Penrose 548796 220943557 2008-06-22T09:45:40Z SGBailey 6019 [[Penrose tiling]] is a nonperiodic infinite tiling of a plane '''Penrose''' may refer to these places: * [[Penrose, Padstow]], a small village in north [[Cornwall]], England, with a World War II base near it * [[Penrose, Porthleven]], a small village in south [[Cornwall]]<!-- there about ten other Penrose's in England listed in the OS gazeteer but most are just farms --> * [[Penrose, New Zealand]], a suburb of Auckland * [[Penrose, Philadelphia]], a neighborhood in the United States * [[Penrose, Colorado]], a town in the United States * [[Penrose, Arlington, Virginia]], a neighborhood in the United States * [[Penrose, New South Wales]], a small town south-west of Sydney, Australia * [[Penrose (Illawarra), New South Wales]], a suburb of [[Wollongong, New South Wales]], south of Sydney, Australia '''Penrose''' may also refer to these people: * [[Barrie Penrose]], British investigative journalist, interviewer and trainer * [[Boies Penrose]] (1860–1921), American lawyer and Republican Senator from Philadelphia * [[Charles Penrose]] (1873–1952), English entertainer, father of actor Peter Penrose * [[Charles W. Penrose]] (1832–1925), American leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints * [[Craig Penrose]] (1953- ), American football player * [[Emily Penrose]] (1858-1942), English principal at Somerville College, Oxford University * [[Francis Penrose]] (1817-1903), British architect, archaeologist and astronomer * [[George William Penrose, Lord Penrose]], Scottish judge * [[John Penrose (archer)|John Penrose]], British archer * [[John Penrose (actor)|John Penrose]] (1914-1983), British actor * [[John Penrose]] (1964- ), British conservative member of parliament * [[Jonathan Penrose]] (born 1933), English chess grandmaster, son of Lionel Penrose * [[Lionel Penrose]] (1898–1972), English geneticist, father of Oliver, Roger and Jonathan Penrose * Llewellin Penrose, fictional character in the novel, ''Mr. Penrose: The Journal of Penrose, Seaman'' by [[William Williams (artist)]] (1727-1791) * [[Oliver Penrose]] (born 1929), English mathematician, son of Lionel Penrose * [[R.A.F. Penrose, Jr.]] (1863–1931), American mining geologist and entrepreneur * [[Roger Penrose]] (born 1931), English mathematical physicist, son of Lionel Penrose * [[Roland Penrose]] (1903-1984), English artist, historian and poet * [[Scott Penrose]] (born 1969), British magician, magic and illusion consultant * [[Spencer Penrose]] (1865-1939), American mining magnate, philanthropist and hotelier * [[Tricia Penrose]] (1970- ), English actress and singer * [[Willie Penrose]] (1956- ), Irish labour party politician '''Penrose''' may also refer to: * [[The Penrose Annual]], a London-based review of graphic arts (1895-1982) * [[Penrose drain]], a surgical device placed in a wound to drain fluid * [[Penrose Medal]], the top prize awarded by the Geological Society of America to those who advance the study of geoscience * [[Penrose tiling]] is a nonperiodic infinite tiling of a plane * [[Penrose (brand)]], a brand name owned by [[ConAgra Foods, Inc.]]. The Penrose brand is used only for [[sausage|pickled sausages]] * [[Penrose triangle]], an impossible geometry object * [[Penrose stairs]], an impossible geometry object * [[Penrose Virtual Directory]], an open source [[Virtual directory]] project sponsored by [[Identyx]] {{disambig}} [[de:Penrose]] [[fi:Penrose]]