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Type of entity
Person
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Burton, Jean
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Description area
Dates of existence
1905-1952
History
Jean Burton was born in Saskatchewan and majored in history at the University of British Columbia, completing her B.A. in 1924 at the age of nineteen. In 1928 she took her M.A. in economics at the University of Alberta. From an early age Burton was interested in writing, at first short stories in magazines, then later two plays, Left Turn and Prelude (1933). In 1941, Burton wrote her first biography, "Sir Richard Burton's Wife", started her upon her non-fiction writing career.