Burck
Burck is a surname; notable people with this surname include: * Jacob Burck (1907–1982), American political cartoonist * Joachim a Burck (1546–1610; also ''Joachim von Burgk'', sometimes ''Joachim Moller''), German composer * Robert John Burck (born 1970), the Naked Cowboy from Times Square, New York City * William Burck (1848–1910), Dutch botanist See also * Berck * Berk (other) * Birck * Burk (other) * Burke (other) Burke is a surname or given name. Burke may also refer to: People * Burke baronets, two baronetcies created in the Baronetage of Ireland * Edmund Burke, 18th century politician commonly referenced as simply "Burke" * House of Burke or House of ...

Jacob Burck
Jacob Burck (née Yankel Boczkowsky, January 10, 1907 – May 11, 1982) was a Polish-born Jewish-American painter, sculptor, and award-winning editorial cartoonist. Active in the Communist movement from 1926 as a political cartoonist and muralist, Burck quit the Communist Party after a visit to the Soviet Union in 1936, deeply offended by political demands there to manipulate his work. Upon his return to the United States, Burck drew political cartoons for two large mainstream dailies, the ''St. Louis Post Dispatch'' and then, for 44 years, the ''Chicago Daily Times'' (later as the ''Chicago Sun-Times''). Burck was awarded the 1941 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning. Biography Early years Jacob Burck was born Yankel Boczkowsky on January 10, 1907, in Wysokie Mazowieckie, Poland (then Russia), the son of ethnic Jewish parents, Abraham Burke, a bricklayer, and Rebecca Lew Burke. Burck emigrated to the United States at age six and lived in Cleveland until 1924. He attended ...
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Robert John Burck
Robert John Burck (born December 23, 1970), better known as the Naked Cowboy, is an American actor, singer, songwriter, writer, and street performer, best known for singing regularly in New York City's Times Square. Burck is also a regular in the streets of the French Quarter during the New Orleans Mardi Gras season. He wears only cowboy boots, a hat, and white briefs, with a guitar strategically placed to give the illusion of nudity. On October 6, 2010, Burck formally announced that he was running for President of the United States in the 2012 U.S. election as a candidate representing the U.S. Tea Party movement.(October 6, 2010"NYC's Naked Cowboy suits up for presidential run" Associated Press. Retrieved on October 6, 2010.Bayer, Casey (October 6, 2010"Naked Cowboy for president: Top celebrities (past and present) who aimed for the White House" ''Christian Science Monitor''; retrieved October 6, 2010.(October 6, 2010) ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved on October 6, 2010. Ba ...
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William Burck
William Burck (4 February 1848, Monnickendam, the Netherlands – 25 September 1910, Leiden, the Netherlands)William Burck (1848 - 1910)
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Joachim A Burck
Joachim von Burck, also Joachim a Burgk or Joachim Moller (Burg, 1546-Mühlhausen, 24 May 1610) was a German composer, notable for an early German Passion setting. As Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the '' Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard w ...'s predecessor at the church of St Blasius, he pioneered the musical life in post-Reformation Mühlhausen, bringing it to early fruition. Influenced by the tradition of Flemish polyphony and the Italian madrigal, he developed his own style, focusing on clarity of expression. Considering himself a servant to the word of God, he discovered the German language as the foundation of his work, pragmatically addressing the congregation: "for I have aimed to set the words to the music in a manner that almost each syllable has its own note and that the four p ...
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Birck
Birck is a surname belonging to several prominent people. * Sixt Birck (1501–1554), German scholar * Wenzel Raimund Birck (1718–1763), European composer * Michael Birck (born 1938), American businessman It may also be used as a given name. * Birck Elgaaen (born 1917), Norwegian equestrian See also (homonyms) * Berck * Burck * Berk (other) * Birk (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 ...

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 * Burk (name), given name and surname Other uses * Burk House (other) See also *Burking, a particular form of smothering * Burks (other) * Burke (other) * Burck * Berk (other) * de Burgh, a surname * Birk (other) * Bourke (other) * Berg (other) * Burgos Burgos () is a city in Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the province of Burgos. Burgos is situated in the north of the Iberian Peninsula, on the confluence of ..., a city of northern Spain * Burgh, an autonomous corporate entity in Scotland {{geodis ...
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Berck
Berck (), sometimes referred to as Berck-sur-Mer (, literally ''Berck on Sea''), is a commune in the northern French department of Pas-de-Calais. It lies within the Marquenterre regional park, an ornithological nature reserve. Geography Situated just to the north of the estuary of the river Authie, Berck has a huge expanse of sandy beach and impressive grassy-topped dunes facing north onto the English Channel. The town comprises two parts – to the east, the old fishing town of Berck-Ville and to the west the seaside area, Berck-sur-Mer. Toponymy Berck is attested through the centuries in various forms: ''datum Bergis'' and ''Berc'' in 1215, ''Bierk'' in 1282.Albert Dauzat and Charles Rostaing, 72b. Its origin has been conjectured to come either from Germanic ''berg'' "hill", "mount" or ''birkja'' "place of the birch trees", designating the birch tree wood nearby. The Modern Dutch word for "birch" is ''berk''. In Dutch the name is ''Berk-aan-Zee''. History The old town w ...
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Berk (other)
Berk may refer to: * Berk (name), a surname, given name, or any of several people with that name * Berk, Bolu, Turkey, a village * Berk Trade and Business School, New York City * Berk, a fictional island in the ''How to Train Your Dragon'' series of books and films * , a torpedo cruiser of the Ottoman Navy later renamed ''Berk'' * Berk, rhyming slang often used to mean "foolish person" * ''Berk.'', taxonomic author abbreviation of Miles Joseph Berkeley (1803–1889), English cryptogamist and founder of the science of plant pathology See also * Berk–Tabatznik syndrome, a medical condition * De Berk (other) * Berks (other) * 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 ...