Alfredus Russel Wallace

Alfredus (vulgo Alfred) Russel Wallace (natus Llanbadoc in vico iuxta Burrium Monemutensis comitatus die 8 Ianuarii 1823; mortuus ad Broadstone Dorcestriae die 7 Novembris 1913), in scholis Hertfordiensibus et apud Institutum Mechanicorum Londiniense educatus, fuit Anglicus anthropologiae, palaeontologiae, zoologiaeque studiosus, qui principium selectionis naturalis separatim a Carolo Darwin excogitavit, ac conditor biogeographicae fuit, studii quod biologiam et geographiam coniungit. Qui cum Darwin theoriam evolutionis apud Societatem Linnaeanam Londiniensis die 1 Iulii 1858 una enuntiaverunt.

Opera

Wallace Singapurae anno 1862 lucis ope pictus.

Rhacophorus nigropalmatus, rana volans a Wallace reperta. Imago in The Malay Archipelago impressa.

Wallace circa 1895.

Monumentum Wallaceanum in sepulcreto ad Broadstone Dorcestriae, quod Societas Fundata Memorialis A. R. Wallace anno 2000 refecit. Fossilem arboris truncum e Portlandia septem pedes altum habet, super basim calcis Purbeckianae collocatum.

Libri selecti

1853 : Palm Trees of the Amazon and Their Uses Biodiversity Heritage Library
1853 : Narrative of Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro: with an account of the native tribes, and observations on the climate, geology, and natural history of the Amazon Valley 2a ed., 1889, apud Biodiversity Heritage Library
1869 : The Malay Archipelago Biodiversity Heritage Library Papua WebProject
1870 : Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection apud Biodiversity Heritage Library (2a ed., 1871 apud Google Books)
1875 : On Miracles and Modern Spiritualism: three essays Internet Archive
1876 : The Geographical Distribution of Animals Biodiversity Heritage Library
1878 : Tropical Nature, and other essays Biodiversity Heritage Library
1881 : Island Life Biodiversity Heritage Library Vicifons
1889 : Darwinism: an exposition of the theory of natural selection, with some of its applications Biodiversity Heritage Library Vicifons
1891 : Natural Selection and Tropical Nature: essays on descriptive and theoretical biology Biodiversity Heritage Library
1898 : The Wonderful Century: its successes and its failures Biodiversity Heritage Library
1900 : Studies Scientific and Social Biodiversity Heritage Library
1903 : Man's Place in the Universe: a study of the results of scientific research in relation to the unity of plurality of worlds gutenberg.org
1905 : My Life: a record of events and opinions Biodiversity Heritage Library
1910 : The World of Life: a manifestation of creative power, directive mind, and ultimate purpose Editio 1911 Editio 1914 apud Biodiversity Heritage Library

Commentationes selectae

1853: "On the Monkeys of the Amazon"
1855: "On the Law Which Has Regulated the Introduction of New Species" in Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2a ser. vol. 16 (1855) pp. 184-196
1856: "On the Bamboo and Durian of Borneo" in Hooker's Journal of Botany vol. 8 (1856) pp. 225-230 recensio interretialis
1857: "On the Natural History of the Aru Islands"
1858: "On the Tendency of Varieties to Depart Indefinitely From the Original Type" in Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London: Zoology vol. 3 (1858) pp. 53–62
1859: "On the Zoological Geography of the Malay Archipelago" in Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London: Zoology vol. 4 (1860) pp. 172-184
1863: "Remarks on the Rev. S. Haughton's Paper on the Bee's Cell, And on the Origin of Species"
1863: "On the Physical Geography of the Malay Archipelago^{[nexus deficit]}" in Journal of the Royal Geographical Society vol. 33 (1863) pp. 217–234
1864: "On the phenomena of variation and geographical distribution as illustrated by the Papilionidae of the Malayan region"
1891: "English and American Flowers"

Bibliographia

Brooks, J. L. 1984. Just Before the Origin: Alfred Russel Wallace's theory of evolution. Novi Eboraci: Columbia University Press.
George, W. 1979. Alfred Wallace the Gentle Trader: collecting in Amazonia and the Malay Archipelago 1848–1862. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 9(4).
George, W. 1964. Biologist Philosopher: a study of the life and writings of Alfred Russel Wallace. Londinii.
Linnean Society of London. 1908. The Darwin-Wallace Celebration Held by the Linnean Society of London. Londinii.
Marchant, James. 1916. Alfred Russel Wallace: letters and reminiscences. Biodiversity Heritage Library

Nexus externi

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