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Anne Burns
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Gender | Female |
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Death | 22 years ago |
Google books | books.google.com |
Movies/Shows | God's Wonderful Railway |
Job | Author |
Novelist | |
Awards | Booker Prize |
Women's Prize for Fiction | |
National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction | |
Date of birth | November 23,1915 |
Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
Born | Haworth |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | January 22,2001 |
Education | The Abbey School |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1487197 |
Anne Burns Life story
Anne Burns was a British aeronautical engineer and glider pilot. She had a career of nearly 40 years in the Royal Aircraft Establishment as an engineer and an expert in wind shear. As a glider pilot, she holds the British record for highest altitude, and was the first woman to cross the English Channel in a glider.