Robert Burns (25 January 1759 - 21 July 1796) (also known as
Rabbie Burns, Scotland's favourite son, the Ploughman Poet, the Bard of Ayrshire
and in Scotland as simply The Bard) was a Scottish poet and a lyricist. He is
widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated
worldwide.

- Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.