Full Name: Robert Burns

Role in Society: The Bard — Our Guiding Spirit & Inspiration

Date of Birth – Date of Death: 25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796

About Me: Poet of the people. Farmer, philosopher, romantic, and revolutionary spirit. I gave voice to the common man and challenged injustice with the pen. My legacy lives on in every toast, every verse, and every gathering in my name.

Favorite Poem (Optional): “A Man's a Man for A' That” For its enduring hope that humanity shall be equal and free.

What I Love About the Burns Society: The warmth of its fellowship, the devotion to Scottish song and literature, and the shared conviction that art binds us across time and space.

Favorite Dinner Memory: The first Supper held on 25 January 1871 at John Sutherland’s in New York—a fine Haggis, finer whisky, and finest company.