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Burgess may refer to:
People and fictional characters
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Burgess (surname) Burgess is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
In arts and entertainment Actors
* Adrienne Burgess, British actress
* Dennis Burgess, British actor
* Dominic Burgess (born 1982), British actor
* Dorothy Burgess (1907–1961), Am ...
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Burgess (given name) Burgess is a masculine given name which may refer to:
* Burgess Gardner (born 1936), jazz musician
* Burgess Jenkins (born 1973), film actor
* Burgess Meredith (1907–1997), American actor
* Burgess Owens
Clarence Burgess Owens (born August ...
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Places
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Burgess, Michigan, an unincorporated community
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Burgess, Missouri, United States
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Burgess, South Carolina, United States
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Burgess, Virginia
Burgess is an unincorporated community in Northumberland County, in the U.S. state of Virginia.
Versailles was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federa ...
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Burgess Township, Bond County, Illinois
Burgess Township is one of nine townships in Bond County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,439 and it contained 1,015 housing units.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which ...
, United States
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Burgess Park
Burgess Park is a public park situated in Camberwell the London Borough of Southwark, and is close to Walworth to the north, Bermondsey to the east and Peckham to the south. At , it is one of the largest parks in South London.
Unlike most ot ...
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Burgess Field
Burgess Field Nature Park (also known as Burgess Field) is a nature reserve next to Port Meadow, Oxford, in Oxfordshire, England, managed by Oxford City Council.
Overview
The site is between Port Meadow to the west and the railway line to the e ...
Oxford, England
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Burgess Hill, Sussex, England
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Mount Burgess
Mount Burgess, , is a mountain in Yoho National Park and is part of the Canadian Rockies. It is located in the southwest buttress of Burgess Pass in the Emerald River and Kicking Horse River Valleys.
History
It was named in 1886 by astronomer ...
, Canadian Rockies
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Burgess Branch
The Burgess Branch is a tributary of the Missisquoi River, crossing the municipalities of Eden (Lamoille County) and Lowell in Orleans County, Vermont, United States.
The lower part of the Burgess Branch is accessible by Valley Road (south-east ...
, a tributary of Missisquoi River, Vermont, United States
Other uses
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Burgess (title), a political official or representative
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Burgess Company
The Burgess Company was a U.S. airplane manufacturer between 1910 and 1918.
History
The business was incorporated in 1910 as the "Burgess Company and Curtis, Inc." (after W. Starling Burgess and Greely S. Curtis, its co-founders with Frank Henr ...
, an American airplane manufacturer
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Burgess GAA
Burgess GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association Club located in the areas of Burgess-Burgessbeg, Youghalarra and Newtown, County Tipperary, Ireland. It fields Gaelic Football and Hurling teams in the North Division of Tipperary GAA.
Hurling
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, an athletic club in Ireland
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Burgess House (disambiguation) Burgess House may refer to:
* Burgess House (Colorado Springs, Colorado), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in El Paso County, Colorado
* Joseph Fields Burgess House, Sadieville, Kentucky, listed on the National Register of Histo ...
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Burgess model
The concentric zone model, also known as the Burgess model or the CCD model, is one of the earliest theoretical models to explain urban social structures. It was created by sociologist Ernest Burgess in 1925.
The model
Based on human ecology th ...
, or Concentric zone model, a theoretical model in urban geography
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Burgess reagent
The Burgess reagent (methyl ''N''-(triethylammoniumsulfonyl)carbamate) is a mild and selective dehydrating reagent often used in organic chemistry. It was developed in the laboratory of Edward M. Burgess at Georgia Tech.
The Burgess reagent is ...
, used in organic chemistry
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Burgess Shale
The Burgess Shale is a fossil-bearing deposit exposed in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada. It is famous for the exceptional preservation of the soft parts of its fossils. At old (middle Cambrian), it is one of the earliest fo ...
, a fossil-bearing formation near Mount Burgess in Canada
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Church Burgesses
The Church Burgesses, formerly known officially as the Twelve Capital Burgesses and Commonalty of the Town and Parish of Sheffield, are a charitable organisation in the city of Sheffield in South Yorkshire.
In 1297, the Burgery of Sheffield was e ...
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House of Burgesses
The House of Burgesses was the elected representative element of the Virginia General Assembly, the legislative body of the Colony of Virginia. With the creation of the House of Burgesses in 1642, the General Assembly, which had been establishe ...
, Virginia, U.S.
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The Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh
The Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh is a Scottish golf club, which holds claim to be the oldest golfing society in the world, with references to it being instituted in 1735 dating from 1834. The club enjoys a parkland course located ...
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