Robert Burns

Comprehensive information about Robert Burns including biographical information, facts, literary works, and more. Robert Burns was a poet and songwriter widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland. This celebrated Scottish poet and lyricist was born at Alloway, near Ayr, in 1759. Burns' poem "A Red, Red Rose" is considered one of the greatest poems of all-time. This educational Robert Burns resource has information about the author's life, works, quotations, articles and essays, and more.