Burgoyne John

Bur·goyne

B0560300 (bûr-goin′, bûr′goin′), John 1722-1792. British general and playwright. In the American Revolution he captured Fort Ticonderoga (July 6, 1777) but lost the Battle of Saratoga (October 17, 1777). The Heiress (1786) was his most popular play.