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James Berry (Puritan Leader)
James Berry may refer to: Entertainment * James Berry (artist) (1906–1979), New Zealand artist, stamp and coin designer * James Berry (poet) (1924–2017), Jamaican poet * James Berry (writer) (1842–1914), Irish writer * Jim Berry (cartoonist) (1932–2015), American comic strip artist Politics * James Berry (barrister) (born 1983), British Conservative Party politician, MP for Kingston and Surbiton 2015–2017 * James E. Berry (1881–1966), longest-serving Lieutenant Governor in Oklahoma * James Henderson Berry (1841–1913), Governor and U.S. Senator of Arkansas Sports * James Berry (footballer) (born 2000), English footballer * Jim Berry (soccer) (born 1945), Canadian soccer player * Jim Berry (hurler) (born 1989), Wexford hurler Other * James Berry (major-general) (died 1691), Parliamentary major-general who fought in the English Civil War * James Berry (executioner) (1852–1913), English executioner, 1884–1891 * James Berry (surgeon) (1860–1946), British su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Berry (artist)
Reginald George James Berry (20 June 1906 – 6 November 1979) was a New Zealand artist, noted for creating a large number of postage stamp and coin designs. He was born in London in 1906, and emigrated to New Zealand in 1925. He went on to become a commercial artist at a Wellington advertising agency, and in 1932 became a freelance artist. His work included book covers and illustrations, but is most famous for more than 1,000 stamp, coin and medal designs.Berry, Reginald George James Biography at The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Berry's first successful stamp design was for New Zealand's 1933 . For the next 20 years he designed a vast majority of the stamps issue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berry (other)
A berry is a small, pulpy and often edible fruit in non-technical language. In botany, berry (botany) has a different definition: a fleshy fruit without a stone, produced from a single flower containing one ovary. Berry may also refer to: Places United States * Berry, Alabama, a town * Berry, Kentucky, a home rule-class city * Berry, Wisconsin, a town Elsewhere * Berry, France, a province of France ** Canal de Berry * Berry, New South Wales, a town in Australia * Berry, Quebec, a municipality in Canada * Berry Fen, Cambridgeshire, England, a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest * Berry Head, a coastal headland that forms the southern boundary of Tor Bay in Devon, England * Berry Peak, highest point of Wrangel Island People and fictional characters * Berry (surname), a list of people * Berry (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or nickname * Berry (singer), stage name of French singer and actress Élise Pottier (born 1978) Bus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seat Pleasant, Maryland
Seat Pleasant is an incorporated city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, located immediately east of Washington. Per the 2020 census, the population was 4,522. Two state highways pass through the community — Maryland routes 704 (now called Martin Luther King Jr. Highway and previously named George Palmer Highway in honor of banker and community leader George Palmer) and 214 (Central Avenue). The Washington Metro's Blue and Silver Lines are nearby. The Washington Commanders' stadium is east of Seat Pleasant, near the Capital Beltway (I-95/495). History Seat Pleasant is located on part of what had been the Williams-Berry estate. In 1850, the descendants of General Otho Holland Williams, a Revolutionary War hero, and James Berry, a mid-17th-century Puritan leader, sold it to Joseph Gregory. Seat Pleasant was developed on the dairy farm of Joseph Gregory, the farm of the Hill family, and the land of building contractor Francis Carmody, among others. In 1873, som ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley
James Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley, GBE (7 May 1883 – 6 February 1968) was a Welsh colliery owner and newspaper publisher. Background Berry was born the son of John Mathias and Mary Ann (née Rowe) Berry, of Merthyr Tydfil in Wales. He was the younger brother of Henry Berry, 1st Baron Buckland, an industrialist, and William Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose, a fellow press lord. Career Berry originally co-owned ''The Daily Telegraph'' with his second brother Lord Camrose, and Lord Burnham. He founded Kemsley Newspapers, which owned ''The Sunday Times'', ''The Daily Sketch'' and ''The Sunday Graphic'' amongst its titles. Berry was chairman of the Reuters News Agency from 1951 to 1958. In 1954, Berry was part of the Kemsley-Winnick consortium, which won the initial ITV weekend contracts for the Midlands and the North of England. Berry had cold feet over the financial risk, and withdrew, causing the consortium to collapse. In 1959, Kemsley Newspapers was bought by Lord Thomson, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Berry (news Anchor)
