William the Englishman
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William the Englishman (active from 1174, died circa 1214) was an English
stonemason. He completed the work done on Canterbury Cathedral in England by the French architect William of Sens
, after the latter was badly injured in a fall from scaffolding on the cathedral.
He is commemorated on the Albert Memorial in London as part of the Frieze of Parnassus, a pantheon of great architects and artists from history.