William Wallace
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Scottish composer and writer (1860-1940)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 144
Top works
- Hegel's Philosophy of Mind
- Hegel's Philosophy of Mind
- Hegel's Ten Books
- Philosophy of Mind (Jovian Press)
- Robert Burns And Mrs Dunlop Volume II
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1860-07-03
- Active to
- 1940-12-16
Discography
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Not to be confused with the Irish Romantic-era composer William Vincent Wallace William Wallace (3 July 1860 - 16 December 1940) was a Scottish classical composer. Born at Greenock, he studied ophthalmology at the University of Glasgow, and in Vienna and Paris becoming a qualified ophthalmic surgeon, before deciding to study music at the Royal Academy in London in 1889. Wallace was greatly influenced by Liszt, and was an early (though not the first) composer of symphonic poems in Britain. <a
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Family name
- Wallace
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Greenock
- Place of death
- Malmesbury
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Educated at
- University of Glasgow
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- opera
- Conflict
- World War I
- Military rank
- captain
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- date of birth
- 1860-07-03
- date of death
- 1940-12-16
- influenced by
- Franz Liszt
- has works in the collection
- National Galleries Scotland
- name in native language
- William Wallace
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to William Wallace, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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