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Jean Armour (25 February 1765 – 26 March 1834), also known as the "Belle of Mauchline", was the wife of the poet Robert Burns. She inspired many of his poems and bore him nine children, three of whom survived into adulthood.
24 de jan. de 2017 · A novel that explores the life and love of Jean Armour, the wife of the Scottish poet Robert Burns. Learn how she overcame the challenges of pregnancy, loss, infidelity and poverty, and how she influenced his work and legacy.
14 de jan. de 2019 · Thursday 7th February in Maclaurin Gallery. The role of Jean Armour in the life of Robert Burns seems to have been routinely ignored, not so much by Burns himself as by subsequent commentators. Yet Jean was a young woman who displayed great strength of character.
THE REAL JEAN ARMOUR – ROBERT BURNS’ BONNIE JEAN. Prepared by Tony Grace for the Carnie Group, September 2017 I find it remarkable that so much has been written about Robert Burns the man and his life as well as his works, and in fact continues to be written to this day.
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Wife of the poet Robert Burns. Creative Commons CC by NC. About this artwork. Jean Armour was the daughter of a stonemason in Mauchline, Ayrshire, where she met Robert Burns in 1784. When Jean fell pregnant Burns was reluctant to marry her but did apparently promise that he would stick by her.
30 de mar. de 2016 · Catherine talks about Jean Armour, whom Burns called 'the jewel of them all' – and the background to her novel about Jean, The Jewel.
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Jean Armour (1765–1834) was a Scottish woman who had nine children with the poet Robert Burns, whom she met in 1784 and married in 1788. She was the subject of several of his poems, such as 'To a Mountain Daisy' and 'To a Mouse', and is remembered for her singing and dancing skills.
