Wallace

American  

[wol-is, waw-lis] / ˈwɒl ɪs, ˈwɔ lɪs /

noun

1. Alfred Russel 1823–1913, English naturalist, explorer, and author.

2. George Corley 1919–98, U.S. politician: governor of Alabama 1963–67, 1971–79, and 1983–87.

3. Henry (Agard) 1888–1965, U.S. agriculturalist, author, and statesman: Secretary of Agriculture 1933–40; vice president of the U.S. 1941–45; Secretary of Commerce 1945–46.

4. Lewis Lew, 1827–1905, U.S. general and novelist.

5. Sir William. Also 1272?–1305, Scottish military leader and patriot.

6. (William Roy) DeWitt 1889–1981, and his wife, Lila Bell (Acheson), 1889–1984, U.S. magazine publishers.

7. a male given name: a Scottish family name meaning “Welshman, foreigner.”

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Wallace British  

/ ˈwɒlɪs /

noun

1. Alfred Russel. 1823–1913, British naturalist, whose work on the theory of natural selection influenced Charles Darwin

2. Edgar. 1875–1932, English crime novelist

3. Sir Richard. 1818–90, English art collector and philanthropist. His bequest to the nation forms the Wallace Collection, London

4. Sir William. ?1272–1305, Scottish patriot, who defeated the army of Edward I of England at Stirling (1297) but was routed at Falkirk (1298) and later executed

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Wallace Scientific  

/ wŏl′ĭs /

1. British naturalist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection independently of Charles Darwin. Wallace spent eight years (1854–62) traveling in Malaysia and assembling evidence for his theories, which he sent to Darwin in England. Their findings were first presented to the public in 1858.

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Xu from the Georgia Institute of Technology; and Connie Yan and Wallace Marshall from the University of California San Francisco also contributed to the work.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

The Bristol company went on to create Morph, Wallace and Gromit, Shaun the Sheep and Chicken Run, and become the world's most successful stop-motion film.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

The earliest that new legislation targeting AI could get traction is December, when the midterms are over, according to 22V Research analyst Kim Wallace.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

Carter Wallace didn’t play for the Toreadors until his junior year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

Siobhan didn’t know him—the only player on the Wallace team she recognized was Glenn Allen.

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson