A Final Plea to Save Alfred Russel Wallace's Historically Important Medals
A final plea to save Wallace's historically very important medals from disappearing into a private collection:
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Was Alfred Russel Wallace a Group Selectionist?
By Dr George Beccaloni, September 2022
PRESS RELEASE: Medals Awarded to Discoverer of Evolution by Natural Selection to be Sold
8th July 2022
Medals Awarded to Discoverer of Evolution by Natural Selection to be Sold
The prestigious medals awarded to honour the discovery of evolution by natural selection will be sold at auction in a few day's time. This is arguably the most important scientific theory ever proposed, so these awards must surely be some of the most important cultural objects in the history of science.
Please Save Alfred Russel Wallace's Scientific Medals! (Or At Least One Of Them...)
Today (1st July) is Natural Selection Day 2022!
Well, not really, but on this day in 1858, Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace's independently originated identical theories of evolution by natural selection, were announced at a meeting of the Linnean Society of London. Their joint paper on the subject was published a month later, revolutionising the field of biology and shaking the foundations of religious belief (and, no, the paper was not ignored as many have said, look out for a paper I will be publishing soon!).
The 200th anniversary of Alfred Russel Wallace's birth is next year - 2023!
In Darwin's lifetime he was not awarded a medal for his discovery of natural selection, but Wallace was.
By Dr George Beccaloni, February 2022 (revised July 2022).
The 200th anniversary of Wallace's birth is only ONE year away!
Unveiling a Bust of Alfred Russel Wallace in Usk With Bill Bailey on November 6th 2021
By George Beccaloni (Chairman of the Wallace Memorial Fund)
The Usk Civic Society invited me to unveil a bronze bust of Wallace, which was to be installed on a plinth in the town square of Usk, Wales, Wallace's birthplace, on the 6th November 2021. I asked Bill Bailey, the Wallace Memorial Fund's Patron, whether he might find time in his hectic schedule to do the unveiling instead of me and to my surprise he kindly agreed. I gave a speech about Wallace's life and work instead.