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title: Sir William Wallace
author: The British Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8663/sir-william-wallace/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Sir William Wallace
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## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/8663.jpg)
## Image Caption
Etching depicting Sir [William Wallace](https://www.worldhistory.org/William_Wallace/) (c. 1270-1305 CE) who was a Scottish knight and national hero who fought for his country’s independence from [England](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/england/). (From Smollett's "History of England", 1757 CE)
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Museum, T. B. (2018, June 19). Sir William Wallace. *World History Encyclopedia*.
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