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The Major Burton Biographies
Because I see little value in differentiating the two, this list includes biographies of both Richard and Isabel Burton, individual and joint. I have also limited this list to standalone, full-length biographies, skipping the many works which focus only partially on Burton and the various encyclopedia-type entries.
Richard f burton biography
Some of these alternate biographies contain material of interest and will be listed in a separate, forthcoming effort.
Autobiographical Sketch
Richard F. Burton, 1852
Autobiographical material from Burton is rare, so it is interesting that the earliest contribution to published Burton biography is from Burton himself.
In this “postscript” to Falconry in the Valley of the Indus, Burton went into some detail about his life and then approximately ten year military career. Nearly everything we know about his service in India is wrapped up in these 18 slim pages, and much stew has been made from these small oysters, particularly b