John Burgess
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American political scientist (1844–1931)
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- 98
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- Farmers Tobacco Warehouse Co., plaintiff v. Eastern Carolina Warehousing Corporation and Tobacco Growers Co-Operative Association, defendants
- 1977
- Historic Villages of Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex
- Why Read Pavel Florensky?
- Restoration of the Turning Basin and Tidal Wetlands at Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
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John D. Burgess. MBE 1934 - 2005. John D Burgess is a phenomenon in the world of piping. At the age of four he began to take an interest in playing when his father made a scaled-down practice chanter for him. When he was ten he went for lessons to the legendary Pipe Major William Ross at Edinburgh Castle, and from this his rise was meteoric. From being an infant prodigy he beacame a boy genius, whose playing in juvenile competitions brought professional pipers in large numbers into the audie
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Family name
- Burgess
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Giles County
- Place of death
- Brookline
- Spouse
- Ruth Payne Burgess
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Employer
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Doctoral student
- Herbert L. Osgood
- Image
- John William Burgess (1844–1931).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1844-08-26
- date of death
- 1931-01-13
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- John Burgess
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