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	Richard Francis Burton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Burton's best-known achievements include travelling in disguise to Mecca, translating The Arabian Nights (his title was The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night) and the Kama Sutra and journeying with John Hanning Speke to discover the Great Lakes of Africa in search of the source of the Nile.
		Burton's interest (and active participation) in the cultures and religions of India was considered peculiar by some of his fellow soldiers who accused him of "going native" and called him "the White Nigger".
		Burton died in Trieste early on the morning of 20 October 1890 of a heart attack.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Richard_Francis_Burton (5639 words)

	BBC - History - Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821 - 1890)
		Burton was raised in France and Italy and his talent for languages meant that he was fluent in four languages and two dialects before he was twenty: he would eventually learn 25 languages and another 15 dialects.
		Burton disagreed with him, the two became badly estranged and, in September 1864, a debate between the two ended in tragedy when Speke was killed while hunting.
		Burton's next move was to the Foreign Office, which appointed him consul in Fernando Po, a Spanish island off the coast of West Africa.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/historic_figures/burton_sir_richard_francis.shtml (376 words)

	Richard Burton
		Burton was singled out for particular praise.The film maker Philip Dunne (who directed the actor in "The Robe") reported that he watched in awe while a 24 year old Richard Burton eclipsed Sir John Gielgud in a 1949 London performance of the play.
		Richard was confident that a great performance in such an outstanding play, and to act against type, would be good for her.
		Richard Burton was to be a profound influence on fellow Port Talbot-born Welsh compatriot - Anthony Hopkins.
	www.welshwales.co.uk /burton.htm (1334 words)

	Richard Francis Burton - Free Encyclopedia of Thelema
		Burton's next journey was to explore the interior of the Somali Country (modern Somalia), as British authorities wanted to protect the Red Sea trade.
		Burton was ill and Speke continued exploring along lines indicated by Burton, eventually found the great Lake Victoria, or Victoria Nyanza.
		As the 1911 edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica states, Burton's reports to the Royal Geographical Society, and his book Lake Regions of Equatorial Africa (1860), are "the true parents of the multitudinous literature of 'darkest Africa'" and coupled with further explorations in East Africa led directly to British colonial domination of most of the continent.
	www.egnu.org /thelemapedia/index.php/Richard_Francis_Burton (1507 words)

	biography of sir richard burton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Richard Francis Burton was born near Elstree, Hertfordshire, on March 19, 1821, the son of an army colonel.
		Burton and his brother were first wild children -- at ten years of age, Burton stole his father's rifle and shot out stained-glass church windows -- and, later, wilder adolescents.
		Burton later attended Oxford University, where he was known as "Ruffian Dick" for his long moustaches and penchant for challenging students to duels; he was eventually expelled for attending horse races.
	www.pages.drexel.edu /~garsonkw/biography.html (1119 words)

	Richard Burton - Actor
		Richard Burton was a Welsh miner's son who never forgot his roots, spoke Welsh as his mother tongue,
		Richard Burton was a regal, commanding presence of the 60's cinema.
		When Burton came with the play to Broadway in 1952, he registered solidly with American producers, and was chosen to play the male lead in My Cousin Rachel (1952), a Daphne du Maurier mystery.
	www.walesonline.com /trib_burton.php (629 words)

	The Invisible Basilica: Sir Richard Francis Burton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Burton wrote the poem The Kasîdah of Hâjî Abdû El-Yezdî and translated The Arabian Nights (Alf Laylah wa Laylah, the Thousand Nights and a Night) with copious annotations; both of these works are included in Section 2 of the A:.
		Burton also wrote A Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Mecca and Al-Madina, which is the account of his participation in the Hajj in 1853, impersonating an Indian Pathan.
		Burton's frankness about sexuality was the most likely reason that his widow, in an effort to "preserve his reputation," burned his memoirs after his death.
	www.hermetic.com /sabazius/burton.htm (452 words)

	The Life Story of Sir. Burton
		Burton was born in Torquay, England, to an English army officer and his wealthy wife, the latter rumored to be descended from the French Bourbon kings.
		Burton is believed to have been the first European to enter the ancient walled city and survive.
		Burton’s reputation as a bold explorer whose lifestyle went against the customs of the time should not overshadow his stature as a scholar and linguist.
	www.empereur.com /burton.html (900 words)

	Sir Richard F. Burton
		Burton was ever the iconoclast, always on the run, propelling his wander-lust and urge for exploration.
		Burton rationalizes this by saying, "Amongst the wiser ancients sinning contra naturam was not marrying and begetting children." This is indeed the greatest sin, but there are others.
		Burton clearly differentiated between "barbarians" and "savages", as it was understood by the experts at the time.
	www.jrbooksonline.com /burton.htm (1298 words)

	BBC - Devon Discovering Devon - Famous People - Captain Sir Richard Burton
		This particular Richard Burton was born in Torquay in 1821...and to say he got around is an understatement.
		Burton thrived on danger, and entered territory where there was plenty of it - including the Islamic holy cities of Mecca and Medina.
		Richard Burton was knighted for his daring exploits by Queen Victoria four years before his death.
	www.bbc.co.uk /devon/discovering/famous/sir_richard_burton.shtml (414 words)

