Robert Burns

Birthday: 1/25/1759
Deathday: 7/21/1796
Place of birth: Alloway, South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
Fame for: Acting
Also known as: Rabbie Burns

Biography

Robert Burns, also known familiarly as Rabbie Burns, the National Bard, Bard of Ayrshire, the Ploughman Poet and various other names and epithets, was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the poets who have written in the Scots language, although much of his writing is in a "light Scots dialect" of English, accessible to an audience beyond Scotland. He also wrote in standard English, and in these writings his political or civil commentary is often at its bluntest.