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Berry Street Studio Berry Street Studio is a recording studio in the Clerkenwell area of Central London. Established in 1970, Berry Street is built along traditional lines, having a large live area, incorporating acoustically live and dead zones, together with isolation booths, and a control room.
Berry Westra Berry Westra (born 1961) is a Dutch bridge professional. At age of 18 Westra made his debut with former bridge world champion Hans Kreijns in the meesterklasse (the highest competitive level in the Dutch bridge league).
Berry's World Berry's World was the title of a comic strip by Jim Berry which ran from 1969 through 1990. Berry received the National Cartoonist Society Newspaper Panel Cartoon Award for 1965, 1966, and 1972 for his work on the strip.
Berry–Esséen theorem The central limit theorem in probability theory and statistics states that under certain circumstances the sample mean, considered as a random quantity, becomes more normally distributed as the sample size is increased. The Berry–Esséen theorem, also known as the Berry–Esséen inequality, attempts to quantify the rate at which this convergence to normality takes place.
Berryessa, San Jose, California The Berryessa District in San Jose, California is located in the northeast portion of the city, between Coyote Creek and the Diablo Range foothills. The neighborhood borders Milpitas along Landess Avenue to the north and the Alum Rock neighborhood of East San Jose along Mabury Road to the south.
Berrylands railway station Berrylands railway station is operated by South West Trains and is located on its mainline, although is only served by trains on the Hampton Court branch, although in times of disruption and the inability to operate Hampton Court services to serve Berrylands, then Guildford via Cobham trains make special stops at Berrylands and also New Malden. The station is in Travelcard Zone 5.
Bersaglieri The Bersaglieri (IPA: ) are a corps of the Italian Army created by General Alessandro La Marmora in 1836 to serve in the Piedmontese Army, later to become the Royal Italian army. The name "Bersaglieri" means "sharpshooters".
Berserk anime soundtrack Kenpu Denki Berserk Original Soundtrack (剣風伝奇ベルセルク オリジナル・サウンドトラック) is based on the popular heroic fantasy Berserk anime TV series first broadcasted in Japan from 1997 to 1998.
Berserk PS2 Soundtrack Berserk Millennium Falcon Arc: Chapter of the Holy Demon War original soundtrack (ベルセルク 千年帝国の鷹篇 魔戦記の章~ Original Game Soundtrack) is based on the second video game (for PlayStation 2) of the popular heroic fantasy Berserk anime TV series first broadcasted in Japan from 1997 to 1998.
Berserker (character class) Berserker is a character class in a number of role-playing games and computer role-playing games, including Final Fantasy. Also in Fantasy games such as Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, an axe-wielding Berserker accompanies L'Arachel, the princess of The Theocracy of Rausten.
Berserker (Saberhagen) Fred Saberhagen's Berserker series is a space opera in which robotic self-replicating machines intend to destroy all organic life. These berserkers, a doomsday weapon left over from an interstellar war 50,000 years ago, are killer spaceships furnished with machine intelligence, operating from asteroid-sized berserker bases where they are capable of building more Berserkers and auxiliary machines.
Bersheba Leighton Fristoe Bersheba Fristoe Younger, born Bersheba Leighton Fristoe (6 June 1816 - 6 June 1870) was the wife of Henry Washington Younger and the mother of 14 children including the famed Younger Outlaws Cole, Jim, John and Bob.
Bershka Bershka is a division of Inditex (owner of Zara), that was created in April 1998 as a new store and fashion concept, aimed at a young target market. It now has 407 stores in 22 countries, including Spain, Portugal, Greece, Mexico, El Salvador and Venezuela.
Bersi Skáldtorfuson Bersi SkáldtorfusonThe names can be represented or Anglicized as Bersi/Bessi/Berse/Besse Skáld-Torfuson/Skáldtorfuson/Skald-Torfuson/Skaldtorfuson/Torfuson/Torfasson/Torfason. was an Icelandic skald, active around the year 1000.
