A portrait of English born William (Billy) Evans BURTON, (1802-1860) also listed in places as William Henry Burton. Billy Burton was a British born actor & comedian turned writer and manager living in the USA. He was also a theatre manager and magazine owner who briefly employed Edgar Allan Poe as an assistant editor of his American Gentleman’s Magazine.

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Photo credit: © Colin Waters / Alamy / Afripics
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