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George Brown Burgin

(1856-1944), Novelist, critic and journalist

Sitter in 9 portraits
Novelist and journalist. Born in Croydon, Burgin married Benington's sister, Georgina in 1893. During the 1880s, he served as Private Secretary to Baker Pasha, accompanying him to Asia Minor as Secretary of the Reform Commission in Armenia. He returned to England in 1895 and became sub-editor of the humorous journal The Idler until 1899. He wrote over 90 novels and was a Fellow of the Institute of Journalists. He claimed that 'It is much more comfortable to be mad and know it than be sane and have one's doubts.'

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George Brown Burgin

by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 31 October 1928
NPG x42962

George Brown Burgin

by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 31 October 1928
NPG x42963

George Brown Burgin

by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 31 October 1928
NPG x42964

George Brown Burgin

by Walter Benington, for Elliott & Fry
chlorobromide print, 1930s
NPG x90654

George Brown Burgin

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 30 November 1939
NPG x27057

George Brown Burgin

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 30 November 1939
NPG x27058

George Brown Burgin

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 30 November 1939
NPG x27059

George Brown Burgin

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 30 November 1939
NPG x27060

George Brown Burgin

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 30 November 1939
NPG x27061

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Novelists and authors

Place

Armenia

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