Allan Ramsay (poet)
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Allan Ramsay was a Scottish poet, playwright, publisher, librarian and impresario of early Enlightenment Edinburgh. Ramsay's influence extended to England, foreshadowing the reaction that followed the publication of Percy's Reliques. He was on close terms with the leading men of letters in Scotland and England. He corresponded with William Hamilton of Bangour, William Somervile, John Gay and Alexander Pope.
Portrait painted in 1722 by William Aikman (1682–1731) Ramsay's friend, Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, owned Aikman's portrait of Ramsay, in imitation of whose verse he had written on the back of the canvas: Here painted on this canvas clout by Aikman's hand is Ramsay's snout
Allan Ramsay as depicted on the Scott Monument
Allan Ramsay Statue, Edinburgh
Monument to Allan Ramsay on the south side of Greyfriars Kirk
Makar
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A makar is a term from Scottish literature for a poet or bard, often thought of as a royal court poet.
St Andrews Cathedral, St Andrews, now in ruins: one of Scotland's key buildings in the classic period of the Makars and a possible presence in some of Dunbar's spiritual works
Rosslyn Chapel; built in the century of the makars, the famed intricacy of its carving shares much in spirit with the aureation in their language.
Nicola Sturgeon and the new 2021 Makar Kathleen Jamie outside the Scottish Poetry Library