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John Berry (writer)
John Berry may refer to: Entertainment * John Berry (film director) (1917–1999), American film director * John Berry (illustrator) (1920–2009), British illustrator * John Berry (country singer) (born 1959), American country singer ** ''John Berry'' (album), debut album * John Berry (arts administrator) (born 1961), British musician and arts administrator * John Berry (Beastie Boys) (1963–2016), member of the Beastie Boys Politics * John Berry (administrator) (born 1959), director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (2009–2013), Ambassador to Australia * John Berry (congressman) (1833–1879), U.S. Representative * John Berry (New Jersey governor) (1619–1712), Deputy Governor of New Jersey * John M. Berry (1827–1887), American jurist and politician * John Walter Berry (1868–1943), Canadian politician * John Wesley Berry (1858–1931), Tacoma councilman Sports * Jonathan Berry (born 1953), chess master * Jack Berry (hurling) (1944–2003), Irish sportsperson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Berry (film Director)
John Berry (September 6, 1917 – November 29, 1999) was an American film director, who went into exile in France when his career was interrupted by the Hollywood blacklist. Early life Berry was born Jak Szold in The Bronx, New York, the son of a Polish-Jewish father and a Romanian mother. He was a child performer in vaudeville, first going on stage at the age of four. In his teens he briefly worked as a boxer under the name Jackie Sold. Berry's father was a restaurateur who at one point owned 28 restaurants around New York City but he went out of business during the Great Depression and Berry sought to support himself by working as a comedian and master of ceremonies in the Catskill resorts as well as working as an actor. Mercury Theatre and Hollywood Berry's first big break came when he was hired by the Mercury Theatre for its debut production, titled ''Caesar'' (1937). Berry acted in other roles with the theater and assisted Orson Welles in directing the 1942 production of '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Berry (rugby)
John Berry (25 September 1866 – 10 May 1930), also known by the nickname of 'Buff', was an English rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1880s and 1890s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for England, and at club level for Kendal Hornets and Tyldesley, as a fly-half, i.e. number 10, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Lancashire, and at club level for Tyldesley, as a , i.e. number 6. Prior to Tuesday 27 August 1895, Tyldesley was a rugby union club. Background John Berry was born in Kendal, Westmorland Westmorland (, formerly also spelt ''Westmoreland'';R. Wilkinson The British Isles, Sheet The British IslesVision of Britain/ref> is a historic county in North West England spanning the southern Lake District and the northern Dales. It had an ..., and he died aged 63 in Manchester, Lancashire, England. Playing career International honours John Berry won caps for England (RU) while at Tyldesley in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Barry (other)
John Barry may refer to: Arts and entertainment * John Arthur Barry (1850–1911), Australian journalist * John Barry (composer) (1933–2011), English film composer * John Barry (set designer) (1935–1979), British film production designer * John M. Barry (born 1947), American writer * John Barry, drummer and member of Stretch Arm Strong Military * John Barry (naval officer) (1745–1803), officer in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War and in the United States Navy ** SS John Barry, an American Liberty ship * John D. Barry (1839–1867), brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War * John Barry (VC) (1873–1901), recipient of the Victoria Cross Politics * John S. Barry (1802–1870), governor of Michigan * John Barry (MP) (1845–1921), Irish MP for South Wexford 1885–1893 * John Patrick Barry (1893–1946), Canadian politician and lawyer * John Barry (Green Party politician) (born 1966), Irish Green Party polit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Stevens Berry
John Stevens Berry Sr. is an American attorney and the founder of Berry Law Firm in Lincoln, Nebraska. He is notable for a number of high-profile cases including the defense of Green Berets in Vietnam. Early life and military career John Stevens Berry Sr. is a native of Onawa, Iowa. Berry graduated from New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell, New Mexico in 1956. In 1960, he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, where in 1958 he won the Academy of American Poets Prize. He went on to earn his Juris Doctor degree from Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois in 1965 and was admitted to the Nebraska State Bar in 1965. Berry graduated from the Infantry Officer School at Fort Benning, Georgia, and Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School in Charlottesville, Virginia. As a Captain in Vietnam, Berry was awarded the Bronze Star and the Vietnamese Medal of Honor First Class (Gold). He served as defense coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John W
