History of Oramel, (Allegany County) New York United States of America

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George Lincoln Burr, educator, was born at Oramel-on-the-Genesee, N. Y., Jan. 30, 1857; son of Dr. William Josiah and Jane (Lincoln) Burr. He prepared for college at Homer, N. Y., and in 1873, to gain means for his further education, he taught school, then learned the printer's trade at Cortland, N. Y., and in 1877 entered Cornell university, where he had charge of the president's library, and, at his graduation in 1881, President White made him his secretary. In 1884 to 1886 he studied abroad, and was for two years engaged with Mr. White in historical research on both sides of the Atlantic. In 1888 he became an instructor in history at Cornell, and later was raised to a professorship, still retaining his charge of the White historical library, afterwards transferred to the university. The commission appointed by President Cleveland in 1896 to investigate and report upon the true divisional line between Venezuela and British Guiana made Professor Burr its historical expert, and sent him abroad to search in European archives for further light upon the disputed boundaries. His reports and maps, together with the transcripts brought by him from Europe, were published by the commission. Besides portions of a catalogue of the White historical library, he published several studies of the witch-persecution.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Oramel, (Allegany County) New York

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