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Berney is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Antonio Berney (died 1784), French teacher * Berney baronets *Jim Berney Jim Berney is a visual effects supervisor who has worked on films such as '' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'', '' The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers'' and '' I Am Legend''. He received a nomination for Best Vis ..., visual effects artist * Jon Berney (born 1976), Australian rower * Leonard Berney (1920–2016), British soldier See also * Berner {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Berney
Antonio Berney (died 1784) was a French teacher living in Chile, and one of the conspirators in the Conspiracy of the Tres Antonios. Berney arrived in Chile around 1776, where he became teacher of Latin and Mathematics at the Convictorio Carolino, in Santiago. He was a constant reader of the Encyclopédie, and in 1780, he formulated a plan to establish Chile as an independent republic and convinced Antonio Gramusset and José Antonio de Rojas to join him in trying to carry it out. They were soon discovered, denounced and arrested on January 1, 1781. Because they were foreigners, he and Gramusset were sent as prisoners first to Lima and then to Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ... to be tried. The ship that was carrying them, the ''San Pedro de Alcantara'', went ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berney Baronets
The Berney Baronetcy, of Park Hall in Reedham in the County of Norfolk, is a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 5 May 1620 for Richard Berney, Sheriff of Norfolk in 1622. Family history The Berney (Barney) name comes from that place which is in the hundred of North Greenhow, Norfolk, and is recorded as ''Berlej'' in the Domesday Book.. The family can be traced back to Sir Thomas de Berney, who in the reign of Edward III, acquired the manor of Reedham through his marriage with Margaret, daughter and heir of William de Reedham. His descendant Henry Berney (died 1584) moved the family seat from near Reedham Church, and built Reedham Hall within a park. It was also known as Park Hall. It was sold in 1696 and gutted in a fire in 1750. Henry's eldest son, Sir Richard Berney, was Sheriff of Norfolk in 1610. He married Juliana, daughter of judge Sir Thomas Gawdy of Redenhall. Their son Sir Richard Berney, 1st Baronet (died 1668) was created a baronet in 1620. Anot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Berney
Jim Berney is a visual effects supervisor who has worked on films such as '' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'', '' The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers'' and '' I Am Legend''. He received a nomination for Best Visual Effects at the 78th Academy Awards for his work on ''The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe''. He shared his nomination with Scott Farrar, Bill Westenhofer and Dean Wright. Selected filmography *''Batman Forever'' (1995) *''Mortal Kombat'' (1995) *'' Under Siege 2: Dark Territory'' (1995) *''Anaconda'' (1997) *''Contact'' (1997) *''Starship Troopers'' (1997) *''Godzilla'' (1998) *''Stuart Little'' (1999) *''Hollow Man'' (2000) *''Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone'' (2001) *'' The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers'' (2002) *''Men in Black II'' (2002) *''The Matrix Reloaded'' (2003) *''The Matrix Revolutions'' (2003) *'' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'' (2005) *'' I Am Legend'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Berney
Jon Berney (born 26 March 1976) is an Australian world champion lightweight rower. He won a gold medal at the 1997 World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette with the lightweight men's eight. Club and state rowing Berney's was educated and took up rowing at Geelong Grammar School. His senior club rowing was from the Barwon Rowing Club in Geelong. International representative rowing In 1997, Berney made his Australian representative debut in the Lyall McCarthy coached men's lightweight eight. At the 1997 World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette, Berney rowed in the four seat of that boat to a final victory by 0.03 seconds with only 1.5 lengths separating the field. Berney won his first and only World Championship title. In 1998, Berney rowed with his team-mate Alastair Isherwood from the 1997 eight in a lightweight coxless pair. They won silver and then gold at two World Rowing Cups that year in Europe, before racing that pair at the 1998 World Championships in Cologne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonard Berney
Lieutenant-Colonel Leonard Berney (11 April 1920 – 7 March 2016) was a British soldier who was one of the first British officers at the liberation of Bergen-Belsen. He also testified in the Belsen trial. In 2015 to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the Holocaust, he published ''Liberating Belsen Concentration Camp - A Personal Account by (former) Lt-Colonel Leonard Berney.'' He attended Brighton College and then St Paul's School, London (''By Faith and By Learning'') , established = , closed = , type = Independent school Public school , religion = Church of England , president = , he ... 1933-38. ''The Telegraph'' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
