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George Burden is a retired physician from Bedford, Nova Scotia, an avid traveller and collector of rare coins and maps. A graduate of the University of King's College and Dalhousie Medical School, he donated his collection of ancient Greek coins to King's College and his collection of ancient Roman coins to the Department of Classics at Dalhousie University. In his alternate career as a freelance writer, he has written about travel and medical history, as well as publishing poetry and fiction. His work has appeared in The Readers Digest, The Halifax Sunday Herald, The Medical Post, Funny Times, The Writer and Just For Canadian Doctors.
Dr. Burden is a past recipient of the Governor General’s Medal. He has served with the venerable Explorers Club as regional chairman for the Quebec/Atlantic provinces and as Director at Large. He became a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society in 2012. In 2014 he succeeded his father as the 31st Baron of Seabegs (Seybeggis-traditional), Stirlingshire, Scotland. He is currently an associate member of the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs in Edinburgh as well as the Canadian Commissioner for the Scottish Clan Lamont.