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John N
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Berry (zoologist)
John Berry, CBE DL FRSE (5 August 1907 – 19 February 2002) was a Scottish zoologist and ecologist. He was the first Director of the Nature Conservancy (UK) for Scotland (1949 to 1967). He was the youngest and longest served Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh during the 20th century. Life He was born on 5 August 1907, the son of William Berry of Tayfield, an advocate in Edinburgh. His father instilled in him a love of nature conservation and especially bird protection. His mother died in his early youth and he was largely raised by aunts. He had brittle bones and dyslexia. John was sent to boarding school, being educated at Eton College in England, and then continuing on to Trinity College, Cambridge before receiving a PhD at St Andrews University. At Cambridge he shared accommodation (and a love of birds) with Peter Scott, later to become one of Britain's most loved ornithologists. During this time Berry was nicknamed ’’’Gooseberry’’’, due to his love and kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Berry (priest)
John Harcourt Berry (1849- 1923) was a Church of England priest and Royal Navy chaplain. He was the Chaplain of the Fleet, serving from 1899 to 1901. Berry was educated at Christ Church, Oxford. He was ordained deacon in 1874 and priest in 1875 and began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Preston-on-Stour Preston on Stour is a village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England. History It is situated some four kilometres south of the town of Stratford-upon-Avon. The population of the civil parish as at the 2011 census was 244. As its name sugges .... He served with the Navy from 1876 to 1901 Footnotes 1849 births 1923 deaths 19th-century Irish Anglican priests Chaplains of the Fleet Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford 20th-century English Anglican priests {{ChurchofEngland-clergy-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cutting Berry
John Cutting Berry (January 16, 1847 – February 9, 1936) was an American physician and missionary. He was dispatched by the American Board to Japan, where he practiced medicine in places including Kobe, Kyoto, and Okayama. In 1911 he was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 3rd class. Life Berry was born in the state of Maine in 1847. His father, a captain, died when he was four years old, and he was sent taken in by one of father's friends. He worked for his living from the age of 11. At the age of 17 he was baptized as a Christian. When he was 20, a ship he was riding in was caught in a storm, but he survived. Feeling that God had saved him for a reason, he resolved to dedicate the remainder of his life to God. In 1871 he graduated from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia and was ordained as a missionary by the American Board. He arrived in Japan in June 1872. That July he became the medical director of the International Hospital of Kobe, where he examined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Berry (Royal Navy Officer)
Rear admiral Sir John Berry (14 February 1689 or 1690) was an English officer of the Royal Navy. Origins and early years John Berry was born at Knowstone, in the English county of Devon. He was the second of seven sons of Daniel Berry, the vicar of Knowstone ''cum'' Molland by his wife Elizabeth Moore, daughter of Sir John Moore of Moor Hayes, Devon. Daniel Berry held the benefice, which he had inherited from his own father, but had been deprived of his position during the English Civil War. The Berry family was established during the reign of Edward I of England. The family name was derived from their manor of ''Nerbert'' or ''Narbor'' (modern Berrynarbor) near the Devon coast. The Civil War saw the family's finances ruined, as Daniel Berry had been committed to the Royalist cause. After his father's death in 1652, John Berry and his elder brother joined the merchant service. Naval career Commands * ''Swallow'' (7 October.1665 to 6 February 1665/66) * ''Guinea'' (16 Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Paul Berry
John Paul Berry (January 17, 1918 – November 3, 1970) was an American baseball pitcher and first baseman in the Negro leagues. Berry played on the Kansas City Monarchs barnstorming team in 1935 and 1936, and briefly joined the club in 1945. References Kansas City Monarchs players 1918 births 1970 deaths Baseball pitchers Baseball first basemen 20th-century African-American sportspeople {{negro-league-baseball-pitcher-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Berry (footballer, Born 1880)
John Louis Berry (6 July 1880 – 1954) was an English footballer who played in the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ... for Bury. References 1880 births 1954 deaths English men's footballers Men's association football forwards English Football League players Bury F.C. players Footballers from Bury, Greater Manchester {{England-footy-forward-1880s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
