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  • 111Burgess,Anthony — Bur·gess (bûrʹjĭs), Anthony. 1917 1993. British writer and critic noted for his comic novels, including the futuristic classic A Clockwork Orange (1962). * * * …

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  • 112Burgess, Thornton W(aldo) — born Jan. 14, 1874, Sandwich, Mass., U.S. died June 5, 1965, Hampden, Mass. U.S. children s author and naturalist. He loved nature as a child. His first book, Old Mother West Wind (1910), introduced the animal characters that were to populate his …

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  • 113Burgess Shale — noun A rock formation in the Canadian Rockies that contains very many fossils from the Cambrian period …

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  • 114Burgess Street —    Out of Wood Street, in Cripplegate Ward (Elmes, 1831).    Not named in the maps and not further identified, unless it was on the site of Bird s Court (q.v.), formerly known as Burges Court …

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  • 115Burgess, Earnest —   an American sociologist who proposed the concentric ring model of urban land use. Based on Chicago, the model was developed by applying ecological rules and relationships to the behaviour of people in creating their urban areas …

    Geography glossary

  • 116Burgess, Thornton W(aldo) — (14 ene. 1874, Sandwich, Mass., EE.UU.–5 jun. 1965, Hampden, Mass.). Naturalista estadounidense y autor de literatura para niños. Aprendió desde niño a amar la naturaleza. Su primer libro, Old Mother West Wind [El viento del oeste de la vieja… …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 117Burgess, (Frank) Gelett —  (1866–1951) American humorist …

    Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • 118burgess roll — A roll, required by the St. 5 & 6 Wm. IV, c. 76, to be kept in corporate towns or boroughs, of the names of burgesses entitled to certain new rights conferred by that act …

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  • 119burgess roll — A roll, required by the St. 5 & 6 Wm. IV, c. 76, to be kept in corporate towns or boroughs, of the names of burgesses entitled to certain new rights conferred by that act …

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  • 120Burgess Shale — …

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