Alfred Russel Wallace (Wales, 1823 - England, 1913)
Naturalist, biologist, anthropologist, geographer and British explorer known to have independently proposed a theory of evolution by natural selection which prompted Charles Darwin to come forward to publish his own theory.
(Alfred Russel Wallace in 1848, at 24 years old, when he went to Brazil, decided to become a naturalist.) ►
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His name was Alfred Russel Wallace, huge man whose family history Dickensian was as bright as the solemnity of Darwin. At that time, 1836, Wallace was a teenager, was born in 1823 was, therefore, fourteen years younger than Darwin. Wallace's life was not easy, even at that time.
Map of the Amazon rainforest as the World Wildlife Fund: the yellow line encloses the Amazon rainforest, while national boundaries are highlighted in black. NASA satellite image. The Venezuelan Amazonia and the Guianas are not within the line because they do not belong to the Amazon river basin. ►
"Had my father been a moderately wealthy man ... my life would have taken a very different direction, although, certainly, science would have called me attention, I think ... could hardly have taken a trip to the jungles of the Amazon almost unknown to observe nature and to earn a living with collections. "
Wallace He wrote about his early years, when trying to find a way livelihood in the English provinces. Adopted the profession of surveyor, which is not required for college and his older brother was in charge of teaching. He died in 1846 because he caught a chill on his way home in a third class open carriage, from a committee meeting of the Royal Commission on rail firms from competition.
was a life outdoors, and Wallace became interested in plants and insects. When I worked in Leicester, he met a man who had his own interests, even better prepared.
Jacob Bronowski
The Ascent of Man
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