	Richard Burton \| Biography (1925-1984)
		Richard Buron was born Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.
		Burton died less than a week before he was due to begin shooting Wild Geese II, a sequel to his successful mercenary thriller The Wild Geese, made in 1978.
		Burton's no-show in the film was explained by one character telling Fox that they'd heard his famous warrior brother had died.
	www.leninimports.com /richard_burton.html (851 words)

	The Life of Sir Richard Burton, by Thomas Wright (chapter1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Burtons resided at Torquay, and Colonel Burton busied himself chiefly in making chemical experiments, of which he was remarkably fond; but the other members of the household, who generally went about holding their noses, appear not to have sympathised with his studies and researches.
		Richard’s hair gradually turned from its fiery and obtrusive red to jet fl, but the violent temper of which the former colour is supposed to be indicative, and of which he had already many times given proofs, signalised him to the end of life.
		Richard was first taught by a lame Irishman named Clough, who kept a school at Tours; and by and by, chiefly for the children’s sake, Colonel Burton gave up Beausejour and took a house in the Rue De L’Archeveche, the best street in the town.
	etext.library.adelaide.edu.au /b/burton/richard/b97zw/chapter1.html (4007 words)

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		Burton's very loose translation and adaption of the Vetalapanchavimsati or Twenty-five tales of a Vetala (from the Katha Sarit Sagara by Somadeva).
		Burton's account of their earlier trip together can be found in his "The Lake Regions of Central Africa (1860)".
		Burton's account of this trip can be found in his First Footsteps in East Africa.
	www.wollamshram.ca /1001/burton.htm (1367 words)

	Sir Richard Francis Burton: Explorer - EnchantedLearning.com
		In 1855, Burton and three companions (including John Hanning Speke and two other officers of the British East India Company) began an unsuccessful trip in search of the source of the White Nile; one member of the expedition was killed in an attack by Africans, and Speke and Burton were injured.
		Burton is well-known for his translation of the 16 volumes of "The Tales of the Arabian Nights" and other Eastern books.
		Burton was knighted by Queen Victoria in February, 1886.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /explorers/page/b/burton.shtml (341 words)

	The Broadway Theatre Archive Catalog Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A standout for his commanding stage presence and voice, Richard Burton was the youngest of 12 children born to a poor Welsh miner.
		The marriage, breakup and remarriage between Burton and Taylor, coupled with a series of schlock pictures Burton signed on for at the height of his notoriety, quickly eroded his credibility as an actor.
		As Burton himself once said “I’ve done the most awful rubbish in order to have somewhere to go in the morning.” There were redeeming performances along the way, most notably “Equus,” (1977) and a final gem of a performance in “1984,” (1984).
	www.broadwayarchive.com /bio_detail.asp?name=58 (446 words)

	Relocating Burton: Public and Private Writings on Africa
		Burton's speech during this scene is lengthy and fictitious, but it is worth reproducing in its entirety to summarize the film's depiction of Burton as non-racist, anti-imperialist, and generally superior to his culture in ways we, at the end of the twentieth century, would admire:
		Though Burton was certainly wont to refer derisively to men and women of any race, he generally did so out of pique, not as an unconscious measure of their humanity or lack of the same.
		Burton seems to have initially turned his explorer's sights from Arabia (where he was arguably one of the great authorities following his successful mission to Mecca) to Africa because of his quest for glory.
	www.unc.edu /~ottotwo/burton.html (2826 words)

	Richard Burton - MovieActors.com
		Richard Burton was a regal, commanding presence of the 1960's cinema.
		Burton's defining role was as a fallen priest in "Night of the Iguana", opposite screen beauty Ava Gardner.
		Richard Burton was married to fellow super star Elizabeth Taylor.
	www.movieactors.com /60stars/burton.htm (118 words)

	Astrology Software for Research - Sir Richard Francis Burton - astrology chart
		He was one of the earliest translators of the "Kama Sutra" and "Arabian Nights," and he wrote poems in the manner of the classics of Arabic literature.
		Though young Richard missed a British education, he was an intellectual prodigy, able to play – and beat – four chess opponents simultaneously.
		Burton's chart is as outrageous as the man. I expected a tight Mars-Jupiter contact but didn’t find one there.
	www.astrodatabank.com /NM/BurtonSirRichardFrancis.htm (1041 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Biography - Richard Burton
		Aside from The Robe (1953), most of Burton's Fox films were disappointments, and the actor was unable to shake his to-the-rafters theatricality for the smaller scope of the camera lens.
		Moreover, Burton was bound by contract to appear in such bland cinematic enterprises as Candy (1968), Villain (1971), The Assassination of Trotsky (1972), The Klansman (1974), and that rancid masterpiece Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977).
		So low had Burton's reputation sunk that when he delivered an Oscar-caliber performance in Equus (1977), it was hailed as a "comeback," even though the actor had never left.
	video.barnesandnoble.com /Search/biography.asp?ctr=94403 (519 words)

