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Description: | Robert Burns (1759-96) Scotland's National Poet was born in a small thatched cottage in Alloway, Ayrshire the son of a market gardener who feued 7 acres locally. During a short period the farmer poet composed a wealth of songs and poems. He died in Dumfries of heart disease aged only 37 years.
The exhibit of Burns' hair is now on display in Burns Cottage Museum, Alloway.
Robert Burns died on the 21st.July 1796 and this lock of Burns' hair is said to have been given by his widow Jean Armour Burns to Jean Wilson of Mauchline on the death of her husband. It should be noted that over the years the colour of the hair has faded. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 | Publisher: | Burns Monument Trust | Temporal: | 1796-01-01 - 1796-12-31 | Source: | Burns Scotland | Identifier: | Lock of Burns' Hair | Go to resource |
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