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June 19th, 1993 - William Golding, author (Lord of the Flies, Nobel 1983), died at 81. In 1985, Golding and his wife moved to Tullimaar House at Perranarworthal, near Truro, Cornwall, where he died of heart failure, eight years later. He was buried in the village churchyard at Bowerchalke, South Wiltshire (near the Hampshire and Dorset county boundaries). http://www.thefuneralsource.org/deathiversary/june/19.html

William Wordsworth, english romantic poet

The Artist's Son, William by Martin Archer Shee (1769–1850), c.1820, from Royal Academy of Arts

The chemist and publisher William Crookes was a well-known figure in the scientific community in Britain during the nineteenth century. In addition to his work as a scientist, he conducted controversial investigations into spiritualism, trying to reconcile the spiritual and physical worlds.

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William Shakespeare quote about insulting from Romeo and Juliet: “Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?”

Sargent's palette, oil paints and brushes Harvard Art Museums - Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA John Singer Sargent (1866 - 1925) was an American artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocation of Edwardian era luxury. During his career he created approximately 900 oil paintings and more than 2000 watercolours, as well as countless sketches and charcoal drawings. His oeuvre documents worldwide travel, from Venice to the Tyrol, Corfu, the Middle East, Montana…

Scottish Historical Figure. Though he has become a leading symbol of Scottish nationalism in recent years, details of Wallace's life are sketchy, with most of what we know of him coming from the fifteenth-century ballad The Wallace by the virulently anti-English bard Blind Harry. In May, 1297, Wallace and a company of...

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Sir William Cornwallis Harris by Ramsay Richard Reinagle (1775–1862) (attributed to), c.1823, from National Portrait Gallery, London

Sir William Mackinnon, 1st Bt by Eveleen Myers (née Tennant) platinum print, 1890s

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This statue is 31 feet tall and it's near Dryburgh Village and Scott's View in the Borders. We saw the sign for this on the way to Scott's View and decided to check it out. It's about a half mile walk along a path in the woods to reach the statue and there's also a wonderful view out to the River Tweed.

William Orpen - Sir William McCormick, 1920

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