Robert Burns
Robert Burns ( 25 January 175921 July 1796 ) , also known familiarly as Rabbie Burns , the National Bard , Bard of Ayrshire and the Ploughman Poet and various other names and epithets , was a Scottish poet and lyricist . 
<triplet> Robert Burns <subj> 25 January 1759 <obj> date of birth <subj> 21 July 1796 <obj> date of death