About Eliza Boardman Burnz
Lived 1823 – 1903 (aged 79). Eliza Boardman Burnz was a British inventor, librarian, promoter and language teacher.
Eliza Boardman Burnz (31 October 1823 - 19 June 1903) was a nineteenth century American shorthand inventor and promoter. Her simplified alphabet, arranged in the basis of Isaac Pitman's Phonography, was the subject of Mark Twain's essay A Simplified Alphabet.
Biography She was born Eliza Boardman in Essex, England; her parents were John Boardman and Anna Thomason.
Burnz died 19 June 1903 at Walters Park Sanitarium near Reading, Pennsylvania.
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Who was Eliza Boardman Burnz?
shorthand inventor and promoter
When was Eliza Boardman Burnz born?
Eliza Boardman Burnz was born on 31 October 1823 in Essex.
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Eliza Boardman Burnz died on 19 June 1903 in Reading.
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Eliza Boardman Burnz was an inventor, librarian, promoter and language teacher.
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Eliza Boardman Burnz was British.
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