Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) was a British naturalist,
explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist. He was born on
8 January 1823 in the small village of Usk, Monmouthshire. Shortly
after finishing school, Wallace's father passed away, and he joined
his brother to do work surveying countries for four years. Through
this, he acquired the talent for observation and detailed
recordings.
He is best known for his theory of natural selection. From 1854 to
1862 he explored the Amazon River with his mentor Henry Walter
Bates. During this expedition, he saw differences between the
animals in Asia and the animals in Australia. Out of this
experience came his theory of natural selection.
He wrote a manuscript called On the Tendency of Varieties to Depart
Indefinitely from the Original Type. He sent it to Charles Darwin
who decided to publish his theory right away. To this day,
Wallace's greatest accomplishment was to get Charles Darwin to
publish his own theory.
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