BURTON, ROBERT (1577-1640).--Miscellaneous writer, _b._ at Lindley, Leicestershire, and _ed._ at Oxf., took orders, and became Vicar of St. Thomas, Oxf., 1616, and Rector of Segrave, Leicestershire, 1630. Subject to depression of spirits, he wrote as an antidote the singular book which has given him fame. _The Anatomy of Melancholy_, in which he appears under the name of _Democritus Junior_, was _pub._ in 1621, and had great popularity. In the words of Warton, "The author's variety of learning, his quotations from rare and curious books, his pedantry sparkling with rude wit and shapeless elegance ... have rendered it a repertory of amusement and information." It has also proved a store-house from which later authors have not scrupled to draw without acknowledgment. It was a favourite book of Dr. Johnson. B. was a mathematician and dabbled in astrology. When not under depression he was an amusing companion, "very merry, facete, and juvenile," and a person of "great honesty, plain dealing, and charity." The best ed. is that of Rev. A.R. Shilleto, with introduction by A.H. Bullen (3 vols. 1893). BURY, LADY CHARLOTTE (1775-1861).--Novelist, _dau._ of the 5th Duke of Argyll, and _m._ first to Col. J. Campbell, and second to Rev. E.J. Bury, wrote a number of novels--_Flirtation_, _Separation_, _The Divorced_, etc., but is chiefly remembered in connection with a _Diary illustrative of the Times of George IV._ (1838), a somewhat scandalous work generally, and probably correctly, ascribed to her. She also wrote some poems and two devotional works. She held for some time an appointment in the household of the Princess of Wales. BURY, RICHARD DE (1281-1345).--_S._ of Sir Richard Aungerville, _b._ at Bury St. Edmunds, studied at Oxf., and was a Benedictine monk, became tutor to Edward III. when Prince of Wales, and Bishop of Durham, and held many offices of State. He was a patron of learning, and one of the first English collectors of books, and he wrote his work, _Philobiblon_, in praise of books, and founded a library at Durham.