Robert Burns(1759-1796)

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Robert Burns was born to a poor farming family in the Lowlands of Scotland in 1759. During his adult years he wrote several volumes of poetry that were well received. By the time of his death he was considered the poet laureate of Scotland, and is still considered so by many to this day. Among his many poems are; Auld Lang Syne, Coming Thro the Rye, Tam O'Shanter etc.

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Wonder Woman

7.3

Soundtrack("Green Grow the Rashes, O")

2017

Iron Man 3

7.1

Soundtrack("Auld Lang Syne")

2013

If I Stay

6.7

Soundtrack("Auld Lang Syne")

2014

Sleepless in Seattle

6.8

Soundtrack("Auld Lang Syne")

1993

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Writer

Auld Lang Syne - The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin
Music Video
- text
- 2020
Burns Night: Address to a Haggis
Short
- Writer
- 2018
A bor lelke
TV Short
- Writer
- 1999
Tam Lin
5.7
- poem "The Ballad of Tam Lin" (uncredited)
- 1970
Camera Three
7.3
TV Series
- poems
- 1961
Tam O'Shanter
Short
- poem
- 1930

Composer

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Height
- 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
Born
- January 25, 1759
- Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
Died
- July 21, 1796
- Dumfries, Scotland, UK(rheumatic fever)
Spouse
- Jean ArmourAugust 5, 1788 - July 21, 1796 (his death, 9 children)
Other works
Novel: "The Merry Muses of Caledonia"
Publicity listings
- 10 Portrayals

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Trivia
He had twelve children by four women: Robert Burns, born 3 September 1786; Jean Burns, born 3 September 1786; unnamed twins who died in infancy, born 9 March 1788; Francis Wallace Burns, born 18 August 1789; William Nicol Burns, born 9 April 1791; Elizabeth Riddell Burns, born 21 November 1792; James Glencairn Burns, born 12 August 1794; and Maxwell Burns, born 25 July 1796, by his wife Jean Armour. Elizabeth Burns, born 22 May 1785, by Elizabeth Paston. Robert Burns, born November 1788, by Janet Clow. Elizabeth Burns, born 31 March 1791, by Ann Park.