Background
BURGIN, Georgia B. was born on January 15, 1856 in Croydon. Son of late Joseph Burgin, Barrister.
BURGIN, Georgia B. was born on January 15, 1856 in Croydon. Son of late Joseph Burgin, Barrister.
Studied at Tottefidge Park Public School.
Private Secretary to Baker Paslia, and accompanied him to Asia Minor as Secretary of Reform Commission in Armenia. Returned to England 1885. Sub-editor of The Idler to 1899.
Novelist, critic, and journalist. Senior Honorary Secretary of New Vagabond Club, and Secretary of the Authors’ Club, 1905-1908.
Clubs: Yorick, New Vagabonds’, Whitefriars’.
Spouse 1893, Georgina Benington, daughter of well-known Quaker.