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Berks
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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 * * Berk (other) * Birks (other) * Berkes, surname * Burks (other) * Burke's Peerage, British genealogical publisher * Birk (other) * Burk (other) * Burke, surname * Berkshire (other) Berkshire is a county in England. Berkshire may also refer to: *Berkshire (UK Parliament constituency) (1265–1885) *Earl of Berkshire, an Earldom based on the county *As "The Berkshires," the Royal Berkshire Regiment Other places *Berkshire L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berkshire
Berkshire ( ; abbreviated ), officially the Royal County of Berkshire, is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Oxfordshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the north-east, Greater London to the east, Surrey to the south-east, Hampshire to the south, and Wiltshire to the west. Reading, Berkshire, Reading is the largest settlement and the county town. The county has an area of and a population of 911,403. The population is concentrated in the east, the area closest to Greater London, which includes the county's largest towns: Reading (174,224), Slough (164,793), Bracknell (113,205), and Maidenhead (70,374). The west is rural, and its largest town is Newbury, Berkshire, Newbury (33,841). For local government purposes Berkshire comprises six Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority areas: Bracknell Forest, Borough of Reading, Reading, Borough of Slough, Slough, West Berkshire, Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berks, Nebraska
Berks is an unincorporated community in Lancaster and Saline counties in Nebraska, United States. The community is located approximately northeast of Crete on the BNSF Railroad Line and north of Nebraska Highway 33. History Some people hold Berks was the name of an early settler, while others believe the community was named after Berks County, Pennsylvania. The name was also probably chosen to conform with the alphabetical stops on the new Burlington & Quincy Railroad line traveling westward from Lincoln: Berks, Crete, Dorchester, Exeter Exeter ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and the county town of Devon in South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately northeast of Plymouth and southwest of Bristol. In Roman Britain, Exeter w ..., Fairmont, Grafton, Huxley, etc. The Berks post office was discontinued in 1912. See also References External links Unincorporated communities in Lancaster County, Nebrask ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berks County, Pennsylvania
Berks County (Pennsylvania Dutch language, Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Barricks Kaundi'') is a County (United States), county in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the county's population was 428,849. The county seat is Reading, Pennsylvania, Reading, the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, fourth-most populous city in the state. The county is part of the South Central Pennsylvania, South Central region of the commonwealth. The county borders Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Lehigh County to its north, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, Schuylkill County to its north, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, Lebanon and Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Lancaster counties to its west, Chester County, Pennsylvania, Chester County to its south, and Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Montgomery County to its east. The county is approximately southwest of Allentown, Pennsylvania, Allentown, the state's third-largest city, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berks (TV Series)
''Berks'' is a Philippine television drama series broadcast by ABS-CBN. Directed by Gilbert Perez, starring Heart Evangelista, John Prats, Carlo Aquino, Angelica Panganiban, Glaiza de Castro, Cholo Barretto, Karel Marquez, Alyson Lualhati, Ketchup Eusebio, Sarah Christophers, Marc Acueza and Hazel Ann Mendoza. It aired from November 16, 2002 to March 21, 2004, replacing ''K2BU''. Cast Main cast * Heart Evangelista as Gwyneth * John Prats as Javier Montelibano * Karel Marquez as Penelope * Sarah Christophers as Pamela Sue * Hazel Ann Mendoza as Brooke * Ketchup Eusebio as Ketchup * Marc Acueza as Oreo * Khalil Kaimo as Nacho * Alysson Lualhati as Jennifer Love * Greg Martin as Bruce * Jay Salas as Chad * Glaiza de Castro as Halley * Bernard Cardona as Simon * Angelica Panganiban as Nicole * Carlo Aquino as Aries * Erik Imson * Dr. Jun Dequina Supporting cast * Winnie Cordero as Tita Potty * Joy Chiong as Oprah * John Wayne Sace * Jojit Lorenzo * Chris Quimpo as Mig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berks Station
Berks station is an Rapid transit, elevated rapid transit rapid transit station, station served by SEPTA Metro Market–Frankford Line, L trains, located at the corner of Front Street (Philadelphia), Front and Berks streets in the Kensington, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The station is also served by SEPTA City Bus, SEPTA bus SEPTA Route 3, route 3. History Berks is part of the Frankford Elevated section of the line, which began service on November 5, 1922. Between 1988 and 2003, SEPTA undertook a $493.3 million reconstruction of the Frankford Elevated. Berks station was completely rebuilt on the site of the original station; the project included new platforms, elevators, windscreens, and overpasses, and the station now meets Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, ADA accessibility requirements. The line had originally been built with track ballast and was replaced with precast sections of slab track, allowing the st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Berks
Robert Berks (April 26, 1922 – May 16, 2011) was an American sculptor, industrial designer and planner. He created hundreds of bronze sculptures and monuments including the Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial, and the Albert Einstein Memorial in Washington, D.C. Bob was prolific and created numerous sketches, drawings, and paintings; often in service of sculpture and site-planning subjects. He worked for over 50 years in a converted schoolhouse on the north fork of Long Island, NY. For projects with living subjects, Bob would often invite individuals to visit with him and his wife, Tod, for a period of a week or two so he could observe them in real life; through this time he captured emotions, tendencies, facial expressions, and body language. It was this commitment to understanding his subject below the surface that facilitated the intimacy and personality found in his sculptural portraits. Bob's work is spread around the world, but he is best known for his commissions in Washi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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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) * Berkshire (other) * Berkeley (other) Berkeley most often refers to: *Berkeley, California, a city in the United States **University of California, Berkeley, a public university in Berkeley, California *George Berkeley (1685–1753), Anglo-Irish philosopher Berkeley may also refer to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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) 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, Penn ... * Burks (other) * Burk (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berkes
Berkes is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Antal Berkes (1874–1938), Hungarian painter * Eckart Berkes (1949–2014), German hurdler * Enikő Berkes, Hungarian ice dancer * Ferenc Berkes (born 1985), Hungarian chess grandmaster * Fikret Berkes (born 1945), Turkish Canadian ecologist * Kálmán Berkes (born 1952), Hungarian clarinetist * Milton Berkes (1924-2015), American politician * Niyazi Berkes (1908–1988), Turkish Cypriot sociologist * Zoltán Berkes (canoeist), Hungarian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s * Zoltán Berkes (field hockey) (1916–?), Hungarian field hockey player {{surname See also *Robert Berks Robert Berks (April 26, 1922 – May 16, 2011) was an American sculptor, industrial designer and planner. He created hundreds of bronze sculptures and monuments including the Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial, and the Albert Einstein Memorial in Wa ... (1922-2011), American sculptor, industrial designer and planner * Burkes, sur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 depar ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burke's Peerage
Burke's Peerage Limited is a British genealogical publisher, considered an authority on the order of precedence of noble families and information on the lesser nobility of the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1826, when the Anglo-Irish genealogist John Burke began releasing books devoted to the ancestry and heraldry of the peerage, baronetage, knightage and landed gentry of Great Britain and Ireland. His first publication, a ''Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the United Kingdom'', was updated sporadically until 1847, when the company began publishing new editions every year as ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage'' (often shortened and known as ''Burke's Peerage''). Other books followed, including '' Burke's Landed Gentry'', '' Burke's Colonial Gentry'', and '' Burke's General Armory''. In addition to its peerage publications, the ''Burke's'' publishing company produced books on Royal families of Europe and Latin America, rulin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 * * * Berk (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 depar ... * Burk (other) * Burke (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
