Corbière may refer to:
Places
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La Corbière
La Corbière (; Jèrriais: ''La Corbiéthe'') is the extreme south-western point of Jersey in St. Brélade. The name means "a place where crows gather", deriving from the word ''corbîn'' meaning ''crow''. However, seagulls have long since di ...
, Jersey, Channel Islands
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La Corbière, Haute-Saône, France
Other
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Corbiere (horse)
Corbiere (1975–1988) was the racehorse which won the Grand National in 1983. In training, Corbiere was also known as Corky.
Background
Corbiere was a chestnut gelding with a broad white blaze bred in the United Kingdom by M Parkhill. During ...
, a racehorse who won the Grand National in 1983
People with the surname
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Édouard Corbière
Jean Antoine René Édouard Corbière (1 April 1793 in Brest – 27 September 1875 in Morlaix) was a French sailor, shipowner, journalist and writer, considered to be the father of the French maritime novel. He was the father of poet Tristan Cor ...
(1793–1875), French sailor, shipowner, journalist and writer
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Jacques-Joseph Corbière
Jacques Joseph Guillaume François Pierre, comte de Corbière (22 May 1766 – 12 January 1853) was a French lawyer who became Minister of the Interior. He was intolerant of liberalism and a strong supporter of the church.
Early years
Jacques Jo ...
(1766–1853), French interior minister
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Jeannette Corbiere Lavell
Jeannette Corbiere Lavell (born June 21, 1942) is a Canadian and Anishinaabe community worker who focused on women's and children's rights. In 2018, she was honoured as a member of the Order of Canada.
Biography
She was born Jeannette Vivian C ...
(born 1942), Canadian women's rights activist
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Louis Corbière
François Marie Louis Corbière (10 May 1850, Champsecret – 3 January 1941, Cherbourg) was a French botanist and mycologist.
He worked as a school teacher in the town of Sées, followed by similar duties in Argentan (1869). In 1882 he became ...
(1850–1941), French botanist and mycologist
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Roger de la Corbière (1893–1974), French painter
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Tristan Corbière
Tristan Corbière (18 July 1845 – 1 March 1875), born Édouard-Joachim Corbière, was a French poet born in Coat-Congar, Ploujean (now part of Morlaix) in Brittany, where he lived most of his life before dying of tuberculosis at the age of ...
(1845–1875), French poet
See also
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Corbières (disambiguation)
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