No free photograph
George Bannatyne
(1545 - 1608) Scottish merchant and collector of Scottish poems · Writers · Died at 63
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.
Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
George Bannatyne is read about 3 times a day, in 3 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 15 October 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 57 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?About this person
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.
Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
