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Burleigh, Harry Thacker (American musician)
American baritone and composer, a noted arranger of African American spirituals....
Burleigh, Walter (English logician)
...of medieval thought, Ockham’s originality in logic has sometimes been exaggerated. But there is no doubt that he was one of the most important logicians of the century. Another Oxford logician was Walter Burley (or Burleigh), an older contemporary of Ockham. Burley was a bitter opponent of Ockham in metaphysics. He wrote a work De puritate artis logicae (“On the Purity of t...
Burleigh, William Cecil, 1st Baron (English statesman)
principal adviser to England’s Queen Elizabeth I through most of her reign. Cecil was a master of Renaissance statecraft, whose talents as a diplomat, politician, and administrator won him high office and a peerage....
burlesque (literature)
in literature, comic imitation of a serious literary or artistic form that relies on an extravagant incongruity between a subject and its treatment. In burlesque the serious is treated lightly and the frivolous seriously; genuine emotion is sentimentalized, and trivial emotions are elevated to a dignified plane. Burlesque is closely related to parody, in which the language and ...
Burlesque (film by Antin [2010])
In 2010, after appearing in various cameo roles on film, Aguilera starred opposite Cher in the musical drama Burlesque, as a young small-town woman with dreams of becoming an entertainer. The following year she became a judge on the television singing competition The Voice....
burlesque show
stage entertainment, developed in the United States, that came to be designed for exclusively male patronage, compounded of slapstick sketches, dirty jokes, chorus numbers, and solo dances usually billed as “daring,” or “sensational,” in their female nudity....
Burley (tobacco)
...harvested with machines that carry several workers who ride the lower platforms of the machines, cut the leaves, and place them on conveyor belts, where the leaves are tied mechanically or by hand. Burley tobacco has usually been harvested by workers using a machete-type knife. After cutting, the large end of the stalk is fixed onto the sharpened end of a stick, which—when loaded with a....
Burley Griffin, Lake (lake, Australian Capital Territory, Australia)
...and cool winters and receiving considerably less rainfall than the surrounding highlands. The city is expanding. Only the centre and inner suburbs conform to the original plans, which included Lake Burley Griffin, an ornamental water axis formed in 1963 by a dam across the Molonglo River. Residential development lies mainly in satellite towns, including Weston Creek (1962), Belconnen......
Burley, Mary Lou (American musician, composer and educator)
jazz pianist who performed with and composed for many of the great jazz artists of the 1940s and ’50s....
Burley, Walter (English logician)
...of medieval thought, Ockham’s originality in logic has sometimes been exaggerated. But there is no doubt that he was one of the most important logicians of the century. Another Oxford logician was Walter Burley (or Burleigh), an older contemporary of Ockham. Burley was a bitter opponent of Ockham in metaphysics. He wrote a work De puritate artis logicae (“On the Purity of t...
Burlin, Natalie Curtis (American ethnomusicologist)
American ethnomusicologist whose interest in Native American and African-American musics extended not only to archiving but to vigorous cultural advocacy for those musical traditions....
Burlingame, Anson (American diplomat)
American diplomatic minister to China (1861–67) who helped assure that country’s territorial integrity; he later represented China itself in international negotiations....
Burlingame Treaty (Chinese-United States history)
...brilliant orator—conveyed an optimistic impression of China’s receptivity to Western influence. In Washington, D.C., he negotiated with Secretary of State William H. Seward the Burlingame Treaty, guaranteeing most-favoured-nation treatment to each country’s residents or visitors in the other nation and putting on record the traditional U.S. policy of respect for China...
Burlington (Iowa, United States)
city, seat (1838) of Des Moines county, southeastern Iowa, U.S. It is a port on the Mississippi River (there bridged to Illinois), 78 miles (126 km) south-southwest of Davenport. The site was once a Mesquakie village called Shoquoquok, in an area whe...
