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William BURTON 1560-1623

Biographical Note

Born at Carshalton, Surrey, son of Richard Burton (the family were landowners in Carshalton over several generations). BA King's College, Cambridge 1583, MA 1586, fellow 1581-94; regius professor of physic at Cambridge, ca.1596-1693.

Books

In his will, Burton bequeathed to King's College his "two volumes of Sr Thomas Moores works"; all the rest of his books were left to his nephew, Sir Henry Burton KB (1578-1645). The size of his collection is not known.

Sources

J. Venn, Biographical history of Gonville & Caius College. Cambridge, 1897; will, CUL VCC Wills vol.3 fo.138v-139r.

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-===[[has given name::William]] [[has surname::BURTON]] [[born in::1560]]-[[died in::1623]]===
+===[[name::William]] [[name::BURTON]] [[date of Birth::1560]]-[[date of Death::1623]]===
 ====Biographical Note====
-Born at [[lived at::Carshalton, Surrey]], son of [[son of::Richard Burton]] (the family were landowners in Carshalton over several generations). [[has degree::BA]] [[educated at::King's College, Cambridge]] [[graduated in::1583]], [[has degree::MA]] [[graduated in::1586]], [[has appointment::fellow]] [[is appointed in::1581;1594|1581-94]]; [[has appointment::regius professor of physic]] at [[is appointed at::Cambridge]], [[is appointed in::1596;1693|ca.1596-1693]].
+Born at [[location::Carshalton, Surrey]], son of [[family::Richard Burton]] (the family were landowners in [[location::Carshalton]] over several generations). BA [[education::King's College, Cambridge]] 1583, MA 1586, [[occupation::fellow]] 1581-94; [[occupation::regius professor]] of physic at [[education::the University of Cambridge|Cambridge]], ca.1596-1693.
 ====Books====
-In his will, Burton bequeathed to [[subsequent owner::King's College]] his "[[bequeathed::two volumes of Sr Thomas Moores works]]"; all the rest of his books were left to his nephew, [[subsequent owner::Sir Henry Burton]] [[has title::Knight Bachelor|KB]] ([[nephew born in::1578]]-[[nephew died in::1645]]). The size of his collection is not known.
+In his will, Burton bequeathed to [[beneficiary::King's College]] his "[[bequest::two volumes of Sr Thomas Moores works]]"; all the rest of his [[bequest::books]] were left to his [[beneficiary::nephew]], [[family::Sir Henry Burton]] [[has title::Knight Bachelor|KB]] ([[date of Birth::1578]]-[[date of Death::1645]]). The size of his collection is not known.
 ====Sources====
-Caius J. Venn, ''Biographical history of Gonville & Caius College''. Cambridge, 1897; will, CUL VCC Wills vol.3 fo.138v-139r.
+J. Venn, ''Biographical history of Gonville & Caius College''. Cambridge, 1897; will, CUL VCC Wills vol.3 fo.138v-139r.
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