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'''Sir Richard Francis Burton''' (1821-1890) was a British consul, explorer and Orientalist best known as the translator of '''''The Thousand Nights and a Night''''', the famous '''''Arabian Nights'''''. 

Boris de Zirkoff wrote of him: "It would appear from H.P.B.'s ''Diaries'' (entry of Oct. 12, 1878) that Capt. Burton became a Fellow of the T. S. in Great Britain."<ref>Boris de Zirkoff, "Bibliography: Buck, Dr. Jirah Dewey," ''H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings 1881-1882'' Volume iii. Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1968.</ref>

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