/berr"ohz, bur"-/ , n.
1. Edgar Rice , 1875-1950, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
2. John , 1837-1921, U.S. naturalist and essayist.
3. William Seward , 1855-98, U.S. inventor of the adding machine.
4. his grandson William S(eward) , born 1914, U.S. novelist.