Robert Burns concludes with the singing of "Auld Lang Syne". In 2009, STV ran a television series and public vote on who was "The Greatest Scot" of all time. Robert Burns won, narrowly beating William Wallace. A bust of Burns is in the Hall of Heroes of the National Wallace Monument in Stirling. Biographical information Poetry recitals Robert Burns Robert Burns (25 January 175921 July 1796), also known as Rabbie Burns, the Bard of Ayrshire, Ploughman Poet and various other names and epithets, was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated
John Burns (minister) Sunday school in the early 1780s, Burns opened a "Sabbath Night School" in Calton in 1774 or 1775. He married Elizabeth Stevenson, daughter of John Stevenson, brewer in Glasgow. Among Burns's nine children, John Burns (1775–1850) became Regius Professor of Surgery at the University of Glasgow, Allan Burns (1781–1813) was a physician to the Imperial Court of Russia, James Burns (1789–1871) was a shipowner and George Burns (1795–1890) was his partner in G & J Burns. John Burns (minister) John Burns (13 February 1744 – 26 February 1839) was born in Stirling, Scotland to John Burns of Stirth and Janet