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Peter Lewis Paul

Peter Lewis Paul is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Peter Lewis Paul rather than just read about it. In short: Peter Lewis Paul (1902 – August 25, 1989) was a Maliseet ethnohistorian who, from the 1930s on, helped and advised many of his contemporaries in exploring Maliseet culture. Biography Peter Lewis Paul lived on the small Maliseet Woodstock Reserve on the banks of the Saint John River in New Brunswick, Canada.

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Reference excerpt

Peter Lewis Paul (1902 – August 25, 1989) was a Maliseet ethnohistorian who, from the 1930s on, helped and advised many of his contemporaries in exploring Maliseet culture.

Biography Peter Lewis Paul lived on the small Maliseet Woodstock Reserve on the banks of the Saint John River in New Brunswick, Canada. His mother and twin brother died in childbirth. Peter's father worked in a lumber camp, but after he left the reservation Paul was raised by his grandfather Nowell Polchies, who was a tribal elder and known as Wapeyit Piyel. Paul grew up hunting and learning family and tribal lore from his grandfather (his grandmother had a son that died in childbirth on the same day that Paul's mother did). Paul married Minnie Dedham (1908–1974), granddaughter of Chief Gabe Atwin, in 1928. Together they had nine children: Rowenna, Donna, Carole, Diana, Wanda, Reggie, Robert, William and Darrell. Paul became a fountain of traditional knowledge and generously shared information with numerous professional linguists, ethnohistorians, and anthropologists. The recipient of many honours, he was awarded a Centennial Medal in 1969, received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from the University of New Brunswick in 1970, and the Order of Canada on June 29, 1987. Peter Lewis Paul died on August 25, 1989, and was buried at the Calvary Cemetery in Woodstock, Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada.

References

Further reading Hess, Thom. "A Note on Nitinaht Numerals." International Journal of American Linguistics Vol. 56, No. 3 (Jul., 1990), pp. 427–431 JSTOR 1265517 Teeter, Karl V. ed. 1993. "In Memoriam Peter Lewis Paul 1902-1989." Canadian Ethnology Service, Mercury Series Paper 126. Hull: Canadian Museum of Civilization ISBN 0-660-14013-6

External links A COMMERCIAL HARVESTING PROSECUTION IN CONTEXT: THE PETER PAUL CASE, 1946 D. G. Bell

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Example 1 — a first encounter with Peter Lewis Paul

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Peter Lewis Paul ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Peter Lewis Paul

In research: Peter Lewis Paul appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Peter Lewis Paul in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Peter Lewis Paul is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1902 births, 1989 deaths, 20th-century anthropologists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Peter Lewis Paul outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Peter Lewis Paul (1902 – August 25, 1989) was a Maliseet ethnohistorian who, from the 1930s on, helped and advised many of his contemporaries in exploring Maliseet culture. Biography Peter Lewis Paul lived on the small Maliseet Woodstock Reserve on the banks of the Saint John River in New Brunswick…

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