Researching Peter Thrower
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 954 people with the Thrower surname? In that year Thrower was ranked number 2633 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Peter means "A Rock" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Peter Thrower on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Peter Thrower and the Thrower Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 1577 people with the Thrower surname in the UK? Thrower is now ranked number 2634 for popularity in the UK. |
Thrower Genealogy Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 6076 people with the Thrower surname in the USA? Thrower is ranked number 155 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Peter Thrower
Peter Thrower
Peter Thrower (born 1938) is a professor emeritus of materials science and engineering at Pennsylvania State University, and a former editor-in-chief of the scientific journal Carbon, a post he has held between 1982 and 2013. A special issue of Carbon was published in his honor in August 2012. He also edited the review journal Chemistry and Physics of Carbon from 1973 to 1998. He is a specialist on carbon in all its forms.
Thrower studied physics at the University of Cambridge. He then took up a position at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment (Harwell, UK) before moving to Pennsylvania State University, where he remained until he retired in 1998.
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