| LC control no. | n 99044354 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PS3503.U608 |
| Personal name heading | Burgess, W. Starling (William Starling), 1878-1947 |
| Variant(s) | Burgess, William Starling, 1878-1847 |
| Birth date | 18781225 |
| Death date | 19470318 |
| Place of birth | Boston (Mass.) |
| Field of activity | Naval architecture Yacht building Aeronautics Poetry |
| Profession or occupation | Naval architects Yacht designers Aeronautical engineers Inventors Poets |
| Found in | Library of Congress Manuscript Division for Chambers, W.I. Papers, 1871-1943 (W. Starling Burgess; corresp.) WWWA, v. 2 (Burgess, W[illiam] Starling; naval architect and engineer; b. 1878, d. 1947) No ordinary being, 2015: t.p. (W. Starling Burgess : inventor, naval architect, poet, avation pioneer, and master of American design) page 1 (William Starling Burgess was born in Boston on Christmas day, 1878) page 417 (died March 18th, 1947) Wikipedia, Jan. 9, 2015 (William Starling Burgess; born December 25, 1878 in Boston, Massachusetts; died March 19, 1947; one of the great, restless geniuses of American design, making his mark across an extraordinary range of fields, from aviation, naval architecture, and automotive design, to poetry, and perhaps typography. He was awarded the highest prize in aviation, the Collier Trophy in 1915, just two years after Orville Wright won it. In 1933 he partnered with Buckminster Fuller to design and build the radical Dymaxion Car. Between 1930 and 1937 he created three America's Cup-winning J-Class yachts, Enterprise, Rainbow and Ranger (the latter in partnership with Olin Stephens)) |
| Associated language | eng |
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