Wallace
Encyclopedia

People

  • Wallace (surname)
    Wallace (surname)
    -People:* A. J. Wallace , American football player* Alfred Russel Wallace, British naturalist and biologist, who identified the Wallace Line and co-discovered natural selection* Andy Wallace * Andy Wallace...

  • Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace
    Edgar Wallace
    Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was an English crime writer, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and playwright, who wrote 175 novels, 24 plays, and numerous articles in newspapers and journals....

     (1875–1932), English crime writer, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and playwright.
  • Clan Wallace
    Clan Wallace
    -Origins of the clan:The Wallace family first came to Scotland with a Norman family in the 11th century. King David was eager to extend the benefits of Norman influence and gave grants to the nobles of the south. Among them was Walter Fitzallan, who the Scottish king appointed his Steward in 1136...

     in Scotland
  • William Wallace
    William Wallace
    Sir William Wallace was a Scottish knight and landowner who became one of the main leaders during the Wars of Scottish Independence....

    , a famous Scottish knight, and Guardian of Scotland
  • Alfred Russel Wallace
    Alfred Russel Wallace
    Alfred Russel Wallace, OM, FRS was a British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist...

    , British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist best known for independently proposing a theory of evolution

Fiction

  • Wallace (Sin City)
    Wallace (Sin City)
    Wallace is the protagonist of Hell and Back, the longest of the Sin City yarns written by Frank Miller.Wallace starts off as an ex-military civilian...

    , protagonist of the Sin City graphic novels
  • Wallace Breen, primary antagonist of the 2004 computer game Half-Life 2
  • Wallace (The Wire)
    Wallace (The Wire)
    Wallace is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actor Michael B. Jordan. Wallace is a 16-year-old drug dealer for the Barksdale Organization, who works in the low-rise projects crew known as "The Pit" with his friends and fellow dealers Bodie Broadus and Poot Carr...

    , character on The Wire
  • Wallace, principal character in the British animated series Wallace and Gromit
    Wallace and Gromit
    Wallace and Gromit are the main characters in a series consisting of four British animated short films and a feature-length film by Nick Park of Aardman Animations...

  • Eli Wallace
    Eli Wallace
    Eli Wallace is a fictional character in the Canadian-American television series Stargate Universe, a science fiction drama centering on the adventures of a present-day, multinational scientific team unable to return to Earth after an evacuation to the Ancient spaceship Destiny, which is traveling...

    , a main character on Stargate Universe.
  • Wallace Fennel
    Wallace Fennel
    Wallace Fennel is a fictional character on UPN/The CW television series Veronica Mars, which debuted during the fall 2004 season on UPN. He is portrayed by Percy Daggs III.- Background :...

    , a character on Veronica Mars.
  • Wallace, a character in the Pokémon
    Pokémon
    is a media franchise published and owned by the video game company Nintendo and created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1996. Originally released as a pair of interlinkable Game Boy role-playing video games developed by Game Freak, Pokémon has since become the second most successful and lucrative video...

    universe

Places in Canada

  • Wallace, Nova Scotia
    Wallace, Nova Scotia
    Wallace is a Canadian rural community in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.Originally called Remsheg, meaning "the place between" in the Mi'kmaq language. The homes of the Acadians who lived in the village were burned as part of the Bay of Fundy Campaign during the French and Indian War...

    , rural community
  • Wallace Ridge, Nova Scotia
    Wallace Ridge, Nova Scotia
    Wallace Ridge is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Cumberland County .-References:*...

  • Wallace, Ontario
    Wallace, Ontario
    Wallace is a community in Perth County, Ontario, Canada. It is located at the intersection of Perth Line 88 and Perth Road 146. Although the hamlet is referred to as Wallace on many maps, it is known by locals as "Wallaceville". The name "Wallaceville" is shown on the community's entrance signs...

    , community
  • Wallace No. 243, Saskatchewan
    Wallace No. 243, Saskatchewan
    Wallace No. 243 is a rural municipality of 901 residents in the east-central part of Saskatchewan, Canada. The RM was incorporated December 11, 1911...

    , rural municipality

Places in the United States

  • Wallace House
    Wallace House
    Wallace House or Wallace Farm may refer to:in the United States *J. N. Wallace House, Boise, Idaho, listed on the NRHP in Idaho*Gen. Lew Wallace Study, Crawfordsville, Indiana, listed on the NRHP in Indiana...

    , several historic structures
  • Baldwin-Wallace College
    Baldwin-Wallace College
    Baldwin–Wallace College is a liberal arts college in Berea, Ohio, founded in 1845. It is home to the Riemenschneider-Bach Institute and the Baldwin–Wallace Conservatory of Music, an internationally renowned music school. The college is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Students receive a...

    , Berea, Ohio
  • Wallace, California
    Wallace, California
    Wallace is a census-designated place at the far west edge of Calaveras County, California, United States on State Route 12. The population was 403 at the 2010 census, up from 220 at the 2000 census.-The town's name:...

    , census-designated place
  • Wallace, Idaho
    Wallace, Idaho
    Wallace is a historic city in the Panhandle region of the U.S. state of Idaho and the county seat of Shoshone County in the Silver Valley mining district...

