Burnham

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Burnham can mean:

[edit] People

• Andrew Burnham (b 1970), British politician
• Daniel Burnham (1846-1912), American architect
• Eleanor Burnham, Welsh politician
• Forbes Burnham (1923-1985), President of Guyana
• Frederick Russell Burnham (1861-1947), D.S.O., an American who served as Lord Roberts Chief of Scouts in Southern Africa and taught Scouting to Robert Baden-Powell. Mount Burnham,^[1] California, is named in his honor
• George Burnham
• Gracia Burnham (b 1959), US missionary to the Philippines
• Henry E. Burnham
• Hugo Burnham (b 1956), rock drummer
• James Burnham (1905-1987), American political theorist
• Robert Burnham, Jr. (1931-1993), American astronomer, author of Burnham's Celestial Handbook
• Russell Adam Burnham, U.S. Army Soldier of the Year 2003 and the Great-Grandson of Frederick Russell Burnham.
• Sherburne Wesley Burnham (1838-1921), American astronomer
• Walter Dean Burnham
• Zacheus Burnham (1777-1857), farmer, judge and political figure of Upper Canada
• Hugh John Frederick Lawson, 6th Baron Burnham (1931-2005)

See also: Baron Burnham, a title in the Peerage of the UK

[edit] Places:

• Burnham (crater), on the Moon

In England:

• Burnham, Buckinghamshire
  • Burnham F.C. football team
• Burnham Beeches in Buckinghamshire
• Burnham-on-Crouch in Essex
  • Burnham Ramblers F.C. football team
• Burnham Green, Hertfordshire
• Burnham, Lincolnshire
• The Norfolk Burnhams:
  • Burnham Deepdale in Norfolk
  • Burnham Market in Norfolk
  • Burnham Norton in Norfolk
  • Burnham Overy in Norfolk
  • Burnham Thorpe in Norfolk
• Burnham-on-Sea in Somerset

In New Zealand:

• Burnham, New Zealand army base

In the United States:

• Burnham, Illinois
• Burnham, Maine
• Burnham, Pennsylvania

[edit] Footnotes

1. ↑  Mount Burnham Mapping Service. USGS. Retrieved on April 17, 2006.