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The Robert Burns World Federation is a literary society based at the Dower House, Dean Castle Country Park, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland. The organisation was founded in 1885 to educate the public about the life, poetry and works of the poet Robert Burns.〔(Robert Burns World Federation ) Retrieved : 2014-01-19〕 The board of the Robert Burns World Federation (RBWF) is composed of 3 Office Bearers – a President, a Senior Vice-President, a Junior Vice-President and Convenors of heritage, literature, marketing, schools and an archivist.〔 ==History== In 1884 a statue to Robert Burns was unveiled in London.〔(Monuments and Memorials to Robert Burns - London Statue ). Accessed 5 December 2014〕 A group of those attending agreed to celebrate the forthcoming 1886 centenary of the printing of the "Kilmarnock Edition" by setting up a "Burns Federation". Societies in Burns' memory already existed, notably the Irvine Burns Club. Following an initial informal meeting in London early in 1885, the first formally minuted meeting was held in Kilmarnock, where the “Kilmarnock Edition” had been printed.〔(The Grand Lodge of Scotland - Burns Federation )〕 The minutes of the meeting of 17 July 1885 show that seventeen 'Burnsians' were present: - Colin Rae Brown, President of London Burns Club; Peter Sturrock, Provost of Kilmarnock and President of Kilmarnock Burns Club; Rev. Wm Dunnett; James McKie, Publisher; A. J. Symington; David Sneddon, Ex. President of Kilmarnock Burns Club; John Law, President of Springburn Burns Club; George Dunlop; Andrew Calderwood; R. S. Ingram; Richard Armstrong; Andrew Turnbull, Ex President of Kilmarnock Burns Club; David Aird; James McAlister; Arthur Sturrock; Thomas McCulloch and David Mackay, Secretary of Kilmarnock Burns Club.〔 At this 1886 meeting the proposal by the London representative that the London Burns Club should be allocated the prestigious Number 1 as the initial idea had been raised in London in 1885.〔(Burns Club of London website ). Accessed 5 December 2014〕 When the roll was first announced, the reader started with Kilmarnock Burns Club No. 0, London Burns Club No.1 and the situation has remained this way ever since.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Burns World Federation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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