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The Darwin–Wallace Medal

The Darwin-Wallace Collection: Notes from the Private Lives of Naturalists

Archivist Alex Milne examines the lesser known interests of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace though correspondence held in the Linnean Society Library

Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913)

Alfred Russel Wallace is most famous for his work on natural selection, independent of Charles Darwin, which may have impelled the latter to publish his own theory.

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