| LC control no. | no 96000572 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Burns, Alan, Sir, 1887-1980 |
| Variant(s) | Burns, Alan Cuthbert, Sir, 1887-1980 Burns, A. C. (Alan Cuthbert), Sir, 1887-1980 |
| See also | Honduras. Governor (1934-1939 : Burns) Ghana. Governor (1941-1947 : Burns) |
| Associated country | England |
| Associated place | Caribbean Area Africa |
| Birth date | 1887-11-09 |
| Death date | 1980-09-29 |
| Place of birth | Basseterre (Saint Kitts and Nevis) |
| Place of death | London (England) |
| Field of activity | Great Britain--Colonies--Administration |
| Profession or occupation | Colonial administrators Governors Authors |
| Found in | Fiji, 1963: t.p. (Sir Alan Burns) OCLC database, 1/5/96 (hdg.: Burns, Alan, Sir, 1887-1980; Burns, Alan, Sir, 1887-; Burns, Alan Cuthbert, Sir, 1887-; usage: Sir Alan Burns, A.C. Burns) Address delivered by his Excellency the Governor ... on the occasion of the opening of the 1947 session of the Legislative Council on the 18th March, 1947, 1947: t.p. (Sir Alan Cuthbert Maxwell Burns) NUC Pre-1956 (Burns, Sir Alan Cuthbert, 1887- ) The British Empire Website, Sept. 10, 2015 (Sir Alan Cuthbert Maxwell Burns (b. Nov. 9, 1887, Basseterre, St. Kitts - Sept. 29, 1980, London) was a British colonial administrator and governor; in 1912 Burns became supervisor of customs in Nigeria, and served in Koko and Lagos; was colonial secretary of the Bahamas from 1924 to 1929; Governor of British Honduras, 1934-1939; Governor of the Gold Coast, 1942-1947; Burns was also a scholar-administrator, a scrupulous and hard-working official, he also delved into African history, so that his well-travelled career was marked by a number of authoritative books) <http://www.britishempire.co.uk/maproom/britishhonduras/alanmaxwellburns.htm> |
| Associated language | eng |
| Invalid LCCN | no 99029772 |
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