# Jean Elliot

> Jean Elliot, also known as Jane Elliot, was a Scottish poet. She wrote one of the most famous versions of The Flowers of the Forest, a song lamenting the Scottish army's defeat in the Battle of Flodden. Published in 1776, it is her only surviving work. The lyrics are set to an earlier tune c. 1615–1625 in the John Skene of Halyards Manuscript as "Flowres of the Forrest."

*Scottish poet*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1727
- **Died:** 1805-03-29
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

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## Fame
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## Sources
- [جان إليوت](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AA)
- [جان اليوت](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AA)
- [Jean Elliot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Elliot)
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- [Wikiquote](https://ig.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jane_Elliott)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4946507)

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