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Christian Hendrik Persoon (February 1, 1761 - November 16, 1836) was a mycologist who made additions to Linnaeus' mushroom taxonomy.Persoon was born in South Africa, of Dutch and German descent. His mother died soon after he was born; at the age of thirteen his father (who died a year later) sent him to Europe for his education. Initially studying theology, Persoon switched to medicine, and somehow received an honorary PhD in 1799. He moved to Paris in 1802, where he spent the rest of his life, renting an upper floor of a house in a poor part of town. He was apparently unemployed, unmarried, poverty-stricken and a recluse, although he corresponded with botanists throughout Europe.
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The Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) is the retirement and disability fund for public employees in the U.S. state of Oregon established in 1946. Employees of the state, school districts, and local governments are eligible for coverage. A health insurance plan for covered retirees was added to the program in 1987. The program is administered by a twelve-member board of trustees, appointed to three-year terms by the Governor subject to confirmation by the Senate, which also administers the Oregon Savings Growth Plan, a voluntary deferred compensation plan established in 1991.
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in person, personally, in the flesh; personal, of or for a particular person

n. Persian, press, presser, impression

v. oppress, squeeze

n. pear, pear tree, Perry, bulb, container

(n.)
A cloth of sky-blue color.
  

(a.)
Light blue; grayish blue; -- a term applied to different shades at different periods.
  

Persian