The scientist Alfred Russel Wallace

Alfred Russel Wallace

Living place: England

Birthday: 8-1-1823

Global rank: #43080

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Who is The scientist Alfred Russel Wallace?
Famous for his papers on the subject of evolution, this award-winning 19th-century naturalist independently developed the ideas of natural selection around the same time that Charles Darwin became known for his important theoretical formulation.
He presented the "Wallace effect" hypothesis, which posits the idea that natural selection protects against the crossbreeding of animals. Also an expert in biogeography (the study of the distribution of different species), he travels extensively and conducts research in both the Malay Archipelago and the Amazon basin.
 
 

Young / Before famous

In his late teens and early twenties, he worked as an apprentice to his surveyor brother, William. He later taught cartography classes at a school in Leicester, England.

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His marriage to Annie Mitten resulted in a daughter named Violet and sons named Herbert and William.

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He defended Charles Darwin's Origin of Species against the attacks of many critics in the late 19th century.

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When was The scientist Alfred Russel Wallace born?
Alfred Russel Wallace was born in 8-1-1823, death year is , at the age of 201.
Where is The scientist Alfred Russel Wallace's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Alfred Russel Wallace was born in England. is a The scientist, whose Zodiac is Capricorn, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Horse. Alfred Russel Wallace's global rank is 43080 and whose rank is 151 in list of famous The scientist.
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Events in 1823 and 8-1

Birthday Alfred Russel Wallace (8-1) in history

  • Day 8-1 year 1815: The date of the Battle of New Orleans was the last battle of the War of 1812 between Great Britain and America.
  • Day 8-1 year 1918: Woodrow Wilson outlined his Fourteen Points peace program.
  • Day 8-1 year 1958: Bobby Fischer won the United States Chess Championship for the first time at age 14.
  • Day 8-1 year 1959: Charles de Gaulle became the first president of France's Fifth Republic.
  • Day 8-1 year 1964: President Lyndon Johnson announced his War on Poverty.
  • Day 8-1 year 1982: The AT&T Bell System telephone monopoly agreed to divest itself of 22 Bell System companies and split itself into seven "Baby Bells."
  • Day 8-1 year 1998: The mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, Ramzi Yousef, was sentenced to life in prison.
  • Day 8-1 year 2011: Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords is among 17 shot by a gunman at a meeting outside a grocery store. Six people are fatally wounded, including United States District Court Judge John Roll, and a young girl. Police identify the gunman as Jared Lee Loughner.
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