George Borrow

Person · Open Library

Born

1803

Died

1881

Works

146

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United Kingdom

Active from

1685-02-23

Active to

1759-04-14

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

1

Total plays

16

George Henry Borrow (5 July 1803 – 26 July 1881) was an English author who wrote novels and travelogues based on his experiences traveling around Europe. Over the course of his wanderings, he developed a close affinity with the Romani people of Europe, who figure prominently in his work. His best known books are The Bible in Spain, the autobiographical Lavengro, and The Romany Rye, about his time with the English Romanichal (gypsies). Borrow was born at East Dereham <a href="https://www.last.fm

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. A short history of<i>SHELX</i>

   · 2007 · cited 79,666x

2. Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test

   · 1997 · cited 47,801x

3. Crystal structure refinement with<i>SHELXL</i>

   · 2015 · cited 40,112x

4. <i>SHELXT</i>– Integrated space-group and crystal-structure determination

   · 2015 · cited 26,991x

5. A new and rapid colorimetric determination of acetylcholinesterase activity

   · 1961 · cited 23,021x

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Quotes

• “The author of Amelia, the most singular genius which their island ever produced, whose works it has long been the fashion to abuse in public and to read in secret.”
• “There is a peculiarity in the countenance, as everybody knows, which, though it cannot be described, is sure to betray the Englishman.”
• “Sherry...a silly, sickly compound, the use of which will transform a nation, however bold and warlike by nature, into a race of sketchers, scribblers, and punsters, in fact into what Englishmen are at the present day.”
• “There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.”
• “Smoking has a sedative effect upon the nerves, and enables a man to bear the sorrows of this life (of which every one has his share) not only decently, but dignifiedly.”
• “If you must commit suicide – and there is no knowing to what people may be brought – always contrive to do it as decorously as possible; the decencies, whether of life or of death, should never be lost sight of.”

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Wikidata facts

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George Borrow by Henry Wyndham Phillips.jpg

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