Look up Burgher or burgher in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Burgher may refer to: Burgher (social class), a medieval, early modern European title of...

Burgher people, also known simply as Burghers, are a small Eurasian ethnic group in Sri Lanka descended from Portuguese, Dutch, British and other Europeans...

The Burghers of Calais (French: Les Bourgeois de Calais) is a sculpture by Auguste Rodin in twelve original castings and numerous copies. It commemorates...

of arms by burghers and artisans began during the 13th century and in the 14th century some peasants took to using arms. The arms of burghers bore a far...

Portuguese Burgher women centuries ago, hence resulting in Burghers with Dutch surnames (e.g., Barthelot) who speak Portuguese Creole. The Dutch Burghers largely...

East India Company (VOC) and had become full citizens (burghers). The introduction of Free Burghers to the Dutch Cape Colony is regarded as the beginning...

required to swear on taking office. The burghers' position was in opposition to the seceders and Anti-Burghers. The Rescissory Act 1661 stated that all...

A burgher was a rank or title of a privileged citizen of medieval towns in early modern Europe. Burghers formed the pool from which city officials could...

Portuguese Burghers sometimes mixed with but are to be distinguished from other Burgher people, such as Dutch Burghers. The Portuguese Burghers are largely...

legally coequal "burghers" started to split into three different groups: hereditary grand-burghers, ordinary burghers termed petty-burghers (German Kleinbürger...

Michelle Burgher (born 12 March 1977 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a track and field athlete, competing internationally for Jamaica. She was a bronze medalist...

wealth bourgeoisie. (See also Burgher (title)). In South Africa, the word has its origins from the term free burghers. After the establishment of the...

Michael Burghers (b. c.1647/8 – 1727) was a Dutch illustrator and artist of the 17th century, who spent most of his career in England. He was commissioned...

(Burghers) Eventually both the Burghers and Anti-Burghers had further splits, the Burghers in 1798 and the Anti-Burghers in 1806. Both factions formed...

ancient city-states, giving rise to a civitas and the social class of the burgher or bourgeoisie. Since then states have expanded the status of citizenship...

season, the Burghers finished in 6th place with a 60–68 record. Hall Of Fame first baseman Jake Beckley was a powerhouse slugger for the Burghers. He hit...

Kelaart - Australian-born Sri Lankan footballer. List of Sri Lankans "About the Burghers". Burgher Association (Australia). Retrieved 12 December 2011....

for such sculptures as The Thinker, Monument to Balzac, The Kiss, The Burghers of Calais, and The Gates of Hell. Many of Rodin's most notable sculptures...

Lennox G. Burgher (born 17 March 1946) is a Jamaican athlete. He competed in the men's triple jump at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde...

President of the Republic of Swellendam. The burghers of Swellendam started to call themselves "national burghers" – after the style of the French Revolution...

The Catholic Burgher Union is an organisation of Portuguese Burghers (persons of mixed Portuguese and Sri Lankan descent) in the town of Batticaloa, Sri...

Christiania Burgher School (Christiania Borger- og Realskole or Christiania Borgerskole, commonly known as Borgerskolen) was a private middle school in...

burghers, except leaders, who took an oath of neutrality and returned quietly to their homes. It is estimated that between 12,000 and 14,000 burghers...

history. Other long-established groups include the Moors, Indian Tamils, Burghers, Malays, Chinese, and Vedda. Sri Lanka's documented history goes back 3...

limited; voting was limited to officials, property owners, leaseholders and burghers of incorporated towns. Norway remained a conservative society. Life in...

Burgher Recreation Club is a first-class cricket and hockey club based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The club was founded on 26 December 1896 known as the Bambalapitya...

Lankan 5 rupee stamp. Catholic Burgher Union List of Burgher people Senanayake, Maheen (24 December 2011). "The Dutch Burghers of Ceylon: The Quest to retain...

Boere ([ˈbuːrə]) are the descendants of the proto Afrikaans-speaking Free Burghers of the eastern Cape frontier in Southern Africa during the 17th, 18th,...

"1914 Fitchburg Burghers/Manchester Textiles minor league baseball Roster on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com. "1914 Fitchburg Burghers/Manchester Textiles...

school was also attended by the children of the indigenes and the Free Burghers. The Dutch language was taught at schools as the main medium for commercial...