Comprises: (1) Robert Burness, "From Moscow to Mukden", [1910s?]; (2) Letters to F. Hilton about R. Burness from E. E. Sabben-Clare (University Registry, Oxford) and R. C. Watt (Fettes College, Edinburgh) (3, 1972).
Robert Burness papers
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- ReferenceGB 206 LRA/MS 1434
- Dates of Creation1910-1972
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description139 ff. manuscript and typescript
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Administrative / Biographical History
Robert Burness (1873-1927) was born in Edinburgh. Educated at the University of Edinburgh, he then went on to Merton College, University of Oxford. Burness settled in St. Petersburg in the early 1900s. He taught and travelled in Russia before the First World War. He was the English tutor of Vladmir Nabokov.
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The gift of David Collins, June 1998
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In English
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