Allan Ramsay

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bookseller human playwright poet publisher

Allan Ramsay was an influential 18th-century Scottish poet and playwright, known for helping to revive Scots vernacular literature and for works such as "The Gentle Shepherd."

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form As subject As object
Allan Ramsay the Younger 0 3
Allan Ramsay (painter) 0 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bookseller →
human →
playwright →
poet →
publisher →
activeYearsEnd 1750s →
activeYearsStart 1710 →
child Allan Ramsay self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Allan Ramsay (painter)
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain →
dateOfBirth 1686-10-15 →
dateOfDeath 1758-01-07 →
educatedAt parish school in Crawfordmoor →
employer self-employed →
ethnicGroup Scottish →
familyName Bertram Ramsay →
surface form: Ramsay
father Robert Ramsay →
genre pastoral drama →
poetry →
song collection →
givenName Allan →
influenced Robert Burns →
Robert Fergusson →
languageOfWorkOrName English →
Scots →
mother Alice Bower →
movement Scottish Enlightenment →
revival of Scots vernacular literature →
name Allan Ramsay self-link →
notableAchievement established a leading bookselling and publishing business in Edinburgh →
founded one of the first circulating libraries in Britain →
helped revive Scots vernacular literature in the 18th century →
notableWork A Collection of Scots Proverbs →
The Ever Green →
The Gentle Shepherd →
The Tea-Table Miscellany →
occupation bookseller →
playwright →
poet →
publisher →
placeOfBirth Leadhills →
Scotland →
South Lanarkshire →
placeOfDeath Edinburgh →
Scotland →
residence Edinburgh →
sexOrGender male →
spouse Christian Ross →
workLocation Edinburgh →

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Allan Ramsay → child → Allan Ramsay self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Allan Ramsay (painter)
Select Society → foundedBy → Allan Ramsay →
this entity surface form: Allan Ramsay the Younger
Scottish Enlightenment → hasKeyFigure → Allan Ramsay →
this entity surface form: Allan Ramsay the Younger
Select Society → hasMember → Allan Ramsay →
this entity surface form: Allan Ramsay the Younger
Scots → hasNotableAuthor → Allan Ramsay →
Allan Ramsay → name → Allan Ramsay self-link →