Alfred Russel Wallace

1823–1913

1 standalone book

Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913) was a British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist, and biologist. He independently conceived the theory of evolution through natural selection, publishing jointly with Charles Darwin's writings in 1858. He conducted fieldwork in the Amazon River basin and the Malay Archipelago, identifying the Wallace Line separating Asian and Australasian fauna.

Born: 1823

Books by Alfred Russel Wallace

The Malay Archipelago: The land of the orang-utan, and the bird of paradise. A narrative of travel, with sketches of man and nature · 1869

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