• The original spelling of his name was Robert Burnes, but the family changed their name to Burns after Robert’s father died in 1784.
  • Robert Burns was born on 25 January 1759 in Ayrshire, Scotland. His parents, William and Agnes, were poor tenant farmers and Robert was the eldest of seven...
  • Meanwhile he was busy fathering eight illegitimate children by five different women. On 31 July 1786 Robert Burns published Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect.
  • Robert Burns, preeminent Scottish poet. Robert Burns (January 25, 1759 – July 21, 1796) is the best known of the poets who have written in Lowland Scots.
  • Robert Burns was born in Alloway 25 January 1759. At 7 years he moved with parents in 1766 to Mount Oliphant farm, southeast of Alloway.
  • If your only encounter with Robert Burns is singing Auld Lang Syne at the bells on Hogmanay, then you've landed in the right place!
  • Robert Burns was born to a poor farming family in the Lowlands of Scotland in 1759. During his adult years he wrote several volumes of poetry that were well...
  • Robert Burns (25 Ocak 1759 - 21 Temmuz 1796), aynı zamanda Rabbie Burns olarak da bilinir, Ulusal Bard , Bard of Ayrshire ve Ploughman Şair ve çeşitli diğer...
  • In 2009, Scotland Television (STV) conducted a poll and Robert Burns was selected as the greatest Scot of all time.
  • Robert Burns (also known as Rabbie Burns, Scotland's favourite son, the Ploughman Poet, the Bard of Ayrshire and in Scotland as simply The Bard) was a...