Robert Easton Burns
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Robert Easton Burns | |
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12th Chancellor of the University of Toronto | |
In office 1856โ1863 | |
Preceded by | William Hume Blake |
Succeeded by | George Skeffington Connor |
Personal details | |
Born | Niagara (Niagara-on-the-Lake), Upper Canada | December 26, 1805
Died | January 12, 1863 Toronto, Canada West | (aged 57)
Occupation | lawyer and judge |
Robert Easton Burns (December 26, 1805 – January 12, 1863) was a Canadian lawyer, judge, and Chancellor of the University of Toronto.
Born in Niagara (Niagara-on-the-Lake), Upper Canada, the son of the Reverend John and Jane Burns, Burns was educated at home and at the Niagara District Grammar School. A lawyer, he was also a puisne judge on the Court of Queen's Bench from 1850 until his death in 1863. From 1857 to 1861, he was the Chancellor of the University of Toronto. From 1849 to 1850, he was the treasurer of the Law Society of Upper Canada.
References
- Morrison, Brian H. (1976). "Burns, Robert Easton". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. IX (1861โ1870) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
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