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Henry Burton

1799 – 1849

English physician

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Lived 1799 – 1849 (aged 50). Henry Burton was a physician and chemist.

Henry Burton (27 February 1799 – 10 August 1849) was a British physician and chemist, who identified that blue discolouration of gums, the eponymous Burton line, was a symptom of lead poisoning.

Family Henry Burton was a son of the pre-eminent London property developer James Burton and Elizabeth Westley (1761 – 1837). He was a brother of the gunpowder-manufacturer William Ford Burton, of the Egyptologist, James Burton, and of the architect Decimus Burton. Henry was descended from John Haliburton (1573–1627), from whom Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet traced maternal descent. and thereby of the Canada First founder Robert Grant Haliburton and the civil servant Arthur Lawrence Haliburton, 1st Baron Haliburton. and at St Bartholomew's Hospital.

In September 1825, he became Professor of Chemistry at St Thomas' Hospital,

Marriage Henry Burton married Mary Elizabeth, who was the daughter of William Poulton of Maidenhead, at St. George's, Bloomsbury, in 1826. She died in 1829, without issue, and Henry did not remarry. Henry lived at 41 Jermyn Street, London, and 58 Marina, St. Leonard's-on-Sea.

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Gonville and Caius College, Tonbridge School, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, St Bartholomew's Hospital
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Frequently asked questions

Who was Henry Burton?

English physician

When was Henry Burton born?

Henry Burton was born on 27 February 1799.

When did Henry Burton die?

Henry Burton died on 10 August 1849.

What was Henry Burton's occupation?

Henry Burton was a physician and chemist.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Henry Burton

· Wikidata: Q5718918

· DBpedia: Henry Burton (physician)

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