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Gakushūin in 1933 Gakushuin emblem. The Gakushūin (学習 院), or Gakushuin School Corporation (学校法人学習院), historically known as the Peers' School, [1] is a Japanese educational institution in Tokyo, originally established as Gakushūjo (学習所) to educate the children of Japan's nobility. [2]
Peer groups provide an influential social setting in which group norms are developed and enforced through socialization processes that promote in-group similarity. [41] Peer groups' cohesion is determined and maintained by such factors as group communication, group consensus, and group conformity concerning attitude and behavior. As members of ...
Peer Joechel (born 1967), German bobsledder; Peer Lisdorf (born 1967), Danish footballer and coach; Peer Lorenzen (born 1944), Danish jurist and judge and section president of the European Court of Human Rights; Peer Mascini (1941–2019), Dutch actor; Peer Moberg (born 1971), Norwegian sport sailor; Peer Nielsen (born 1942), Danish sprint canoer
A peer is referred to by his peerage even if it is the same as his surname, thus the Baron Owen is "Lord Owen" not "Lord David Owen", though such erroneous forms are commonly used. Some peers, particularly life peers who were well known before their ennoblement, do not use their peerage titles.
Teddy Peers (1886–1935), Welsh international footballer Ted Peers (footballer) (1873–1905), English footballer William R. Peers , American general who investigated the My Lai Massacre (Vietnam war)
Hereditary peer, holders of titles which can be inherited by an heir; Life peer, members of the peerage of the United Kingdom whose titles cannot be inherited; Peerage of England, holders of English titles created before 1707; Peerage of Great Britain, holders of titles created in the Kingdom of Great Britain between 1707 and 1800
Some British peers had fought against the British in World War I; the act permitted the suspension of their titles. In 1919, three peers—Prince Charles Edward, Duke of Albany, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and Henry Taaffe, 12th Viscount Taaffe—had their peerage dignities suspended. The successors to those dignities may petition for ...
The last non-royal dukedom of Great Britain was created in 1766, and the last marquessate of Great Britain was created in 1796. Creation of the remaining ranks ceased when the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was formed; subsequent creations of peers were in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.