Ken Burns

Person · Open Library

Born

29 Jul 1953

Works

46

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Female

Origin

United States

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

3,666

Total plays

38,827

Ken Burns was a short lived project based out of Boston, MA that lasted between the end of 2012 and the beginning of 2015. Having played fewer than ten shows in that span of time, KB focused most of its final year crafting what would be the last three songs we’ve written and recorded. While the inspiration behind these songs are a part of the past, the bonds between the people we’ve been surrounded by will continue to grow. Just as the seasons change, so do we. <a href="https://www.last.fm/musi

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome

   · 2001 · cited 18,616x

2. A global reference for human genetic variation

   · 2015 · cited 17,786x

3. Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

   · 2020 · cited 15,964x

4. Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

   · 2018 · cited 10,996x

5. Light-emitting diodes based on conjugated polymers

   · 1990 · cited 10,493x

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Quotes

• “One would think that making a film is an ; you're building this—it's not, it's . The best metaphor I know of is we make in [] and it takes forty gallons of sap to make one gallon of maple syrup. And that's what the process is.”
• “I think this is the greatest threat to our republic ever. Not the Depression, not World War II, not the Civil War. This is it … This moment of all these intersecting viruses, of novel coronaviruses and of racial injustice — [a] 402-year-old-virus. And it’s an age-old human virus of lying and misinformation and paranoia and conspiracy. This is the pill that will kill us unless we do something.”
• “Being an American means reckoning with a history fraught with violence and injustice. Ignoring that reality in favor of mythology is not only wrong but also dangerous. The dark chapters of American history have just as much to teach us, if not more, than the glorious ones, and often the two are intertwined.”

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Key facts

Born

Kenneth Lauren Burns , ( 1953-07-29 ) July 29, 1953 (age 72) , Brooklyn , New York, U.S.

Alma mater

Hampshire College ( BA )

Occupation

Filmmaker

Years active

1970–present

Notable work

The Civil War (1990) Baseball (1994) Jazz (2001) The National Parks (2009) The Roosevelts (2014) The Vietnam War (2017) Country Music (2019) The American Revolution (2025)

Spouses

Amy Stechler Burns ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1982 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1993 ) ​ Julie Deborah Brown ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2003 ) ​

Children

4, including Sarah and Lilly Burns

Relatives

Ric Burns (brother)

Website

kenburns .com

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