Peter De Neumann
Commander Bernard Peter de Neumann GM RN (18 September 1917 – 16 September 1972) was a British sailor, convicted pirate, and dockmaster.
Neumann's sea-going career included being sunk twice in the space of one month, being charged and convicted of piracy by the Vichy French, and being known as “The Man From Timbuctoo”.
Read more about Peter De Neumann: World War II, Port of London Authority, Death, Museum Pieces
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“Anyone informed that the universe is expanding and contracting in pulsations of eighty billion years has a right to ask, “What’s in it for me?””
—Peter De Vries (b. 1910)
“Ellie: By the way, what’s your name?
Peter: What’s that?
Ellie: Who are you?
Peter: Who, me? I’m the whippoorwill that cries in the night. I’m the soft morning breeze that caresses your lovely face.
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Peter: Yeah, I got a name. Peter Warne.
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“It means there are times when a mere scientist has gone as far as he can. When he must pause and observe respectfully while something infinitely greater assumes control.”
—Kurt Neumann (1906–1958)