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== '''[[ | == '''[[Robert Burns]]''' == | ||
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'''Robert Burns''' (1759–1796), popularly known as '''Robbie''' or sometimes '''Rabbie Burns''', was a [[poetry|poet]] who wrote largely in [[Scots language|Scots]] and [[Scottish English|Scottish dialect]]. Born in [[Alloway]], [[Ayrshire]], 25 January 1759, he died 37 years later in [[Dumfries]], [[Dumfriesshire]]. He has come to be regarded as Scotland's national poet, with his birth observed worldwide on "Robbie Burns Day" and celebrated with [[Burns Supper]]s. Often sentimentalized, his life was one of contradictions. An ardent nationalist, he worked for a time as an excise collector for the British Government; a champion of freedom, he almost emigrated to [[Jamaica]] to work as the bookkeeper on a friend's estate, one built on the labour of [[slave]]s.<ref>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=LsoiAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=robert+burns&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7e0KUN22HuWe0QW9kNWnCg&ved=0CGEQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=robert%20burns&f=false ''Robert Burns: a memoir''] James White London 1859.</ref> | '''Robert Burns''' (1759–1796), popularly known as '''Robbie''' or sometimes '''Rabbie Burns''', was a [[poetry|poet]] who wrote largely in [[Scots language|Scots]] and [[Scottish English|Scottish dialect]]. Born in [[Alloway]], [[Ayrshire]], 25 January 1759, he died 37 years later in [[Dumfries]], [[Dumfriesshire]]. He has come to be regarded as Scotland's national poet, with his birth observed worldwide on "Robbie Burns Day" and celebrated with [[Burns Supper]]s. Often sentimentalized, his life was one of contradictions. An ardent nationalist, he worked for a time as an excise collector for the British Government; a champion of freedom, he almost emigrated to [[Jamaica]] to work as the bookkeeper on a friend's estate, one built on the labour of [[slave]]s.<ref>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=LsoiAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=robert+burns&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7e0KUN22HuWe0QW9kNWnCg&ved=0CGEQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=robert%20burns&f=false ''Robert Burns: a memoir''] James White London 1859.</ref> | ||
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Robert Burns
Robert Burns (1759–1796), popularly known as Robbie or sometimes Rabbie Burns, was a poet who wrote largely in Scots and Scottish dialect. Born in Alloway, Ayrshire, 25 January 1759, he died 37 years later in Dumfries, Dumfriesshire. He has come to be regarded as Scotland's national poet, with his birth observed worldwide on "Robbie Burns Day" and celebrated with Burns Suppers. Often sentimentalized, his life was one of contradictions. An ardent nationalist, he worked for a time as an excise collector for the British Government; a champion of freedom, he almost emigrated to Jamaica to work as the bookkeeper on a friend's estate, one built on the labour of slaves.[1]
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