Author:Alfred Russel Wallace

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Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913)

See biography, media, quotes. A British naturalist, co-founder of the theory of natural selection, and founder of the field of biogeography.

Contents 1 Works 1.1 Books 1.2 Papers 1.3 Articles

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• 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

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• 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

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• New Guinea

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.