Burnett, Frances Hodgson
Frances Hodgson (1849-), an English-American novelist. She was born in Manchester, England. While a young woman, she came to America, where she married Dr. S. M. Burnett. Divorced from him in 1898, she married Stephen Townsend, an English writer. Mrs. Burnett, as she is usually called, spends a part of each year in England, but most of her literary work has been done in the United States . Her first literary success was That Lass o' Lowrie's, which apeared serially in Scribner's Magazine. Her most famous story is Little Lord Fauntleroy , which has been very popular both in book form and as dramatized. Other novels are Louisiana, Haworth's, and A Fair Barbarian. Sara Crewe and Little Saint Elizabeth are stories of child life. 2026 Editor's Note: The books the entry lists are not the ones that lasted. The Secret Garden , published in 1911 — the very year of this volume — and A Little Princess became enduring children's classics, filmed repeatedly. Little Lord Fauntleroy had a more painful legacy: it inflicted black velvet suits and lace collars on a generation of American boys. (Ed: BR 2026-06-16)
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Burney
FRANCES (MADAME D'ARBLAY), an English novelist, daughter of Charles Burney, born in King's Lynn, Norfolk, June 13, 1752. After she had published "Evelina, or a Young Lady's Entrance Into the World" (1778), she became the favorite of the literary men of the day, especially Dr. ovel, "Cecilia" Johnson. Her second novel, (1782), was no less admired. In 1786 she was made Second Keeper of Robes to Queen Charlotte, and in 1793 she was married to M. D'Arblay, a French army officer. Her other books are "Camilla" (1795), and "The Wanderer, or Female Difficulties" (1814). Her "Diary and Letters," edited by her niece (7 vols., 1842-1846), are affected, but entertaining. She also wrote memoirs of her father (1832). She died in Bath, Jan. 6, 1840.
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Burney (CHARLES an English author born)
CHARLES, an English author, born in Shrewsbury, April 7, 1726. He became a famous and influential musician in London; was given the degree of Doctor of Music by Oxford in 1769; and sacrificed time, money, and personal comfort to travel and collect material for his "History of Music" (4 vols., 1776-1789). He also wrote "Memoirs and Letters of Metastasio" (3 vols., 1796). Madame D'Arblay was his daughter. He died in Chelsea, April 12, 1814.
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Burney (SIR CECIL British naval)
SIR CECIL, British naval commander; born May 15, 1858. He was educated at the Royal Naval Academy, Gosport. He served during the Egyptian War, and was active in the eastern Soudan campaign of 1884. From 1909 to 1910, he was Admiral of the Plymouth sub-division of the Home Fleet. In 1911-1912, he commanded successively the Atlantic Fleet and the Third Squadron as Vice-Admiral. He was second in command of the Grand Fleet 1914-1916, and took a distinguished part in the battle of Jutland, May 31, 1916. He was created a K. C. B. in 1913.
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Burnham
CLARA LOUISE, an American story writer, born in Newton, Mass., May 25, 1854. She wrote numerous novels, including "Dearly Bought" ! (1884); "Next Door" (1886); "Young Maids and Old" (1888); "Miss Bagg's Secretary" (1892); "Sweet Clover, a Romance of the White City" (1894); "The Right Princess" (1902); "The Inner Flame" (1912); "In Apple Blossom Time" (1919); ): etc.
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Burnham
DANIEL HUDSON, an American architect, born in Henderson, N. Y., Sept. 4, 1846. He studied architecture in Chicago and designed notable structures there, including the Rookery, Calumet Club, the Temple, Masonic Temple, and the Great Northern Hotel, as well as large buildings in other cities. He was Director of Works at the Chicago World's Fair. He died June 1, 1912.
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Burnham (II)
WILLIAM POWER, an American soldier, born at Scranton, Pa., in 1860. He studied at West Point from 1877 to 1880. In 1881 he enlisted as a private in the 14th Infantry, and in 1883 he was promoted from the ranks. During the Spanish-American War he served as lieutenant-colonel of the 4th Missouri Volunteers. He served also in the Philippine insurrection in 1900 and major in 1902. He was appointed a the United States Army in 1906. In the following year he was appointed a member of the general staff, serving until 1911. He held commissions in Porto Rico and in the Canal Zone, and was appointed brigadier-general in 1917, when he was assigned to the 164th Infantry Brigade of the 82d Division of the National Army. He was appointed in April 12, 1918. to be major-general From December, 1917, to October 5, 1918, he commanded the 82d Division. He was American delegate to the Inter- Allied Military Commission in Greece in 1918-1919. In the latter year he was honorably discharged as major-general, becoming colonel of infantry. He received several decorations and medals from foreign countries for his service during the World War. novel, He wrote "Three Roads to a Commission in the United States Army" and several monographs on military subjects.
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Burning Bush
in botany: (1) The artillery plant, pilea serpyllifolia, an urticaceous species; (2) euonymus atropurpureus, and E. americanus; (3) dictamnus fraxinella, a garden plant, which is said to give off so much essential oil that if a light be brought near it, it will ignite.
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Burnley
a parliamentary and municipal borough of England, in Lancashire, about 22 miles N. of Manchester. It presents a modern appearance, and is, generally speaking, well built, mostly of stone. The staple manufacture is cotton goods, and there are large cotton mills and several extensive foundries and machine shops, with collieries and other works, in the vicinity. Pop. about 110,000.
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Burns
JAMES ALOYSIUS, a Roman Catholic clergyman and educator, born in Michigan City, Ind., in 1867. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1894, and studied theology at that institution and at the Catholic University of America. He was ordained priest in 1893, and from that year to 1900 was professor of sciences at the University of Notre Dame. He became president and professor of moral theology at Holy Cross College, Washington, D. C., in 1900, serving until 1919, when he was appointed president of the University of Notre Dame. He was a founder of the Catholic Educational Association. He wrote several works on the educational system of the Catholic Church.
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