Robert Burns

Robert Burns (January 25, 1759 – July 21, 1796) is the best known of the poets who have written in Scots. Burns also collected folk songs from across Scotland, often revising or adapting them. His poem (and song) Auld Lang Syne is often sung at Hogmanay, and Scots Wha Hae served for a long time as an unofficial National anthem of the country. Other poems and songs of Burns that remain well known today across the world include A Red, Red Rose, A Man's A Man for A' That, To a Louse, and To a Mouse.

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at:1759 text:Born near Ayr

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at:1781 text:Flax-dresser at Irvine

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at:1784 text:Farms at Mossgiel; ~ has love affair with Jean Armour

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at:1786 shift:(25,5) text:Publishes first edition of poems; ~ visits Edinburgh

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at:1789 text:Goes to Ellisland, becomes exciseman

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at:1791 text:Publishes songs

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at:1797 text:Dies

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