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Life Summary

Name	George Burnett Barton
Born	9 December, 1836 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	12 September, 1901 (aged 64) Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	influenza
Cultural Heritage	English Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Barton, Margaret Isabella (wife) Barton, Laura Maude (wife) Barton, Annie Wilding (daughter-in-law) Barton, Mary Louisa (mother) Parnell, Elizabeth (mother-in-law) Wilshire, Ann (mother-in-law) Wilshire, Joseph Woods (father-in-law) Richardson, Elizabeth Agnes (sister) Bartley, Sarah Sophia (sister) Robinson, Harriet (sister) Barton, Ellen (sister) Hamersley, Alice (sister) Barton, William (brother) Barton, Sydney Fitzgerald (brother) Salmon, Alexander (brother-in-law) Bryant, Francis Orr (brother-in-law) Salmon, Ellen A. (niece) Maughan, Jean Alice (niece) Scot-Skirving, Leila Stephanie (niece) Salmon, Baby (nephew) Barton, Arnold Hubert (nephew) Barton, Oswald (nephew) Barton, Margaret Alline (granddaughter)
Education *	Sydney College (student, 1845) University of Sydney (student, 1853)
Occupation or Descriptor *	journalist (1860-1868) New South Wales, Australia magazine/journal editor (1864-1868) New South Wales, Australia academic (1865-1868) New South Wales, Australia journalist (1880-1901) New South Wales, Australia historian (general) (1887-1901) New South Wales, Australia federationist (1890-1900) New South Wales, Australia newspaper editor (1901-1901) New South Wales, Australia
Workplaces *	Empire (Sydney) newspaper (journalist) Punch (Sydney) (editor, 1864) University of Sydney (english literature) (academic, 1865-1868)

* Dates are approximate