- Intense feeling and technical skill characterizes the work of the Scottish poet Robert Burns. His best work is in Scots, the language of southern Scotland.
- Even after his death, his works have continued to inspire millions of hearts across the globe. Here is some background on the Family tree of Robert Burns.
- Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796), also known familiarly as Rabbie Burns, was a Scottish poet and lyricist.
- Robert Burns was born at Alloway, near Ayr, on January 25, 1759. Robert was educated briefly in Alloway before going to Ayr.
- Born on January 25, 1759, in Alloway, Scotland, Robert Burns was the eldest son of tenant farmers William Burnes and Agnes Broun.
- 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...
- Robert Burns - The Peoples Poet - BBC Documentary Writer Andrew O'Hagan asks what made Robert Burns one of the world's favourite poets.
- The poem "Comin Thro the Rye" by Robert Burns may be best-known today because of Holden Caulfield's misinterpretation of it in The Catcher in the Rye.
- 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.
- Burns Night is celebrated every year on 25 January in honour of Scotland's national poet, Robert Burns.