Alfred Russel Wallace

EnglishJanuary 8, 1823 – November 7, 1913Science Writing

Wallace independently discovered natural selection and prompted Darwin to publish the Origin of Species. His own Malay Archipelago is the greatest work of Victorian scientific travel writing.

Works

The Malay ArchipelagoNaturalist's exploration of biodiversity and indigenous cultures of Southeast Asian islands
DarwinismExplanation of natural selection and evolutionary theory by co-discoverer with Darwin
The Geographical Distribution of AnimalsScientific study of how animal species distribute across world's geographic regions
Island LifeNatural history of islands analyzing biodiversity, isolation, and ecological change
On the Tendency of Varieties to Depart Indefinitely from the Original TypeHistoric paper proposing natural selection as mechanism of evolutionary change