	Sir Richard Francis Burton and General Charles 'Chinese' Gordon
		Burton and Gordon were two of the most fascinating men of the Victorian age, and Lady Burton was herself remarkable.
		Burton saw this from the first, and later Gordon came to see that his view was the right one.
		Burton was incredulous at the news of Gordon's death, and refused for a long time to believe it, insisting that he had escaped.
	www.miskatonic.org /history/burton-gordon.html (8932 words)

	EuropaWorld 16/2/2001 Sir Richard Francis Burton
		Richard Francis Burton was born in England in 1821, the son of an army colonel.
		Accompanying his parents on their frequent travels abroad, the young Richard gained both a taste for travel and a linguistic ability that stayed with him for the rest of his life.
		Having been expelled from Oxford university for attending horse-racing (not the first of the many social misdemeanors Burton was to make in his life) he joined the army of the East India Company aged 21.
	www.europaworld.org /Issue22/sirrichardfrancisburton16201.htm (766 words)

	Amazon.com: The Arabian Nights (Modern Library): Books: Bennett Cerf,Richard Burton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Burton, through his unparalelled knack for translation, managed to capture all the magic and mystery that are the Arabian Nights.
		Burton suggests that the earliest may date from they 8th century A.D., and the latest may have been as recent as the 16th century, only 200 years before Antoine de Galland translated the tales into French and unfolded them like a magic carpet before the astonished and delighted eyes of his European readers.
		The stories, in Burton's translation, read with a real Medieval romance kind of flavor, which I assume is endemic to the Nights and the period, and is not strictly representative of Burton's English tastes, despite his choice of peculiarly English diction.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0679602356?v=glance (1965 words)

	Richard Francis Burton - Wikiquote
		Sir Richard Francis Burton (19 March 1821 – 20 October 1890) British consul, explorer, translator, writer, poet, Orientalist and swordsman known for his often-unprecedented exploits of travel and exploration as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures.
		Burton to Lord Houghton as quoted in The Devil Drives: A life of Sir Richard Burton (1984) by Fawn Brodie.
		"Verses on the Death of Richard Burton" by Swinburne (the complete text can be found at the end of Chapter 41 of "The Life of Sir Richard Burton" by Thomas Wright.
	en.wikiquote.org /wiki/Richard_Francis_Burton (1950 words)

	Richard Burton, just one of the many famous Welsh actors.
		Most often, when the term 'legend' is associated with film stars it's just flattery but Richard Burton (he changed his name from Jenkins to Burton, his teachers name.) was someone very special.
		His secret passion was writing, had it not been for his lack of self confidence (he was his own worst critic) we might know him today as a bard, including his name along side Dylan Thomas but it was not to be.
		Burton's performances stunned theatre audiences in his early years, playing various Shakespearean roles to wide acclaim.
	www.famouswelsh.com /01_actors/profiles/Richard_Burton.shtml (350 words)

	Burton, Richard on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Richard BURTON Keywords: man 25 to 45 years men people person man adult adult 25 to 45 years old male human being man all ages population mature chair piece of furniture furniture industrial product seat wearing shirt garment clothing clothes inside dominant interior indoors lighting electricity
		Burton is best known for the films Cleopatra and Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf, in both of which he co-starred with his wife (of two marriages) Elizabeth Taylor.
		Stagecraft in his blood; Guy Masterson, the narrator of Theatr Clwyd's Under Milk Wood, is Richard Burton's nephew.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/b/burtonr1.asp (1077 words)

	Richard Burton at Reel Classics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Richard Burton by Paul Ferris (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1981).
		Richard and Elizabeth by Lester David and Jhan Robbins (New York: Funk and Wagnalls, c1977).
		Richard Burton: a biography by John Cottrell and Fergus Cashin (London: Barker, 1971).
	www.reelclassics.com /Actors/Burton/burton.htm (289 words)

	Sir Richard Francis Burton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Unfortunately for posterity, Burton's wife burned many of his diaries and journals after he died, in order to depict her husband in a light that was acceptable to Victorian sensitivities.
		Burton was working on an enlarged and annotated version and translating from the original Arabic, when he died.
		(Burton is responsible for the translation into poetry; the remainder of the volume seems to be largely the work of his collaborator, Leonard Smithers.
	www.rimbaud.freeserve.co.uk /burton2.htm (1036 words)

	Decimus Burton and Richard Turner - Great Buildings Online
		"Decimus Burton was a prolific English architect and garden designer, particularly associated with projects in the classical style in London parks, including buildings at Kew Gardens and London Zoo, and with the layout and architecture of the seaside towns of Fleetwood and St Leonards on Sea and of Tunbridge Wells.
		With iron founder Richard Turner, he designed the glass and iron Palm House at Kew (1844-1848); at the time, this greenhouse was the largest in the world at 363ft long, 100ft wide and 66ft high.
		"Richard Turner was an Irish iron-founder and manufacturer of glasshouses, born in Dublin.
	www.greatbuildings.com /architects/Decimus_Burton_and_Richard.html (382 words)

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