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Last Name Burgess

Given Name Edward

alt. Names E. B. ;

Marriage Caroline Louisa Sullivant (1852-1891) on June 2, 1877 in Boston

Children William Starling Burgess (1878-1947) ; Charles Paine Burgess (1888-1xxx)

Year born 1848 in West Sandwich, Massachusetts

Year died 1891

Place of death

Father's occupation merchant Benjamin Franklin Burgess (1818-1876) and Cordelia Williams Ellis(1821-1876) in West Sandwich, Massachusetts.

Relatives

Education at Harvard, graduating in biology in 1871, 1879-83 he was instructor in entomology at Harvard

Country of Activity United States of America

Worked for Memoirs read before the Boston Society of Natural History (Boston 1866-1928) ; Alpheus Spring Packard (1839-1905) ; secretary of the Boston Society of Natural History ; Samuel H. Scudder: Butterflies US (1889) ;

Patronage secretary of the Boston Soc. of Natural History & editor of the publications of the soc. & several mem. on anat.

Collaborators

Techniques zoological drawing

Sample(s) http://www.encore-editions.com/sloop-yacht-volunteer-modelled-by-edward-burgess-of-boston-for-genl-c-j-paine

Archival sources Adolphus Gustavus McVey: E.B.and his work, New England Magazine V (1892) 49–62. ; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Burgess

Published sources Nissen: Zoolog. Buchillustration 1969/78 ; A. Blum: Picturing Nature 1993 ;

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