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Australia- City of BurnsideCity of BurnsideThe City of Burnside is a local government area with an estimated population of 44,300 people in the South Australian city of Adelaide. Burnside was founded in August 1856 as the District Council of Burnside, and was classed as a city in 1943. It is named after the property of an early settler and...
, a Local Government Area of Adelaide, South Australia - Burnside, South AustraliaBurnside, South AustraliaBurnside is a small suburb that is part of the City of Burnside in the eastern suburbs of Adelaide. It is primarily a residential suburb, and was one of the first suburbs of Adelaide...
, a suburb of the City of Burnside - Burnside, VictoriaBurnside, VictoriaBurnside is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 22 km west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Melton...
, a suburb of Melbourne
Canada
- Burnside Business Park, in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
- Burnside HallBurnside HallBurnside Hall is a thirteen-floor building on downtown campus of McGill University in Montreal. It is named after the Montreal estate of James McGill, the university's founder. -Design:...
, a building on the downtown campus of McGill University, Montreal, Quebec - Burnside, Newfoundland and Labrador, a seaside town in Newfoundland
- Burnside (Colchester), Nova ScotiaBurnside (Colchester), Nova ScotiaBurnside is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Colchester County.-Parks:*Burnside Community Park-References:**...
New Zealand
- Burnside, CanterburyBurnside, CanterburyBurnside is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located southeast of Christchurch International Airport. As with most suburbs in Christchurch, it has no defined boundaries and is a general area.-History:...
, a suburb of Christchurch - Burnside, OtagoBurnside, OtagoBurnside is a mainly industrial suburb of the New Zealand city of Dunedin. It is located at the mouth of a long valley, the Kaikorai Valley, through which flows the Kaikorai Stream. This valley stretches to the northeast for . Burnside is to the southwest of the city centre, close to eastern end...
, a suburb of Dunedin
Northern Ireland
- Burnside, County Antrim, a townland in County Antrim
Scotland
- Burnside, GlasgowBurnside, GlasgowBurnside is a residential district in the Scottish town of Rutherglen in South Lanarkshire, Greater Glasgow. It is a relatively quiet location, and borders with Cambuslang, Wardlawhill, Blairbeth, Clincarthill, High Crosshill, Stonelaw, Fernhill and Springhall.Stonelaw Road is the heart of...
, an area of the City of Glasgow - Burnside, Highland, a district of Thurso in Highland Council Area
- Burnside, Shetland, a settlement in Shetland
United States
- Burnside, ArizonaBurnside, ArizonaBurnside is a census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population was 632 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Burnside is located at ....
, a census-designated place - Burnside, ChicagoBurnside, ChicagoBurnside is one of the 77 official community areas of Chicago, Illinois, and is located on the city's south side. This area is also called by locals, "The Triangle", as it is bordered by railroad tracks on every side; the Illinois Central on the west, the Rock Island on the south and the New York...
, a community area of Chicago, Illinois - Burnside, IllinoisBurnside, IllinoisBurnside is an unincorporated town in Pilot Grove Township, Hancock County, Illinois, USA.-Geography:Burnside is located at at an elevation of 646 feet....
, an unincorporated town in Hancock County - Burnside, IowaBurnside, IowaBurnside is an unincorporated community in Webster County, Iowa, United States. Its elevation is 1,138 feet . Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 50521. Despite its small size, Burnside is the location of the area high school, Southeast Webster,...
- Burnside, KentuckyBurnside, KentuckyBurnside is a city in Pulaski County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 637 at the 2000 census. In 2005, Burnside became the only town in Pulaski County or any adjoining county to allow the sale of alcoholic beverages in qualified establishments...
, a city in Pulaski County - Burnside AvenueBurnside AvenueBurnside Avenue is a main thoroughfare connecting East Hartford, Connecticut's Main Street to Manchester, Connecticut. The road is part of U.S. Route 44. It runs through a low income portion of East Hartford and is home to a significant population of Hispanics and African Americans...
, a street/neighborhood in East Hartford, Connecticut - Burnside BridgeBurnside BridgeThe Burnside Bridge is a bascule bridge that spans the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon.-Design:Including approaches, the Burnside has a total length of and a center span. While lowered this span is normally above the river. The deck is made of concrete, which contributes to its being one of...
