• Robert Burns - The Peoples Poet - BBC Documentary Writer Andrew O'Hagan asks what made Robert Burns one of the world's favourite poets.
  • Robert Burns was born at Alloway, near Ayr, on January 25, 1759. Robert was educated briefly in Alloway before going to Ayr.
  • A famous Scottish lyricist and poet, and celebrated as the Scottish National Poet, Robert Burns was born on January 25, 1759 in Alloway, Scotland.
  • Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796), also known familiarly as Rabbie Burns, was a Scottish poet and lyricist.
  • 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 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...
  • This page contains links to the Robert Burns poetry and songs that we have featured on this website.some of these include translations.
  • In 2009, Scotland Television (STV) conducted a poll and Robert Burns was selected as the greatest Scot of all time.
  • Robert Burns (1759 – 1796), also known as the Bard of Ayrshire and the Ploughman Poet, is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland.
  • Robert Burns >The work of the Scottish poet Robert Burns (1759-1796) is characterized by >realism, intense feeling, and metrical virtuosity.