Wallace
Common British surname
Wallace is a Scottish surname meaning "Welshman" or "foreigner," now common as both surname and given name.
William Wallace was a 13th-century Scottish independence leader whose legend persists in popular culture.
The name appears in various place names across the English-speaking world: Wallace, Idaho.
As a given name, it peaked in early 20th-century America.
Medieval Scottish rebel
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- independenceFreedom from external control
- ScotlandNorthern British nation
- rebellionDefiance of established power
warrior · medieval · Stirling · Bruce · English · patriot · sword · kilt
Sculpted-figure animation technique
- cheeseFermented milk solid
- crackersCrispy flat biscuits
- contraptionsImprovised mechanical devices
- animationTechnique creating movement illusion
Nick Park · penguin · plasticine · British · eccentric · inventions · moon · Shaun
Species changing over generations
- natural selectionDifferential reproductive success
- DarwinBritish naturalist, species theorist
- authorCreator of written works
- Infinite JestLimitless source of amusement
writer · biology · literature · biogeography · essayist · postmodern · naturalist · specimens
Braveheart
Medieval Scottish rebel
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- independenceFreedom from external control
- ScotlandNorthern British nation
rebellion · warrior · medieval · Stirling · Bruce · English · patriot · sword · kilt · battle
claymation
Sculpted-figure animation technique
- cheeseFermented milk solid
- crackersCrispy flat biscuits
- contraptionsImprovised mechanical devices
animation · Nick Park · penguin · plasticine · British · eccentric · inventions · moon · Shaun · stop-motion
evolution
Species changing over generations
- natural selectionDifferential reproductive success
- DarwinBritish naturalist, species theorist
- authorCreator of written works
Infinite Jest · writer · biology · literature · biogeography · essayist · postmodern · naturalist · specimens · tennis
Idaho
Northwestern American state
- ShoshoneGreat Basin indigenous people
- miningExtracting earth's resources
- silverLustrous white precious metal
town · county · historic · lead · district · mountains · railroad · America · settlement
- evolutionevolution, natural selection, mutation, adaptation, speciation
- natural historynatural history, natural history museum, naturalist, naturalists, natural philosophers
- Famous AnimalsScooby-Doo, Bambi, Dumbo, Clifford, Snoopy
- Old-Fashioned NamesMildred, Gertrude, Ethel, Edna, Bertha
- Biology HistoryDarwin, Mendel, evolution, natural selection, cell theory
- Scottish heritageScottish clans, highland clans, Campbell, MacDonald, Stewart
WallaceEdward I
Longshanks, Scottish antagonist
English crown · Plantagenet · collaborator · loyalist · Robert the Bruce
WallaceMartin Luther King Jr.
John Lewis · Rosa Parks · Thurgood Marshall · Robert Kennedy · Lyndon B. Johnson
- Wallace and GromitStop-motion comedy team
- William WallaceScottish independence fighter
- Wallace LineZoogeographic boundary in Indonesia
- George WallaceAlabama segregationist politician
- Mia Wallace
- David Foster Wallace