George Birkbeck

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George Birkbeck, lithograph after an oil painting by S. Lane.

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Feb 16, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Jan 06, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Nov 27, 2023
	Invalidated site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of George Birkbeck.	Aakanksha Gaur	Dec 29, 2017
	Article revised and updated.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jun 09, 2006
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	May 27, 1999