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H. Burdett (Henry Burdett) Cleveland

b. 1877

Best known as the co-author of a practical 1912 guide to sewage disposal, this early 20th-century technical writer helped turn public-health engineering into clear, usable advice for homes, hotels, and institutions.

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Practical Methods of Sewage Disposal for Residences, Hotels and Institutions

Practical Methods of Sewage Disposal for Residences, Hotels and Institutions

by H. Burdett (Henry Burdett) Cleveland, Henry N. (Henry Neely) Ogden

About the author

Henry Burdett Cleveland is credited as the co-author, with Henry Neely Ogden, of Practical Methods of Sewage Disposal for Residences, Hotels and Institutions, published in 1912. The book focuses on sanitation and wastewater systems, placing him in the world of early public-health and civil-engineering writing.

Reliable biographical details about his wider life are scarce in the sources I could confirm. One later source tied to a 1924 patent names Henry Burdett Cleveland as a resident of East Schodack, New York, suggesting he also worked on machinery and applied engineering beyond his published book.

Because so little firmly sourced personal information is readily available, Cleveland is best remembered through his technical work: practical, problem-solving writing aimed at real buildings and everyday sanitary needs.