Alfred Russell Wallace ( co-discoverer of the theory of evolution ) Born this Day ( Jan 8th ) in 1823

Alfred Russell Wallace was born near Usk in Monmouthshire , Wales on this day ( 8th Jan ) in 1823. He was an explorer, naturalist and biologist. From the Alfred Wallace Website:- "His link to Charles Darwin as the co-discoverer in 1858 of the principle of evolution by natural selection would alone have secured his place in history, but he went on to make very many other significant contributions, not just to biology, but to subjects as far-ranging as glaciology, land reform, anthropology, ethnography, epidemiology, and even astrobiology. His pioneering work on evolutionary biogeography led to him becoming recognised as that subject’s ‘father’."

Darwin, Wallace & the role of Plate Tectonics in Evolution

LINKS

The Works of Alfred Wallace on Gutenberg

Alfred Wallace on Wikipedia

"My Life" by Alfred Wallace on Google Books

The Alfred Wallace Website

"Missing Link" an article from "The New Yorker" by Jonathan Rosen

Alfred Russell Wallace on 100WelshHeroes

"The Man Who Wasn't Darwin" an article from "The National Geographic" by David Quammen