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Silver Watch that belonged to Robert Burns

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    Silver Watch that belonged to Robert Burns
  • Subjects: poetry ; Robert Burns
  • Description: Provider: - Institution: - Data provided by Europeana Collections- 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 at the early age of 37 years. The watch which is now on display in Burns Cottage Museum, Alloway was presented in 1931 by the descendants of the Poet's brother Gilbert Burns. The silver watch which belonged to Robert Burns originally was in the possession of his father William Burnes who passed it on to his son.- All metadata published by Europeana are available free of restriction under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. However, Europeana requests that you actively acknowledge and give attribution to all metadata sources including Europeana
  • Creation Date: 1750
  • Language: English
  • Source: Europeana Collections

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