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OverviewAI-generated
Thomas Burke was an American male sprinter, screenwriter, athletics competitor, and lawyer. Born in Boston in 1875, he represented the United States in athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics. He was educated at Boston University, Harvard University, and the Boston University School of Law. Burke died in Boston in 1929.
A separate Thomas Burke, born in 1887 and deceased in 1945, was an author with 174 recorded works. His notable writings include *The best horror stories*, *Vagabond minstrel*, *The pleasantries of old Quong*, *More Limehouse nights*, *Limehouse nights*, and *tales of Chinatown*.
Additionally, a Thomas Burke is identified as a male artist from the United States. His musical genres include ballad, r&b, soul, and soul and reggae.
Synthesized by Vinony from 34 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Crossref, Last.fm, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1887
- Died
- 1945
- Works
- 180
Top works
- Out and about; a Note-Book of London in War-time
- Son of London
- The best horror stories
- Vagabond minstrel
- The pleasantries of old Quong
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1940-03-21
- Active to
- 2010-10-10
Discography
- Solomon Burke1960
- If You Need Me1963
- Rock ’n Soul1964
- King Solomon1968
- I Wish I Knew1968
- Electronic Magnetism1972
- We’re Almost Home1972
- I Have a Dream1974
- Music To Make Love By1975
- Back to My Roots1976
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 40
- Total plays
- 151
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Thomas+Burke">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 204,615x
- Analysis of Relative Gene Expression Data Using Real-Time Quantitative PCR and the 2−ΔΔCT Method
· 2001 · cited 163,277x
- The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 85,169x
- U-Net: Convolutional Networks for Biomedical Image Segmentation
· 2015 · cited 59,964x
- STAR: ultrafast universal RNA-seq aligner
· 2012 · cited 51,098x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Thomas Edmund Burke , January 15, 1875, Boston, Massachusetts , U.S.
- Died
- February 14, 1929 (aged 54), Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
- Alma mater
- Boston University School of Law
- Height
- 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
- Weight
- 146 lb (66 kg)
- Sport
- Athletics
- Event
- 100-800 m
- Club
- Boston Athletic Association
- Personal best s
- 100 m – 11.2 (1895), 200 m – 22.6 (1897), 400 m – 48.5 (1896), 800 m – 1:55.9 (1897)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Thomas Edmund Burke (January 15, 1875 – February 14, 1929) was an American sprinter. He was the first Olympic champion in the 100 and 400 meter sprint races.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Thomas Burke” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.