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George Bannatyne.
(1545 - 1608) Scottish merchant and collector of Scottish poems
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About George Bannatyne
George Bannatyne (1545–1608), a native of Angus, Scotland, was an Edinburgh merchant and burgess. He was the seventh of twenty-three children, including Catherine Bannatyne, born of James Bannatyne of Kirktown of Newtyle in Forfarshire and Katherine Tailefer. He is most famous as a collector of Scottish poems. He compiled an anthology of Scots poetry while in isolation during a plague in 1568. His work extended to eight hundred folio pages, divided into five parts. The anthology includes works from Scottish Chaucerians as well as many anonymous writers.
Everything about George Bannatyne →- Occupation
- merchant, poet, writer
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Scotland
- Born
- 1545
- Died
- 1608