Burlington (Massachusetts, United States)
city, seat (1838) of Des Moines county, southeastern Iowa, U.S. It is a port on the Mississippi River (there bridged to Illinois), 78 miles (126 km) south-southwest of Davenport. The site was once a Mesquakie village called Shoquoquok, in an area whe...
Burlington (North Carolina, United States)
city, Alamance county, north-central North Carolina, U.S., between Greensboro (west) and Durham (east). Maintenance shops of the North Carolina Railroad were erected on the site in 1851, and the town of Company Shops was incorporated in 1866; it was rechartered in 1887 ...
Burlington (county, New Jersey, United States)
county, central New Jersey, U.S., bounded by Pennsylvania to the west (the Delaware River constituting the border) and the mouth of Great Bay in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mullica River to the southeast and south. It consists of a coastal lowland drained by the Bass, Batsto, Mullica, Oswe...
Burlington (Ontario, Canada)
city, regional municipality of Halton, southeastern Ontario, Canada. It lies at the western end of Lake Ontario, opposite Hamilton, from which it is separated by Hamilton Harbour (Burlington Bay). Settled about 1810, the town served as a beach resort and fruit-growing ...
Burlington (New Jersey, United States)
city, Burlington county, western New Jersey, U.S. It lies along the Delaware River (bridged), opposite Bristol, Pennsylvania. Settled (1677) by Quakers, it was known as New Beverly, then Bridlington (for a village in Yorkshire, England), and later Burlington (an alterna...
Burlington (Vermont, United States)
city, seat (1787) of Chittenden county, northwestern Vermont, U.S. It lies on a hillside sloping toward Lake Champlain and the Adirondack Mountains to the west, with the Green Mountains to the east. It is the largest city of the state and a port of entry; with South Burlington and Winooski cities and Ess...
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (American railway)
American railway company formed in 1995 when Burlington Northern, Inc., acquired the Santa Fe Pacific Corporation. The latter railroad had historically operated under the name Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company....
Burlington, Richard Boyle, 3rd earl of (English architect)
English architect who was one of the originators of the English Palladian (Neo-Palladian) style of the 18th century....
Burlington Worldwide (American company)
major textile manufacturer, producer of finished and unfinished fabrics for garments, upholstery fabrics, and other home accessory fabrics. The company also makes specialty fabrics for athletic, medical, waterproof, and windproof garments. Headquarters are in Greensboro, N.C....
Burliuk, David Davidovich (Russian poet, painter, critic, and publisher)
Russian poet, painter, critic, and publisher who became the centre of the Russian Futurist movement, even though his output in the fields of poetry and painting was smaller than that of his peers. Burlyuk excelled at discovering talent and was one of the first to publish the poetry of Velimir Khlebnikov and to recognize Vladimir Mayakovsky...
Burlyuk, David Davidovich (Russian poet, painter, critic, and publisher)
Russian poet, painter, critic, and publisher who became the centre of the Russian Futurist movement, even though his output in the fields of poetry and painting was smaller than that of his peers. Burlyuk excelled at discovering talent and was one of the first to publish the poetry of Velimir Khlebnikov and to recognize Vladimir Mayakovsky...
Burma
country, located in the western portion of mainland Southeast Asia. In 1989 the country’s official English name, which it had held since 1885, was changed from the Union of Burma to the Union of Myanmar; in the Burmese language the country has been known as Myanma (or, more precisely, Mranma Pra...
Burma Independence Army (Myanmar history)
...of state) received military training. The Japanese promised independence for Burma; hence, when Japanese troops reached Bangkok (Thailand) in December 1941, Aung San announced the formation of the Burma Independence Army (BIA). The Japanese advanced into Burma and by the end of 1942 had occupied the country. They subsequently disbanded the BIA and formed a smaller Burma Defense Army, with Aung....
Burma National Army (Myanmar history)
...Aung San had contacted Lord Louis Mountbatten, the Allied commander in Southeast Asia, as early as October 1943 to offer his cooperation, and in March 1945 Aung San and his army—renamed the Burma National Army (BNA)—joined the British side....
