Robert Burns
· He was a scottish poet & lyricist
· Born on 25 January 1759 at Alloway , Ayrshire , Scotland
· His poem Auld Land Syne and Scots Wha Hae served for a long time as an unofficial National Anthem of Scotland
· Notable works such as Auld Land Syne , To a mouse , A Man’s a man for A ‘ That , Ae Fond kiss , Scots Wha Hae , Tam O’Shanter , Halloween , The battle of Sherramuir
· He began romantic overtures to Alison Begbie . In spite of four songs written to her & suggested that he was willing to marry her , she rejected him
· His friend Captain Richard Brown had encouraged him to become a poet
· He fell in love with Mary Campbell dedicated the poems Highland Lassie O , Highland Mary , To Mary in Heaven to her
· At the age of 37 , Burns had died on 21st July 1796 in Dumbries , Scotland
· Through his twelve children , Burns has over 600 living descendants as of 2012
· In 2009 , STV Television ran a T.V series & public vote “ who is the greatest Scot of all time “ , Robert Burns won an honour .
· Soviet Union is the first country in the world who honour burns with stamp in 1956
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