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Alfred Russel Wallace

(1823-1913), Naturalist, evolutionary theorist and social critic

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A naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist, Wallace was one of the leading evolutionary thinkers of the nineteenth century who made a number of contributions to the development of evolutionary theory. Between 1848 and 1862 he did extensive fieldwork in the Amazon River basin and the Malay Archipelago, where he identified the 'Wallace line' dividing the fauna of Australia from that of Asia. He is best known for independently proposing a theory of natural selection that prompted Charles Darwin to publish his own more developed and researched theory sooner than intended.

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Alfred Russel Wallace, by Albert Bruce-Joy - NPG 1764

Alfred Russel Wallace

by Albert Bruce-Joy
plaster cast of medallion, 1906
NPG 1764

Alfred Russel Wallace, by Unknown photographer - NPG x5108

Alfred Russel Wallace

by Unknown photographer
platinotype copy of a daguerreotype, circa 1842 or 1848
NPG x5108

Alfred Russel Wallace, by E.O. Hoppé - NPG x5122

Alfred Russel Wallace

by E.O. Hoppé
platinotype on photographer's card mount, 1910
NPG x5122

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Alfred Russel Wallace

by Florence Chant, copied by Emery Walker Ltd
copy glass plate negative of an albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1901
NPG x200109

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john Andrewartha

22 February 2019, 16:17

Alfred Russel Wallace OM FRS (8 January 1823 – 7 November 1913).
He is best known for independently conceiving the theory of evolution through natural selection;
his paper on the subject was jointly published with some of Charles Darwin's writings in 1858.
- Are you interested in His family tree Link below =
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https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wallace-13740

Dr George Beccaloni

13 May 2018, 15:11

I thought that users of your site may like to know that a new version of my illustrated catalogue of all known contemporary portraits of Alfred Russel Wallace is now available for free from here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325114194_Portraits_Of_Alfred_Russel_Wallace_Version_2
It may be cited as Beccaloni, G. W. 2018. Portraits of Alfred Russel Wallace. Version 2. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.19241.29288