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Robert Aiken
Memorial to Robert Aiken and his family, Auld Kirk, Ayr
Born23 August 1739[1]
Ayr, Scotland
Died24 March 1807[2]
Ayr, Scotland
OccupationLawyer or Writer

Robert Aiken was one of Robert Burns's closest friends and greatest admirers.[1] He was born in 1739 in Ayr, Scotland. His father John Aiken, was a sea captain who owned his own ships[2] and his mother was Sarah Dalrymple, distantly related to the Dalrymples of Stair.[2] He became a writer or lawyer in Ayr and was referred to by Burns as "Orator Bob" in his poem "The Kirk's Alarm".[3] Robert was famous for the power, beauty and quality of his oratory as his nickname infers.[1]

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