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Robert Burns

When and where was Robert Burns born?

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Engraved portrait of Robert Burns, shown from the waist up wearing a dark jacket and cravat, facing slightly to the left. — Robert Burns Robert Burns, engraving from A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen, 1870.

Robert Burns was born on January 25, 1759, in Alloway, Ayrshire, Scotland.1