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George Lincoln Burr
George Lincoln Burr (January 30, 1857 – June 27, 1938) was a U.S. historian, diplomat, author, and educator, best known as a Professor of History and Librarian at Cornell University, and as the closest collaborator of Andrew Dickson White, the first President of Cornell.
Burr was born in Albany, New York and entered the Cortland Academy in 1869, where he first met Andrew Dickson White, who was guest speaker for its 50th anniversary. The financial Panic of 1873 wreaked havoc
, and in whose name an annual lecture is given at NYU
- George Matthew Dutcher – Professor of History at Wesleyan University
- George H. Sabine – Professor of History, Ohio State University
- Edward M. Hulme – Professor of History, Stanford University 1921–1937, and author of two books (see below) which explicitly state they are based on outlines "printed but not published" by George Lincoln Burr
Burr married Cornell graduate Mattie Alexander Martin in August 1907. She died after giving birth in January 1909, as