| LC control no. | n 80003968 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Burke, Thomas, approximately 1747-1783 |
| Variant(s) | Burke, Thomas, ca. 1747-1783 |
| See also | North Carolina. Governor (1781-1782 : Burke) |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Orange County (N.C.) |
| Birth date | 1747~ |
| Death date | 1783-12-02 |
| Place of birth | Galway (Ireland) |
| Place of death | Orange County (N.C.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Continental Congress North Carolina. Governor |
| Profession or occupation | Poets Governors |
| Found in | His Poems of Governor Thomas Burke of North Carolina, 1961. Dictionary of North Carolina biography, c1979-c1996 (Burke, Thomas; b. ca. 1744, Ireland, d. Dec. 2, 1783; governor of North Carolina and poet) Biographical directory of the United States Congress web page, viewed June 11, 2014: (Burke, Thomas ... born in Galway Ireland, about 1747 ... Member of the Continental Congress from 1777 to 1781, when he became the third Governor of North Carolina ... served until April 22, 1782; died at "Tyaquin," near Hillsboro, Orange County, N.C., December 2, 1783; interment in Mars Hill Churchyard, near Hillsboro, N.C.) <http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001098> |
| Associated language | eng |
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