biography
pronunciation:
[bah(r)ber]
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.1320–95)
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| biography:
| Poet, clergyman, and scholar, probably born in Aberdeen, NE Scotland, UK. He was Archdeacon of Aberdeen from 1357, or earlier, till his death. His national epic, The Brus, written in the 1370s, is a narrative poem on the life and deeds of King Robert I, the Bruce, preserving many oral traditions. |
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