James L. Berry (born circa 1955), known professionally as Jim Berry, is a news anchor for the CBS affiliate in Miami, Florida, and was a longtime sports anchor and reporter for various television stations. He has won five Emmy awards for his news and sports reporting. Early life and education A native of Chicago who grew up in the city's Hyde Park neighborhood, Berry earned a bachelor's degree in 1977 from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. Jim is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. Professional career Berry began his career at WBTV-TV in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he started as a reporter trainee and progressed to being a weekend anchor. Berry then joined WJLA-TV in Washington, D.C. as a weekend anchor before switching to the sports desk. Berry then joined WSVN-TV in Miami as a sports director, where he worked for six years. In April 1994, Berry joined WBBM-TV in Chicago as a sports anchor. In August 1996, Berry joined WFOR-TV WFO ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Berry (surgeon)
Sir James Berry FRCS Society of Antiquaries of London, FSA (1860-17 March 1946) was a Canadian-born British surgeon. Berry was born in Kingston, Ontario, to English solicitor Edward Berry of Croydon, Croydon, London and was educated at Whitgift School, Croydon and St Bartholomew's Hospital. He then served as house surgeon at St Bartholomew's to Sir Thomas Smith, and was demonstrator of anatomy. In 1885 he became surgeon to the Alexandra Hospital for Diseases of the Hip, in Queen Square but in 1891 was elected consulting surgeon at the Royal Free Hospital. There he established a reputation for surgery of cleft palates, a condition from which he himself suffered, and the treatment of goitre. During the First World War he and his wife Frances established six hospitals in Serbia for the treatment of wounded soldiers and refugees. He was with the Serbian army at Odessa in Russia from 1916 to 1917. For his efforts here, he was awarded the Order of the Star of Romania (4th class), Order ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Berry (executioner)
James Berry (8 February 1852 – 21 October 1913) was an English executioner from 1884 until 1891. Berry was born in Heckmondwike in the West Riding of Yorkshire, where his father worked as a wool-stapler. His most important contribution to the science of hanging was his refinement of the long drop method developed by William Marwood, whom Berry knew quite well. His improvements were intended to diminish mental and physical suffering and some of them remained standard practice until the abolition of capital punishment for murder. An insight into Berry's behaviour and methods can be read in the book ''My Experiences as an Executioner'', in which he describes his methods and recalls the final moments of some of the people he executed. Early life He served eight years with the Bradford Police Force, then tried himself as a boot salesman. Since he did not earn enough for the upkeep of his family, he applied for the post of executioner after William Marwood died in 1883 but was uns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Berry (hurler)
Jim Berry (born 1984) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Faythe Harriers and also plays hurling for the Wexford senior and U21 team. Married Margaret O Reilly, 17 August 2005 in Church Of The Most Holy Rosary Tullow, County Carlow Playing career Berry made his debut during the National Hurling league against Clare Clare may refer to: Places Antarctica * Clare Range, a mountain range in Victoria Land Australia * Clare, South Australia, a town in the Clare Valley * Clare Valley, South Australia Canada * Clare (electoral district), an electoral district * Cl ... following his good showing last time out against Down. References 1984 births Living people Faythe Harriers hurlers Wexford inter-county hurlers {{Wexford-hurling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Berry (poet)
James Berry, OBE, Hon FRSL (28 September 1924 – 20 June 2017), was a Jamaican poet who settled in England in the 1940s. His poetry is notable for using a mixture of standard English and Jamaican Patois. Berry's writing often "explores the relationship between black and white communities and in particular, the excitement and tensions in the evolving relationship of the Caribbean immigrants with Britain and British society from the 1940s onwards".Wilcox, Zoe (18 October 2012)"British Library acquires the archive of poet James Berry" Group for Literary Archives & Manuscripts. As the editor of two seminal anthologies, ''Bluefoot Traveller'' (1976) and '' News for Babylon'' (1984), he was in the forefront of championing West Indian/British writing. Biography The son of Robert Berry, a smallholder, and his wife Maud, a seamstress, James Berry was born and grew up in rural Portland, Jamaica. He began writing stories and poems while still at school. During the Second World War, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Berry (soccer)
Jim Walter Berry (30 May 1945 – 14 December 2020) was a Canadian international soccer player. He represented Canada at the 1967 Pan American Games and appeared in four full internationals for Canada, all of them qualification matches for the 1970 World Cup. In 1972, he played in the National Soccer League with London German Canadians. Berry died on 14 December 2020 at a hospice in Missiauga after battling for 5 years with Parkinson's Parkinson's disease (PD), or simply Parkinson's, is a long-term degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that mainly affects the motor system. The symptoms usually emerge slowly, and as the disease worsens, non-motor symptoms becom ... and heart disease, at the age of 75. References 1945 births 2020 deaths Canadian soccer players Canada men's international soccer players Soccer players from Vancouver UBC Thunderbirds men's soccer players Pan American Games competitors for Canada Footballers at the 1967 Pan American Gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |