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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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Birks
Lieutenant General Anthony Leonard Birks, (30 December 1941 – 21 January 2002) was a senior officer in the New Zealand Army. He served as Chief of Army (New Zealand), Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the New Zealand Army, from 1992 to 1995, and in New Zealand's most senior military post as Chief of Defence Force (New Zealand), Chief of Defence Force from 1995 until his retirement in 1999. Biography Born in Wellington, New Zealand, on 30 December 1941, Anthony Birks, known as Tony, attended St Andrew's College, Christchurch, St. Andrew's College, in Christchurch, and then went onto Nelson College. In 1959 Birks entered the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst, Berkshire, Sandhurst in the United Kingdom, and on completion of his studies two years later was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the New Zealand Army. He served as a platoon commander with the Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (RNZIR) in Malaysia, during the Ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurie Birks
Laurence Sydney Birks (born 7 January 1928, date of death unknown) was an Australian boxer. He competed in the men's featherweight event at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca .... Birks married Elaine Rose Parry, a member of the Queensland cricket team, in Bundaberg on 21 October 1950. Birks died between 2014 and 2021. References 1928 births Year of death missing Australian male boxers Olympic boxers for Australia Boxers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing Featherweight boxers {{Australia-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birx (surname)
Birx əːrksis a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Deborah Birx (born 1956), American physician and diplomat * Donald Birx, American physicist and academic administrator *H. James Birx (born 1941), American anthropologist See also *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 Napi ... * Brix (other) {{surname, Birx ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birk (name)
Birk is both a surname and a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname *Ado Birk (1883–1942), Estonian former Prime Minister *Alma Birk (1917–1996), English journalist and politician * Anne Birk (1942–2009), German writer * Carsten Birk (born 1977), German footballer *Emmet Birk (1914–2000), American professional basketball player *Matt Birk (born 1976), American professional football player *Raye Birk (born 1943), American actor * Sandow Birk (born 1962), American artist * Thomas Birk (born 1988), German footballer * Yehudith Birk (1926–2013), Polish-born Israeli biochemist Given name * Birk Anders (born 1964), German biathlete * Birk Engstrøm (born 1950), Norwegian footballer * Birk Risa (born 1998), Norwegian footballer * Birk Sproxton (1943–2007), Canadian poet and novelist Fictional characters * Birk Balthazar, father of Sofia the First See also * Birke, given name and surname * Burk (name) * Birks (surname) Birks is a surname. Notable ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rank Prize For Optoelectronics
The Rank Prizes comprise the Rank Prize for Optoelectronics and the Rank Prize for Nutrition. The prizes recognise, reward and encourage researchers working in the respective fields of optoelectronics and nutrition. The prizes are funded by the charity The Rank Prize Funds, which were endowed by the industrialist, philanthropist and founder of the Rank Organisation, J. Arthur Rank and his wife Nell, via the Rank Foundation on 16 February 1972, not long before Arthur's death. The two Funds, the Human and Animal Nutrition and Crop Husbandry Fund and the Optoelectronics Fund, support sciences which reflect Rank's business interests through his "connection with the flour-milling and cinema and electronics industries", and which Rank believed would be of great benefit to humanity. The Rank Prize Funds also recognise, support and foster excellence among young and emerging researchers in the two fields of nutrition and optoelectronics. The Funds aim to advance and promote education and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Rawson Birks
Thomas Rawson Birks (28 September 1810 – 19 July 1883) was an English theologian and controversialist, who figured in the debate to try to resolve theology and science. He rose to be Knightbridge Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. His discussions led to much controversy: in one book he proposed that stars cannot have planets as this would reduce the importance of Christ's appearance on this planet. Biography Birks was born on 28 September 1810 in Staveley in Derbyshire, England, where his father was a tenant farmer under the Duke of Devonshire. The family being nonconformists, Birks was educated at Chesterfield and then at the Dissenting College at Mill Hill. He won a sizarship and a scholarship at Trinity College, Cambridge, and in his third year gained the chief English declamation prize. As the holder of this prize he delivered the customary oration in the college hall. The subject chosen was ''Mathematical and Moral Certainty'' and Dr William Wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosetta Jane Birks
