Wallace
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Alfred Russel 1823–1913, English naturalist, explorer, and author.
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George Corley 1919–98, U.S. politician: governor of Alabama 1963–67, 1971–79, and 1983–87.
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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.
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Lewis Lew, 1827–1905, U.S. general and novelist.
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Sir William. Also 1272?–1305, Scottish military leader and patriot.
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(William Roy) DeWitt 1889–1981, and his wife, Lila Bell (Acheson), 1889–1984, U.S. magazine publishers.
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a male given name: a Scottish family name meaning “Welshman, foreigner.”
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Alfred Russel. 1823–1913, British naturalist, whose work on the theory of natural selection influenced Charles Darwin
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Edgar. 1875–1932, English crime novelist
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Sir Richard. 1818–90, English art collector and philanthropist. His bequest to the nation forms the Wallace Collection, London
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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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From BBC
Yeats and Wallace Stevens, wrote splendidly till the end, but they are exceptions.
Comedian George Wallace plays himself as the mayor of Las Vegas.
From Los Angeles Times
Last year, MS NOW launched a weekly podcast, “The Best People with Nicolle Wallace” and last week announced “Clock It,” with journalist Eugene Daniels and Democratic strategist Symone Sanders Townsend.
From Los Angeles Times
And together they honored another kind of star from the “Wallace” films, chiming together, “Cracking cheese, Gromit!”
From Los Angeles Times
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