Burg, B. R. 1938-

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Name (Latin)
Burg, B. R. 1938-
Other forms of name
Burg, B. Richard (Barry Richard), 1938-
Burg, Barry Richard, 1938-
Date of birth
1938
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
assoc. prof., hist., Ariz. St. Univ.
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 26746
Wikidata: Q113790014
Library of congress: n 82006850
HAI10: 000059815
Sources of Information
  • Information from 678 converted Dec. 17, 2014(assoc. prof., hist., Ariz. St. Univ.)
  • His Richard Mather of Dorchester, c1976.

Wikipedia description:

B. R. Burg is an American historian, professor and author. He is the author of Boys at Sea (2007), a book that examines the prevalence of homosexuality among Royal Navy mariners from about 1790 to 1820, mostly examining cases between marine officers and younger boys. He also wrote An American seafarer in the Age of Sail (1994), a biography of nineteenth-century American sailor Philip C. Van Buskirk, and is the author of Gay Warriors (1996), which documents the history of homosexuality in the military within a period of about 2,000 years.

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