Barkham Burroughs' Encyclopaedia
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Barkham Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information is an encyclopedia and miscellany first published in 1889 by Barkham Burroughs.
Background
Barkham Burroughs was reportedly a rear admiral in the United States Navy during the Benjamin Harrison administration.{{cite news|last=Palmer|first=Chuck|date=August 23, 1983|title=What's so old-fashioned about astounding facts?|page=12|work=The San Bernardino County Sun|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=57187643}} He was also reputed to have invented the return address in the United States.{{cite news|last=Long|first=Connie|date=August 11, 1983|title=How to be polite, successful, prompt, frugal and abstemious|work=Tucson Citizen|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=57187547|page=17}} He died in 1952.{{cite news|last=Condon|first=Garret|date=July 15, 1984|title=Dusting Off Encyclopedia After 95 Years|page=105|work=Hartford Courant|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57187691/garret-condon-on-astounding-facts/}}
Contents
Publication history
The work was originally published in 1889. It was reprinted in 1983{{Cite book|last=Burroughs|first=Barkham|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19126534|title=Barkham Burroughs' encyclopaedia of astounding facts and useful information, 1889.|date=1989|publisher=Bonanza Books|isbn=0-517-67950-7|location=New York|oclc=19126534}} by Miggs Burroughs, Barkham Burroughs's grandson.
References
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Further reading
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