Wallace is the remains of a lunar crater that has been flooded by lava. It lies in the southeast part of Mare Imbrium, to the northeast of Eratosthenes crater. The crater rim forms a somewhat polygonal outline, and is broken in the southeast.
Scottish insurgent who led the resistance to Edward I; in 1297 he gained control of Scotland briefly until Edward invaded Scotland again and defeated Wallace and subsequently executed him (1270-1305)