George H. Burgess is an ichthyologist and

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with the

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. He is the former director of the

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and author/coauthor of numerous books and papers on sharks and other fish. Burgess has appeared on multiple

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programs on

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and on

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. George Burgess retired in 2017. The

highlighted that he "always stressed the importance of shark conservation."

Taxon named in his honor

*'' Etmopterus burgessi'', sometimes known as the broad-snout lanternshark, is named for him.

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