    , town
  • Wallace, Indiana
    Wallace, Indiana
    Wallace, originally named Jacksonville, is a town located in Jackson Township, Fountain County, Indiana in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the town had a total population of 105.- History :...

    , town
  • Wallace, Kansas
    Wallace, Kansas
    Wallace is a city in Wallace County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 57.-History:The city began with the establishment of Fort Wallace, ordered built by General William Sherman.-Geography:...

    , city
  • Wallace, Louisiana
    Wallace, Louisiana
    Wallace is a census-designated place in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 570 at the 2000 census. It is part of the New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner Metropolitan Statistical Area...

    , census-designated place
  • Wallace, Michigan, community in Michigan's Upper Peninsula
  • Wallace, Alcona County, Michigan
  • Wallace, Missouri
    Wallace, Missouri
    Wallace is an unincorporated community in southern Buchanan County, Missouri . It is located about twelve miles northwest of Platte City. Its post office has closed and mail now comes from nearby Dearborn....

    , an unincorporated community
  • Wallace, Nebraska
    Wallace, Nebraska
    Wallace is a village in Lincoln County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the North Platte, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 329 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Wallace is located at ....

    , village
  • Wallace, North Carolina
    Wallace, North Carolina
    Wallace is a town in Duplin county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The population was 3,344 at the 2000 census.The Pender County portion of Wallace is part of the Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

    , town
  • Wallace, South Carolina
    Wallace, South Carolina
    Wallace is an unincorporated community in northwestern Marlboro County, South Carolina, United States. It lies at the intersection of U.S. Route 1 with SC 9 and SC 177, northwest of the city of Bennettsville, the county seat of Marlboro County. Its elevation is 151&feet...

    , unincorporated community
  • Wallace, South Dakota
    Wallace, South Dakota
    Wallace is a town in Codington County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 85 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Watertown, South Dakota Micropolitan Statistical Area....

    , town

Other places

  • Wallace (lunar crater)
    Wallace (lunar crater)
    Wallace is the remains of a lunar crater that has been flooded by lava. It lies in the southeastern part of Mare Imbrium, to the northeast of the crater Eratosthenes. The crater rim forms a somewhat polygonal outline, and is broken in the southeast. The floor is flat and devoid of significant...

  • Wallace Line
    Wallace Line
    The Wallace Line separates the ecozones of Asia and Wallacea, a transitional zone between Asia and Australia. West of the line are found organisms related to Asiatic species; to the east, a mixture of species of Asian and Australian origin is present...

    , divides the ecology of Asia and Australia
  • Wallace Monument
    Wallace Monument
    The National Wallace Monument is a tower standing on the summit of Abbey Craig, a hilltop near Stirling in Scotland. It commemorates Sir William Wallace, the 13th century Scottish hero....

    , Stirling, Scotland
  • Wallace Air Station
    Wallace Air Station
    Wallace Air Station was a United States Air Force facility located in San Fernando, La Union, Luzon Island, The Philippines.-History and Background:...

    , former US Air Force station in the Philippines
  • Wallace, Victoria
    Wallace, Victoria
    Wallace is a town in Victoria, Australia. The town is located in the Shire of Moorabool Local Government Area, north west of the state capital, Melbourne.The township was established in the 1880s, the Post Office opening on 22 February 1885....

    , town in Australia
  • Wallace Elementary

Other uses

  • The Wallace and Ladmo Show
    The Wallace and Ladmo Show
    The Wallace and Ladmo Show, also known as It's Wallace? and Wallace & Company, was a children's television show produced by and aired on KPHO-TV in Phoenix, Arizona.-History:...

    , children's television program
  • Wallace fountain
    Wallace fountain
    Wallace fountains are public drinking fountains designed by Charles-Auguste Lebourg that appear in the form of small cast-iron sculptures scattered throughout the city of Paris, France, mainly along the most-frequented sidewalks. They are named after the Englishman Richard Wallace, who financed...

    , public drinking fountains in Paris
  • Wallace tree
    Wallace tree
    A Wallace tree is an efficient hardware implementation of a digital circuit that multiplies two integers, devised by an Australian Computer Scientist Chris Wallace in 1964.The Wallace tree has three steps:...

    , hardware implementation of digital circuit that multiplies two integers
  • Wallace v. Jaffree
    Wallace v. Jaffree
    Wallace v. Jaffree, , was a United States Supreme Court case deciding on the issue of silent school prayer.An Alabama law authorized teachers to set aside one minute at the start of each day for a moment of "silent meditation or voluntary prayer," and sometimes the teacher of the classroom asked...

    , 1985 US Supreme Court case
  • HMS Wallace, two ships in the Royal Navy
  • Wallace (currently Wallace VI), St. Bernard
    St. Bernard
    -People:*Saint Bernard of Clairvaux *Saint Bernard of Menthon *Saint Bernard of Thiron , founder of the Tironensian Order*Saint Bernard of Vienne *Saint Bernard degli Uberti -People:*Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090–1153)*Saint Bernard of Menthon (923–1008)*Saint Bernard of Thiron (1046–1117),...

     mascot of The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)
    The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)
    The Canadian Scottish Regiment is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces based on Vancouver Island British Columbia.The regiment is located in Victoria, Nanaimo, and Courtenay, British Columbia...


See also

  • Wallis (disambiguation)
  • The Wallace (disambiguation)
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