Where did Robert Burns die?
Directory > Reference > Britannica Concise Robert Burns (click to enlarge) Robert Burns, detail of an oil painting by Alexander Nasmyth; in the National Portrait Gallery, (credit: Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London)(born Jan. 25, 1759, Alloway, Ayrshire, Scot. — died July 21, 1796, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire) National poet of Scotland. The son of a poor farmer, he early became familiar with orally transmitted folk song and tales. His father’s farm failed, and a farm he started himself quickly went bankrupt. Handsome and high-spirited, he engaged in a series of love affairs, some of which produced children, and celebrated his lovers in his poems. His Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (1786) brought acclaim but no financial security, and he eventually took a job as an exciseman. He later began collecting and editing hundreds of traditional airs for James Johnson’s Scots Musical Museum (1787–1803) and George Thomson’s Select Collection of Original Scotish Airs (1793–1818)
Do you mean the poet? If so, Burns died in Dumfries, July 21, 1796. Burns, Robert (1759-96), Scottish poet and writer of traditional Scottish folk songs, whose works are known and loved wherever the English language is read. http://www.dumfries-and-galloway.co.uk/people/burns.htm I hope this helps. Good Luck & God Bless.
Do you mean the poet? If so, Burns died in Dumfries, July 21, 1796. Burns, Robert (1759-96), Scottish poet and writer of traditional Scottish folk songs, whose works are known and loved wherever the English language is read. http://www.dumfries-and-galloway.co.uk/p… I hope this helps. Good Luck & God Bless.