Rosetta Jane "Rose" Birks (1856–1911) was a social reformer and philanthropist who played a key role in South Australian women's suffrage. Birks née Thomas was born in Adelaide, South Australia on 12 March 1856 to English-born parents William Kyffin Thomas, proprietor of the ''Observer'' and '' Register'' newspapers, and his wife Mary Jane Thomas, née Good. Known to her family as Rose, Birks was heavily involved in the Flinders Street Baptist Church in Adelaide that her father helped establish. In 1879 Birks married her sister's widower, wealthy Baptist merchant Charles Napier Birks and became the stepmother to her six nieces and nephews. The Birks family would later establish the Charles Birks & Co department store in Rundle Street, Adelaide. Philanthropy Throughout her life Birks was involved in advancing women's rights and the welfare and social issues of the day. Birks presided over several Baptist women's associations including a mothers' union and a women's guild ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Birks
Raymond James 'Ray' Birks (1930-2008) was an Australian rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 11 ... footballer who played in the 1950s. Originally from the Sutherland Junior Rugby League Club Birks was a tough Second Row forward at the St. George club that played predominately in Reserve Grade throughout his career (1952–58) although he featured in 6 first grade games between 1953 and 1955. Birks died on 19 April 2008, age 78.St, George/Sutherland Shire Leader: Death Notice: 22/4/2008 References 1930 births 2008 deaths St. George Dragons players Australian rugby league players Rugby league players from Sydney Rugby league second-rows {{Australia-rugbyleague-bio-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Birks
Peter Brian Herrenden Birks (3 October 1941 – 6 July 2004) was the Regius Professor of Civil Law at the University of Oxford from 1989 until his death. He also became a Fellow of the British Academy in 1989, and an honorary Queen's counsel in 1995. He was a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. He is widely credited as having sparked academic enthusiasm for the English law of Restitution, and is often considered to have been one of the greatest English legal scholars of the 20th century. In his obituary, he was described as "a key figure in the extraordinary development of the law of restitution in the last 45 years". Career Birks was educated at Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School, went up to Trinity College, Oxford and subsequently obtained a master of laws from University College London. Birks was also the first general editor of ''English Private Law'', a book which sought to summarise and rationalise the entire scope of English private law, in accordance with Birks' ow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melville Birks
Dr. Melville Birks FRCS, MB, BS, FRCP (30 January 1876 – 27 April 1924) was a South Australian medical practitioner and occupational health specialist remembered for his work in Broken Hill, New South Wales. History Melville was born in Grenfell Street, Kent Town, South Australia, the second son of Walter Richard Birks (27 July 1847 – 4 May 1900) and his wife Jemima "Mina" Scott Birks, née Crooks (c. 1844 – 10 July 1926) who married on 29 April 1873. :Walter was a member of the highly successful Birks family whose retail stores and chemist's shops were a feature of Adelaide's Rundle Street. :For a year or two from 1869 Walter ran a general store in Kooringa, near Burra, specialising in bush clothing and groceries, then moved to Adelaide where he served as a junior partner of his famous brother Charles. :Walter and Mina moved house many times: over a twenty-five year period they occupied premises at Kent Town; Edward Street, Norwood; 7 Kensington Road, Norwood; St. Ann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm Birks
Malcolm James Birks (born 29 July 1975) is a former cricketer for Cambridge and the Marylebone Cricket Club. A wicket-keeper and right-handed batsman hailing from Keighley, Yorkshire, Birks made twenty-two first-class cricket appearances between 1995 and 2000, scoring 220 runs in total at a batting average of 12.22. He went on to play Surrey Premier League club cricket for Weybridge in 2005, and for the Marylebone Cricket Club between 2002 and 2013. For the MCC he played matches against Slovenia, Japan and Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous .... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Birks, Malcolm 1975 births Cricketers from Keighley Cambridge University cricketers Living people English cricketers English cricketers of 1969 to 2000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
