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Burnet: A Life is the official biography of Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, the Australian Nobel Prize-winning scientist, written by lawyer and biographer Christopher Sexton, and published in 1999 by Oxford University Press. The book was revised from the 1991 title The Seeds of Time.
The Burnet Flag used from December 1836 to January 1839 as the national flag. The design was suggested by President David G. Burnet and it was the flag of the republic until it was replaced by the Lone Star Flag, and as the war flag from January 25, 1839, to December 29, 1845 [3] Naval ensign of the Texas Navy from 1836–1839 until it was replaced by the Lone Star Flag [3] The Lone Star Flag ...
Elizabeth Burnet (née Blake; 8 November 1661 – 3 December 1709) was an English philanthropist. Her prayer book, A Method of Devotion , went into several editions. [ 1 ]
Burnet wrote widely on virology, immunology and later in life on popular science issues. He wrote over 500 papers and 31 books, several of which were published in multiple editions; 15 of those books followed his retirement as director of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute.
John Burnet "of Leyis", the fifth laird, was the first in this family to bear the distinction "of Leys" which from this time onward was applied both to the lands and to the family who held them. [20] His son, Alexander Burnet of Leys was the first 'Baron of Leys' during the reigns of James II of Scotland, James III and James IV. [21]
Flag of the Republic of West Florida (1810) The Burnet flag (co-official, 1836–1839) De Zavala Flag (co-official, 1836–1839) Naval flag of independent Republic of Texas 1836–1845. (Note: also raised at Pensacola in 1861 by Col. William H. Chase in a provisional representation of the Southern States' rebellion) Flag of Texas (1839–present)
David Gouverneur Burnet (April 14, 1788 – December 5, 1870) was an early politician within the Republic of Texas, serving as the interim president of Texas in 1836, the second vice president of the Republic of Texas (1839–1841), and the secretary of state (1846) for the new state of Texas after it was annexed to the United States.
Burnet (/ ˈ b ɜːr n ɪ t / BUR-nit) is a city in and the county seat of Burnet County, Texas, United States. [4] Its population was 6,436 at the 2020 census. [5]Both the city and the county were named for David Gouverneur Burnet, the first (provisional) president of the Republic of Texas.