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Robert Burns
Robert Burns was born on 25 January 1759 in the village of Alloway, near Ayr.
His father was William Burnes, a gardener turned tenant farmer
from the north-east of Scotland,
and his mother was Agnes Brown, an Ayrshire woman of farming stock.
Burns's early life was marked by constant back-breaking work on a
succession of small farms, but his father saw to it that he never
lacked another kind of culture.
Robert Burns
Robert Burns was born on 25 January 1759 in the village of Alloway, near Ayr.
His father was William Burnes, a gardener turned tenant farmer
from the north-east of Scotland,
and his mother was Agnes Brown, an Ayrshire woman of farming stock.
Burns's early life was marked by constant back-breaking work on a
succession of small farms, but his father saw to it that he never
lacked another kind of culture.