Mark Burgess (actor)
Mark Burgess may refer to: * Mark Burgess (cricketer) (born 1944), New Zealand cricketer * Mark Burgess (children's author) (born 1957), English writer and illustrator of children's books * Mark Burgess (musician) (born 1960), English musician * Mark Burgess (playwright) (born 1960), writer of ''A Modern Love Story'', actor and teacher at Bedford Modern School * Mark Burgess (computer scientist) (born 1966), Norwegian computer scientist * Mark Burgess (actor) in ''Prince Charming Prince Charming is a fairy tale stock character who comes to the rescue of a damsel in distress and must engage in a quest to liberate her from an evil spell. This classification suits most heroes of a number of traditional folk tales, incl ...

Mark Burgess (cricketer)
Mark Gordon Burgess (born 17 July 1944) is a New Zealand former cricketer who captained the New Zealand cricket team from 1978 to 1980. He was a right-handed batsman, and bowled right-arm off-breaks. He played in New Zealand's first One Day International (ODI). His father Gordon Burgess played for Auckland between 1940–41 and 1954–55 and managed the New Zealand team that toured England, India and Pakistan in 1969. Early life Born in Auckland, Burgess was raised in the Auckland suburb of Remuera and attended Remuera Intermediate School. Between 1958 and 1963 he attended Auckland Grammar School, where he showed his talent as a sportsman by becoming a member of both the cricket and soccer 1st Elevens for several years. Cricket career in the 1960s Burgess made his first-class debut for a New Zealand Under-23 XI against Auckland in 1963–64 at the age of 19. He played his first matches in the Plunket Shield for Auckland in 1966–67, scoring 270 runs at 33.75 in six matche ...
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Mark Burgess (children's Author)
Mark Burgess (born 26 April 1957; pen name Simon Goswell for two books) is best known as an English author and illustrator of children's literature. He has illustrated books by Tony Bradman and Martin Waddell. Among his most recent assignments, he illustrated ''Return to the Hundred Acre Wood'', the authorized sequel of Winnie-the-Pooh. Burgess also designs greeting cards and is a computer programmer.Burgess, MarkMark Burgess - Artist and Writer/ref> Additionally, Burgess has colored and adapted the newer editions of various classic children's books that were drawn by the late E. H. Shepard and Peggy Fortnum. Life Mark Simon Burgess was born in Chislehurst on 26 April 1957 to John Frederick Orchard Burgess and Mona Goswell. He was the third child among his four siblings. He attended boarding school at Christ's Hospital in Sussex, England from 1968 to 1974 in the Middleton B house. In 1975, Burgess began studying at the Slade School of Fine Art of the University College Londo ...
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Mark Burgess (musician)
Mark Burgess (born 11 May 1960) is an English singer, bassist and songwriter, best known as the frontman of post-punk band the Chameleons. Early life and education Burgess was born in Manchester. Career In 1981, Burgess (ex-the Cliches) formed the Chameleons with guitarists Dave Fielding and Reg Smithies, and drummer John Lever. After three studio albums, the band broke up in 1987, with the relationship between Burgess and Fielding particularly strained. Burgess and Lever then formed the Sun and the Moon with guitarist Andy Clegg, who had played keyboards with the Chameleons and Andy Whitaker. They released an eponymous studio album in 1988 on Geffen Records before breaking up. In 1993, Burgess released his debut solo studio album (under the name Mark Burgess & the Sons of God), ''Zima Junction'', backed by former Wonky Alice guitarist Yves Altana, among others. In 1994, Burgess and Altana released the studio album ''Paradyning''. In 1997, Burgess and Altana formed Invincib ...
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Mark Burgess (playwright)
Mark Burgess (born 1960) is a British playwright and actor who appeared in ''Brookside'' as Gordon Collins. Burgess wrote and performed the one-man show ''The Man with the Golden Pen'' on the life of Ian Fleming. Selected works *''Casting Shadows'', centred on a discussion between Max Miller, Laurence Olivier and Terence Rattigan in 1962 (1999) *''The Man with the Golden Pen'' (original title: ''Fleming's Bond''), one-man play about Ian Fleming (2000) *''Einstein in Cromer'', with David Suchet in the title role about Albert Einstein's stay in a small hut on Roughton Heath (2004) *''From Father with Love'', on Ian Fleming's relationship with his son Caspar (2006) *''Sam O'Bedlam'', centred on Samuel Beckett, played by Jim Norton (2006) *''The Wrong Hero'', on the wartime life and death of Leslie Howard (2008) *''A King's Speech'', on Lionel Logue and George VI (2009) *''Tales from Tate Modern'', (A Modern Love Story) BBC Radio 4 Short Story(2010 *''Two Halves Of Guinness'' St ...
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Mark Burgess (computer Scientist)
Mark Burgess (born 19 February 1966) is an independent researcher and writer, formerly professor at Oslo University College in Norway and creator of the CFEngine software and company, who is known for work in computer science in the field of policy-based configuration management. Early life and education Burgess was born in Maghull in the United Kingdom to English parents. He grew up in Bloxham, a small village in Oxfordshire from the age of 5–18, attending Bloxham Primary School, Warriner Secondary School and Banbury Upper School. He studied astrophysics at the (then) School of Physics at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, where he later switched to pure Physics and then Theoretical Physics for his bachelor's degree. He stayed on to obtain a Doctor of Philosophy in Theoretical Physics (Quantum Field Theory) in Newcastle, in the field of ''Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in Non-Abelian Gauge Theories'', for which he received the Keith Runcorn Prize. Burgess was invited ...
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Mark Burgess (actor)
Mark Burgess may refer to: * Mark Burgess (cricketer) (born 1944), New Zealand cricketer * Mark Burgess (children's author) (born 1957), English writer and illustrator of children's books * Mark Burgess (musician) (born 1960), English musician * Mark Burgess (playwright) (born 1960), writer of ''A Modern Love Story'', actor and teacher at Bedford Modern School * Mark Burgess (computer scientist) (born 1966), Norwegian computer scientist * Mark Burgess (actor) in ''Prince Charming Prince Charming is a fairy tale stock character who comes to the rescue of a damsel in distress and must engage in a quest to liberate her from an evil spell. This classification suits most heroes of a number of traditional folk tales, incl ...