0 ▁– ▁ 1 3 ▁March ▁ 1 3 9 5 ) ▁was ▁a ▁Scottish ▁poet ▁and ▁the ▁first ▁major ▁named ▁literary ▁figure ▁to ▁write ▁in ▁Sc ots . ▁His ▁principal ▁surv iving ▁work ▁is ▁the ▁historical ▁verse ▁rom ance , ▁The ▁Br us ▁( The ▁Bruce ), ▁and ▁his ▁reputation ▁from ▁this ▁poem ▁is ▁such ▁that ▁other ▁long ▁works ▁in ▁Sc ots ▁which ▁surv ive ▁from ▁the ▁period ▁are ▁sometimes ▁thought ▁to ▁be ▁by ▁him . ▁He ▁is ▁known ▁to ▁have ▁written ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁other ▁works , ▁but ▁other ▁titles ▁definitely ▁as cribed ▁to ▁his ▁author ship , ▁such ▁as ▁The ▁Stewart is ▁O ry g inal le ▁( G ene al ogy ▁of ▁the ▁Ste w arts ) ▁and ▁The ▁Br ut ▁( Br ut us ), ▁are ▁now ▁lost . ▁ ▁Bar bour ▁was ▁latter ly ▁Arch de acon ▁of ▁the ▁Kirk ▁of ▁St ▁Mach ar ▁in ▁Aber de en . ▁He ▁also ▁studied ▁in ▁Oxford ▁and ▁Paris . ▁Although ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁man ▁of ▁the ▁church , ▁his ▁surv iving ▁writing ▁is ▁strongly ▁sec ular ▁in ▁both ▁tone ▁and ▁them es . ▁His ▁principal ▁patron ▁was ▁Robert ▁II ▁and ▁evidence ▁of ▁his ▁promotion ▁and ▁movements ▁before ▁Robert ▁Stewart ▁came ▁to ▁power ▁as ▁king ▁tend ▁to ▁suggest ▁that ▁Bar bour ▁acted ▁polit ically ▁on ▁the ▁future ▁king ' s ▁beh alf . ▁ ▁He ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 3 9 5 , ▁probably ▁in ▁Aber de en . ▁ ▁Life ▁ ▁John ▁Bar bour ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁born ▁around