NAME: Richard Burton (formerly Jenkins)
BORN: 19/11/1925
BIRTH PLACE: Pontrhydfen, SC Wales, United Kingdom
DIED: 05/08/1984


BIOGRAPHY

Richard Burton was born on November 19th 1925, the twelfth of thirteen children. In 1943 he was adopted by his schoolmaster, Philip Burton, whose surname he adopted and who coached him until he gained a scholarship to Oxford, at the age of sixteen.

Burton spent time as an officer cadet in the RAF during WW2 and, by 1949, was performing opposite such luminaries as John Gielgud.









Burton died of a brain haemorrhage at the age of 58. He was survived by his fourth wife, and is buried in the Protestant Churchyard in Celigny, Switzerland.