Author:Alfred Russel Wallace

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Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913)

A British naturalist, co-founder of the theory of natural selection, and founder of the field of biogeography. This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. Articles written by this author are designated in EB1911 by the initials "A. R. W." Standard botanical author abbreviation: Wallace

Alfred Russel Wallace

Works

Books

• Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro - 1853, revised Ed. 1889
• The Malay Archipelago - 1869
• Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection - 1870
• The Geographical Distribution of Animals - 1876
• Tropical Life and Other Essays - 1878
• Island Life - 1881
• Darwinism - 1889
• My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions - 1905

Papers

• On the Monkeys of the Amazon - 1853 Speculates on the effect of rivers and other geographical barriers on the distribution of closely allied species.
• On the Law Which Has Regulated the Introduction of New Species - 1855 Wallace's thoughts on the geographic distribution of closely allied species and the implications for evolution.
• On the Tendency of Varieties to Depart Indefinitely From the Original Type - 1858 Paper on natural selection sent by Wallace to Darwin.
• On the Zoological Geography of the Malay Archipelago - 1859 Contains first description of Wallace Line.
• Remarks on the Rev. S. Haughton's Paper on the Bee's Cell, And on the Origin of Species - 1863 Wallace's defence of the Origin on the topic of evolution of the hexagonal bee cell.
• Caterpillars and Birds - 1867 Wallace's request for data on warning colouration.
• English and American Flowers - 1891 Contains speculation on how glaciation may have affected distribution of mountain flora in North America and Eurasia.
• Is Mars habitable?, 1907

Articles in Popular Science Monthly

• 1. “The Doctrine of Natural Selection,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 3, May 1873
• 2. “Difficulties of Development as Applied to Man,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 10, November 1876
• 3. “New Guinea and its Inhabitants I,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 14, April 1879
• 4. “New Guinea and its Inhabitants II,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 15, May 1879
• 5. “Monkeys,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 21, May 1882
• 6. “The Increasing Curse of European Militancy,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 28, February 1886
• 7. “Human Selection,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 38, November 1890
• 8. “The Ice Age and its Work I,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 44, March 1894
• 9. “The Ice Age and its Work II,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 44, April 1894
• 10. “The Ice Age and its Work III,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 45, May 1894
• 11. “The Ice Age and its Work IV,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 45, June 1894

Articles

• New Guinea

Contribution to EB1911

• “Acclimatization” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1923. The author died in 1913, so works by this author are also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 80 years or less. Works by this author may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.