Allan Ramsay (15 October 1686 – 7 January 1758) was a Scottish poet (or makar), playwright, publisher, librarian and impresario of early Enlightenment...

Allan Ramsay may refer to: Allan Ramsay (poet) or Allan Ramsay the Elder (1686–1758), Scottish poet Allan Ramsay (artist) or Allan Ramsay the Younger...

portrait-painter. Ramsay was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, the eldest son of Allan Ramsay, poet and author of The Gentle Shepherd. From the age of twenty he studied...

planner Patrick Geddes, Ramsay Garden started out as Ramsay Lodge, an octagonal house built by the poet and wig-maker Allan Ramsay the Elder in 1733. The...

princes, Charles Edward Stuart and Henry Benedict Stuart. Allan Ramsay, the great 18th century poet, and his son, the distinguished portrait painter, were...

critics as Scots Chaucerians. In modern usage, poets of the Scots revival in the 18th century, such as Allan Ramsay and Robert Fergusson are also makars. Since...

Opera, the pastoral The Gentle Shepherd, with libretto by the makar Allan Ramsay. The extension of interest in music can be seen in the volume of musical...

Colt Hoare, antiquarian and archaeologist (died 1838) 7 January – Allan Ramsay, poet (born 1686 in Scotland) 17 January – James Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton...

Familiar Epistles he exchanged with Allan Ramsay, he modestly acknowledges the limitations of his own muse. Ramsay singles out Heck as he suggests there...

windmill), Leith Woolmet House Soutra Aisle (modified). 15 October – Allan Ramsay, poet (died 1758) 1 November – Colin Campbell, merchant and entrepreneur...