Bersirc Bersirc is a multi-platform open source IRC client currently in development for the Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X operating systems. It utilises the Claro toolkit, which aims to provide an interface to native windowing systems and widgets on all operating systems.
Bert & I Bert & I is the name given to numerous collections of humor stories set in the "Down East" culture of traditional Maine. These stories were made famous and mostly written by the humorist storytelling team of Marshall Dodge (?
Bert Anciaux Bert Anciaux (born in Merksem, 11 September 1959) is a Belgian politician, a founder and leading member of Spirit. Serving as Minister for Culture, Youth and Sport in the Flemish Government, he is also Minister for relations with the Brussels-Capital Region and the Brussels Parliament ().
Bert Assirati Bernardo Esserati also known as Bert Assirati (1908 - August 31, 1990) was an English professional wrestler who became a multiple time British Heavyweight Champion and then a member of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame. Assirati was known as one of the strongest and toughest wrestlers around known for displaying various feats of strength; including setting a British record 1938 by laying on his back, and pull over at arms length a 200lb barbell.
Bert bauer Bertha "Bert" Miller Bauer was a fictional character on the CBS soap The Guiding Light. She was played by actress Charita Bauer from the character's introduction in 1950 (when The Guiding Light was still a radio serial) until her death in 1984.
Bert Bell Award The Bert Bell Award for the Professional American football Player of the Year is presented by the Maxwell Football Club. This award is named in honor of Bert Bell (1895-1959), Commissioner of the National Football League and founder of the Maxwell Club.
Bert Bergsma Albert ("Bert") Bergsma (born August 12, 1955 in Apeldoorn, Gelderland) is a former freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands, who competed for his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. There he was eliminated as a member (second swimmer) of the Dutch relay teams, in the 4x100m and the 4x200m Freestyle.
Bert Blyleven Rik Aalbert "Bert" Blyleven (born April 6, 1951 in Zeist, Netherlands), is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, and was best known for his astounding curveball.
Bert Cameron Bert Cameron (born November 16, 1959 in Spanish Town) is a retired Jamaican sprinter who mainly competed over 400 metres. He won the inaugural World Championships in 1983, and had a good run in the 1984 Olympic semi-final, but picked up an injury and did not make the final.
Bert Campaneris Dagoberto Campaneris Blanco (born March 9 1942 in Pueblo Nuevo, Cuba), generally known as Bert Campaneris and nicknamed "Campy", is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for four American League teams, primarily the Kansas City & Oakland Athletics. One of the mainstays of the A's championship teams of 1971 to 1975, he holds the Athletics franchise's records for career games played (1795), hits (1882) and at bats (7180).
Bert Convy Bernard Whalen "Bert" Convy (July 23, 1933 – July 15, 1991) was an American game show host and panelist, actor and singer known for his tenure as the host for Tattletales, Super Password, and Win, Lose or Draw.
Bert Corbeau Bert Corbeau (Born February 9, 1894 in Penetanguishene, Ontario) was a Canadian Professional Hockey Defenseman who played 10 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens, Hamilton Tigers, Toronto St. Pats, and Toronto Maple Leafs.
Bert Coules Bert Coules is a radio writer, mainly for the BBC, who has produced many adaptations and original works, most notably the Sherlock Holmes radio series starring Clive Merrison as Holmes and Michael Williams/Andrew Sachs as Watson. He is also produced adaptations of several of Ellis Peters' Brother Cadfael novels, starring Philip Madoc as Cadfael.
Bert diaries The Bert-diaries are series of children books from Sweden, written by Anders Jacobsson and Sören Olsson. The main character is a Swedish teenager called Bert Ljung, living in the fictional Swedish city Öreskoga.
Bert Doorn Bert Doorn (born 26 May 1949 in Enschede, Overijssel) is a Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal, which is part of the European People's Party, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs and its Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.
