Birks (other)
Birks may refer to: Businesses * Birks Chemists, an historic pharmacy in Adelaide, South Australia * Birks Group, a Canadian designer, manufacturer and retailer of jewellery, timepieces, silverware and gifts * Charles Birks & Co, a former department store in Adelaide, South Australia Other uses * Birks (Lake District), England, UK; a fell in the English Lake District * Birks (surname) See also * * * Birk (other) * Birx (other) * Berks (other) * Burks (other) Burks may refer to: *Burks (surname) *Burks House (other) *Ellis Burks Field, Ranger, Texas, USA; a baseball facility *Burks' Distillery (" Burks' "), Loretto, Kentucky, USA; a distillery facility, former whiskey distiller, and NRHP-liste ... * Burk (other) {{disambiguation ...
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Birks Chemists
Birks Chemists is a pharmacy in Adelaide whose origins date back to the 1850s. History George Napier Birks (24 October 1838 – 14 September 1895) and William Hanson Birks (28 December 1841 – 5 August 1925) were sons of Dr. George Vause Birks (c. 1815 – 31 January 1858), who with his wife and family emigrated from England to South Australia on the ''Leonidas'', arriving at Glenelg, South Australia in December 1853, and settled in Angaston. Dr. Birks begun practising in the town, with his wife and older sons filling prescriptions. Dr. Birks died at 42 years of age, as a result of being thrown from his horse. Mrs Birks then ran a store in Angaston. In 1856 G. N. Birks started working for F. H. Faulding & Co at their chemist's shop at 5 Rundle Street, Adelaide as a trainee. Around 1860 he moved to Kooringa, South Australia, Kooringa, where he dispensed for the two doctors who were practising there, then around two years later moved to Wallaroo mines, where he opened his first shop ...
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Birks Group
Birks Group Inc. (formerly Birks & Mayors Inc.) is a designer, manufacturer, and retailer of jewellery, timepieces, silverware and gifts, with stores and manufacturing facilities located in Canada and the United States. The Group was created in November 2005 through the merger of Henry Birks and Sons Ltd. (Canada) and Mayors Jewelers Inc. (United States). The company is headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, with American corporate offices located in Tamarac, Florida. History Henry Birks and Sons Birks Group traces its origins to the opening by Henry Birks of a small jewellery shop in Montreal in 1879. With an investment of CAD$3,000, Henry Birks opened in 1879 a small jewellery shop on Saint James Street in the heart of Montreal's financial and commercial district. In 1893, Birks entered into a partnership with his three sons (William, John and Gerald), and the name of the firm became ''Henry Birks and Sons''. As the focus of Montreal's commercial centre moved northward toward ...
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Charles Birks & Co
Charles Birks & Co Ltd. was a South Australian department store founded by Charles Napier Birks in Rundle Street, Adelaide. His son Napier Birks took over the business in 1908. The business was acquired by David Jones Limited in 1954. History Charles Napier Birks (13 February 1844 – 29 April 1924) was born in Knutsford, near Manchester, England, and emigrated with his parents Hannah Napier Birks (6 May 1807 – 13 August 1883) and Dr. George Vause Birks (c. 1815 – 31 January 1858) and family on the ''Leonidas'', arriving at Glenelg, South Australia in December 1853. They settled in Angaston, where his father began practising. He died four years later, as a result of being thrown from his horse. Mrs Birks then ran a store in Angaston, assisted by her sons William and George, who as W. H & G. N. Birks later opened a stationery shop and Birks Chemists in Rundle Street. ;Charles Birks & Co. David Robin (c. 1835 – 24 February 1914) and Charles Birks, as Robin & Birks, took ove ...
