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Burton was born Richard Walter Jenkins Jr. on 10 November 1925 in a house at 2 Dan-y-bont in Pontrhydyfen, Glamorgan, Wales. [11] [12] He was the twelfth of thirteen children born into the Welsh-speaking family of Richard Walter Jenkins Sr. (5 March 1876– 25 March 1957), [13] and Edith Maude Jenkins (née Thomas; 28 January 1883 - 31 October 1927).
“Burton Society of Denver” edition. Alf Laylah Wa Laylah, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, by Richard F. Burton. Press of the Carson-Harper Company, Denver, Colo., 1900–01. “For private subscribers only.” Includes 100 illustrations by Stanley L. Wood. This was a facsimile of the original unexpurgated edition with ...
In 1863, Richard Burton and others founded a breakaway London Anthropological Society which for several years published a journal "Anthropologia". Burton said "My motive was to supply travellers with an organ that would rescue their observations from the outer darkness of manuscripts and print their curious information on social and sexual ...
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton's love affair was unlike anything that had come before it. The iconic couple — who married twice, from 1964 to 1974, and then again from 1975 to 1976 — came ...
Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton, KCMG, FRGS, (19 March 1821 – 20 October 1890) was a British explorer, army officer, writer and scholar. [1] [2] He was famed for his travels and explorations in Asia, Africa and South America, as well as his extensive knowledge of languages and cultures, speaking up to 29 different languages.
Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Before Bennifer, Brangelina and Tayvis, there was Liz and Dick. March 15, 2024 marks 60 years since the (first ...
Elizabeth Taylor, George Segal, Richard Burton, and Sandy Dennis in the Mike Nichols–directed film Who Keystone - Getty Images. The play was a hit, and four years later Mike Nichols, in his ...
Staircase (also known as L'Escalier) is a 1969 British comedy-drama film directed by Stanley Donen and starring Richard Burton and Rex Harrison. [4] The screenplay was by Charles Dyer, adapted from his 1966 play of the same name. The film concerns an ageing gay couple who own a barber shop in the East End of London. They discuss their loving ...