Bert Edwards Herbert Charles Edwards (3 December 1913 - 22 January 2002) was an English cricketer who played one first-class match, for Worcestershire against Lancashire at Old Trafford in 1946. Worcestershire lost the game by an innings well inside two days, with Edwards scoring 10 and 1.
Bert Foord Herbert (" Bert ") Vernon Foord (Born: 22 December, 1930, Appleby, Westmorland, died 31 July, 2001, Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire) was an English meteorologist and popular BBC weather forecaster during the 1960s and early 1970s.
Bert Freed Bert Freed (November 3, 1919 — August 2, 1994) was the first actor to portray the detective "Columbo" on television; Freed was an American character actor who appeared in the Broadway musical The Day Before Spring in 1945 and dozens of television shows between 1947 and 1985. His most prominent role might be as the villainous Ryker in the television series Shane, in which Freed added a touch of realism by beginning the show clean-shaven and growing a beard from one week to the next, never shaving again through the season.
Bert Granet Bert Granet (July 10, 1910 - November 15, 2002) was a writer and television producer. He worked with Desilu Productions and was instrumental in getting Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone on the air in the late 1950s when he produced his successful pilot pitch The Time Element.
Bert Halstead Bert Halstead is the chief architect at Curl Corporation, where he has worked for several years on the design and implementation of the Curl content language. Curl is a language that aims to ease the implementation of applications that would otherwise use Java or employ an Ajax paradigm.
Bert Hubert Bert Hubert (born May 12, 1975 in Scheveningen, The Netherlands) is a Dutch open source software developer. He is best known for being the principal author of the popular open source DNS server suite PowerDNS He currently resides in Rijswijk] in the [[Netherlands, where he works full time for his company, Netherlabs Computer Consulting BV ds9a.
Bert Jansch Herbert Jansch (born 3 November 1943), known as Bert Jansch, is a Scottish folk musician and founding member of the band Pentangle. He was born in Glasgow and, in the 1960s, he was heavily influenced by the guitarist Davey Graham and folk singers such as Anne Briggs.
Bert Kaempfert Bert Kaempfert (born Berthold Kämpfert; October 16, 1923 - June 21, 1980) was a German orchestra leader and songwriter. He made easy listening and jazz-oriented records, and wrote the music for a number of well-known songs, such as "Strangers in the Night" (originally recorded by Ivo Robić) and "Spanish Eyes".
Bert Lindsay Bertrand "Bert" Lindsay (July 23, 1881 – November 11, 1960) was a professional ice hockey goaltender who played two seasons in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Wanderers and Toronto Arenas. Born in Garafraxa County, Ontario, Bert Lindsay is the father of Hockey Hall Of Famer Ted Lindsay.
Bert Lytell Bert Lytell (Born Bertnem Lytell September 24, 1885 in New York City, New York - September 28, 1954 in New York City, New York) was a popular screen star of the silent film era who starred in romantic, melodrama and adventure films. Like many other silent screen stars, Lytell's career collapsed after the advent of talking pictures.
Bert Marcelo Bert "Tawa" Marcelo (1939-1995) was a prominent Filipino television personality whose trademark high-pitched infectious laughter earned him the popular moniker "Tawa", after the Tagalog word for laugh. Born in Baliuag, Bulacan, Marcelo's persona as the Filipino everyman, enhanced by his fluency in the Tagalog language and his easy-going friendly nature, made him ideal as the most recognized endorser of the popular San Miguel Beer.
Bert McCaffrey Bert McCaffrey Born in Toronto, Ontario was a professional Hockey Defenseman who played 7 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Toronto St. Pats, Toronto Maple Leafs, Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL) and the Montreal Canadiens.
Bert Metz Bert Metz is a Dutch climatologist. He was Co-chair of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group III on mitigation on climate change for the third and fourth assessment report of the IPCC.
