Thomas Burgon

(1787-1858)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Burgon, Thomas, 1787-1858 DNB: Burgon, Thomas (1787-1858), Turkey merchant LBT ID: ThBurgo1858 VIAF ID: 51245410 LOC ID: no89012905	B/BAP: 1787 DIED: 1858-08-28
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
A Turkey merchant whose business failed in 1841 following the loss of the Levant Company's monopoly; he was thereafter employed as numismatist in the British Museum.
REFERENCES TO Thomas Burgon: Lord Lyndhurst to Samuel Rogers, 16 January 1844 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Found 2: ¶ 1 ¶ 2 Clayden, Peter William, 1827-1902, Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Chapter V. 1842-44. Found 1: ¶ 55