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Laurence J. Peter was a Canadian educator and "hierarchiologist" who is best known to the general public for the formulation of the Peter principle.
* He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1919.
* He began his career as a teacher in Vancouver in 1941.
* He received the degree of Doctor of Education from Washington State University in 1963.
* In 1966, Peter moved to California, where he became an Associate Professor of Education, Director of the Evelyn Frieden Centre for Prescriptive Teaching, and Coordinator of Programs for Emotionally Disturbed Children at the University of Southern California.
* In 1969, Peter published his book, The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong.
* The book became a bestseller and has been translated into over 20 languages.
* Peter died in 1990 at the age of 70.
* The Peter principle is still widely cited today as a humorous explanation for why organizations often seem to be inefficient and ineffective.
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