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Frederick Russell Burnham

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father of scouting; military scout; soldier of fortune; oil man; writer; rancher (1861–1947)

Person · Open Library

Born
1861
Died
1947
Works
2

Top works

  • Taking chances
  • Scouting on two continents

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1990-08-21
acousticcomedycomedy rockpianostandup comedyyoutube

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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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