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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'''''. | '''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: | 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: Burton, Sir Richard Francis," ''H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings 1881-1882'' Volume III (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1968), 399.</ref> | ||
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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."[1]
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- ↑ Boris de Zirkoff, "Bibliography: Burton, Sir Richard Francis," H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings 1881-1882 Volume III (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1968), 399.