Alfred Russel Wallace - Wikipedia Wallace was one of the leading evolutionary thinkers of the 19th century, working on warning coloration in animals and reinforcement (sometimes known as the Wallace effect), a way that natural selection could contribute to speciation by encouraging the development of barriers against hybridisation
Alfred Russel Wallace - Encyclopedia Britannica Alfred Russel Wallace (born January 8, 1823, Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales—died November 7, 1913, Broadstone, Dorset, England) was a British humanist, naturalist, geographer, and social critic
Who was Alfred Russel Wallace? - Natural History Museum Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) was a man of many talents - an explorer, collector, naturalist, geographer, anthropologist and political commentator Most famously, he had the revolutionary idea of evolution by natural selection entirely independently of Charles Darwin
Alfred Russel Wallace - Biography, Facts and Pictures Alfred Russel Wallace discovered the concept of evolution by natural selection Although now rarely mentioned as the discoverer (Darwin, who discovered the theory independently, is usually cited) Wallace enjoyed a high reputation in his lifetime and received many of science's most prestigious awards
A Rediscovered Life - Alfred Russel Wallace This was Wallace’s ultimate heresy, a heresy that exposed the metaphysical underpinnings of the emerging Darwinian paradigm Read selected individual chapters of Alfred Russel Wallace: A Rediscovered Life for free by clicking on the links below, or purchase a copy of the book
Alfred Wallace - National Geographic Society Alfred Russel Wallace was born in Wales in 1823 He has been described variously as a naturalist, a geographer, and a social critic He even weighed in on the debate as to whether or not life could exist on Mars However, what he is best known for is his work on the theory of natural selection
Alfred Russel Wallace - New World Encyclopedia Alfred Russel Wallace, Order of Merit, Fellow of the Royal Society (January 8, 1823 – November 7, 1913), was an English (Welsh) naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist, and biologist
Introduction | The Alfred Russel Wallace Website This site is dedicated to the life and work of Alfred Russel Wallace (1823 - 1913), was one of the greatest scientists of all time His seminal contributions to biology rival those of his friend and colleague Charles Darwin, though he is far less well known
Alfred Russell Wallace: The Grand Old Man of Science Alfred Russel Wallace (1823 – 1913) was a fearless Victorian naturalist and explorer He is most known for having come up with the revolutionary idea of evolution by natural selection entirely
Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913) - The Linnean Society A leading figure in the study of biogeography, Wallace is now known as the ‘father’ of the subject He looked into different factors that might have an impact on the global distribution of species, for example land bridges and glaciation