Bill Burgess
✓ Source-basedrisingBritish swimmer and water polo player (1872-1950)
United KingdomLived 1872 to 1950 · aged 78Fame51.2
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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.
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Lived 1872 to 1950 · aged 78
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