| LC control no. | no2018072929 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Burgess, Harry, 1872-1933 |
| Variant(s) | Burgess, H. (Harry), 1872-1933 |
| See also | Chief executive of: Canal Zone. Governor (1928-1932 : Burgess) |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Canal Zone |
| Birth date | 1872-02-22 |
| Death date | 1933-03-18 |
| Place of birth | Starkville (Miss.) |
| Place of death | Hot Springs (Ark.) |
| Field of activity | Civil engineering Canal Zone--Politics and government |
| Affiliation | United States. Army. Corps of Engineers |
| Profession or occupation | Civil engineers Governors |
| Found in | List of governors of the Panama Canal Zone, via Wikipedia, May 30, 2018 (Harry Burgess; took office 16 October 1928; left office 20 October 1932) Wikipedia, May 30, 2018: Harry Burgess (governor) (Harry Burgess (February 22, 1872-March 18, 1933) was governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1928 to 1932; born Starkville, Mississippi; died Hot Springs, Arkansas; graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1895, and was commissioned in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He served as the Panama Canal maintenance engineer 1924-1928) Canal de Panamá website, May 30, 2018: About ACP > Canal history > Governors and administrators > Harry Burgess (Harry Burgess, 1928-1932; born in Starkville, Mississippi, on February 22, 1872; he was a student of the Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical School from 1888 to 1891, then graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1895. He was an instructor in engineering in the U.S. Military Academy from 1898 to 1900, then served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers advancing in rank to colonel on July 1, 1920. He was in charge of surveys and design of Muscle Shoals power development and Panama Canal maintenance engineer from 1924 to 1928; was appointed Governor of the Panama Canal Zone in October 1928, and served in that position until 1932; death on March 18, 1933) <http://www.pancanal.com/eng/history/biographies/burgess.html> OCLC, May 30, 2018 (access points: Burgess, H.; Burgess, Harry; Burgess, Harry, 1872- ; Burgess, Harry, 1872-1933; usage: H. Burgess; Harry Burgess; Major H. Burgess; Maj. H. Burgess; H. Burgess, Colonel, C.E., Engineer, Eighth Corps Area; Liet. Colonel Harry Burgess, Corps. of Engineers; Lieut. Colonel Harry Burgess, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army; Major Harry Burgess, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army) |
| Associated language | eng |
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