Burckhardt Barker
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| Born | 1810 | ||||
| Died | 1856 | ||||
| Occupation | academic | ||||
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Office Notes
House Notes
The Hon. Secretary informed the Council that Mr Burckhardt Barker offers to briefly describe the circumstances and locality of his excavations at Tarsus in Cilicia in connection with his discovery of ancient Terra cottas which seem to throw a light on some ancient people: and which will be illustrated by specimens.
Notes From Elsewhere
William Burckhardt Barker (1810?–1856) was an English orientalist.
Publications
External Publications
‘Turkish Tales in English;’ ‘A Practical Grammar of the Turkish Language; with Dialogues and Vocabulary,’ London, 1854; ‘A Reading Book of the Turkish Language, with Grammar and Vocabulary,’ London, 1854; ‘Baitál Pachísí; or, Twenty-five Tales of a Demon; a new edition of the Hindí Text, with each Word expressed in the Hindústání Character immediately under the corresponding word in Nágarí, and with a perfectly literal English interlinear translation, accompanied by a free translation in English at the foot of each page, and explanatory notes,’ Hertford, 1855. This work was edited by Edward Backhouse Eastwick, to whom it was dedicated. ‘Odessa and its Inhabitants, by an English Prisoner in Russia,’ London, 1855; ‘A short Historical Account of the Crimea, from the Earliest Ages and during the Russian Occupation,’ Hertford and London, the Preface of which is dated from ‘Constantinople, 12 March, 1855.’
House Publications
On terracottas recently exhumed by him at Tarsus in Cilicia in Asia Minor. Read 17 Mar 1852 - communicated by Mr Cull
on Maori poetry - this by W.B. Baker - not him?
