In which town in southern Scotland is the poet Robert Burns buried?

Robert Burns (1759-1796) was a famous Scottish poet, who wrote 'To A Mouse', 'Auld Lang Syne', 'Tam o Shanter' and many other poems. Burns is regarded as the national poet of Scotland and much of his work is written in a Scottish dialect of English.

On 21st July 1796, Burns died in Dumfries, at the age of 37. His funeral took place four days later on the same day that his son Maxwell was born. Burns is buried in St. Michael's Churchyard in Dumfries in the Burns Mausoleum. The body of his widow, Jean Armour, was also buried there in 1834.

Robert Burns, sometimes known as Rabbie Burns, is regarded as a pioneer of the Romantic movement, which focused on emotion, imagination, nature, human life, freedom of expression, individualism and old folk traditions. Legends and fairy tales were deemed important, whereas science and politics were not.

Burns moved to Dumfriesshire in 1788, where he purchased Ellisland Farm. After giving up the farm in 1791, he moved into the town of Dumfries. Nicknamed 'Queen of the South', Dumfries is a market town near the mouth of the River Nith. It is approximately 25 miles (40 km) from the Scottish border.