Blind Harry

Blind Harry

Scottish author of the poem The Wallace
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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.

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Blind Harry was born on 1440. They were best known as a writer. Harry's country of citizenship (nationality) was Scottish. They died on 1492.

You can find people similar to Blind Harry by visiting our lists 15th-century Scottish poets and Middle Scots poets.

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