Burma padauk (plant)
...colouring being hardly equaled by any other timber. A small chip of the wood placed in water soon takes on an opalescent colour because of a substance in the wood cells. Narra wood is known also as Burmese rosewood, Andaman redwood, and kiabooca wood....
Burma Road (highway, Asia)
highway linking Lashio, in eastern Burma (now Myanmar), with Kunming, in Yunnan province, China, a distance of 1,154 km (717 miles). The Chinese began construction of the road after the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War in 1937 and the occupation of the seacoast of China by the Japanese. Completed in 1939, it functioned fo...
Burma Socialist Programme Party (political party, Myanmar)
...elected its own secretary and its own chairman, who was ex officio president of the country. The secretary and the president were also, respectively, the secretary-general and the chairman of the Burma Socialist Programme Party (BSPP), which, under military leadership, was the only official political party from 1964 to 1988. Civil servants, members of the armed forces, workers, and peasants......
Burman (people)
...group, which also includes the Thai and Lao languages. Most Shan, however, with the exception of those living in the relatively isolated easternmost strip of Myanmar, are closer culturally to the Burman people....
Burman, Ben Lucien (American author)
...The nonfantastic animal story Lassie Come Home (1940), by Eric Knight, survived adaptation to film and television. In the convention of the talking animal, authentic work was produced by Ben Lucien Burman, with his wonderful “Catfish Bend” tales (1952–67). The American-style, wholesome, humorous family story was more than competently developed by Eleanor Estes, with....
Burman, R. D. (Indian composer)
...The nonfantastic animal story Lassie Come Home (1940), by Eric Knight, survived adaptation to film and television. In the convention of the talking animal, authentic work was produced by Ben Lucien Burman, with his wonderful “Catfish Bend” tales (1952–67). The American-style, wholesome, humorous family story was more than competently developed by Eleanor Estes, with....
Burman, Rahul Dev (Indian composer)
...The nonfantastic animal story Lassie Come Home (1940), by Eric Knight, survived adaptation to film and television. In the convention of the talking animal, authentic work was produced by Ben Lucien Burman, with his wonderful “Catfish Bend” tales (1952–67). The American-style, wholesome, humorous family story was more than competently developed by Eleanor Estes, with....
Burmanniaceae (plant family)
Burmanniaceae includes 95 species in nine genera and has traditionally been associated with the orchids because of their similar fruits, which contain numerous microscopic seeds. Its placement in Dioscoreales is based primarily on molecular evidence. These small inconspicuous plants lack chlorophyll and are easily overlooked in the understory of the wet tropical forests where they occur....
Burmeister’s porpoise (mammal)
...is listed as a critically endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Vaquitas are found only near the northern end of the Gulf of California. Burmeister’s porpoise (P. spinipinnis) has blunt tubercles on its dorsal fin and lives off the coasts of eastern and western South America. The spectacled porpoise (P...
Burmeister’s seriema (bird)
The black-legged, or Burmeister’s, seriema (Chunga burmeisteri), sometimes called gray seriema, which inhabits wooded areas, is darker and grayer, with a shorter crest and shorter legs....
Burmese (breed of cat)
breed of domestic cat, presumably of Asian origin. The Burmese is a compactly built cat with a small, rounded head and wide-set, round, yellow or golden eyes. The short, finely textured, and glossy coat darkens from a milk-chocolate colour in the kitten to a rich sable brown in the adult. The underside is paler than the coat; the ears, face, legs, and tail may be darker. The tai...
Burmese (people)
...group, which also includes the Thai and Lao languages. Most Shan, however, with the exception of those living in the relatively isolated easternmost strip of Myanmar, are closer culturally to the Burman people....
Burmese Days (novel by Orwell)
...Burmese were ruled by the British, he felt increasingly ashamed of his role as a colonial police officer. Later he was to recount his experiences and his reactions to imperial rule in his novel Burmese Days and in two brilliant autobiographical sketches, “Shooting an Elephant” and “A Hanging,” classics of expository prose....
