Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-01-12
Or. HORACE BURR DEAD.
A Man OF Linguistic Attainments, who
Translated Old swedish Records - Was
Prominent In the Episcopal Church.

A Man of Linguistic Attainments, who
Translated Old swedish Records - Was
Prominent In the Episcopal Church.
DIR. Horace Burr died at his resi-
dance, Sunnyside. on the New Castle
road, at $50 O'Clock on Tuesday, of
pneumonia, after an illness of 10 days.
The doctor's residence overlooks the
Delaware River and is within few
hundred yards of the site of Crane Hook
Church, which was selected by the
Swedes, whose history DIR. Burr has
written.
DIR. Horace Burr was born December
18th, 1917, at Haddam, Conn.,, and was
n son of Noah p. Burr and Rebecca
Bulkeley. Through his mother he was
descended from the Rev. Petor Bulkeley,
the founder Of Concord, Mass.
In his 18th year DIR. Burr began
teaching school, and at the same timo
pursued thorough course Of self
Instruction in mathematics and tho
natural sciences, and began life long
devotion to philology and the acquisi-
tion of the modern languages and
dialects of Europe. He taught in Con-
nectiout, New Jersey and Delaware
until 81 years of age, when he began
the study of medicine, and graduated
from the Medical Department of Yale
College in February, 1912. He imme-
diately began practice at sWestbrook,
| Conn, and soon acquired large prac-
tice extending over the greater part of
| Middlesex and portions of the adioin-
ing counties, and won very consider
| able reputation.
| At the age Of 81 years, finding that
his practice had outgrown his strength,
and having tried in vain to curtail it,
he was compelled to relinquish it alto
gether, and removed to this city, where,
after his health was somewhat i'm
| proved, he resumed practice.
DIR. Burr has always held that literary
4 pursuits and work outside of ones pro
fession, if properly pursued, did not
detract from usefulness and thorough
ness in it, and has always had some
work in hand as Ii recreation and men
tai stimulus. In this way he has
acquired a more or less thorough
knowledge of French, italian, Spanish,
Portuguese, German, Anglo-S Saxon,
Dutch, Low Dutch, Swedish, Danish,
Icelandic and Russian, and many Of
the dialects, and has given special,
attention to comparative grammar ano
the science of language.
He has unique and valuable library
of most OF the classics of the European
languages, especially of poetry, ane
which library he will leave by will tc
Trinity College, Hartford, Conn.
| DIR. Burr's linguistic attachments art
shown most strikingly in his transla
tion of the Historical Records Of thu
Swedes of New jersey" for the Penn
History Of Trinity Parish, Whining
ton, from the Landing Of the Swede
in 1888 to the Present Time,' yet un
published, and in "The Records o
/ Holy Trinity told Swedes) Church
1697-1773, published in 1890. He ha
. also published various monographs ol
natural history and addresses, medica
, and otherwise. One of his addresse
, was to the candidates for the degre
, of Doctor in Medicine at Yale College
January 18th, 1864. In 1891, he deliv
! cred an address before the Churcl
, Club on ''The Duty of the Church il
( the Relation of Capital to Labor" II
J contributed u chapter concerning tn
| Swedes to book published at tn
J Worlds Fair, Chicago.
. In religion DIR. Burr was an Episeo
' palian. For more than q quarter OF
century he was vestryman of Trinit
a parish OF which Old Swedes Church /
{ o part and for many years has bee
) senior warden of the vestry. He ha
Q been member of the standing con
mittee of the Diocese of Delaware fc
1 nearlya score of years, had attende
4 numerous diocesan conventions an
o several times represented the diocese 9
4 the trienniai conventions of the Episcc
O pal Church. He was a member of tt
n Church Club OF Delaware.
n DIR. Burr was also a member of til
d Historical Society of Delaware and W;
/, for u time, it's historiographer.
Il On December 18th, 1917, DR.. Blu,
,f married Louisa N. Hungerford, d
o scendant of an old English family, rel
q resentatives of which came to tn
q country at an early period of its deve
a opment and settled in New Englan,
e The following children were the resu
d of this union: Mrs. Ellen Tatnal
% widow Of Joseph Tatnall; Mary az
z Clara, unmarried; Anna, deceaset
ia LILLIAN, deceased, who married Jof
a Ponder, son of the late exGoy Pc,
d der; DR.. William Huneerford Burr
II Philadelphia; Mrs. John Woodfoi
70 Shepard of Brooklyn, and Mrs. Alfr'
r. r. Jones of this city. There are nil
s. grandchildren.
le On January 18th, 1898, Dr.. Bu
married Miss Miriam Moore of Ne
m Castle county, who survives him.