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Whose birthday is celebrated throughout the world on 25th January?

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jonnowales
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jonnowales
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Robert Burns.

Virginia Woolf was also born on this day.

Oct 28 2006, 5:22 AM
smartie806
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Here's a list of January 25 births, Robert Boyle, Etta James, and Alicia Keyes included:

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_25#Births

Oct 28 2006, 8:26 AM
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Robert Burns (January 25, 1759 – July 21, 1796) was a poet and a lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and 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 which would have been accessible to a wider audience than simply Scottish people. At various times in his career, he wrote in English, and in these pieces, his political or civil commentary is often at its most blunt.

Burns is regarded as a pioneer of the Romantic movement and after his death, he became an important source of inspiration to the founders of both liberalism and socialism. A cultural icon in Scotland and among Scots who have relocated to other parts of the world (the Scottish diaspora), his celebration became almost a national charismatic cult during periods of the 19th and 20th centuries, and his influence has long been strong on Scottish literature.

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Burns

Oct 28 2006, 8:43 AM
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