Burmese ferret badger (mammal)
Ferret badgers (genus Melogale), also called tree badgers or pahmi, consist of four species: Chinese (M. moschata), Burmese (M. personata), Everett’s (M. everetti), and Javan (M. orientalis). They live in grasslands and forests from northeast India...
Burmese flapshell turtle (reptile)
...mostly at low elevations and in waterways. Softshell turtles (family Trionychidae) have their greatest diversity in Asia and occur in most waters, from tiny ponds to large rivers. The Indian and Burmese flapshell turtles (genus Lissemys) are ubiquitous in slow-moving streams and rice paddies. Their mud colouring and relatively small size (carapaces up to 28 cm [11 inches])......
Burmese honeysuckle (plant)
Another climbing species is the giant Burmese honeysuckle (L. hildebrandiana), with 15-centimetre (6-inch), deep green leaves, 17-centimetre yellow flowers, and 2.5-centimetre green berries. The Japanese honeysuckle (L. japonica) of eastern Asia has become a weed in many areas by growing over other plants and shutting out light. It has fragrant, yellowish white flowers and......
Burmese language
the official language of Myanmar (Burma), spoken as a native language by the majority of Burmans and as a second language by most native speakers of other languages in the country. Burmese and the closely related Lolo dialects belong, together with the Kachinish and ...
Burmese literature
the body of writings in the Burmese language produced in Myanmar (Burma)....
Burmese python (snake)
Florida ecosystems, in contrast, faced a different type of invader. Unlike the Asian carp, the Burmese python is a voracious predator. Released into the Florida landscape after Hurricane Andrew damaged pet stores in 1992, as well as by change-of-heart pet owners, Burmese pythons have established breeding populations in the state. Growing to nearly 6 m (20 ft) long, these giant constrictor......
Burmese religion
...Hinduism, if a Brahmin (a member of the highest caste) enters a street of the untouchables (outcastes), he is polluted, but the whole street also falls prey to disease, famine, and sterility. In a Burmese folktale, an alchemist became discouraged with his experiments and threw his alchemic stone into a latrine pit; on contact with the excrement, the stone achieved purity—thus indicating....
Burmese rosewood (plant)
...colouring being hardly equaled by any other timber. A small chip of the wood placed in water soon takes on an opalescent colour because of a substance in the wood cells. Narra wood is known also as Burmese rosewood, Andaman redwood, and kiabooca wood....
Burmese Socialist Programme Party (political party, Myanmar)
...elected its own secretary and its own chairman, who was ex officio president of the country. The secretary and the president were also, respectively, the secretary-general and the chairman of the Burma Socialist Programme Party (BSPP), which, under military leadership, was the only official political party from 1964 to 1988. Civil servants, members of the armed forces, workers, and peasants......
Burmese writing system (writing)
...Khmer and Mon languages of Southeast Asia, and the Kavi, or Old Javanese, system of Indonesia were developed. The Thai writing system is thought by scholars to be derived from that of the Khmer, the Burmese and Lao systems from that of Mon, and the Buginese and Batak systems of Indonesia from that of Kavi. The scripts used by speakers of the Tai dialects other than Shan and Lao are derived from...
Burmese-Lolo languages
More detailed comparative-historical work has been done on Lolo-Burmese (also called Burmese-Lolo or Burmese-Yipho) than on any other branch of Tibeto-Burman. Burmese, attested since the 12th century ce, is one of the best-known Tibeto-Burman languages. The languages of the North Loloish subgroup (called Yi in China) are firmly within the Sinosphere, and many of them have been well-r...
Burmese-Yipho languages
More detailed comparative-historical work has been done on Lolo-Burmese (also called Burmese-Lolo or Burmese-Yipho) than on any other branch of Tibeto-Burman. Burmese, attested since the 12th century ce, is one of the best-known Tibeto-Burman languages. The languages of the North Loloish subgroup (called Yi in China) are firmly within the Sinosphere, and many of them have been well-r...