Bert Oldfield William Albert Stanley "Bert" Oldfield (9 September 1894, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 10 August 1976, Sydney, New South Wales) was an Australian cricket player. He played for New South Wales and the Australian cricket team as wicket-keeper.
Bert Olmstead Murray Bert Olmstead (born September 4, 1926 in Sceptre, Saskatchewan) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Blackhawks and Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League. He also served as coach of the Oakland Seals.
Bert Parks Bert Parks (December 30, 1914 – February 2, 1992), an American actor, singer, and radio and television announcer and host, is best known as the longtime host (1955-1979) of the annual Miss America Pageant telecast.
Bert Patenaude Bertram ("Bert") Patenaude (November 4 1909, Fall River, Massachusetts – November 4 1974, Fall River, Massachusetts) was an American soccer player. Although earlier disputed, he is now officially credited by FIFA as the scorer of the first hat-trick in World Cup history.
Bert Robertsson Bert Robertsson (born June 30, 1974, in Södertälje, Sweden) is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey defenseman. He was drafted in the tenth round, 254th overall, by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft.
Bert Sakmann Bert Sakmann (born June 12, 1942) is a German cell physiologist. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Erwin Neher in 1991 for their work on "the function of single ion channels in cells," and invention of the patch clamp.
Bert Shepard Robert Earl Shepard (born June 28, 1920 in Dana, Indiana) was a baseball pitcher who had his right leg amputated after his fighter plane crashed in Germany during World War II. He went on to pitch in one major league game for the Washington Senators in 1945.
Bert Schneider Berton "Bert" Schneider is an American movie producer, who was behind a number of important and topical films of the late-1960s and early-1970s. The son of Abraham Schneider, onetime president of Columbia Pictures, the younger Schneider tended toward the rebellious.
Bert Schroer Bert Schroer (born November 10 1933 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany) is a German mathematical physicist, currently a visiting professor in Rio de Janeiro and an emeritius professor in Berlin, who is known for his work on algebraic quantum field theory, braid groups, infraparticles, and other issues related to quantum field theory.
Bert Sommer Bert Sommer (February 7, 1949 – July 23, 1990) was a folk singer who performed at Woodstock in 1969. He was briefly a member of baroque-pop group the Left Banke, co-writing singing lead on the "Ivy Ivy"/"And Suddenly" single.
Bert Tosh The Reverend Dr Bert Tosh is a noted scholar of Irish Presbyterian history and is the Senior Producer for religion and ethics with BBC Northern Ireland, working on Radio Ulster programmes such as Sunday Sequence, Morning Worship and Thought for the Day. He smokes a pipe, has a fine wit and is an excellent speaker.
Bert van Marwijk Lambertus ("Bert") van Marwijk (born 19 May, 1952 in Deventer, Overijssel) is a former football (soccer) player from the Netherlands, and nowadays a coach. He is the father-in-law of Bayern Munich midfielder Mark van Bommel.
Bert van Sprang Bert van Sprang was the founder of the Dutch youth division ("JWG", or Jongeren Werk Groep) of the Dutch association of meteorology and astronomy ("NVWS", or Nederlandse Vereniging voor Weer- en Sterrenkunde) in 1967. Activities carried out by Van Sprang for the JWG included the organization of astro camps, the setting up of a program to build telescopes cheaply, and the writing of many booklets on astronomy topics.
Bert van Vlaanderen Albert ("Bert") van Vlaanderen (born November 25, 1964 in Tienhoven) is a retired long-distance runner from The Netherlands, who participated in two Summer Olympics. At the 1992 Olympic Marathon in Barcelona he finished in fifteenth position with a time of 2 hours, 15 minutes and 47 seconds.
Bert Vaux Bert Vaux (November 19, 1968, Houston, Texas) teaches phonology and morphology at the University of Cambridge. Previously, he taught for nine years at Harvard, where he taught and created two of the ten largest courses in the university.
