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degree of LL.D. in 1881, and in 1885 was created Companion of the Order 
of the Indian Empire. He was an Honorary Associate of the Royal 
Institute of British Architects ; Honorary Member of the Imperial Russian 
Archaeological Society, the American Oriental Society, and the Royal 
Philosophical Society of Glasgow; Fellow of the University of Bombay; 
Honorary Associate of the Finno-Ugrian Society ; Corresponding Member 
of the Ethnological Society of Berlin and of the Batavian Society of Arts 
and Sciences; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society; and Member of 
the Societe Asiatique, Paris. He was also a member of the Royal Asiatic 
Society of Great Britain and Ireland, which he joined in 1886, and of 
which he was at the time of his death almost the oldest surviving member. 
He was for many years one of the external members of the Library 
Committee of the University of Edinburgh, and devoted a great deal of 
his time to the preparation of a new catalogue. 
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1894, 
served two terms of three years as a Member of Council, and one term 
of six years (1908-1914) as Vice-President. 
His taste for mathematical calculation led him to give valuable help 
in the preparations for the Napier Tercentenary Celebration in 1914, 
although the state of his health prevented him attending the Congress. 
Dr Burgess took a strong personal interest in the mission work of 
the Free Church of Scotland and (later) of the LTnited Free Church, and 
served for many years on their Committees. 
The following list of books and papers, although not exhaustive, 
contains his most important contributions to archaeology : — 
The Rock-cut Temples of Ajanta. Pamphlet, 1868. 
The Temples of Satruhjaya, photographed by Sykes and Dwyer, with 
historical and descriptive introduction (one plate and forty-six photographs). 
Atlas fob Bombay, 1869. Reprint of text. 8vo. Ahmadabad, 1878. 
Notes of a Visit to Soman ath, Girnar, etc., in Kathiawad. 18mo. 
Bombay, 1869. 
Notes of a Visit to Gujarat. 12mo. Bombay, 1870. 
Photographs from Somanatli, Girnar, Junagadh, etc., in Kathiawad, with 
descriptive text. Bombay, 1870. 
The Rock-cut Temples of Elephanta or Gliarapuri. Illustrated (with 
drawings and photographs). 8vo and oblong fol. Bombay, 1871. 
Photographs of Architecture and Scenery in Gujarat and Rajputana 
(by Bourne and Shepherd), with historical and descriptive letterpress. 
Fol. Calcutta, 1874. 