Burmic languages
The Burmic division comprises Burmish, Kachinish, and Kukish....
Burmish languages
...with their most likely affiliation. Some scholars believe the Tibetic and Burmic divisions to be premature and that for the present their subdivisions (such as Bodish, Himalayish, Kirantish, Burmish, Kachinish, and Kukish) should be considered as the classificatory peaks around which other Sino-Tibetan languages group themselves as members or more or less distant relatives. Certainly the......
burn (injury)
damage caused to the body by contact with flames, hot substances, certain chemicals, radiation (sunlight, X rays, or ionizing radiation from radioactive materials), or electricity. The chief effects of contact with flame, hot water, steam, caustic che...
Burn After Reading (film by Joel and Ethan Coen [2008])
...novel of the same name. The film won four Academy Awards, and the Coens received Oscars for best picture, best director, and best adapted screenplay. They followed that with Burn After Reading (2008), a CIA comedy starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, and Frances McDormand, and the dark comedy A Serious Man (2009), which centred on a Jewish......
Burn, The (work by Aksyonov)
One of his most important later novels was Ozhog (1980; The Burn), an anarchic blend of memory, fantasy, and realistic narrative in which the author tries to sum up Russian intellectuals’ spiritual responses to their homeland. Another, Skazhi izyum (1985; Say Cheese!), is an irreverent portrait of Moscow’s intellectual community during the last years of Le...
Burnaburiash (Kassite king)
...Dūr Kurigalzu, competing with Babylon, was founded and named after Kurigalzu I (c. 1400–c. 1375). His successors Kadashman-Enlil I (c. 1375–c. 1360) and Burnaburiash II (c. 1360–c. 1333) were in correspondence with the Egyptian rulers Amenhotep III and Akhenaton (Amenhotep IV). They were interested in trading their lapis lazu...
Burnaby (British Columbia, Canada)
district municipality forming an eastern suburb of metropolitan Vancouver, southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It lies between the Burrard Inlet and the North Arm of the Fraser River and border...
Burne-Jones, Sir Edward Coley, 1st Baronet (British painter)
one of the leading painters and designers of late 19th-century England, whose romantic paintings using medieval imagery were among the last manifestations of the Pre-Raphaelite style. More long-lasting is his influence as a pioneer of the revival of the ideal of the “artist-craftsman,” so influential to the development of 20th-century ...
Burned-Over District (region, United States)
...filtering northward of Pennsylvanian influences. Apparently within the New York subregion occurred the first major fusion of American regional cultures, especially within the early 19th-century “Burned-Over District,” around the Finger Lakes and Genesee areas of central and western New York. This locality, the seedbed for a number of important social innovations, was a major......
Burnell, Robert (British administrator)
Edward had nominated Walter Giffard, archbishop of York, Philip Basset, Roger Mortimer, and his trusted clerk Robert Burnell to safeguard his interests during his absence. After Henry’s funeral, the English barons all swore fealty to Edward (Nov. 20, 1272). His succession by hereditary right and the will of his magnates was proclaimed, and England welcomed the new reign peacefully, Burnell....
burner (balloon component)
...balloons burned straw and alcohol spirits for fuel, though by 1900 these fuels had been replaced with petroleum. Compressed liquefied propane is used almost exclusively today. Hot-air balloon burners use vaporizing coils to preheat the fuel for efficient combustion. Most of these coils are made of stainless steel, but copper coils also work adequately. The burners are mounted, often on......
burner (technology)
...supersonic flight, the fan may be feathered, and a surplus of fuel may be introduced into the core combustor. The unburned fuel passes through the fan turbine and undergoes combustion in the ramjet burner when it mixes with the fresh air entering via the bypass stream from the fan....
