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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 he composed a wealth of songs and poems. He died in Dumfries of heart disease aged only 37 years.
The desk is on view in the Museum at Burns Cottage in Alloway.
This mahogany writing desk belonged to Robert Burns when he lived in his final years in Dumfries. During this period much of his work was on the Scots Musical Museum and among the poems he wrote were 'Scots, wha ha'e' and 'Is there for honest Poverty'. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 | Publisher: | Burns Monument Trust | Temporal: | 1780-01-01 - 1796-12-31 | Source: | Burns Scotland | Identifier: | Mahogany writing desk which belonged to | Go to resource |
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