Bert Whalley Bert Whalley (August 6, 1913 - February 6, 1958) was a professional footballer for Manchester United from 1935 till 1946 he then became football coach for Manchester United until he died in the 1958 Munich air disaster, aged 44.
Bert's Family Feud Bert's Family Feud is an Australian television show produced by Grundy Television in conjunction with FremantleMedia and broadcast on the Nine Network, with TV stalwart Bert Newton as host. It commenced broadcasting on February 13, 2006.
Bertalan Székely Bertalan Szekely (May 8, 1835 - August 21, 1910) as a Hungarian Romantic painter of historical themes. "The Discovery of Louis Il's Dead Body", "Women of Eger", "Mohács", "Ladislas V" are among the most important of his history paintings.
Bertalan Szemere Bertalan Szemere (1812-1869) was a poet and Hungarian nationalist who became the first Prime Minister of Hungary during the short period when Hungary freed itself from Austrian rule during the revolutions of 1848 and 1849.
Bertel Haarder Bertel Geismar Haarder (born September 7 1944) is a Danish politician and currently the Education Minister and the Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs of Denmark in the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen II. He represents Venstre, the Danish liberal party.
Berth The term berth is used to describe a bed on a boat or a location in a port or harbour used specifically for mooring vessels while not at sea (or as a verb to describe bringing a vessel alongside - to berth) or for describing playoff positions for teams with no initial competition in sports.
Berth (CD/DVD) The Used will release its combustible live show on both CD and DVD for the first time with BERTH on 2/6/07. Along with the Vancouver concert from the 2005 Taste Of Chaos tour, the package updates the band's history since 2003's Maybe Memories with footage about 2004's In Love And Death, the world tour, and the making of the new album (which is due this Spring) as well as music videos and "making of the video" features.
Bertha and Elmer Hader Berta Hoerner (1890?–February 6, 1976) and Elmer Stanley Hader (September 7, 1889-September 7, 1973) were a husband-and-wife team that illustrated more than 70 children's books, about half of which they also wrote.
Bertha Benz Bertha Benz (née Ringer) (born 3 May 1849 in Pforzheim, Germany, married inventor Karl Benz on 20 July 1872, and died 5 May 1944 in Ladenburg), was the first person to drive an automobile over a long distance.
Bertha Clara von Rothschild Bertha Clara von Rothschild (January 2, 1862 - September 18, 1903) was a member of the prominent Rothschild banking family of Germany who became part of the French nobility through marriage. Born in Frankfurt am Main, she was the youngest of the seven daughters of Mayer Carl von Rothschild (1820-1886).
Bertha Kalich Bertha Kalich (May 17, 1874 – April 18, 1939) was a Jewish actress, born in Lemberg, Galicia (now Lviv, Ukraine), primarily known for her roles in Yiddish theater in New York City. Originally brought to America by David Kessler, her roles were mainly "women of the world": the title characters of Pierre Berton and Charles Simon's play Zaza, Victorien Sardou's Fédora, Jacob Gordin's Sappho, and Magda in Hermann Sudermann's Heimat.
Bertha Lewis Bertha Lewis (May 22 1887 – May 8 1931) was an English opera singer and actress primarily known for her work as principal contralto in the Gilbert & Sullivan comic operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.
Bertha McDougall Bertha McDougall OBE is the interim Commissioner for Victims and Survivors of the Troubles. She was appointed in October 1999 by Peter Hain to look at key areas relating to services for victims, funding arrangements in relation to services and grants paid to victims and survivors groups and individual victims and survivors
Bertha McNamara Bertha McNamara (Bertha Bredt Sr; née Matilda Emilie Bertha Kalkstein; September 28, 1853 - August 1, 1931), was a Sydney-based Australian socialist agitator, feminist, pamphleteer, bookseller, and mother-in-law of Australian writer Henry Lawson.
Bertha Townsend Bertha Louise Townsend Toulmin (March 7, 1869 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA – May 12, 1909) was a female tennis player from the United States. She is best remembered for being the first repeating women's singles champion at the U.
