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Thornton Burgess | |
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| Born | January 14, 1874 Sandwich, Massachusetts |
| Died | June 5, 1965 (aged 91) Hampden, Massachusetts |
| Resting place | Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Massachusetts |
| Occupation | Author of children's books Conservationist |
| Spouse | Nina E. Osbourne Burgess (1905–1906) Fannie H. Phillips Burgess (1911–1950) |
| Children | Thornton Waldo Burgess III |
Thornton Waldo Burgess (January 17, 1874 – June 5, 1965) was an American conservationist and author of children's stories. He was sometimes known as the Bedtime Story-Man, after his newspaper column Bedtime Stories. By the time he retired, he had written more than 170 books and 15,000 stories for the daily newspaper column.