Berkeley
Encyclopedia
United Kingdom
- Berkeley, GloucestershireBerkeley, GloucestershireBerkeley is a town and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. It lies in the Vale of Berkeley between the east bank of the River Severn and the M5 motorway within the Stroud administrative district. The town is noted for Berkeley Castle where the imprisoned Edward II was murdered.- Geography...
- Berkeley CastleBerkeley CastleBerkeley Castle is a castle in the town of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, UK . The castle's origins date back to the 11th century and it has been designated by English Heritage as a grade I listed building.The castle has remained within the Berkeley family since they reconstructed it in the...
- Berkeley (hundred)Berkeley (hundred)The hundred of Berkeley was one of the ancient hundreds of Gloucestershire, England. It was divided into two separate parts, the Lower Division and the Upper Division.The Lower Division consisted of several detached parts, including the ancient parishes of...
- Berkeley Castle
- Berkeley SquareBerkeley SquareBerkeley Square is a town square in the West End of London, England, in the City of Westminster. It was originally laid out in the mid 18th century by architect William Kent...
, London - Berkeley Square, BristolBerkeley Square, BristolBerkeley Square is close to Park Street in the Clifton area of Bristol.It was laid out around 1790 in Georgian style with a central grass area behind railings, by Thomas and William Paty....
United States of America
- Berkeley, CaliforniaBerkeley, CaliforniaBerkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington...
, a city in the San Francisco Bay Area- Berkeley (Amtrak station)Berkeley (Amtrak station)Berkeley Station is an Amtrak station in Berkeley, California, served by Amtrak California's Capitol Corridor service. The station is located under the University Avenue overpass just west of 4th Street...
, rail station in Berkeley, California
- Berkeley (Amtrak station)
- Berkeley, DenverBerkeley, DenverBerkeley is a city-center neighborhood in Denver, Colorado, located in the area traditionally called North Denver, on the west side of Interstate 25. The neighborhood is bounded by Federal Boulevard on the east, Interstate 70 on the north, Sheridan Boulevard on the West and 38th avenue on the south...
, a neighborhood in Denver, Colorado - Berkeley, IllinoisBerkeley, IllinoisBerkeley is a village located in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Incorporated in 1924, the population at the 2000 census was 5,245.The town has a commuter railroad station on Metra's Union Pacific/West Line with service to downtown Chicago.-Geography:...
, a suburb of Chicago- Berkeley (Metra)Berkeley (Metra)Berkeley is a Metra commuter railroad station in Berkeley, a western suburb of Chicago. It is served by the Union Pacific/West Line, and lies from the eastern terminus. Trains go east to Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago and as far west as Elburn, Illinois. Travel time to Ogilvie is 29 to...
, rail station in Chicago
- Berkeley (Metra)
- Berkeley, MissouriBerkeley, MissouriBerkeley is an inner-ring suburb of St. Louis, located in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 8,978 at the 2010 census. Portions of Lambert-St...
, a northwestern suburb of St. Louis - Berkeley PitBerkeley PitThe Berkeley Pit is a former open pit copper mine located in Butte, Montana, United States. It is one mile long by half a mile wide with an approximate depth of . It is filled to a depth of about with water that is heavily acidic , about the acidity of cola or lemon juice...
, a former copper mine in Butte, Montana, the largest Superfund site - Berkeley Township, New JerseyBerkeley Township, New JerseyBerkeley Township is a Township in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population had increased to a record high of 41,255....
- Berkeley, Albemarle County, VirginiaBerkeley, Albemarle County, VirginiaBerkeley is an unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia....
- Berkeley, Charles City County, Virginia
People
- George BerkeleyGeorge BerkeleyGeorge Berkeley , also known as Bishop Berkeley , was an Irish philosopher whose primary achievement was the advancement of a theory he called "immaterialism"...
(1685-1753), also known as Bishop Berkeley, Anglo-Irish philosopher - Berkeley (surname)Berkeley (surname)Berkeley is a surname. It is also used, uncommonly, as a given name. The name is a habitation name from Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, itself derived from Old English beorce léah meaning birch lea. People with the name include:...
, a surname (and list of people with that name) - Berkeley familyBerkeley familyThe Berkeley family has an unbroken male line of descent from a Saxon ancestor before the Norman conquest of England in 1066 to the present day.-History:...
Companies
- Berkeley CarsBerkeley carsBerkeley Cars Ltd of Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England produced small economical sporting microcars with motorcycle-derived engines from 322 cc to 692 cc and front wheel drive between 1956 and 1960.-History:...
, a British car manufacturer - Berkeley Group HoldingsBerkeley Group HoldingsThe Berkeley Group Holdings plc is a British housebuilding company based in Cobham, Surrey. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.-History:...