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Birks (Lake District)
Birks is a fell in the English Lake District situated two kilometres south west of the village of Patterdale in the Eastern Fells. The fells summit sits on a shoulder of the north east ridge of the higher and better known fell of St Sunday Crag, by which it is dominated, walkers often pass over the top of Birks either climbing or descending from the larger fell. The fell's name means a place where Birch trees predominate. Topography Birks reaches a height of 622 meters (2,041 feet) and is characterised by a grassy summit ridge which has precipitous craggy slopes to the north and west which fall away to the valley of Grisedale, its southern flank is steep and grassy and ends in the valley of Deepdale and to the north east the main ridge descends towards Patterdale over Black Crag and through Glenamara Park. Birks is regarded by guide book writers as an unspectacular fell, it has 19 meters of prominence from St Sunday Crag and therefore qualifies as a Nuttall, while Alfred ...
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Birks (surname)
Birks is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Anthony Birks (1941–2002), New Zealand Army officer who served as Chief of the General Staff and Chief of Defence Force * Ashley Birks (born 1990), British speedway rider *Charles Napier Birks (1844–1924), founder of South Australian department store Charles Birks & Co * Cliff Birks (1910–1998), English Association football player * Douglas Birks (1919–2004), English cricket player * Frederick Birks (1894–1917), Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross *George Vause Birks (c. 1815–1858), medical doctor, founder of influential family in South Australia *Gerald Birks (1894–1991), Canadian fighter ace in World War I * Graham Birks (born 1942), English Association football player *Henry Birks (1840–1928), Canadian businessman and founder of the Canadian jewelry store, Birks & Mayors * Horace Birks (1897–1985), British Army officer who served during both the World Wars * Jānis Birks (born 1956), Latvian pol ...
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Birk (other)
Birk may refer to: * Birk (market place), a demarcated area with its own laws and privileges, the Bjarkey laws * Reykjavík Airport's ICAO code "BIRK" * Birk (name), a given name and surname * ''Birk'', the German name for Petelea Commune, Mureș County, Romania See also * * * Birks (other) * Berk (other) * Burk (other) Burk may refer to: Places * Burk, Bavaria, a municipality in the district of Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany * Burk, a city district of Bautzen_(district), Saxony, Germany * Burk, a neighborhood of Forchheim (Oberfranken), Bavaria, Germany People * Bu ...

Birx (other)
Birx may refer to: *Birx (surname), includes a list of people with name Birx *Birx, Thuringia, municipality in Germany See also *Birks (other) Birks may refer to: Businesses * Birks Chemists, an historic pharmacy in Adelaide, South Australia * Birks Group, a Canadian designer, manufacturer and retailer of jewellery, timepieces, silverware and gifts * Charles Birks & Co, a former departme ... * Brix (other) {{dab ...
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Berks (other)
Berks may refer to: Places * Berkshire, England * Berks, Nebraska, United States * Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States Other uses * ''Berks'' (TV series), Filipino television series * Berks station, a SEPTA station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania * Robert Berks (1922–2011), American sculptor and industrial designer See also * St. Berks, a BBC children's radio program * Berk (other) * Birks (other) * Berkes, surname * Burks (other) * Burke's Peerage, British genealogical publisher * Birk (other) * Burk (other) * Burke Burke is an Anglo-Norman Irish surname, deriving from the ancient Anglo-Norman and Hiberno-Norman noble dynasty, the House of Burgh. In Ireland, the descendants of William de Burgh (–1206) had the surname ''de Burgh'' which was gaelicised ...

Burks (other)
Burks may refer to: *Burks (surname) * Burks House (other) * Ellis Burks Field, Ranger, Texas, USA; a baseball facility * Burks' Distillery (" Burks' "), Loretto, Kentucky, USA; a distillery facility, former whiskey distiller, and NRHP-listed building *Burks v. United States (" Burks "), a 1978 U.S. Supreme Court case that clarified the scope of double jeopardy under the 5th Amendment See also * Antonio Burks (other) * Justice Burks (other) or Judge Burks * * * Burk (other) * Berks (other) * Birks (other) Birks may refer to: Businesses * Birks Chemists, an historic pharmacy in Adelaide, South Australia * Birks Group, a Canadian designer, manufacturer and retailer of jewellery, timepieces, silverware and gifts * Charles Birks & Co, a former departme ... {{ ...
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