What is Andrew of Wyntoun?
'''Andrew of Wyntoun '''(also known as '''Andrew de Wyntoun''' and '''Andrew Wyntoun''') ({{circa|1350|1425}}), was a [[Scottish people|Scottish]] poet, a [[Canon (official)|canon]] of St. Andrew's and a prior (higher-up within the Church) of St. Serf's Inch in Loch Leven. Wyntoun and [[John Barbour]] (''[[The Brus]]'', 1375) were the first people to write about [[history]] in the [[Scots|Scots language]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Dukes |first1=Paul |title=Foresay |journal=Cairn |date=1997 |volume=1 |page=2}}</ref> He wrote a long [[Poetry|poetic]] history of [[Scotland]], called the ''[[Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland]]'', which included Scotland's [[Mythology|mythical]] pre-history and finished when [[James I of Scotland|King James I]] came to power. == References == {{Reflist}} {{EB1911|noprescript=1|url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Wyntoun,_Andrew_of|title=Wyntoun, Andrew of}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wyntoun, Andrew of}} [[Category:1350s births]] [[Category:1420s deaths]] [[Category:Scottish poets]] [[Category:Historians]]