John Barbour
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 10
Top works
- Ministers and Music
- FOOTPRINTS ON THE MOON
- John Barbour's Facebook Page
- Bruce or the Book of the Most Excellent and Noble Prince - Robert de Broyss, King of Scots - Vol. Ii
- Bruce or the Book of the Most Excellent and Noble Prince Robert de Broyss, King of Scots
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- Listeners
- 116
- Total plays
- 501
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 204,591x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 43,635x
- Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,910x
- Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
· 2007 · cited 35,581x
- The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
· 1992 · cited 29,131x
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Quotes
- “Storys to rede ar delatibillSuppos that thai be nocht bot fabill,Than suld storys that suthfast werAnd thai war said on gud manerHave doubill plesance in heryng.The first plesance is the carpyng,And the tother the suthfastnesThat schawys the thing rycht as it wes.”
- “A! Fredome is a noble thing!Fredome mays man to haiff liking.Fredome all solace to man giffis,He levys at es that frely levys!”
- “Na he that ay has levyt freMay nocht knaw weill the propyrteThe angyr na the wrechyt domeThat is couplyt to foule thyrldome,Bot gyff he had assayit it.Than all perquer he suld it wyt,And suld think fredome mar to prysThan all the gold in warld that is.”
- “Luff is off sa mekill mycht,That it all paynys makis lych.”
- “Thai eyt it with full gud willThat soucht na nother sals thar-tillBot appetyt.”
- “Na thar may na man fyr sa covyrThan low or rek sall it discovyr.”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Scotland
- Place of birth
- Aberdeen
- Place of death
- Aberdeen
- Occupation
- politician
- Educated at
- University of Paris
- Languages spoken
- medieval Latin
- Native language
- Early Scots
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Field of work
- poetry
- Image
- Memorial to John Barbour, St Machar's Cathedral.jpg
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- date of death
- 1395-01-01
- date of birth
- 1316-00-00
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- writing language
- Early Scots
Sources (3)
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