Brewis
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Brewis can refer to:
- Fish and brewisFish and BrewisFish and brewis is a traditional Newfoundland meal consisting of codfish and hard bread or hard tack. With the abundance of cod around the coasts of Newfoundland and Labrador it became synonymous with many Newfoundland households as a delicacy to be served as a main meal.The recipe may vary from...
, a traditional Newfoundland meal made with salt cod and hard tackHardtackHardtack is a simple type of cracker or biscuit, made from flour, water, and sometimes salt. Inexpensive and long-lasting, it was and is used for sustenance in the absence of perishable foods, commonly during long sea voyages and military campaigns. The name derives from the British sailor slang... - John BrewisJohn BrewisJohn Beverley Brewis was a Scottish Unionist Party politician and barrister.He was Member of Parliament for Galloway from a 1959 by-election until he stood down at the October 1974 general election, and also a Member of the European Parliament from 1972 to 1974.- References :*Times Guide to the...
, a British Conservative Party politician and barrister - Anne BrewisAnne BrewisLady Anne Brewis, daughter of Roundell Cecil Palmer, 3rd Earl of Selborne, was an English botanist. As a child, Brewis had spent long holidays studying the orchids on Noar Hill, near Selborne. This led her to study the works of Gilbert White, and eventually to a degree in Zoology at Somerville...
, daughter of Roundell Cecil Palmer, 3rd Earl of Selborne - Bobby Brewis, the last known human case of foot-and-mouth diseaseFoot-and-mouth diseaseFoot-and-mouth disease or hoof-and-mouth disease is an infectious and sometimes fatal viral disease that affects cloven-hoofed animals, including domestic and wild bovids...
in Britain - Brewis Island in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in Australia