissertation on the influence of the passions in the production and modification of disease / by Peter S. Townsend., dated 1816, held by Wellcome Collection. Managing innovation / prepared by Dorothy Mackenzie and Peter Townsend of the Michael Peters Group on behalf of the Confederation of British Industry., dated 1990, held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.
The Art Institute of Chicago: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 33 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
10 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Austen, Peter Townsend (1852-1907), chemist, American National Biography Online, 2000. The legacy of Peter Townsend, Fighting poverty, inequality and injustice, 2011. Conclusion: building on the legacy of Peter Townsend, Fighting poverty, inequality and injustice, 2011. The legacy of Peter Townsend, Fighting Poverty, Inequality and Injustice, 2011. Child rights and child poverty: can the international framework of children's rights be used to improve child survival rates?, PLoS Medicine, 2007. Health and deprivation. Inequality and the North*, Revista Cubana de Higiene y Epidemiología. The impact of incorporating molecular evolutionary model into predictions of phylogenetic signal and noise, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2014. Detecting rare gene transfer events in bacterial populations, Frontiers in Microbiology, 2014. A Typical Representative of British Sociology: Peter Townsend, Sociologický Časopis, 2009. <title language="eng">Health and deprivation. Inequality and the North*, Revista Cubana de Higiene y Epidemiología, 1997.
Digitised editions and texts
12 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.
The Future of Manufacturing (1890) — Internet Archive. Notes for chemical students (1896) — Internet Archive. An introduction to the study of organic chemistry (1894) — Internet Archive. the sky suspended (1945) — Internet Archive. Can Gold Be Manufactured? (1890) — Internet Archive. Sociology and Social Policy (1975) — Internet Archive. What S Happening In China (1959) — Internet Archive. The occurrence of aluminium in vegetable products, animal products, and natural waters : A contribution to the bibliography of the subject (1904) — Internet Archive. Inequalities in Health : Black Report : Written by Nick Davidson, 1982 Edition, Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd [Paperback] (1982) — Internet Archive. Harnessing the Sun (1895) — Internet Archive. Report on the purification of drinking water by alum (1884) — Internet Archive. False Inferences (1890) — Internet Archive.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 18 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 7 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 7 means 7 genuinely separate publishers of record. 12 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
Chronology
- 1914Peter Townsend born at Yangon.
- 1945the sky suspended digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1975Sociology and Social Policy digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1978Time and Chance.
- 1995Peter Townsend died at Saint-Léger-en-Yvelines.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
Wikidata, structured authority record Q1314412: Peter Townsend
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