The Collected Works of Allan Ramsay

These are the webpages of the AHRC-funded project to produce a multi-volume edition of Allan Ramsay's works, a monograph on Edinburgh in the first age of Enlightenment, and a range of other activities, relating to both Allan Ramsay the elder (1684-1758) and the younger (1713-84). Here you will find interactive material, plans, updates, news, and information on the team. We hope you enjoy the site, and please do follow us on our Twitter and Facebook pages (below) for more regular updates. 

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The Editorial Team

Meet the editorial team behind the new Collected Works of Allan Ramsay.

Edinburgh's Enlightenment 1680-1750

The Royal Society Edinburgh funded project on Ramsay's Edinburgh.

Interactive Map

Click here for the interactive map of eighteenth-century Edinburgh

Edinburgh Heritage Trail

Edinburgh Trail: on display during the 2017 Allan Ramsay Festival. Click link to download PDF.

Allan Ramsay (1684-1758)

Allan Ramsay (1713-1784)

Ramsay's Songs & Music

New research and performance.

Bibliography

Working towards a new bibliography of Allan Ramsay.

Reception

How has Allan Ramsay been received since his death in 1758?

Ramsay Country

For more info on the environs known as Ramsay Country.

Jacobites

What are the Ramsay associations with the Jacobites?