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W. K. Burton
Sign in to saveAlso known as William Kinnimond Burton, William Burton
Scottish engineer and photographer (1856–1899)
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Vinony files it under 1856 births, 1899 deaths and 19th-century Scottish photographers.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 14
Top works
- The great earthquake in Japan, 1891
- Out-of-doors life in Japan
- Important new work for engineers, county and borough surveyors, and members of local authorities
- Photographic optics
- The processes of pure photography
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Family name
- Burton
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Edinburgh
- Place of death
- Tokyo
- Occupation
- engineer
- Position held
- foreign government advisor in Meiji Japan
- Field of work
- sanitary engineering
- Image
- William Kinnimond Burton.jpg
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- Commons category
- William Kinnimond Burton
- date of birth
- 1856-05-11
- date of death
- 1899-08-05
- cause of death
- liver disease
- place of burial
- Aoyama Cemetery
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Categories
1856 births1899 deaths19th-century Scottish photographersBurials at Aoyama CemeteryDeaths from liver diseaseEngineers from EdinburghForeign advisors to the government in Meiji-era JapanInfectious disease deaths in JapanPeople educated at Edinburgh Collegiate SchoolPhotography in JapanScottish civil engineersScottish Engineering Hall of Fame inducteesScottish expatriates in Japan