Sir Robert Ayton

1570–1638 · 1 work on Laurel, 56 lines, all free to read

The prospect of St Andrews, from John Slezer's Theatrum Scotiae. Ayton took his degree at St Andrews in 1588.

Sir Robert Aytoun or Ayton (c. 1570–1638) was a Scottish multilingual poet and juris.

Aytoun was the son of Andrew Ayton of Kinaldie Castle, in Fife, Scotland, and Mary Lundie.

Aytoun and his elder brother John entered St Leonard's College in St Andrews in 1584. After graduating MA from St Andrews in 1588, he studied civil law at Paris.

Biography adapted from the Wikipedia article “Robert Aytoun”, CC BY-SA. Read it there.

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Poems · 1570–1638