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Robert Burns (1759-1796) Scotland’s favorite son; the Ploughman Poet; was a Scottish poet and a lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated worldwide. Son of a Scottish peasant, Burns shared during his early years the hard-working and poor life of his class. His father arranged with other farmers to have his children taught by a well-educated young man. He received a formal education in English, learning by heart English poetry and learning to write an elegant English prose. At the age of fifteen, he fell in love and shortly thereafter he wrote his f