, a British housebuilding company - Berkeley CinemasBerkeley CinemasBerkeley Cinemas now refers to a two-complex premium brand of cinemas owned by Hoyts Pty Australia. Previously owned by Everard Entertainment, the Berkeley Cinema Group was one of the largest cinema chains in Auckland, New Zealand, with complexes in Mission Bay, Hibiscus Coast, Takapuna, and Botany...
, a cinema chain in Auckland, New Zealand - Berkeley SystemsBerkeley SystemsBerkeley Systems was a San Francisco Bay Area software company co-founded in 1987 by Wes Boyd and Joan Blades. It made money early on by performing contract work for the National Institutes of Health, specifically in making modifications to the Macintosh so that it could be used by partially...
, a San Francisco Bay Area software company
Ships
- Berkeley (ferryboat)Berkeley (ferryboat)The Berkeley was one of several ferryboats of the Southern Pacific Railroad that operated on San Francisco Bay between the Oakland Pier and the San Francisco Ferry Building for sixty years...
, a ferryboat from the San Francisco Bay Area and now a museum ship in San Diego, California - USS Berkeley (DDG-15)USS Berkeley (DDG-15)USS Berkeley was a Charles F. Adams-class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named for Major General Randolph C. Berkeley, USMC , a Medal of Honor recipient for actions during the U.S...
, a US Navy guided missile destroyer
Software
- Berkeley DBBerkeley DBBerkeley DB is a computer software library that provides a high-performance embedded database for key/value data. Berkeley DB is a programmatic software library written in C with API bindings for C++, PHP, Java, Perl, Python, Ruby, Tcl, Smalltalk, and most other programming languages...
, an embedded database system by Sleepycat Software - Berkeley Fast File System, Unix file system
- Berkeley Software DistributionBerkeley Software DistributionBerkeley Software Distribution is a Unix operating system derivative developed and distributed by the Computer Systems Research Group of the University of California, Berkeley, from 1977 to 1995...
, a Unix operating system
Universities and colleges
- University of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, BerkeleyThe University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
- Berkeley CollegeBerkeley CollegeBerkeley College is a proprietary higher education institution founded in 1931, specializing in business and professional studies.-Academic programs:...
, in New York and New Jersey - Berkeley College (Yale)Berkeley College (Yale)Berkeley College is a residential college at Yale University, constructed in 1934. The eighth of Yale's 12 residential colleges, it was named in honor of Reverend George Berkeley , dean of Derry and later bishop of Cloyne, in recognition of the assistance in land and books that he gave to Yale in...
- Berkeley City CollegeBerkeley City CollegeBerkeley City College , formerly Vista Community College, one of the California Community Colleges, is part of the Peralta Community College District. It is centrally located in downtown Berkeley, two blocks west of the UC Berkeley campus...
, a community college in Berkeley, California
Other uses
- Berkeley (film)Berkeley (film)Berkeley is a 2005 film by Bobby Roth filmed in Berkeley, California. It stars Nick Roth, Laura Jordan, and Henry Winkler....
, a 2005 drama - Berkeley HuntBerkeley HuntThe Berkeley Hunt is a fox hunt in the west of England. Its country lies in Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire, between Gloucester and Bristol.-History:...
, a hunt in England - Berkeley HundredBerkeley HundredBerkeley Hundred in the Virginia Colony comprised about eight thousand acres on the north bank of the James River near Herring Creek in an area then known as Charles Cittie . It was named for one of the original founders, Richard Berkeley, a member of the Berkeley family of Gloucestershire, England...
, Virginia, United States, later known as Berkeley Plantation
See also
- Berklee College of MusicBerklee College of MusicBerklee College of Music, located in Boston, Massachusetts, is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known primarily as a school for jazz, rock and popular music, it also offers college-level courses in a wide range of contemporary and historic styles, including hip...
- Berkley (disambiguation)
- Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryLawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryThe Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , is a U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory conducting unclassified scientific research. It is located on the grounds of the University of California, Berkeley, in the Berkeley Hills above the central campus...
- Berkeley Square (play)Berkeley Square (play)Berkeley Square is a play written by John Balderston which tells the story of a young American who is transported back to London in the time of the American Revolution and meets his ancestors....
, a 1929 Broadway science fiction romance - Berkeley Square (film)Berkeley Square (film)Berkeley Square is a drama film produced by Fox Film Corporation, directed by Frank Lloyd, and starring Leslie Howard, Heather Angel, Valerie Taylor, and Colin Keith-Johnston. The film was thought to be a lost film until rediscovered in the 1970s....
, a 1933 science fiction romance, based on the play - Berkeley Square (TV series), a 1998 miniseries
- HMS Berkeley CastleHMS Berkeley CastleTwo ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Berkeley Castle after Berkeley Castle in the town of Berkeley, Gloucestershire.* Berkeley Castle was a 48-gun wooden warship captured by the French Navy on 25 October 1695....
, two British naval ships