Home › B › Burges, Tristam – Burke, Andrew H

Burges, Tristam – Burke, Andrew H

Burges, Tristam

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Feb. 26, 1770, in Rochester, Mass. In 1818 he was elected chief justice of Rhode Island; occupied the chair of oratory in Brown university; and was a representative in congress from Rhode Island from 1825 to 1835. He died Oct. 13, 1853, in Providence, R. I.

Burgess, Alexander

bishop of the diocese of Quincy, Ill., was born Oct. 31, 1819, in Providence, R. I. When the new diocese of Quincy, Ill., was formed he was chosen to be its first bishop, and was consecrated in 1878. He published a memoir of his brother, the first bishop of Maine, in 1869, and is also the author of various sermons, addresses, and Sundayschool literature, with some carols and hymns.

Burgess, Dempsey

soldier, congressman. He was a member of the provincial congress of North Carolina; a lieutenant-colonel of the militia; and a representative in congress from North Carolina from 1795 to 1798.

Burgess, Ebenezer

clergyman, author, was born April 1, 1790, in Wareham, Mass. He was the agent of the American colonization society in Africa from 1817-18, assisted in founding the colony of Liberia, and in 1818-19 was the society's agent in the United States. He published The Dedham Pulpit; and The Burgess Genealogy. He died Dec. 5, 1870, in Dedham, Mass.

Burgess, Edward

architect, author, was born June 30, 1848, in West Sandwich, Mass. He was a noted naval archi tect of Boston, and the author of English and American Yachts.

Burgess, George

bishop, author, poet, was born Oct. 31, 1809, in Providence, R. I. He was the first protestant episcopal bishop of Maine, and the author of Pages from the Ecclesiastical History of New England; The Christian Life; The Book of Psalms in English Verse; The Last Enemy Conquering and Conquered; and Strife of Brothers, poem. He died April 23, 1866, in the West Indies. a

Burgess, John William

educator, author, was born Aug. 26, 1844, in Cornersville, Tenn. He is the dean of the school of physical science in Columbia. college, and the author of the American University: When Shall it Be, Where Shall it Be, and What Shall it Be? Political Science and Comparative Constitutional Law; and The Middle Period.

Burgess, Neil

actor, was born June 18, 1851, in Boston, Mass. He made a marked success as Widow Bedott in the play Widow Bedott's Papers, and for the subsequent seven years it was one of the most valuable pieces in his repertoire.

Burk, John Daly

lawyer, author, was born in 17-, in Ireland. He was an Irish author who came to America in 1796, and for the last years of his life was a lawyer in Virginia. He was the author of History of the Late War in Ireland; History of Virginia; Bunker Hill, a once popular tragedy; and Bethlem Gaber, an historical drama. He died April 11, 1808, near Campbell's Bridge, Va.

Burk, John Junius

lawyer, jurist, was born in 1800, in Virginia. He went to Louisiana, where he studied law, and was for many years a prominent lawyer there, and judge of the state court. He died July 17, 1866, in Baton Rouge, La.

Burk, Joseph Cornelius

lawyer, jurist, was born Nov. 18, 1857, in St.

Louis, Mo. In 1895 this eminent lawyer was elected judge of the superior court. of Keokuk, Iowa.

Burke, Andrew H

governor, was born May 15, 1850, in New York city. In 1884 he was elected treasurer of Cass county, N. D., and in 1890 was elected governor of that state.