Background
Burgess, Thornton Waldo was born on January 14, 1874 in Sandwich, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Thornton Waldo and Caroline F. (Hayward) Burgess.
Burgess, Thornton Waldo was born on January 14, 1874 in Sandwich, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Thornton Waldo and Caroline F. (Hayward) Burgess.
Education high school, Sandwich, and business college, Boston. Honorary Doctor of Letters, Northeastern University, 1938.
1 son, Thornton West.; married second, Fannie P. Johnson, April 30, 1911. Editorial staff, Phelps Public Company, and Orange Judd Company, 1895-1911. Literature and household editor, Orange Judd weeklies, 1901-1911.
Associate editor, Good Housekeeping, 1904-1911.
Founder and director Burgess Radio Nature League. Author: The Bride’s Primer, 1905.
Old Mother West Wind Series, 8 volumes, 1910-1918. Bedtime Story-Books, 2 volumes, 1913-1919.
The Old Briar-patch, 1947.
Along Laughing Brook, 1949. Baby Animal Stories, 1949. Nature Almanac, 1949.
At Paddy the Beaver’s Pond, 1950.
Aunt Sally’s Friends in Fur, 1955. Stories Around the Year, 1955.
Read Aloud Peter Rabbit Stories, 1958. Also Burgess Bedtime Stories, in the daily press, United States and Canada Autoibography: Now I Remember, 1960.
The Animal World of Thornton Burgess, 1961.
Contributor to magazines Home: Hampden, Massachusetts
Married Nina East. Osborne, June 30, 1905. Married second, Fannie P. Johnson, April.