Braveheart Scottish political landscape in the mid to late 1990s. In 1997, a 12-ton sandstone statue depicting Mel Gibson as William Wallace in "Braveheart" was placed in the car park of the Wallace Monument near Stirling, Scotland. The statue, which was the work of Tom Church, a monumental mason from Brechin, included the word "Braveheart" on Wallace's shield. The installation became the cause of much controversy; one local resident stated that it was wrong to "desecrate the main memorial to Wallace with a lump of crap". In 1998, someone wielding a hammer vandalized the statue's face. After repairs were made, the
Malcolm S. Muir Malcolm S. Muir Dr Malcolm Stewart Muir FRSE (1930-1995) was a 20th century British epidemiologist and "geographic pathologist". Friends and colleagues knew him as Calum Muir. Famed for his cancer research he was a joint founder of the Singapore Cancer Society and served as its Secretary 1964 to 1967. He was born in Sorbie in Wigtownshire on 23 April 1930 the son of the local school headmaster. The family moved to Stirling in central Scotland and he was educated at Stirling High School. He then studied Medicine at Glasgow University graduating MB ChB in 1952. He received placements at the