The New International Encyclopædia/Burger, Johann

BURGER, bōōr'gẽr, (1829-). A Swiss engraver, born at Burg, in the Canton of Aargau. He was a pupil of Suter at Zofingen, and from 1850 to 1856 of Thäter at the Munich Academy, and engraved as his first plate &ldquo;The Stoning of Saint Stephen,&rdquo; after Schraudolph. His further works include &ldquo;Lady Macbeth&rdquo; (1858), after Cornelius; three plates illustrating scenes from the life of Saint Bonifacius, after Hess; and &ldquo;Aurora&rdquo; (1887), after Guido Reni.