M/? Burns ante 1715 - post 1799
M/? Burns , originally from Stirling, he moved to Glasgow where he distinguished himself as a scholar, compiling both an English Dictionary and a Grammar, which were used in schools throughout the country for many years. He died at the age of 84, but could remember seeing combatants in the Battle of "Shirra-Muir" (Sherriffmuir?) pass by his father's house in 1715!Born: ante 1715 | Baptised:
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