| From | United Kingdom 🇬🇧 |
| Date of birth | 1872-1873 |
| Date of death | 26th Nov 1947 |
| Age | between 73 and 75 years old |
| Gender | Male |
| Groups | |
| The Rucksack Club | Secretary 1902–1943 |
Arthur E. Burns co-founded the Rucksack Club in 1902 with J. H. Entwisle, after the two wrote a letter to the Manchester City News, and they became its first joint secretaries. He was a strong walker in the northern Pennines, climbed in Switzerland in 1914, 1924 and 1926, and visited the Lofoten Islands. He held the secretaryship for forty years and later resigned his membership after a rift in the club during the war. [1]
[1] Obituary in Rucksack Club Journal 1948 /library/7654/rucksack-club-journal-1948
| From | United Kingdom 🇬🇧 |
| Date of birth | 1872-1873 |
| Date of death | 26th Nov 1947 |
| Age | between 73 and 75 years old |
| Gender | Male |
| Groups | |
| The Rucksack Club | Secretary 1902–1943 |
Arthur E. Burns co-founded the Rucksack Club in 1902 with J. H. Entwisle, after the two wrote a letter to the Manchester City News, and they became its first joint secretaries. He was a strong walker in the northern Pennines, climbed in Switzerland in 1914, 1924 and 1926, and visited the Lofoten Islands. He held the secretaryship for forty years and later resigned his membership after a rift in the club during the war. [1]
[1] Obituary in Rucksack Club Journal 1948 /library/7654/rucksack-club-journal-1948