George Bannatyne (1545–1608) was an Edinburgh merchant and burgess. He is, however, most famous as a collector of Scottish poems. He was a native of Angus. He compiled an anthology of the Scots poetry of his age. His work extended to eight hundred folio pages, divided into five parts.
Read more about George Bannatyne: The Bannatyne Manuscript, Recent Scolarship
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