Francis Burns (other)
Francis Burns may refer to: *Francis Burns (footballer) (born 1948), Scottish former footballer * Francis Burns (minister) (1809–1863), American Methodist minister and missionary * Francis Putnam Burns (1807–?), piano maker in Albany, New York *Francis Wallace Burns (1789–1803), second son of the poet Robert Burns * Larry Gelbart (1928–2009), American writer who used the pseudonym Francis Burns See also * Frank Burns (other) * *Francis Byrne (other) Francis Byrne may refer to: * Francis John Byrne (1934–2017), Irish historian * Francis Byrne (politician) (1877–1938), former member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec * Francis Barry Byrne, architect *Francis Byrne (Australian politicia ...

Francis Burns (footballer)
Francis Burns (born 17 October 1948 in Glenboig, North Lanarkshire) is a Scottish former footballer. Playing career Manchester United Burns was a talented left-back and captained Scotland Schoolboys and won Scottish Youth international honours. He joined Manchester United in 1965 and made his first team debut in September 1967. There, he made 121 league appearances, scoring 6 goals and won one Scotland cap on 5 November 1969, against Austria. This was the only full international cap he ever gained. He played in six of the matches in Manchester United's run to the 1968 European Cup final, although he lost his place in the final to Shay Brennan. During his time at Old Trafford he underwent three cartilage operations. Southampton Burns was signed by Ted Bates for £50,000 for Southampton in 1972. Unfortunately, his injury jinx continued and he required a further cartilage operation as well as suffering a serious thigh injury. He was unable to displace Joe Kirkup as the first ...
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Francis Burns (minister)
Francis Burns (1809–1863) was an American Methodist minister who served as a missionary in Liberia. He was the first Missionary Bishop, and the first African-American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church (elected in 1858). Birth, enslavement and early education Burns was born December 5, 1809 in Albany, New York. He was said to be "thoroughly African in his complexion.""Francis Burns" i''Cyclopaedia of Methodism'' Matthew Simpson, D.D., LL.D., Ed. (revised edition), Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts, 1880. New York was still a slave state at this time. His parents were so poor, such that at the age of four they placed their son in service with a farmer in Greene County, New York. At the age of eight, he was indentured to a Mr. Atwood (a farmer) to learn the farming business. He was permitted to attend school with the other children of the neighborhood, during the winter season (which is when most early schools were open, the farm chores being fewer during the winter). Tw ...
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Francis Putnam Burns
Francis Putnam Burns (February 6, 1807 – ) was a pioneering American piano maker in Albany, New York. Burns was born in Galway, New York and trained as a cabinet-maker. He learned the craft of piano-making from John Osborne at Meacham & Co. in Albany, and from 1834-1835 was partnered with Thomas Clemence in that city. He then began the F. P. Burns Company to manufacture pianos, and won a diploma in 1847 from the New York State Agricultural Society for "best piano". Although the firm nearly went bankrupt during the American Civil War, his son Edward returned on disability and saved the company. A Burns piano was reportedly the first piano in California. According to an 1884 article in the ''Santa Cruz Daily Surf'': "It was made in Albany by E P Burns [sic] and brought around Cape Horn in the fall of 1849 by Capt Wilson, and was put together on the schooner where its delightful strains helped to vary the monotony of the long voyage. It was regarded as a great curiosity when it ...
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