Wallace, AlfredRussel
Wallace, AlfredRussel (1823–1913)An English naturalist who was a contemporary of Charles
Darwin. He worked in the East Indies and as a result of his observations there came independently to the theory of evolution by natural selection. His ideas were presented together with those of Darwin at a meeting of the Linnean Society of London on 1July1858. See also
Wallace's line.
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A brothers' reunion: evolution's champion Alfred Russel Wallace and Forty-niner John Wallace.(Biography)
Magazine article from: California History; 9/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...different paths. In 1848, Alfred Russel Wallace had sailed from London...greeted one another, Alfred had become the most famous...father Thomas Vere Wallace was an occasional teacher...It was there, when Alfred was seven years old...
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PEIXES DO RIO NEGRO. FISHES OF THE RIO NEGRO. ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE (1850-1852)
Magazine article from: Copeia; 2/24/2005; ; 700+ words
; PEIXES DO RIO NEGRO. FISHES OF THE RIO NEGRO. ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE (1850-1852). Monica de Toledo-Piza Ragazzo...cloth).-The book is a biographical treatment of Alfred Russel Wallace's unpublished journals and associated illustrations...
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Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913): English naturalist and anthropologist who developed a theory of evolution at the same time as Darwin, but received little recognition because of his low social and scientific standing.(Late Great Geographers #60)(Biography)
Magazine article from: Geographical; 10/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; What was his background? Alfred Russel Wallace was born on 8 January 1823 in...he achieve? At the age of 25, Wallace launched a natural history collecting...through the Amazon rainforest, Wallace gathered information on the region...
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evolutionist; Alfred Russel Wallace, largely unknown outside scientific circles, wrote a seminal paper on the theory of evolution around the same time as Charles Darwin.(FRONT)
Newspaper article from: The Record (Kitchener, Ontario); 7/4/2009; 700+ words
; ...long-gone thatched hut, that Alfred Russel Wallace is believed to have spent weeks...amateur historians are rediscovering Wallace. Their efforts are raising debate over exactly what Wallace contributed to the theory of evolution...
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Book review: The natural selection of scientists Tuesday Book Alfred Russel Wallace: a life by Peter Raby (Chatto & Windus, pounds 20.00)
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 6/5/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Raby's splendid biography of Alfred Russel Wallace, the man who independently hit...his own version of the theory. Wallace was never the neglected figure...the puzzle solved by Darwin and Wallace. By contrast, Darwin made important...
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 "Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)")
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Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913).(News)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 10/20/2005; 700+ words
; ...mathematician Robert Recorde, the statistician Richard Price, the crystallographer WH Miller, the biologist Alfred Russel Wallace, the astronomer Isaac Roberts, the meteorologist David Brunt, the orthopaedic surgeon Robert Jones and the chemist...
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On.the.origins of a theory: this year marks the 150th anniversary of one of the most significant intellectual breakthroughs in the history of science. Paul Spencer Sochaczewski and David Hallmark travel to Sarawak, Malaysia, in search of its origins.(ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE)
Magazine article from: Geographical; 12/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...the young British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace made one of the most important...a hovel. A collector is born Wallace was born in Usk, Wales, in 1823...expedition to South America in 1848. Wallace stayed there for four years...
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Alfred Russel Wallace's campaign to nationalize land: how Darwin's peer learned from John Stuart Mill and became Henry George's ally.(Special Issue: Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Death of Henry George)
Magazine article from: The American Journal of Economics and Sociology; 10/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; Alfred Russel Wallace would have bolted upright to see a...May 1987). One hundred years ago, Wallace (1823-1913) had questioned what...peers in his own profession. Who was Alfred Russel Wallace that we should be mindful of him...
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evolutionist; Alfred Russel Wallace, largely unknown outside scientific circles, wrote a seminal paper on the theory of evolution around the same time as Charles Darwin.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Guelph Mercury (Guelph, Ontario); 7/4/2009; 700+ words
; ...long-gone thatched hut, that Alfred Russel Wallace is believed to have spent weeks...amateur historians are rediscovering Wallace. Their efforts are raising debate over exactly what Wallace contributed to the theory of evolution...
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ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE: A LIFE by Peter Raby.
Newspaper article from: The Press; 7/27/2002; ; 369 words
; ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE: A LIFE by Peter Raby. Pimlico, 340pp, $45. Every now and...famous concerns the first descriptions of the theory of evolution. Alfred Russel Wallace, a young naturalist, hit upon the idea while in the Moluccas...
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Wallace, Alfred Russel
Book article from: Animal Sciences
Wallace, Alfred Russel Naturalist 1823-1913 Alfred Russel Wallace was born on January 8, 1823...Inc., 1994. Internet Resources Alfred Russel Wallace. .
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Alfred Russel Wallace
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Alfred Russel Wallace The English naturalist and traveler Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913), independently...evolution by natural selection. Alfred Russel Wallace, the eighth of nine children...
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Wallace, Alfred Russel (1823-1913)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
Wallace, Alfred Russel (1823-1913) British naturalist...principles of biological evolution. Wallace was a philosophical skeptic, a materialist...Miracles and Modern Spiritualism (1874) Wallace writes: "They compelled me to accept...
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Wallace's line
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences
Wallace's line An important zoogeographical...Oriental and Australian faunal realms . Alfred Russel Wallace, a zoogeographer and contemporary of...boundary, known to this day as ‘Wallace's line’, between the Oriental...
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Cook, Kate Selina (1859-1923)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
...scrutiny as her sister. Dr. Alfred Russel Wallace writes about a series of sittings...with Mrs. Ross in New York, Wallace adds: "But what specially...Research 54 (1964): 25. Wallace, Alfred Russel My Life: A Record of Events...
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