| LC control no. | n 50021101 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Barbour, John, approximately 1320-1395 |
| Variant(s) | Barbour, John, d. 1395 Barbour, John, -1395 |
| Associated country | Scotland |
| Located | Aberdeen (Scotland) |
| Birth date | 1320~ |
| Death date | 1395-03-13 |
| Place of birth | Scotland |
| Place of death | Aberdeen (Scotland) |
| Field of activity | Poetry Epic poetry |
| Affiliation | St. Machar's Cathedral (Aberdeen, Scotland) |
| Profession or occupation | Poets Archdeacons |
| Found in | Wikipedia, 16 October 2017 (John Barbour (poet); (c.1320-13 March 1395); birthplace is not known, though Aberdeenshire and Galloway have made rival claims; died, probably in Aberdeen; was a Scottish poet and the first major named literary figure to write in Scots; His principal surviving work is the historical verse romance, The Brus (The Bruce); is known to have written a number of other works, but other titles definitely ascribed to his authorship, such as The Stewartis Oryginalle (Genealogy of the Stewarts) and The Brut (Brutus), are now lost; his principal patron was Robert II; studied in Oxford and Paris; was latterly Archdeacon of the Kirk of St Machar in Aberdeen) |
| Associated language | sco |
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