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where was burton educated?
Burton's early education was provided by various tutors employed by his parents.
He first began a formal education in 1829 at a preparatory school on Richmond Green in Richmond.
Did Burton attend a University?
Burton matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford, on 19 November 1840.

Question: What did he study there?
Self-contained rewrite: What did Richard Francis Burton study at Trinity College, Oxford?