Burges, George, 1785 or 1786-1864 (Personal Name)

The son of Erin, 1823: t.p. (George Burges, A.M., Trinity College, Cambridge)

His Unrestrained machinery must ere long be the ruin of the country, 1834: caption t.p. (George Burges, Esquire, M.A.)

LC PREMARC (hdg.: Burges, George, 1786?-1864)

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, viewed February 12, 2020 : Burges, George (Classical scholar. Born in a remote station in Bengal in 1785 or 1786. Graduated Trinity College, Cambridge: BA in 1807 and MA in 1810. In addition to literary pursuits he wrote a series of papers called "Hungry Handless," to show the social evils of excessive machinery. Died at Ramsgate, on January 11, 1864, aged 78. He has sometimes been confused with the Rev. George Burges [d. 1853] of St John's College, Cambridge, the author of numerous polemical works.) https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/3968