Burnes, Sir Alexander (British explorer)
British explorer and diplomat (of the same family as the poet Robert Burns) who gained renown for his explorations in what are now Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Iran. For his accomplishments he was knighted in 1839....
burnet (plant)
any hardy, perennial, herbaceous (i.e., nonwoody) plant of the genus Sanguisorba (also called Poterium), within the rose family (Rosaceae). About 35 species are known, all occurring in the North Temperate Zone. Sanguisorba species are not widely cultivated. The alternate, pinnately compound (feat...
Burnet, Gilbert (English bishop)
...were turning to serious matters. His correspondence (dated 1679–80) with the Deist Charles Blount shows a keen interest in philosophy and religion, further stimulated by his friendship with Gilbert Burnet, later bishop of Salisbury. Burnet recorded their religious discussions in Some Passages of the Life and Death of John, Earl of Rochester (1680). In 1680 he became seriously ill....
Burnet, Sir Frank Macfarlane (Australian physician)
Australian physician, immunologist, and virologist who, with Sir Peter Medawar, was awarded the 1960 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of acquired immunological tolerance, the concept on which tissue transplantation is founded....
Burnet, Sir Macfarlane (Australian physician)
Australian physician, immunologist, and virologist who, with Sir Peter Medawar, was awarded the 1960 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of acquired immunological tolerance, the concept on which tissue transplantation is founded....
Burnett, Carol (American comedian and actress)
American comedian and actress who starred in a long-running eponymous television variety show in the 1960s and ’70s....
Burnett, Carol Creighton (American comedian and actress)
American comedian and actress who starred in a long-running eponymous television variety show in the 1960s and ’70s....
Burnett, Charles (American filmmaker)
American filmmaker who gained critical acclaim for his realistic and intimate portrayals of African American families. Burnett’s films were revered by critics yet rarely enjoyed any commercial success. His film Killer of Sheep (1977) was placed on the Library of Congress’s National Film ...
Burnett, Chester Arthur (American musician)
American blues singer and composer who was one of the principal exponents of the urban blues style of Chicago....
Burnett, Frances Hodgson (American author)
American playwright and author who wrote the popular novel Little Lord Fauntleroy....
Burnett, James, Lord Monboddo (Scottish jurist and anthropologist)
Scottish jurist and pioneer anthropologist who explored the origins of language and society and anticipated principles of Darwinian evolution....
Burnett, James Mark (British author and television producer and director)
English author and television producer and director, best known for introducing Survivor and several other successful reality television shows to the United States....
Burnett, Joseph Henry (American producer and musician)
American producer and musician, one of popular music’s most prolific and successful producers, known for his work in a wide range of genres including rock, country, and folk....
Burnett, Leo (American advertising executive)
pioneer American advertising executive who founded a worldwide agency that ranks among the giants of the industry....
Burnett, Mark (British author and television producer and director)
English author and television producer and director, best known for introducing Survivor and several other successful reality television shows to the United States....
Burnett River (river, Australia)
river in southeastern Queensland, Australia, rising on the western slope of the Burnett Range, east of the Eastern Highlands. The river flows southwest to Eidsvold and turns east at Mundubbera and then northeast through Gayndah and Bundaberg to enter the Pacific Ocean at Burnett Heads, after a course of 270 mi (435 km). It ...
Burnett, T Bone (American producer and musician)
American producer and musician, one of popular music’s most prolific and successful producers, known for his work in a wide range of genres including rock, country, and folk....
Burnett, W. R. (American author)
...Other important writers of the hard-boiled school are George Harmon Coxe (1901–84), author of such thrillers as Murder with Pictures (1935) and Eye Witness (1950), and W.R. Burnett (1899–1982), who wrote Little Caesar (1929) and The Asphalt Jungle (1949). Hard-boiled fiction ultimately degenerated into the extreme sensationalism and undisguised......
Burney, Charles (British musician)
organist, composer, and the foremost music historian of his time in England....
