Robert Easton Burns Explained

Robert Easton Burns
Office:12th Chancellor of the University of Toronto
Term Start:1856
Term End:1863
Predecessor:William Hume Blake
Successor:George Skeffington Connor
Birth Date:26 December 1805
Birth Place:Niagara (Niagara-on-the-Lake), Upper Canada
Death Place:Toronto, Canada West
Nationality:Canadian
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.

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