, a drawbridge in Portland, Oregon- Burnside SkateparkBurnside Skateparkthumb|Burnside SkateparkBurnside Skatepark is a skatepark located in Portland, Oregon, United States. Located under the east end of the Burnside Bridge, the skatepark was originally built by the skating community without permission and eventually the city approved the area as a public skatepark.The...
is below Burnside Bridge
- Burnside Skatepark
- Burnside Park, Providence, Rhode IslandBurnside Park, Providence, Rhode IslandBurnside Park is a small park situated in downtown Providence, Rhode Island, adjacent to Kennedy Plaza. Named for Ambrose Burnside, a general in the American Civil War from Rhode Island, an equestrian statue was erected in his honor in the late 19th century, and sits in the center of the...
- Burnside Township, MichiganBurnside Township, MichiganBurnside Township is a civil township of Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,920 at the 2000 census.- Communities :...
- Burnside Township, Clearfield County, PennsylvaniaBurnside Township, Clearfield County, PennsylvaniaBurnside Township is a township in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,128 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , all of it land.-Demographics:...
- Burnside Township, Centre County, PennsylvaniaBurnside Township, Centre County, PennsylvaniaBurnside Township is a township in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is at . The CDP of Pine Glen is within Burnside Township...
- Burnside Island, an inhabited island in Savannah, GeorgiaSavannah, GeorgiaSavannah is the largest city and the county seat of Chatham County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. Established in 1733, the city of Savannah was the colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia. Today Savannah is an industrial center and an important...
People
- Ambrose BurnsideAmbrose BurnsideAmbrose Everett Burnside was an American soldier, railroad executive, inventor, industrialist, and politician from Rhode Island, serving as governor and a U.S. Senator...
, American general and the inventor of the Burnside carbineBurnside carbineThe Burnside carbine was a breech-loading carbine that saw widespread use during the American Civil War.-Design:The carbine was designed and patented by Ambrose Burnside, who resigned his commission in the U.S. Army to devote himself full time to working on the weapon. The carbine used a special...
, and for whom sideburnsSideburnsSideburns or sideboards are patches of facial hair grown on the sides of the face, extending from the hairline to below the ears and worn with an unbearded chin...
are reportedly named - David BurnsideDavid BurnsideDavid Wilson Boyd Burnside is a Northern Ireland politician, and was Ulster Unionist Party Member of Parliament for South Antrim....
, controversial Northern Ireland politician and public relations expert - John Burnside (inventor)John Burnside (inventor)John Lyon Burnside III was the inventor of the teleidoscope, the darkfield kaleidoscope and the Symmetricon, and, because he rediscovered the math behind kaleidoscope optics, for decades, every maker of optically correct kaleidoscopes sold in the US paid him royalties...
- John BurnsideJohn BurnsideJohn Burnside is a Scottish writer, born in Dunfermline.-Background:Burnside studied English and European Languages at Cambridge College of Arts and Technology. A former computer software engineer, he has been a freelance writer since 1996...
, Scottish poet - R. H. BurnsideR. H. BurnsideRobert Hubber Thorne Burnside was an American actor, director, producer, composer, and playwright. He was artistic director of the 5,200-seat New York Hippodrome from 1908 to 1923. He wrote and staged hundreds of dramas, musicals and theatrical spectacles.-Biography:Burnside was born in Glasgow,...
, actor, director, producer, composer, and playwright - R. L. BurnsideR. L. BurnsideNot to be confused with R. H. Burnside, stage director.R. L. Burnside , born Robert Lee Burnside, was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist who lived much of his life in and around Holly Springs, Mississippi. He played music for much of his life, but did not receive much attention...
, blues musician - Sheldon BurnsideSheldon BurnsideSheldon John Burnside is a former Major League Baseball player who pitched for the Detroit Tigers and the Cincinnati Reds. He was born on December 22, 1954 and he debuted on September 4, 1978 with the Tigers against the New York Yankees. His debut was rough and he posted a 0.1 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 2 BB,...
, Major League Baseball player - William BurnsideWilliam BurnsideWilliam Burnside was an English mathematician. He is known mostly as an early contributor to the theory of finite groups....
, mathematician- Burnside's lemmaBurnside's lemmaBurnside's lemma, sometimes also called Burnside's counting theorem, the Cauchy-Frobenius lemma or the orbit-counting theorem, is a result in group theory which is often useful in taking account of symmetry when counting mathematical objects. Its various eponyms include William Burnside, George...
, a theorem of group theory - Burnside's problemBurnside's problemThe Burnside problem, posed by William Burnside in 1902 and one of the oldest and most influential questions in group theory, asks whether a finitely generated group in which every element has finite order must necessarily be a finite group...
, about the sizes of finite group mathematics - Burnside's theorem, a theorem of group theory
- Burnside's lemma
- William Burnside (comics) a fictional character