William Burt (23 August 1778 – 1 September 1826) was an English miscellaneous writer, son of Joseph Burt of Plymouth. He was educated at Exeter grammar school, and afterwards articled to a banker and solicitor at Bridgwater. Finally he practised at Plymouth as a solicitor until his death on 1 September 1826. He edited the Plymouth and Dock Telegraph for several years.

Works

• Twelve Rambles in London, by Amicus Patriæ (1810)
• Desultory Reflections on Banks in general, and the System of keeping up a False Capital by Accommodation (1810)
• The Consequences of the French Revolution to England considered, with a view of the Remedies of which her situation is susceptible (1811)
• A Review of the Mercantile, Trading, and Manufacturing State, Interests, and Capabilities of the Port of Plymouth (1816)
• Preface to and Notes on N. T. Carrington's Poem "Dartmoor (1826)
• Christianity; a Poem, in Three Books, with Miscellaneous Notes (1835)
• Observations on the Curiosities of Nature (1836)

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Cooper, Thompson (1886). "Burt, William". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 07. London: Smith, Elder & Co.