Robert Aiken
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Robert Aiken
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Robert Aiken was one of Robert Burns's closest friends and greatest admirers. He was born in 1739 in Ayr, Scotland. His father John Aiken, was a sea captain who owned his own ships and his mother was Sarah Dalrymple, distantly related to the Dalrymples of Stair. He became a writer or lawyer in Ayr and was referred to by Burns as "Orator Bob" in his poem "The Kirk's Alarm". Robert was famous for the power, beauty and quality of his oratory as his nickname infers.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Aiken
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2020-04-21T19:11:06Z
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2024-09-09T16:30:15Z
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