Berthier-sur-Mer, Quebec Berthier-sur-Mer is a town in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality within the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec. It is located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River, east of Quebec City on Highway 132.
Berthier—Maskinongé Berthier—Maskinongé (formerly known as Berthier and Berthier—Maskinongé—Lanaudière) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1925 to 1953, from 1968 to 1988, and since 2004. Its population in 2001 was 103,516.
Berthillon Berthillon is a famous manufacturer and retailer of traditional, home-made ice cream, with its primary store on the ĂŽle Saint-Louis in Paris, France. The company is owned and operated by the Chauvin family, descendants of the eponymous Monsieur Berthillon, who opened the first store in 1954.
Berthold GrĂĽnfeld Berthold GrĂĽnfeld (born January 22 1932 in Bratislava what was then Czechoslovakia) is a Norwegian physician, specialised in psychiatry, and formerly a professor in social medicine at University of Oslo. He is often used as an expert in forensic psychiatry.
Berthold Seliger Berthold Seliger (born 1928 in Dauba in Sudeten county) is a German rocket technical designer. Berthold Seliger won a scholarship at the school of engineering of Mittweida in Saxony in 1942 and, after finishing his studies, became an assistant of the famous theoretician professor Dr.
Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg Berthold Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg (born 15 March 1905 in Stuttgart - executed 10 August 1944 in Berlin-Plötzensee) was a German aristocrat, lawyer and conspirator in the July 20 Plot of 1944, along with his brother of Claus Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg, an army colonel. Claus' had named his eldest son Berthold Maria Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg after his brother.
Berthoud, Colorado Berthoud is a town in Larimer and Weld County, Colorado, United States. Berthoud is situated north of the Little Thompson River, approximately halfway between the cities of Fort Collins, Colorado and Denver, Colorado along the Front Range Urban Corridor.
Berthun of Sussex Berthun, or, more correctly, Berhthun, was an Ealdorman of Sussex under King Æðelwealh, who was slain by the Wessex prince Caedwalla, when he invaded and ravaged the kingdom. Berthun and Andhun succeeded in driving Caedwalla from Sussex.
Bertie and Elizabeth Bertie & Elizabeth is a 2002 television film produced by Carlton Television. The film explores the relationship between King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother) from their very first meeting to the King's death.
Bertie Blackman Bertie Blackman (born 1982) is an Independent Australian singer, songwriter and guitarist. She rose to fame with her debut album in 2004, entitled 'Headway' which came after years of prolofic performances around Sydney's Inner city venues, where she developed a dedicated following.
Bertie Clarke Dr Carlos Bertram (Bertie) Clarke, OBE (born April 7, 1918, Lakes Folly, Cats Castle, St Michael, Barbados, died October 14, 1993, Putney, London, England) was a West Indian cricketer who played in three Tests in 1939.
Bertie Higgins Elbert Joseph "Bertie" Higgins (born December 8, 1944 in Tarpon Springs, Florida) is an adult-contemporary singer and songwriter. In 1982 he had his only top-40 album with Just Another Day in Paradise.
Bertil Almqvist Bertil Almqvist (29 August 1902 — 1972), nicknamed Bertila, was a Swedish author and illustrator famous for his World War II-era En svensk tiger propaganda poster (which was one of the most recognized symbols in Sweden around this time period) as well as his children's book, later comic, Barna Hedenhös. Almqvist studied literature in Stockholm and Uppsala from 1924 until 1925.
Bertil Ohlin Bertil Ohlin (pronounced “ber´til O´lin”) (April 23, 1899 – August 3, 1979), was a Swedish economist and winner of the 1977 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics. His name lives on in one of the standard mathematical model of international free trade, the Hecksher-Ohlin model.
