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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 54. Chapters: Cancer deaths in Scotland, Cardiovascular disease deaths in Scotland, Infectious disease deaths in Scotland, George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, Robert Burns, Robin Cook, Chrystal Macmillan, Rikki Fulton, Edwin Morgan, Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane, Frank Deasy, Bernard Crick, John MacDougall, Tommy Burns, Joseph Watt, Madeleine of Valois, Ray Michie, Baroness Michie of Gallanach, John Struthers, Frances Shand Kydd, Alistair Hulett, Budhi Kunderan, Dominic Behan, Magnus Magnusson, Gordon Gray, George Miller, Richard Gordon Wakeford, Harry Ewing, Baron Ewing of Kirkford, Russell Hunter, Eddie Thompson, Jim Farry, Alan Gordon, Werner Heubeck, Margaret Herbison, Joan Curran, John Wheatley, Alec Spalding, Wallace McIntosh, Kai Johansen, William Beardmore, 1st Baron Invernairn, Jimmy Logan, Mark McManus, Norah Neilson Gray, Eric Ronald Griffiths, Jackie Sinclair, Bobby Murdoch, Martyn Bennett, Andrew Strath, George Allan, Pat Quinn, Billy Baxter, Louise McIlroy, Tam Paton, Archie Hind, Ross Tollerton, Thomas Davidson, Caroline Martyn, Priscilla Buchan, Baroness Tweedsmuir, John Dickie, Drew Rutherford, Barney Battles, Sr., Penny Thomson, Stanley Eveling, Anne Muirhead Mathams, Reg McKay, Graeme Kelling. Excerpt: Robert Burns (25 January 1759 - 21 July 1796) (also known as Rabbie Burns, Scotland's favourite son, the Ploughman Poet, Robden of Solway Firth, the Bard of Ayrshire and in Scotland as simply The Bard) was a Scottish poet and a lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the poets who have written in the Scots language, although much of his writing is also in English and a "light" Scots dialect, accessible to an audience beyond Scotland. He also wrote in standard English, and in these his political or civil commentary i...
