wallace
Nouns
- (n) Scottish insurgent who led the resistance to Edward I; in 1297 he gained control of Scotland briefly until Edward invaded Scotland again and defeated Wallace and subsequently executed him (1270-1305) Sir William Wallace,
- (n) English writer noted for his crime novels (1875-1932) Edgar Wallace, Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace,
- (n) English naturalist who formulated a concept of evolution that resembled Charles Darwin's (1823-1913) Alfred Russel Wallace,