Thomas Samuel Burns (born June 7, 1945) is an American historian who is Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor Emeritus of Late Ancient and Medieval History at Emory University.
Thomas S. Burns was born in Michigan City, Indiana, on June 7, 1945.
His thesis was supervised by Sylvia L. Trupp and John W. Eadie.
Since 1985, Burns was Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Late Ancient and Medieval History at Emory University (1985–2010).
Burns specializes in late ancient and early medieval history and archaeology.