Robert Burns
25 January 1759 - 21 July 1796

brushed steel bookmark
commissioned by the Falkirk Burns Club

Robert Burns is widely regarded as Scotland's national poet and is
celebrated worldwide. He is regarded as a pioneer of the Romantic
movement and after his death became a great source of inspiration
to the founders of both liberalism and socialism. A cultural icon in
Scotland and among the Scottish Diaspora around the world, celeb-
ration of his life and work became almost a national charismatic cult
during the 19th and 20th centuries, and his influence has long been
strong on Scottish literature.