Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890

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Richard Francis Burton was born March 19, 1821, at Torquay; he was educated at Trinity College, Oxford, but did not take a degree. He became a noted linguist, writer, translator and explorer; he is probably best known for his translations of the works of The Arabian Nights and The Kama Sutra..., as well as his travels in Africa, the Middle East, South America and Iceland. Isabel Arundell was born March 20, 1831, in London, of an old, established Roman Catholic family. In 1861, after an eleven-year courtship, Richard and Isabel were married, and from that time she accompanied Burton on his travels, and became his amanuensis and editor. Isabel Burton also used her family connections to help further Burton's career in the Foreign Office. Besides serving as Burton's editor, Isabel published a number of works, mainly travel volumes and an autobiography. Burton was given his final consulate at Trieste in 1873, and was knighted in 1886; after years of ill-health, he suffered a heart attack and died on October 19, 1890. Isabel Burton returned to England to oversee the literary estate of her husband; she died on March 22, 1896, from complications of ovarian cancer.

From the description of Papers of Sir Richard Francis Burton, 1846-2003 (bulk 1846-1939) (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 228769785

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referencedIn Mackenzie, Alan Francis Stuart. Study on Sir Richard Francis Burton and Isabel Arundell Burton [manuscript] 1971. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Logbook and journal from the H.M.S. Investigator, 1862-1864. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. Richard Francis Burton letter to Gerald Massey, 1881 May 3. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
referencedIn FitzGerald, Edward, 1809-1883. Papers of Edward Fitzgerald, 1849-1899. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. Greek inscriptions from Syria, 1869-1871. Harold B. Lee Library
referencedIn Burton, Isabel, Lady, 1831-1896. Banking correspondence, 1876-1887. Harold B. Lee Library
creatorOf Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. Sir Richard Burton collection. McGill University Library
creatorOf Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. Letter: to Brigham Young /by Sir Richard Francis Burton, 1866 Sep 10. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. Autograph letter signed : London, to an unidentified recipient [name illegible], 1864 Dec. 21. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward), 1888-1935. Papers of T.E. Lawrence, 1894-2006 (bulk 1911-2000). Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
creatorOf Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. Letters : from Sir Richard Francis Burton and Lady Burton, to Alexander Wheelock Thayer, 1885-1895. Boston Athenaeum
referencedIn Mackenzie, Alan Francis Stuart. Captain Sir Richard F. Burton, K.C.M.G. and Lady Isabel Arundell Burton, his wife [manuscript] : vital statistics. Part II. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. Papers, 1855-1890. Harold B. Lee Library
creatorOf Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. Autograph letter signed : Trieste, to Faulkner, [no year] May 14. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. Postcard, 1888, July 23, London, to J. C. Cotton, London. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
creatorOf Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. Photograph : [n.p., n.d.]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. Letter, 1885 January 12, Trieste, Italy, to unknown correspondent. University Club Library
referencedIn Autograph File, B, ca.1500-1982 Houghton Library
creatorOf Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. Letter to [?] Tinsley. [s.l.]. [18--] University of Iowa Libraries
referencedIn Vol. V, ff. 291, A-E.includes:f. 1 Andrew Leith Adams, FRS: Letter to [ ?T. R. Jones]: 1864. f. 3 William Grylls Adams, Professor of Natural Philosophy, King's College, London: Letter to [?T. R. Jones]: 1875. ff. 5, 7 Jacob Georg Agardh, Swedish natu... British Library
creatorOf Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. El Islam, [18--]. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Macfall, Haldane, 1860-1928. Letter : London, to "Dear Walker," 1922 Mar. 29. Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library
referencedIn Fawn McKay Brodie papers, 1932-1983 J. Willard Marriott Library. University of Utah Manuscripts Division
referencedIn Inglis Fletcher Papers, 1883-1967, 2015 East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library
creatorOf Train, Russell E., 1920- ,. The Russell E. Train Africana Collection, 1663-1996. Smithsonian Institution. Libraries
creatorOf Richard Francis Burton Papers, 1855-1891 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Houghton Library printed book provenance file, A-D Houghton Library
creatorOf Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. El Islam, [18--]. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. Autograph letters signed (2) : Trieste, to Morison, 1872 Oct. 12 and 1876 Sept. 14. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. Appendix No. 9. Visit to Hauran [i.e. Syria] : autograph manuscript of the beginning of an account of a visit to Syria undertaken on 24 May 1871, paper watermarked 1868. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. Papers of Sir Richard Francis Burton, 1846-2003 (bulk 1846-1939) Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn Wylde Family Papers, 1831-1923 Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
creatorOf Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. Notes and review : manuscript, [ca. 1884], 1888. Houghton Library
referencedIn Sheridan family papers, 1693-1917 (bulk: 1762-1917). Houghton Library
referencedIn John Edward Gray papers, 1783-1884, 1783-1884 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909. Letter [18]85 Jun. 23, The Pines [London] to [Alice] Bird, London. University of Michigan
creatorOf Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. Autograph letter signed : Trieste, to an unidentified correspondent, 1874 Apr. 2. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Allinson, A. R. (Alfred Richard). Papers of Alfred Richard Allinson, 1905-1933. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn Isabel Burton banking correspondence, 1876-1887 L. Tom Perry Special Collections
referencedIn Bigger, Morton. The Arabist and the aristocrat : Burton, Speke and the mountains of the moon / by Morton Bigger, Jr. LSU Shreveport - Noel Memorial Library, Noel Memorial Library
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Brazil
Trieste (Italy)
Syria
Balkan Peninsula
Italy, Northern
Ghana
Great Britain
Africa
Great Britain
Egypt
Great Britain
Utah
Syria
Arabian Peninsula
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Arabian Peninsula
Utah
Arabian Peninsula
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Arabists
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Poets, British
Catholic women
Erotic literature
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Explorers
Explorers
Explorers, British
Gold mines and mining
Inscriptions, Greek
Islam
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Literature
Mormons
Mormons
Portuguese language
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Translators
Travelers' writings, English
Women authors, English
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Explorers
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Birth 1821-03-19

Death 1890-10-20

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