William Wallace was a Scottish hero who led the Scottish rebellion against England, and while he failed, he inspired Robert the Bruce to attempt again and he succeed in winning the freedom of the Scots.
William Wallace was born in Elderslie and grew up under the English rule. He was the one person who would not resist at all, fighting any soldiers who wanted to take his knife or any article off of his body. William raised a rebellion to fight the English and succeeded for a time, but the English drove him back from his stronghold, Stirling Castle. Wallace went back to his quieter station in life as opposed to being a commander in battle, but he never gave up his fight for freedom, raising a few small rebellions. He finally was captured and put to death in a hideous way which I am not going to dwell on here.
William Wallace greatly influenced Robert the Bruce, who, through a sires of battles, won Scottish freedom from the English.