David Burgess-Wise is a motoring
author
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, enthusiast,
and
automobile
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historian
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.
According to the
dustcover
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of the book "The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles" he edited in 1979, David Burgess Wise
ith no "-"was born in 1942.
A motoring writer since 1960, Burgess-Wise has written 25 books on motoring history. He also edits the award-winning ''Aston'', journal of the
Aston Martin
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Heritage Trust.
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See also
*Electric Motive Power
The Electric Motive Power was an English electric car manufactured in 1897. A heavy phaeton, it was capable of running on one charge.David Burgess Wise
David Burgess-Wise is a motoring author, enthusiast, and automobile historian.
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Living people
British motoring journalists
Automotive historians
Year of birth missing (living people)
20th-century British male writers
20th-century British non-fiction writers
21st-century British male writers
21st-century British non-fiction writers
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