Author:Edmund Burke
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Anglo-Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist, and philosopher; served for many years in the British House of Commons as a member of the Whig party. Mainly remembered for his support of the American colonies in the dispute with King George III and Great Britain that led to the American Revolution and for his strong opposition to the French Revolution
Works[edit]
- A Vindication of Natural Society (1756)
- An Account of the European Settlements in America (1757), with William Burke
- "Need of Relieving Georgia", extract edited by Albert Bushnell Hart in American History Told by Contemporaries (1897)
- A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful (1757)
- Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents (1770)
- Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)
- An Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs (1791)
- Thoughts on French Affairs (1791)
- A Letter to a Noble Lord (1796)
- Letters on a Regicide Peace (1796)
- Letters on the Trade of Ireland, the Penal Laws
- Letter to Sir Hercules Langrishe
Speeches[edit]
- "Speech at his Arrival at Bristol" (1774)
- "Speech to the Electors of Bristol" (1774)
- "On Conciliation with America" (1775)
- "Address to the British Colonists in North America" (1777)
- "Principles in Politics" (1780) in The World's Famous Orations, vol. 6
- "At the Trial of Warren Hastings" (1788) in The World's Famous Orations, vol. 6
Works about Burke[edit]
- "Burke, Edmund (statesman)," in Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, New York: D. Appleton and Co. (1900)
- "Burke, Edmund," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
- "Burke, Edmund," in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (1875–1889)
- "Burke, Edmund," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "Burke, Edmund," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)
- "Burke, Edmund," in A Compendium of Irish Biography (pp. 43−49), by Alfred Webb, Dublin: M. H. Gill & Son (1878)
- "Burke, Edmund (1729-1797)," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
- "Burke, Edmund," in Dictionary of Indian Biography (pp. 61−62), by C. E. Buckland, London: Swan Sonnenschein (1906)
Works by this author published before January 1, 1927 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.