• Born in Alloway, Scotland, on January 25, 1759, Robert Burns was the first of William and Agnes Burnes' seven children.
  • Burns's progress was registered in the minutes of the lodge meeting for 1 October which announced "Robert Burns in Lochly was passed and raised."
  • Robert Burns was born at Alloway, near Ayr, on January 25, 1759. Robert was educated briefly in Alloway before going to Ayr.
  • Robert Burns was born in Alloway, Scotland, on January 25, 1759. He was the first of William and Agnes Burnes’s seven children.
  • 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.
  • Born in 1759 in Alloway, Scotland, Robert Burns was a poet and lyricist and considered to be a pioneer of poetry’s ‘Romantic’ movement.
  • This page contains links to the Robert Burns poetry and songs that we have featured on this website.some of these include translations.
  • Robert Burns is a brilliant figure in the traditional Scottish poetry. His songs and lyrics in the Scottish dialect are highly popular and widely admired.
  • Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796), also known familiarly as Rabbie Burns, was a Scottish poet and lyricist.
  • 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...