Sir Richard Francis Burton Collection
1820-1998
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The collection includes some original letters from and to Richard Burton, as well as photographs of Richard and Isabel, and publications about their life and work. Much of the collection, however, consists of research material and display panels created for various exhibitions (DC 16/7). Most, but not all, of the documents relate to Richard's time in Trieste.
Title:
Sir Richard Francis Burton Collection
Date of work:
1820-1998
Reference number:
DC16
Level of description:
Fonds
Includes:
Access restrictions:
Unrestricted
Use restrictions:
Unrestricted
General notes:
Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) was an explorer, writer, linguist, anthropologist, soldier and diplomat. He was in the army of the East India Company under the command of General Charles James Napier, where he became a proficient speaker in Arabic and other regional languages and expert in the Arabic culture. After his period in the army, he undertook several years of exploration and travels with the Royal Geographical Society, such as expeditions to Mecca and East Africa. In 1861, he married Isabel Arundell and his diplomatic career began; he served as consul to Fernando Po, Santos, Damascus and Trieste, where he died in 1890. Burton wrote a huge variety of books about his explorations and journeys, habits and traditions of other cultures, as well as translations of other works, originally written in Portuguese, Arabic and other languages from India and the Middle East.In 1829 Richard attended the Delafosse school on Richmond Green, and lived with his family in nearby Maids of Honour Row.Richard and Isabel fell in love in 1851, but did not get married until 10 years later because her family disapproved of Richard, partly because he was not Catholic. Eventually they married in secret (see DC16/3/1). They are buried together in the cemetery of St Mary Magdalen Roman Catholic Church, Mortlake.
Related material note:
The Local Studies Library & Archive also holds a large collection of books by, and about, Richard and Isabel. The book collection includes the novel that Richard was reading at the time of his death.In addition there are some letters, publications and notes from R. Burton which are kept in other institutions as it is shown below:_Papers of Sir Richard Burton held by Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre with reference number 2667/26._Some correspondence files, travel books, etc. held by Royal Geographical Society with reference numbers RFB, RGS/CB._Notes on Sir Richard Burton and his work on The Kama Sutra, held by British Library: Asian and African Studies (previously Oriental and India Office Library), with reference number Mss Eur F236/188._The publication of "Human sacrifice among the Sephardine" by Sir Richard Burton, held by London Metropolitan Archives: City of London._Letters to Sir Francis Galton (1864-1881), held by London University: University College London (UCL) Special Collection._Letters to Lord Houghton (1855-1856) held by Cambridge University: Trinity College Library with reference number 228:11-50._Letters to JJ Fahie (c.1884-1890) held by Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections with reference number MS Eng misc d 187._Correspondence and literary MSS (62 items) from 1865 to 1890 held by Syracuse University Libraries with reference number NUC MS 66-1956._Correspondence and other papers sent to William Henry Wylde (1861-1876) held by Durham University Library, Special Collections, with reference number WYL._Letters (13) to Sir William Stirling-Maxwell (1864-1876) held by Glasgow City Archives with reference number T-SK 29.14-26._Some files with papers and correspondence held by British Library, Manuscript Collections._Some files with letters and papers from Richard Burton held by Huntington Library.
Language:
English
Record number:
1495844
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