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* BURR. 710 BURRITT. mission in ISOGO". He is l^nown chiefly as a student of the history of superstition. His works include The Literature of ^yitchcraft (1890) and The Fate of Dietrich Flade ( 1891 ) . BTJBR, Theodosia ( 178;M81.3). The daughter of Aaron Burr, famous for her beauty, her ac- complishments, and for her devotion to her father. She was born in New York City; was carefully educated by her father, showing con- siderable precocity, especially in linguistic studies; and after her mother's death, in 1704. until 1801 was mistress nf her father's house- hold. In 1801 she married .Joseph Alston, a wealthy South Carolina planter, who subse- quently was elected to the Governorship of the State. She did much to arouse a feeling of sympathy for her father at the time of his trial for treason as well as thereafter. In 1812 she started from Charleston in the pilot-boat Patriot for New York, but the vessel was caught in a storm and was probably wrecked off Cape Hat- teras, though its fate was never definitely ascer- tained. A tradition of uncertain origin makes the Patriot to have been taken by pirates and all those on board put to death. BURR, William Hubebt (1851 — ). An American civil engineer, bom at Watertown, Conn. He received his education and profes- sional training at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and, after several years' engineering practice, was appointed professor of mechanics at the Institute. In 1884 he resigned the pro- fessorship to become assistant engineer to the I'httnix Bridge Company; subsequently he was appointed general manager to this company, and in 1801 was made vice-president of a company of contracting engineers. In the following year he accepted the professorship of engineering at Harvard, and early in 1803 a similar posi- tion at Columbia University, in New Y'ork. The duties of his chair, however, did not pre- vent him from continuing his practice of engineering, and he repeatedly rendered im- portant services to the city of New York, as well as to the national Government. After 1893 he acted as consulting engineer to several city de- partments of New Y'ork, and in 1900 was awarded the first place in the competition for the proposed Memorial Bridge across the Poto- mac. His published works include the follow- ing: Stresses in Bridge and Roof Trusses, Arched Ribs, and Suspension liridges (1879); The Theory of the Masonry Arch (1881); and The Elasticity and Resistance of the Materials of Engineering (1883). BUR'RAGE, Hexry Swef.tser (1837—). An American Baptist minister and author. He was horn at Fitchburg, Mass., and was educated at Brown University, Newton Theological Institu- tion, and at the "University of Halle, Germany. He served in the Thirty-sixth Massachusetts Vol- unteers from 1802 to' 18fi.5, and was brevetted major at the close of the war. In 1873 he became editor of Zion's Adroeatr. Besides several reviews and historical papers and his edition of the works Brown University in the Ciril War (18C8) and Rosier's Relation of Waymnutft's Voyage (1887), his publications include The Act of Baptism in the History of the Christian Church (1870); History of the Anabaptists in Smitzerland (1883); Baptist Hymn -Writers and Their H limns (1S88) ; History of the Baptists in ew England (1894). BUR'RARD IN1.ET. An arm of the (!ulf of Georgia in southwest British Columbia. It is nine miles long; its shores, backed by the snow-capped Cascade and Olympic mountains, and covered with forests of cedars, spruces, firs, and pines, abounding in game, are a favorite resort of sportsmen. The waters of the inlet abound in unique specimens of marine biology and also afl'ord good fishing and bathing. Van- couver, the western terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railway, is situated on its north shore. BUR'RELL, David .James (1844—). An Ameriiaa clergyman and author. He was born at Jlount Pleasant, Pa., and graduated at Yale in 1807, and the Union Theological Seminary in 1870. After being engaged in mission work at Chicago for four years, he successively held pastorates in the Second Presbyterian Church, Dubuque, la. (1870-77); Westminster Church, Minneapolis (1887-01); and the Marble Colle- giate Church. New' York (founded in 1028. and the oldest church on the continent). The follow- ing are a few of his most important woi'ks: The Religions of the World; Hints and Helps (3 vols, on Bible studies) ; The (lospel of (,'lnd- ness ; The Early Church; The Religion of the Future. BURRIANA, boor're-ii'na. A town of Spain, in the Province of CastellOn, about 8 miles south of the town of that name, situated in a fer- tile plateau on the left bank of the Rio Seco, about 1 mile from its mouth in the Mediter- ranean (Map: Spain. E 2). Its inhabitants are chiefly engaged in agriculture and fishing, though a considerable trade in wine. oil. and fruit is carried on. Population, in 1897, 11,700. BUR'RILLVILLE. A town in Providence County, R. I., 23 miles northwest of Providence, on the New Y'ork. New Haven and Hartford Railroad. It is noted principally for manufac- tures of woolen goods. Wallum Lake, a sum- mer resort, popular for its fishing and fine scen- ery, is a noteworthy attraction of'the town. The government is administered by a town council, annuallv elected. Population, in 1890, ,5492; in 1900, 0317. BUR'RITT, Eliiiu (1811-79). . American philanthropist and linguist. He was born at New Britain, Conn., and first followed the oc- cupation of blacksmith, which f.act. together with his extraordinary aptitude for languages and his marvelously rapid mastery of thcni. gained for him the title of the 'Learned Blacksmith.' During a visit abroad in 1840-47 he was grc;itly touched by tlic suffering of the Irish peasantry in the awful famine of that year. His diary of a tour through Ireland, at this tinu% for the pur- pose of relieving the destitution and misery, is one of the most graphic and touching descrip- tions of human suffering ever |)ul>lished. In 1848 he organized the first international congress of Friends of Peac{>, which ciinvcncd in Brus- sels in September of that year, and which was followed in 184!) by a second 'Peace Congress' in Paris, presided over by Victor Hiigo. Burritt next lectured throughout the I'nion, and then returned to Europe to attend the peace con- gresses in Frankfort-on-the-Afain (IS.'iO), Ixm- don (1851), Manchester (18.52), and Edinburgh (1853). His conceptions of universal brother- hood and international arliitration received a rude shock i|)oii the outbrc:k of the Crimean