Frederick Russell Burnham

Person · Open Library

Born

1861

Died

1947

Works

2

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1990-08-21

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Biodiversity hotspots for conservation priorities

   · 2000 · cited 23,011x

2. A New Equation to Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate

   · 2009 · cited 22,568x

3. A simple method for displaying the hydropathic character of a protein

   · 1982 · cited 18,691x

4. A global reference for human genetic variation

   · 2015 · cited 17,776x

5. Atherosclerosis — An Inflammatory Disease

   · 1999 · cited 17,124x

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Quotes

• “There is nothing that sharpens a man's senses so acutely as to know that bitter and determined enemies are in pursuit of him night and day.”
• “Under the administration of Rhodes, there were the fewest laws, the widest freedom, the least crime, and the turest justice, that I have ever seen in any part of the world.”
• “As far as we can look back into history, the downfall of any nation can be traced from the moment that nation became timid about spending its best blood.”
• “I am more afraid of an army of a hundred sheep led by a lion than an army of a hundred lions led by a sheep.”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Russell

Family name

Burnham

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Blue Earth County

Place of death

Santa Barbara

Occupation

soldier

Languages spoken

English language

Field of work

nature conservation

Military branch

British Army

Military rank

Major

Image

Burnham 1902 loc collection.jpg

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