Robert Burns

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Scottish poet human lyricist national poet poet songwriter

Robert Burns was an 18th-century Scottish poet widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and a central figure in Scottish literature and culture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish poet ⓘ
human ⓘ
lyricist ⓘ
national poet ⓘ
poet ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
causeOfDeath rheumatic fever ⓘ
child Francis Wallace Burns ⓘ
Maxwell Burns ⓘ
Robert Burns Jr. ⓘ
William Nicol Burns ⓘ
commemoratedBy Burns Night ⓘ
statues in Scotland ⓘ
countryOfBirth Scotland ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
countryOfDeath Scotland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1759-01-25 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1796-07-21 ⓘ
describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica ⓘ
Dictionary of National Biography ⓘ
surface form: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
ethnicGroup Scottish ⓘ
familyName Burns ⓘ
fieldOfWork Scottish literature ⓘ
song collecting ⓘ
genre poetry ⓘ
satire ⓘ
song ⓘ
givenName Robert ⓘ
hasCulturalDepiction Burns Night ⓘ
Burns Night ⓘ
surface form: Burns supper
influenced John Keats ⓘ
Percy Bysshe Shelley ⓘ
Romantic poets ⓘ
Samuel Taylor Coleridge ⓘ
Scottish literature ⓘ
William Wordsworth ⓘ
influencedBy Scottish folk tradition ⓘ
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned Scots ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
movement Romanticism ⓘ
Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ
nationality Scottish ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
Scots ⓘ
notableWork A Red, Red Rose ⓘ
Address to a Haggis ⓘ
Auld Lang Syne ⓘ
Holy Willie's Prayer ⓘ
Poems of Robert Burns ⓘ
surface form: Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect

Scots Wha Hae ⓘ
Tam o' Shanter ⓘ
The Battle of Sherramuir ⓘ
The Cotter's Saturday Night ⓘ
The Jolly Beggars ⓘ
The Scots Musical Museum ⓘ
The Twa Dogs ⓘ
To a Mouse ⓘ
occupation excise officer ⓘ
farmer ⓘ
lyricist ⓘ
poet ⓘ
placeOfBirth Alloway ⓘ
Ayrshire ⓘ
placeOfDeath Dumfries ⓘ
positionHeld excise officer in Dumfries ⓘ
publicationDate 1786 ⓘ
religion Presbyterianism ⓘ
residence Alloway ⓘ
Dumfries ⓘ
Mauchline ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Jean Armour ⓘ
workLocation Ayrshire ⓘ
Dumfries ⓘ

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Ayr → associatedWith → Robert Burns ⓘ
Dumfriesshire → associatedWith → Robert Burns ⓘ
subject surface form: Comin' Thro' the Rye
Poems of Robert Burns → author → Robert Burns ⓘ
Scots → hasNotableAuthor → Robert Burns ⓘ
Ayrshire → hasNotablePerson → Robert Burns ⓘ
Allan Ramsay → influenced → Robert Burns ⓘ
Robert Fergusson → influenced → Robert Burns ⓘ
Poets’ Corner → notableMemorial → Robert Burns ⓘ
subject surface form: Comin' Thro' the Rye