Robert Burns, born in Alloway, Scotland, on Jan. 25, 1759, was a tenant farmer and lyricist who became known as a national bard for his country, endearing himself to history well before his untimely ...
Historian Amanda Foreman searches the past for the origins of today’s world. Read previous columns here. “My luve is like a red red rose,/That’s newly sprung in June,” wrote the Scottish poet Robert ...