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Robert Burns, Scottish Poet
(1759-1796)




Just the Facts:
  • Name: Robert Burns
  • Birth: January 25, 1759, Alloway, Scotland, UK
  • Death: July 21, 1796, Dumfries, Scotland, UK
  • Language: Scots
  • Who he was: Scottish poet; "Auld Lang Syne"; "To a Mouse"; "A Man's a Man for A' That"; "Scots Wha Hae"; "Tam O'Shanter"
  • Included in lists (What's This?): HC; Bloom

Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
updates on Facebook and Twitter. Follow along!

Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!

Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish Writer
(1892-1978)




Just the Facts:
  • Name: Christopher Murray Grieve
  • Known as: Hugh MacDiarmid
  • Birth: August 11, 1892, Langholm, UK
  • Death: September 9, 1978, Edinburgh, UK
  • Language: Scots, English
  • Who he was: Scottish poet, journalist, and essayist who wrote poems as in A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle
  • Included in lists (What's This?): Bloom

Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
updates on Facebook and Twitter. Follow along!

Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!