# George Burges

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English classical scholar

For other people with the same name, see [George Burgess (disambiguation)](/source/George_Burgess_(disambiguation)).

George Burges Born 1786 (1786) Bengal, British India Died 11 January 1864(1864-01-11) (aged 77–78) Ramsgate, Kent, England Education Charterhouse Trinity College, Cambridge (MA) Occupation Classical scholar Spouse Jane Burges Children 6

**George Burges** ([/ˈbɜːrdʒɪs/](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English); 1786 – 11 January 1864) was an [English](/source/England) [classical scholar](/source/Classics) who published translations of the works of [Euripides](/source/Euripides), [Aeschylus](/source/Aeschylus), [Sophocles](/source/Sophocles), and [Plato](/source/Plato).

## Biography

Burges was born in [Bengal](/source/Bengal), [India](/source/British_India), and was probably the son of Thomas Burges (d.1799) of [Calcutta](/source/Kolkata). He was educated at [Charterhouse School](/source/Charterhouse_School) and [Trinity College, Cambridge](/source/Trinity_College%2C_Cambridge), taking his [B.A.](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) degree in 1807 and obtaining one of the members' prizes both in 1808 and 1809 before becoming an [M.A.](/source/Master_of_Arts) in 1810.[1] He stayed up at Cambridge and became a most successful coach and tutor. He had a great reputation as a [Greek](/source/Greek_language) scholar, and was a somewhat acrimonious critic of rival scholars, especially [Bishop Blomfield](/source/Charles_James_Blomfield).[2]

Subsequently, he fell into embarrassed circumstances through injudicious speculation, and in 1841 a civil list pension of £100 per annum was bestowed upon him. He died at [Ramsgate](/source/Ramsgate), on 11 January 1864. Burges was a man of great learning and industry, but too fond of introducing arbitrary emendations into the text of classical authors.[2][3]

## Works

His chief works are:[2]

- [Euripides](/source/Euripides)' *Troades* (1807) and *Phoenissae* (1809).

- [Aeschylus](/source/Aeschylus)' *Supplices* (1821), *Eumenides* (1822), and *Prometheus* (1831).

- [Sophocles](/source/Sophocles)' *Philoctetes* (1833).

- [EF Poppo](/source/Ernst_Friedrich_Poppo)'s *Prolegomena to [Thucydides](/source/Thucydides)* (1837), an abridged translation with critical remarks.

- *Hermesianactis Fragmenta* (1839).

He also edited some of the dialogues of [Plato](/source/Plato) with English notes including [Meno](/source/Meno), [Parmenides](/source/Parmenides), [Statesman](/source/Statesman_(dialogue)), and [The Laws](/source/The_Laws), and translated nearly the whole of that author and the Greek anthology for Bohn's Classical library.

He was a frequent contributor to the *Classical Journal* and other periodicals, and also dedicated to [Byron](/source/George_Gordon_Byron%2C_6th_Baron_Byron) a play called *The Son of Erin, or, The Cause of the Greeks* (1823).[2]

## Personal

Burges married Jane (1801–83) with whom he had six children (3 sons and 3 daughters).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Burges, George (BRGS802G)"](https://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search-2018.pl?sur=&suro=w&fir=&firo=c&cit=&cito=c&c=all&z=all&tex=BRGS802G&sye=&eye=&col=all&maxcount=50). *A Cambridge Alumni Database*. University of Cambridge.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911813_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911813_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911813_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911813_2-3) [Chisholm 1911](#CITEREFChisholm1911), p. 813.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["The George Burges Collection - Archives Hub"](https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb418-burges). *archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk*. Retrieved 2021-03-16.

## References

- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the [public domain](/source/Public_domain): [Chisholm, Hugh](/source/Hugh_Chisholm), ed. (1911). "[Burges, George](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Burges,_George)". *[Encyclopædia Britannica](/source/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition)*. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 813.

## External links

- [*The works of Plato: a new and literal version, chiefly from the text of Stallbaum*](https://archive.org/details/worksofplatonewl06platiala) 1848 by George Burgess

- [Works by George Burges](https://librivox.org/author/11604) at [LibriVox](/source/LibriVox) (public domain audiobooks)

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