Birks
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Birks is a surname, and may refer to
- Frederick BirksFrederick BirksFrederick Birks VC, MM was a Welsh-born Australian First World War veteran and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth forces...
(1894-1917), Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross - Gerald Alfred Sigourney Birks (1894-1991), Canadian fighter ace in World War I
- Henry BirksHenry BirksHenry Birks was a Canadian businessman and founder of Henry Birks and Sons, a chain of high-end Canadian jewellery stores....
(1840–1928), Canadian businessman and founder of the Canadian jewelry store, BirksBirks & MayorsBirks & Mayors Inc. is a manufacturer and retailer of jewellery, timepieces and silverware, with stores and manufacturing facilities located in Canada and the United States. It operates stores under three different retail banners: 37 Birks stores across Canada, 31 Mayors stores in Florida and...
. - Jānis BirksJanis BirksJānis Birks is a Latvian politician. He was the mayor of Riga between February 19, 2007 and July 1, 2009.-References:...
(1956), Latvian politician, the Mayor of Riga between 2007 and 2009 - Peter BirksPeter BirksPeter Birks QC was the Regius Professor of Civil Law at the University of Oxford from 1989 until his death. He was a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. He earned an LLM at University College, London...
(1941-2004), Regius Professor of Civil Law at the University of Oxford - Thomas Rawson BirksThomas Rawson BirksThomas Rawson Birks , theologian and controversialist, was born on 28 September 1810 at Staveley in Derbyshire, England. He figured in the debate to try to resolve theology and science. He rose to be a Knightbridge Professor of Moral Philosophy...
(1810- 1883), Professor, theologian and controversialist at Oxford
See also
- The Birks of AberfeldyThe Birks of Aberfeldy"The Birks of Aberfeldy" is a song lyric written for a pre-existing melody in 1787 by Robert Burns. He was inspired to write it by the Falls of Moness and the birch trees of Aberfeldy during a tour of the Scottish Highlands with his friend William Nicol....
- Birks (Lake District)Birks (Lake District)Birks is a fell in the English Lake District situated two kilometres south west of the village of Patterdale in the Eastern Fells. The fells summit sits on a shoulder of the north east ridge of the higher and better known fell of St Sunday Crag, by which it is dominated, walkers often pass over the...
, A fellFell“Fell” is a word used to refer to mountains, or certain types of mountainous landscape, in Scandinavia, the Isle of Man, and parts of northern England.- Etymology :...
in the English Lake DistrictLake DistrictThe Lake District, also commonly known as The Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region in North West England. A popular holiday destination, it is famous not only for its lakes and its mountains but also for its associations with the early 19th century poetry and writings of William Wordsworth... - Berks (disambiguation)
- BurksBurksBurks is a common surname, and may refer to:* Antonio Burks , American professional basketball player* Arthur Burks , American mathematician and computer scientist who worked on the ENIAC...
- Birk (disambiguation)