About the Author:
photo by Portrait by Alexander Naysmith, 1787 (Scottish National Portrait Gallery)
Robert Burns
Alloway, Ayrshire / Dumfries, Scotland
Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796), was a Scottish poet and lyricist, widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland. He is the best known of the poets who have written in the Scots language.