Arthur Edward Burgett

Born in 1869 and dying in 1942, Arthur Edward Burgett was a churchman and religious author whose surviving books point to a life centered on Anglican worship and teaching. He wrote in a clear, accessible way, focusing on subjects meant to guide readers in their spiritual practice rather than impress them with technical theology.

He is associated with The Door of Heaven: A Manual for Holy Communion, a devotional guide that continued to circulate long after its first publication. He also wrote The Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, Quebec: A Brief Description, suggesting a close connection with that cathedral and with the life of the church in Quebec.

A portrait of Burgett is held by the National Portrait Gallery, which helps preserve a record of a figure who may not be widely known today but whose writings were clearly valued enough to be kept in print and remembered by later readers.