Noun: Wallace wó-lis
- 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
- English naturalist who formulated a concept of evolution that resembled Charles Darwin's (1823-1913)
- Alfred Russel Wallace
- English writer noted for his crime novels (1875-1932)
- Edgar Wallace, Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace
Type of: author, freedom fighter, insurgent, insurrectionist, natural scientist, naturalist, rebel, writer
Encyclopedia: Wallace, Mike