Andrew Robert Burn was born in 1902 . He was educated at Uppingham School and then Christchurch College, Oxford. He was the Senior Classical Master at Uppingham School from 1927 until 1940 when he became the British Council representative in Greece until 1941. During the 1939-1941 war he served with the Intelligence Corps in the Middle East from 1941 until 1944 before being appoint as the 2nd secretary in the British Embassy in Athens, Greece. In 1946, he was appointed as the Senior Lecturer and sole member of the Department of Ancient History at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. In 1965, he was appointed as a Reader but resigned the post in 1969, becoming the visiting professor at'A College Year in Athens' at Athens. He published widely on Ancient Greece and Rome.
Who's Who 1979 ( London , 1979 )
From the guide to the Papers of Andrew Robert Burn, 1902-1991, historian, senior lecturer in Ancient History, University of Glasgow, Scotland, 1946-1968, [c1953-1968], (Glasgow University Library, Special Collections Department)
