Richard Francis Burton

From Theosophy Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
The printable version is no longer supported and may have rendering errors. Please update your browser bookmarks and please use the default browser print function instead.

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]

Notes

  1. Boris de Zirkoff, "Bibliography: Burton, Sir Richard Francis," H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings 1881-1882 Volume III (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1968), 399.