Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Edmund Burt also known as Edward Burt (died 4 January 1755) was a Scottish military figure, engineer and author.He was the author of the Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland, largely quoted by Sir Walter Scott and Macaulay. He has been variously described as an engineer officer who served with General Wade in Scotland in 1724–8, as an army contractor, and an illiterate hack-writer, who ended his days in dire distress.. }
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- Edmund_Burt comment "Edmund Burt also known as Edward Burt (died 4 January 1755) was a Scottish military figure, engineer and author.He was the author of the Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland, largely quoted by Sir Walter Scott and Macaulay. He has been variously described as an engineer officer who served with General Wade in Scotland in 1724–8, as an army contractor, and an illiterate hack-writer, who ended his days in dire distress.".