Edgar Burgess
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Edgar Richard BurgessFZS(23 September 1891 – 23 April 1952) was an Englishrowerwho competed forGreat Britainin the1912 Summer Olympics.[1]
Burgess was born in London and educated atEton CollegeandMagdalen College, Oxford,where he was a Diploma student in anthropology.[2]He joinedLeander Cluband wasbowmanof the Leandereightwhich won the gold medal for Great Britainrowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was the only member of the crew who had not won a blue rowing in theBoat Race.[3]In 1913, he was bow for the winningOxfordin the Boat Race.
Burgess was a member of theInner Templeand spent many years with the Sudan Political Service. He was a Fellow of theZoological Society.[4]On retirement, he lived in Morocco where he died at his home inTangier.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Edgar Burgess".Olympedia.Retrieved29 May2021.
- ^Diploma students in Anthropology, University of Oxford 1907–1945Archived21 July 2011 at theWayback Machine
- ^Sports Reference Olympic Sports – Edgar Burgess
- ^List of Fellows of the Zoological Society 1921
External links
[edit]- Edgar Burgessat databaseOlympics (archived)
- Edgar BurgessatOlympedia
- Edgar BurgessatOlympics
- Edgar BurgessatWorld Rowing
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