(Encyclopedia) Wallace, Edgar (Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace), 1875–1932, English novelist and playwright, b. Greenwich. He was the author of more than 150 detective and adventure novels, of which as…
(Encyclopedia) Wallace, Henry, 1836–1916, American agricultural leader, b. West Newton, Pa., grad. Jefferson (later Washington and Jefferson) College, 1859. He studied (1861–63) theology and went (…
(Encyclopedia) Wallace, Lew (Lewis Wallace), 1827–1905, American novelist and diplomat, b. Brookville, Ind. He served in both the Mexican and Civil wars. After returning to his law practice in…
(Encyclopedia) Wallace's line, imaginary line postulated by A. R. Wallace as the dividing line between Asian and Australian fauna in the Malay Archipelago. It passes between Bali and Lombok islands…
(Encyclopedia) Stevens, Wallace, 1879–1955, American poet, b. Reading, Pa., educated at Harvard and New York Law School, admitted to the bar 1904. While in New York, he mingled in literary circles…
(Encyclopedia) Stegner, Wallace (Wallace Earle Stegner), 1909–93, American writer, b. Lake Mills, Iowa, grad. Univ. of Utah (1930). He wrote perceptively of the American West in short stories, e.g.,…
Born: Aug. 14, 1956Auto racing NASCAR Winston Cup champion in 1989 and runner-up in 1980, 1988 and 1993; recorded 54 victories and has won over $30 million in earnings in 23 years of racing as of…
inventor, manufacturerBorn: 1825Birthplace: Manchester, England The son of English immigrants, he followed his father into the business of making wires, which he inherited upon his father's death.…
writerBorn: 1902Birthplace: Salt Lake City, Utah Thurman dropped out of the University of Southern California in 1925 and moved to Harlem. He worked on a number of magazines, and wrote several…
