Robert Charles Burdett (Bob) is a writer, author, and playwright. His major interests are genealogy, architecture, history, and religion. He is a native of North Dakota but has lived in Omaha, Nebraska since 1970.
Burdett is a graduate of Bismarck Junior College (1968), North Dakota State University (BSIE, 1970), Creighton University (MBA, 1975), and the Archdiocese of Omaha Catholic Biblical School (2003-7).
In an earlier life, Burdett was a statistical quality control engineer for Western Electric (Ma Bell’s manufacturing unit), Lucent Technologies, and Avaya. This, in part, explains his strange writing style (e.g., all those tables and section headings).
A more complete biography can be found in "BS2: An Autobiography."
Robert Charles Burdett (Bob) is a writer, author, and playwright. His major interests are genealogy, architecture, history, and religion. He is a native of North Dakota but has lived in Omaha, Nebraska since 1970.
Burdett is a graduate of Bismarck Junior College (1968), North Dakota State University (BSIE, 1970), Creighton University (MBA, 1975), and the Archdiocese of Omaha Catholic Biblical School (2003-7).
In this book “A Catholic” provides some tips for how you can pray Scripture. The first three chapters define and describe: “A Catholic,” prayer types, and Scripture (from a Catholic perspective). Chapter 4 provides the promised “Prayer Writing Techniques” noted in the books subtitle. The next four chapters provide some examples of...
Building upon a thesis proposed by Arthur Gray, Master of Jesus College, Cambridge, this book contains a history play which dramatizes how Henry Goodyer, Thomas Burdett, and Raphael Holinshed, via a literary salon called the “Polesworth Circle,” educated, trained, and supported two of England’s most notable poets and playwrights, Michael Drayton...
Shortly after December 7, 1941, the Genda, Oshima and Shiroyama families were uprooted from their Terminal Island, California homes and interred at Manzanar. This book provides some details on the lives of these three families before, during and after their incarceration. It also examines the U.S. Governments conduct during the war, life on...
Omaha’s new Central Public Library opens to the public later today. It is conveniently located in the “Crossroads” area of Omaha, at the intersections of 72nd and Dodge Streets. The ribbon-cutting ceremony is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. The new building at 96,000 to 102,000 square-feet (sources vary) was built at a cost of around $158 million, $20 million from the city, and the rest from the private sector, including Heritage Omaha (the “city fathers,” including some early and fortunate “Warren...
In my book, The Polesworth Circle: The Education of William Shakespeare, I theorized that Raphael Holinshed, the great chronicler of England (and steward of the Burdett estate at Bramcote), taught William Shakespeare and Michael Drayton the art of storytelling.
To substantiate my theory, I asked Microsoft’s AI-assistant (Copilot) three questions. The first two were related to Holinshed’s relationship with the Burdett’s of Bramcote. Question #3 is the big one.
In my book, The Polesworth Circle: The Education of William Shakespeare, I theorized that Raphael Holinshed, the great chronicler of England (and steward of the Burdett estate at Bramcote), taught William Shakespeare and Michael Drayton the art of storytelling. To substantiate my theory, I asked Copilot (Microsoft’s AI assistant) three questions.
When responding to my first question, Copilot didn’t seem to know that Sir Robert Burdett (1510-49) had willed Holinshed some money when he died in...
