# Bill Burgess

> Thomas William Burgess was the second person to successfully complete a swim of the English Channel after Matthew Webb, following sixteen attempts. Burgess was British but spent most of his life in France, and won a bronze medal with the French water polo team at the 1900 Olympics.

*British swimmer and water polo player (1872-1950)*

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## Identity
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1872-06-15
- **Died:** 1950-07-05
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 51.2 / 100
- **Momentum:** 8.6 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 9.9 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 50.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Бёрджесс, Томас](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%91%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%2C_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81)
- [بيل بورغس](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%BA%D8%B3)
- [Thomas Burgess](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Burgess)
- [Thomas William Burgess](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_William_Burgess)
- [Bill Burgess](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Burgess)
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- [Bill Burgess](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Burgess)
- [Bill Burgess](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Burgess)
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- [Thomas Burgess](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Burgess)
- [Thomas William Burgess](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_William_Burgess)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3990590)

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