By: Wallace, Alfred Russel,      1823-1913<br>Publication Details: London, Macmillan, 1880<br>Contributed By: New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library

By: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913 Publication Details: London, Macmillan, 1880 Contributed By: New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library

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Selected items featuring the work of Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913), British biologist, anthropologist, geographer, environmentalist, and human rights advocate. The man who, independently of Darwin, arrived to the same conclusion on natural selection. In 1858 he corresponded with Darwin about his theory, prompting Darwin to finally publish the famous work, On the Origin of Species, in 1859.

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