Pliny

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Pliny may refer to:

People

  • Pliny the Elder (23–79 CE), ancient Roman nobleman, scientist, historian, and author of Naturalis Historia (Pliny's Natural History)
  • Pliny the Younger (died 113), ancient Roman statesman, orator, writer, and Pliny the Elder's nephew and adopted son
  • Pliny Chase (1820–1886), American scientist, mathematician, and educator
  • Pliny Earle (disambiguation), several people
  • Pliny Fisk III (born 1944), co-founder and co-director of the Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems (CMPBS)
  • Pliny Earle Goddard (1869–1928), American linguist and ethnologist
  • Pliny Norcross (1838–1915), Wisconsin politician
  • Pliny W. Williamson (1876–1958), New York politician

Places

  • Pliny, West Virginia, United States
  • Pliny Township, Minnesota, United States

Beers

  • Pliny the Elder, the flagship beer of the Russian River Brewing Company
  • Pliny the Younger (beer), a seasonal (February) beer of the Russian River Brewing Company

See also

  • Plinia, a genus of the botanical family Myrtaceae
  • Plinian eruption, a type of volcanic eruption similar to AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius
  • Plinio (disambiguation)
  • Plinius (crater), a lunar impact crater
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