Blind Harry (c. 1440 – 1492), also known as Harry, Hary or Henry the Minstrel, is renowned as the author of The Actes and Deidis of the Illustre and Vallyeant Campioun Schir William Wallace, more commonly known as The Wallace. This was a lengthy poem recounting the life of William Wallace, the Scottish independence leader, written around 1477, 172 years after Wallace's death.
You can find people similar to Blind Harry by visiting our lists 15th-century Scottish poets and Middle Scots poets.
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Date of birth | 1440
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Date of death | 1492
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