Bertil Wedin Former Swedish secret service agent, Bertil Wedin, was accused in an English court – but acquitted – of the 1982 burglary of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) office in London. In 1996, Wedin was named as the killer of Sweden's premier, Olof Palme.
Bertold von Henneberg-Römhild Bertold von Henneberg-Römhild (1442 - December 21, 1504) , elector and archbishop of Mainz, son of George, count of Henneberg, entered the ecclesiastical profession, and after passing through its lower stages, was made archbishop of Mainz in 1484.
Bertone Gruppo Bertone is an Italian car styling and coachbuilding house, which also manufactures cars. Bertone styling is very distinctive, with most cars having a strong "family resemblance" even if badged by different manufacturers.
Bertone Blitz The Bertone Blitz is an electric sports car produced in 1992 by the company Bertone, which worked under Ferrari. It is propelled from 0 to 60 mph in six seconds via two 36 horsepower (27 kW) (continuous output) DC motors applying a combined total of 95 Nm (70 ft·lbf) of torque.
Bertone Pirana The Bertone Pirana (not "Piranha" as some sources have it) was a concept car created by Bertone for the 1967 London Motor Show at Earl's Court. The sleek 2+2 GT car was based on the chassis and powertrain of the 4.
Bertram Best-Dunkley Bertram Best-Dunkley (3 August 1890-5 April 1917) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Bertram Boltwood Bertram Borden Boltwood (July 27, 1870 Amherst, Massachusetts - 1927, Hancock Point, Maine), a graduate of Yale who taught there 1897-1900, was an American pioneer of radiochemistry, who measured the age of rocks by the decay of uranium to lead, in 1907, and got astounding results of ages of 400 to 2200 million years, the first success of radiometric dating. More recently, older mineral deposits have been dated to about 4.
Bertram Fields Bertram Fields (born March 31, 1929) is a Harvard-trained American lawyer famous for his work in the field of entertainment law; he has represented many of the leading studios, as well as individual celebrities including The Beatles, Warren Beatty, James Cameron, Mike Nichols, Joel Silver, Tom Cruise, Dustin Hoffman, and John Travolta.
Bertram Goodhue Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue (April 28, 1869–April 23, 1924) was a renowned American architect celebrated for his work in neo-gothic design. He also designed notable typefaces, including Cheltenham and Merrymount for the Merrymount Press.
Bertram Stevens (poet) Bertram Stevens (October 8 or 9, 1879 - February 14, 1922) was Australian journal editor (Single Tax; Native Companion; Art in Australia; Lone Hand) literary and art critic, anthologist (An Anthology of Australian Verse [which contained five poems by Henry Lawson]; The Golden Treasury of Australian Verse).
Bertram Turetzky Bertram Turetzky is a contemporary double bass soloist, teacher and author of The Contemporary Contrabass, a book that looks at a number of new and interesting ways of playing the double bass. He plays jazz, classical, and contemporary music.
Bertram Willes Dayrell Brooke Captain Bertram Willes Dayrell Brooke, Tuan Muda of Sarawak was born on 8 August 1876 at Kuching, the son of Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke, second Rajah of Sarawak, and died at Weybridge, Surrey, 15 September 1965. As heir presumptive of his brother, Charles Vyner Brooke, third Rajah of Sarawak, he held the title of Tuan Muda (literally "Little Lord") and the style of "His Highness".
Bertram Wolfe Bertram David Wolfe (January 19, 1896 – February 21, 1977) was an American scholar and former Communist best known for writing Three Who Made a Revolution (1948), a biographical study of Lenin, Stalin and Trotsky and The Fabulous Life of Diego Rivera (ISBN 0-8128-1259-X).
Bertrand Blanchard Acosta Bertrand Blanchard Acosta (January 1, 1895 - September 1, 1954) was an aviator who flew in the Spanish Civil War and was known as the Bad Boy of the Air. He was a heavy drinker, was divorced twice and received numerous fines and suspensions for flying stunts such as flying under bridges or flying too close to buildings.
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