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452 July, 1865, sailed for the West Indies in December, and, by appointment of the house of bishops, visited Hayti in the interests of tiie church. He published " The Book of Psalms, translated into English Verse " (New York, 1840) ; " Strife of Brothers," a poem (1844) ; " Pages from the Ecclesiastical His- tory of New England between 1740 and 1840" (Boston, 1847) ; " The Last Enemy " (Philadelphia, 1850); "Ternon on the Christian Life" (1854): besides numerous sermons, charges, etc. After his death a volume containing his "Poems" was pub- lished, with an introduction by Arthur Cleveland Coxe (1868).— His brother, Alexander, P. E. bish- op, b. in Providence, R. I., 31 Oct., 1819. He was graduated at Brown in 1838, and at the general theological seminary, New York, in 1841. He was ordained deacon in Providence, 3 Nov., 1842, and priest, 1 Nov., 1843. While in deacon's orders he had charge of St. Stephen's church. East Haddam, Conn. In 1843 he became rector of St. Mark's church, Augusta, Me., which place he held until Easter, 1854. He then removed to Portland, and was rector of St. Luke's church from 1854 till 1867. In the latter year he became rector of St. John's church, Brooklyn, N. Y., where he served for two years. He then accepted the rectorship of Christ church, Springfield, Mass., which he held until his elevation to the episcopate. Dr. Burgess was a deputy to the general convention of the Episcopal church from 1844 till 1877, and represented the diocese of Maine, Long Island, and Massachusetts during that time. In 1877 he was president of the house of deputies. After his brother's death, in 1866, he was elected by the clergy of Maine to be the bishop, but declined to allow his name to go to the laity for confirmation. He also served on standing committees of the three dioceses just named. When the new diocese of Quincy, 111., was formed, he was chosen to be its first bishop, and was consecrated in Christ church, Springfield, Mass., 15 May, 1878. Bishop Burgess has pub- lished a memoir of his brother, the first bishop of Maine (1869) ; also sermons, addresses, etc., with Sunday - school question - books, and carols and hymns; and has been a contributor to periodical churcli literature.

BURGESS, John William, educator, b. in Cornersville, Giles co., Tenn., 26 Aug., 1844. He was educated at Cumberland university, Lebanon, Tenn., and at Amherst, where he was graduated in 1867, studied law, and was admitted to the bar at Springfield in 1869. The same year he was called to the professorship of English literature and political economy in Knox college, which he filled for two years. He then studied public law and political science for two years at Gottingen, Leipsic, and Berlin, and on his return to the United States be- came professor of history and political science at Amherst, and in 1876 of history, political science, and international law in Columbia college, New York city, and of public law and political science in the law school, the title of which chair was changed in 1878 to international and constitutional law and political science. In 1880 he became also professor of constitutional and international his- tory and law in the Columbia college school of po- litical science. "*

BURGOA, Francisco (boor-go'-ah), Mexican monk, b. in Oajaca about 1605; d. in Teozopotlan in 1681. He was a professor of theology, and a thorough scholar in the Mixteco and Zapoteco lan- guages. Burgoa was provincial of the Dominican order, and represented it at a general chapter held in Rome. Among his works are " Palestra his- torica," a history of the Dominican province of Oajaca ; " Description geografica de la America Sep- tentrional y de la Nueva Iglesia de Occidente: Situaeion Astronomica de la Provincia de Santo Domingo de Oajaca " ; and an " Itinerario de Oa- jaca ii Roma y de Oajaca a Roma."

BURGOYNE, John, British soldier, b. 24 Feb., 1723 ; d. in London, 4 Aug., 1792. He was the eldest son of John Burgoyne and Anna Maria, daughter of Charles Burneston, of Hackney, in Middlesex. The popular belief that he was a natural son of Lord Bingley is pure fiction, and had its rise in the malicious gossip of Horace Walpole. Burgoyne was educated at Westminster, and entered the army at an early age. While at Preston with his regiment, he eloped with Lady Charlotte Stanley, daughter of the eleventh earl of Derby ; and the earl, becoming reconciled to the marriage, obtained for him a captaincy in the 11th dragoons, 14 June, 1756. He was in the at- tack on Cherbourg in 1758, and also in the abor- tive attempt on St. Malo the same year ; was ap- pointed, 10 May, 1758, captain-lieutenant in the Coldstream guards, and next year was promoted to the command of the 16th dragoons, called sub- sequently " Burgoyne's light-horse." He was elect- ed to parliament in 1762, held his seat in that body continuously until his death, and took an active part in matters relating to In- dia, hence in- curring the dis- pleasure of Ju- nius, by whom he was severely criticised. He was made ma- jor-general, 25 May, 1772, ap- pointed to a command in America, ar- rived in Bos- ton, 25 May, 1775, and wit- nessed the bat- tle of Bunker Hill, of which hegaveagraph- ic description in a letter to his brother-in-law, Lord Stanley. He was commissioned, 1 Jan., 1776, lieutenant-general in America only, and took part in the operations of that year for expelling the Americans from Canada ; but in November, dissatisfied with his subordinate position under Carleton, he returned to England. In December he concerted with the British ministry a plan for the campaign of 1777. A large force under his command was to go to Albany by way of Lakes Champlain and George, while another body, under Sir Henry Clinton, advanced up the Hudson. Simultaneously, Col. Barry St. Leger was to make a diversion, by way of Oswego, on the Mohawk river. In pursuance of this plan, Burgoyne, in June, began his advance with one of the best-equipped armies that had ever left the shores of England. Proceeding up Lake Champlain, he easily forced the evacuation of Crown Point, Ticonderoga, and Fort Anne. But, instead of availing himself of the water-carriage of Lake George, at the head of which there was a direct road to Fort Edward, he advanced upon that work by land, consuming three weeks in cutting a road through the woods