Born 27 February 1864, at Clapham, the eldest of five sons of Frédéric Burghard, wine merchant, and his wife, *née* Boddy. He was educated at Christ's College, Finchley and at Guy's Hospital, where he took first-class honours in medicine and surgery at the MB BS examination and was awarded the Treasurer's gold medal. He served as surgical registrar in 1888 and as resident obstetrician. At the MD in 1889 he took honours in state medicine. He was appointed that year assistant surgeon in charge of the throat department at King's College Hospital, while Lister, who retired in 1893, was still on the active staff. Burghard became surgeon in 1898 and teacher of operative surgery in 1902 in succession to Albert Carless. He was elected a Fellow of King's College in 1909, and was a senator of London University. During the war of 1914-19 he served overseas till 1916 with the rank of colonel AMS and was mentioned in despatches. Subsequently he served at Queen Alexandra's Military Hospital, Millbank, to which he was consulting surgeon. He was a member of the medical advisory board of the Air Ministry. He became senior surgeon and lecturer on clinical surgery at King's in 1919, the first director of surgical studies in 1920, with Raymond Crawford and Hugh Playfair as his medical and gynaecological colleagues, and was elected consulting surgeon and emeritus lecturer when he retired in 1923. He served on the committee of management of the hospital 1919-23, and had been actively concerned in moving the hospital from Portugal Street to Denmark Hill in 1904, representing the watching committee of the medical board on the building committee of the new hospital. As a young man he had played in the Guy's rugby football XV, and he served as president of the King's College Hospital rugby club. He promoted the amalgamation of all the hospital clubs and societies, and was the first president of the union of clubs from 1908 till his retirement. Burghard was also consulting surgeon to Paddington Green Children's Hospital. He examined in surgery for Cambridge and London Universities and on the Court of the College from 1917 to 1923; he served on the College Council 1915-23. He was a member of the editorial board of the *British Journal of Surgery* from 1913 to 1924. On retiring from his London practice he settled at Craythorne, Rolleston, near Burton-on-Trent, and became consulting surgeon to the Burton General Infirmary. He afterwards moved to Cambridge. He was a most skilful operator, naturally ambidexterous; in retirement he devoted himself to gardening. Burghard married twice: (1) in 1893 May, daughter of A A Pollock, who died in 1919; (2) in 1923 Betty, daughter of Henry Atkins of Bushey, Hertfordshire, who survived him. There were no children of either marriage. He died on 31 October 1947, at 7 Causewayside, Cambridge, aged 83, and was cremated after a funeral service at St Botolph's Church, Cambridge. He made a bequest to the College for endowment of research scholarships of the residue of his estate. Publications:- *A system of operative surgery*. London, 1909. 4 vols. *A manual of surgical treatment*, with Sir W W Cheyne. London, 1899-1903; 2nd ed with T P Legg and A Edmunds, 1912-13. *Oxford loose-leaf surgery*, edited with A B Kanavel. New York, Oxford Press, 1918-20. 6 vols. Some memories of old King's, including reminiscences of Lister. Address to King's College Hospital Clubs Union, 1932.