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Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796), also known familiarly as Rabbie Burns, [a] was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide.
Rob Burns (born Robert George Henry Burns, 24 February 1953), earlier also known as Robbie Burns, is an English-born New Zealand bass player, author and academic. Burns's career spans five decades, encompassing musical genres such as pop, rock, R&B, soul, jazz, gospel, folk, and country.
May 21, 2024 · Robert Burns (born January 25, 1759, Alloway, Ayrshire, Scotland—died July 21, 1796, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire) was the national poet of Scotland, who wrote lyrics and songs in Scots and in English. He was also famous for his amours and his rebellion against orthodox religion and morality.
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- Robert Burns is considered the national poet of Scotland. Born in 1759 in Alloway, he wrote lyrics and songs in Scots and in English.
- In July 1786 Robert Burns published his first major volume of verse, Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect.
- One of Robert Burns’s best-known poems is the mock-heroic “Tam o' Shanter,” published in 1791. He is also well known for his contribution to over t...
- Robert Burns was born into a farming family and raised on a smallholding. This upbringing earned him the name “Ploughman Poet” once he began to be...
- Robert Burns, as a pre-Romantic poet, had a significant influence on the later Romantic poets, such as William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Jan 25, 2024 · Burns Night is celebrated every year on 25 January in honour of Scotland's national poet, Robert Burns. The Ayrshire poet and lyricist died in 1796, at the age of 37,...
Robert Burns. 1759–1796. Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images. Robert Burns was born in 1759, in Alloway, Scotland, to William and Agnes Brown Burnes. Like his father, Burns was a tenant farmer. However, toward the end of his life he became an excise collector in Dumfries, where he died in 1796; throughout his life he was also a practicing poet.
Apr 2, 2014 · Poet Robert Burns is considered one of the most famous characters of Scotland's cultural history. He is best known as a pioneer of the Romantic movement.
Robert Burns. 1759 - 1796. POEMS BIBLIOGRAPHY CRITICISM LEARNING RESOURCES. We have a page dedicated to Burns Night resources. This includes an article that appeared in The Herald on Sunday separating the myth from the truth about our national bard. Robert Burns was born on 25 January 1759 in the village of Alloway, near Ayr.
