Burke Channel


Burke Channel (51˚55'00" 127˚53'00" Separates King I and the mainland, E of Bella Bella). Edmund Burke (1729–97), statesman, orator, author, political theorist and philosopher, was born at Dublin and educated at Trinity College. He was a Whig MP for many years, a leader of the party’s conservative faction—well known for his support of the dissident American colonies and his ardent opposition to the French Revolution. Burke published works on anarchy, aesthetics, history and politics,...

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