[n] - United States writer noted for his works portraying the life of drug addicts (1914-1997) 2. [n] - United States inventor who patented the first practical adding machine (1855-1898) 3. [n] - United States novelist and author of the Tarzan stories (1875-1950) Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=Burroughs
1875–1950, U.S. novelist and short-story writer. · 1837–1921, U.S. naturalist and essayist. · 1855–98, U.S. inventor of the adding machine. · his grandsonborn 1914, U.S. novelist. Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/burroughs