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About Howard Burnham
Mather Howard Burnham, was an American who went by the name of Howard; his brother was the celebrated scout Frederick Russell Burnham. He traveled the world, frequently worked as a mining engineer and, during World War I, he became an intelligence officer and spy for the government of France. He had a wooden leg which he used to conceal tools for spying when he was behind enemy lines.
Everything about Howard Burnham →- Occupation
- explorer, engineer, mining engineer, spy
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- May 27, 1870
- Died
- May 14, 1917