Burroughs
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Edgar Rice, 1875–1950, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
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John, 1837–1921, U.S. naturalist and essayist.
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William Seward, 1855–98, U.S. inventor of the adding machine.
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his grandson William S(eward), 1914–1997, U.S. novelist.
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Edgar Rice . 1875–1950, US novelist, author of the Tarzan stories
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William S ( eward ). 1914–97, US novelist, noted for his experimental works exploring themes of drug addiction, violence, and homosexuality. His novels include Junkie (1953), The Naked Lunch (1959), and Interzone (1989)
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Sadie Burroughs and Sasha Pham each hit home runs.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026
Arcadia 87, Burroughs 51: Owen Eteuati Edwards scored 23 points and had eight rebounds for Arcadia.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026
“They’re trying to find things that are high-value commodities that are easy for them to sell,” Burroughs said, pointing to egg and baby-formula burglaries during shortages in recent years.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025
His specialty was portraits, many of them of well-known figures from the overlapping artistic-intellectual circles of which he was a part: William Burroughs, Fran Lebowitz and Susan Sontag, to name a few.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
“What was he doing at the John Burroughs lodge?”
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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