Thomas William Burgess

1872 - 1950  (78 years)

• Name	Thomas William Burgess
  Birth	15 Jun 1872	Lyndhurst Place, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	02 Jul 1950	Levallois-Perret, France
  Person ID	I56	Davenham Cheshire
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2009

  
  

  Father	Alfred Burgess,   b. 3 Feb 1851, Youlgreave, Derbyshire, England d. 03 Aug 1936, Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester, Dorset, England (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Camilla Ann Peat,   b. 10 Apr 1847, Harthill, Anston, Yorkshire, England d. 23 Mar 1928, Southdean gardens, Southfields, London (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	14 Nov 1871	Rotherham, Yorkshire, England
  Family ID	F12	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anne Rosalie Mioux,   b. 05 Feb 1867, Champier, Isère, France d. 08 Nov 1916, Paris (17ième), France (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	05 Aug 1893	Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
  Children	+ 1. Georges Burgess,   b. 28 Jul 1896, Paris (14ième), France d. 16 Jun 1934, Aulnay-Sous-Bois, France (Age 37 years)   2. Camilla Anna Burgess,   b. 18 Jan 1907, Levallois-Perret, Paris, France d. 17 Apr 1917, Paris (18th), France (Age 10 years)
  Family ID	F404	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2010

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 15 Jun 1872 - Lyndhurst Place, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  He was the second person to swim the English channel on September 7th 1911at the twelfth attempt. There was 36 years between Captain Matthew Webb first swam the channel and in that time there 70 unsuccessful attempts. It was another 12years before the third successful attempt. Burgess swam from St. Margaret's bay near Dover to Le Chatelet east of Cap Gris Nez. It took him 22 hours and 30 minutes. He was heavily bearded, standing over 6 ft tall and weighed 15 stone. Burgess had been making attempts year by year since 1904. His unsuccessful attempt in1908 stood as a record of Channel endurance for more than 20 years. He received the congratulations of the King and the recognition of the entire country. He has abronze bust in Sheffield Road baths Rotherham. He moved to France after channel swim to coach: he helped Gertrude Erdele to become the first womanto swim the channel on the 6th of August 1926, and advised Edward Temme the first person to swim the channel in both directions.