Robert Burns
Robert Burns was born 25th of January 1759 in Alloway. He was eldest
of the seven children of William Burnes, a self-educated tenant
farmer and Agnes Brown. In July 1786 he published his first volume
of verse, Poems, Chiefly in
the Scottish Dialect and it
was a great success. Robert would continue to write verse and
poems. In his later life, Robert would move to Dumfries where he
lived out his days. He is regarded as the pioneer of the Romantic
movement, and he is now an iconic figure within and outside of
Scotland.
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