Difference between revisions of "George Burgess"
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| − | Burgess first became known as the caption writer for | + | Burgess first became known as the caption writer for ''[[Farm Girls Illustrated]]'', possibly the only top shelf magazine that also offered in-depth advice on what to do with a bent crankshaft on a Massey 35{{citation needed}}. From there, he progressed to feature writing, following which he was given the job of providing a more contemporary translation of ''[[The Harmonious Bower of the Nawab of Ouenq]]'', a legendary and deeply problematic work of early Victorian pornography. |
==List of Known Works== | ==List of Known Works== | ||
'''As translator''' | '''As translator''' | ||
| − | * ''The Harmonious Bower of | + | * ''[[The Harmonious Bower of the Nawab of Ouenq]]'' |
'''As author''' | '''As author''' | ||
* | * | ||
Revision as of 22:33, 11 May 2020
George Burgess was a writer of indifferent ability whose primary claim to fame was as the putative biographer of Archimedes and Pythagoras Vavasor. However, he died before the project was complete and the current whereabouts of the unfinished manuscript are uncertain.
Burgess's demise was unusual in that he was stabbed through the neck with a mathematician's compass.
Writing Career
Burgess first became known as the caption writer for Farm Girls Illustrated, possibly the only top shelf magazine that also offered in-depth advice on what to do with a bent crankshaft on a Massey 35[citation needed]. From there, he progressed to feature writing, following which he was given the job of providing a more contemporary translation of The Harmonious Bower of the Nawab of Ouenq, a legendary and deeply problematic work of early Victorian pornography.
List of Known Works
As translator
As author