Burney, Fanny (British author)
English novelist and letter writer, daughter of the musician Charles Burney, and author of Evelina, a landmark in the development of the novel of manners....
Burney, Frances (British author)
English novelist and letter writer, daughter of the musician Charles Burney, and author of Evelina, a landmark in the development of the novel of manners....
Burney, Leroy Edgar (United States official and surgeon)
American physician who, as surgeon general of the U.S. Public Health Service from 1956 to 1961, became the first federal official to name smoking as a cause of lung cancer (b. Dec. 31, 1906, Burney, Ind.--d. July 31, 1998, Arlington Heights, Ill.)....
Burney mission (Thailand history)
...born of a queen had a stronger claim on the throne), and the accession council chose him to succeed to the throne. His earlier experience enabled him to withstand British demands presented by the Burney mission (1826) and conclude a treaty that established regular trade with the West but yielded none of Siam’s independence....
Burney, Venetia Katharine Douglas (British amateur astronomer)
July 11, 1918Oxford, Eng.April 30, 2009Banstead, Surrey, Eng.British amateur astronomer who suggested the name Pluto in 1930 for the newly identified planet located beyond Neptune. Eleven-year-old Venetia Burney was living with her widowed mother and maternal grandparents when on March 14, ...
Burnham & Root (American architect)
American architect and urban planner whose impact on the American city was substantial. He was instrumental in the development of the skyscraper and was noted for his highly successful management of the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 and his ideas about urban planning....
Burnham & Root (American architect)
architect, one of the greatest practitioners in the Chicago school of commercial American architecture. His works are among the most distinguished early attempts at a mature aesthetic expression of the height and the function of the skyscraper....
Burnham, Daniel H. (American architect)
American architect and urban planner whose impact on the American city was substantial. He was instrumental in the development of the skyscraper and was noted for his highly successful management of the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 and his ideas about urban planning....
Burnham, Daniel Hudson (American architect)
American architect and urban planner whose impact on the American city was substantial. He was instrumental in the development of the skyscraper and was noted for his highly successful management of the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 and his ideas about urban planning....
Burnham, Forbes (president of Guyana)
prime minister of Guyana (until 1966, British Guiana) from 1964 to 1980 and president from 1980 to 1985....
Burnham, Linden Forbes Sampson (president of Guyana)
prime minister of Guyana (until 1966, British Guiana) from 1964 to 1980 and president from 1980 to 1985....
Burnham of Hall Barn, Beaconsfield, Edward Levy-Lawson, 1st Baron (British newspaper editor and proprietor)
English newspaper proprietor who virtually created the London Daily Telegraph....
“Burnham Plan” (work by Burnham and Bennett)
Chicago was well on its way to choking on its growth when architects Daniel H. Burnham and Edward P. Bennett unveiled their 1909 Plan of Chicago. Commissioned by two private commercial organizations, the plan provided a rational transportation-based blueprint for urban growth, notably in the central area. It promised to replace ugliness and congestion with extraordinary......
Burnham-on-Crouch (England, United Kingdom)
town (parish), Maldon district, administrative and historic county of Essex, England. The town lies on the left bank of the River Crouch, 5 miles (8 km) inland from the North Sea. There are many oyster beds in the river’s estuary, which opens out just below Burnham-on-Crouch. Alth...
Burnham’s Celestial Handbook (work by Burnham)
There are several handbooks that serve as useful supplements to such atlases. Burnham’s Celestial Handbook (1978) contains comprehensive descriptions of thousands of astronomical objects. The Observer’s Handbook, published annually by the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, lists valuable information for locating and observing a wide range of astronomical phenomena....
Burnie (Tasmania, Australia)
city and port, northern Tasmania, Australia. Burnie is situated on Emu Bay at the mouth of the Emu River. Established in the late 1820s by the Van Diemen’s Land Company as Emu Bay Settlement, the settlement was renamed to honour a company director, William Burnie, and was declared a town in 1866. In ...