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Edgar Richard Burgess FZS (23 September 1891 – 23 April 1952) was an English rower who competed for Great Britain in the 1912 Summer Olympics. Burgess was born in London and educated at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he was a Diploma student in anthropology.[1] He joined Leander Club and was bowman of the Leander eight which won the gold medal for Great Britain rowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was the only member of the crew who had not won a blue rowing in the Boat Race.[2] In 1913, he was bow for the winning Oxford in the Boat Race. Burgess was a member of the Inner Temple and spent many years with the Sudan Political Service. He was a Fellow of the Zoological Society.[3] On retirement, he lived in Morocco where he died at his home in Tangier. See also
References1. ^Diploma students in Anthropology, University of Oxford 1907–1945 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721064520/http://history.prm.ox.ac.uk/students.php?all |date=21 July 2011 }} 2. ^[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/edgar-burgess-1.html Sports Reference Olympic Sports – Edgar Burgess] 3. ^[https://archive.org/stream/listoffellows1921zooluoft#page/28/mode/2up/search/Burgess List of Fellows of the Zoological Society 1921] External links
16 : 1891 births|1952 deaths|Sportspeople from London|Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford|People educated at Eton College|English male rowers|British male rowers|English Olympic medallists|Olympic rowers of Great Britain|Rowers at the 1912 Summer Olympics|Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain|Fellows of the Zoological Society of London|Olympic medalists in rowing|Members of Leander Club|Oxford University Boat Club rowers|Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics |
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