Background
He was the eldest son of James Wallace, a minister in Orkney.
He was the eldest son of James Wallace, a minister in Orkney.
He qualified Doctor of Medicine, and took part in the Darien scheme. He passed some plants from what is now Panama to James Petiver, and Hans Sloane. He became Fellow of the Royal Society, and had some employment with the East India Company.
His later life is obscure.
Royal Society.