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John Anthony Burgess Wilson, FRSL (/ ˈ b ɜːr dʒ ə s /; [2] 25 February 1917 – 22 November 1993) who published under the name Anthony Burgess, was an English writer and composer. Although Burgess was primarily a comic writer, his dystopian satire A Clockwork Orange remains his best-known novel. [ 3 ]
A burgess was the holder of a certain status in an English or Scottish borough in the Middle Ages and the early modern period, designating someone of the burgher class. It originally meant a freeman of a borough or burgh , but later came to be used mostly for office-holders in a town or one of its representatives in the House of Commons of ...
Burgess model, or Concentric zone model, a theoretical model in urban geography; Burgess reagent, used in organic chemistry; Burgess Shale, a fossil-bearing formation near Mount Burgess in Canada; Church Burgesses, an English charitable organisation; House of Burgesses, Virginia, U.S. The Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh
At Emmanuel he was tutor to John Wallis, [5] [6] who said of Burgess that he was "a pious, learned and able scholar, a good disputant, a good tutor, an eminent preacher, [and] a sound and orthodox divine." [7] From 1635 to 1662 he was Rector at Sutton Coldfield, but his lectures upon Justification were preached in London, at St Lawrence Jewry.
Burgess is a surname of English origin, having derived from the French word “Bourgeois” meaning citizen, or freeman of the borough. Notable people with the name include: Notable people with the name include:
Oliver Burgess Meredith (November 16, 1907 – September 9, 1997) [1] [2] was an American actor and filmmaker whose career encompassed radio, theater, film, and television. Active for more than six decades, Meredith has been called "a virtuosic actor" and "one of the most accomplished actors of the century".
Michael Burgess was born in Rochester, Minnesota, the son of Norma (née Crowhurst) and Harry Meredith Burgess; his paternal family emigrated from Nova Scotia, Canada. [2] He graduated from North Texas State University (now the University of North Texas) in 1972 and from the medical school at The University of Texas Health Science Center at ...
Thornton Waldo Burgess (January 17, 1874 – June 5, 1965) was an American conservationist and author of children's stories. By the time he retired, he had written more than 170 books and 15,000 stories for his daily newspaper column.