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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.
PRESS RELEASE: Unveiling a bronze bust of Wallace at his birthplace Usk, Wales, on 6th November 2021
A visit to Hertford, where Alfred Russel Wallace lived as a child
Here are a few Wallace-related sites I visited in the Hertford area today September 5th, 2021.
1) One of the two monuments in Hertford which commemorate Wallace (there were also two others but they have been removed). This sculpture also illustrates the history of the town. The part related to Wallace is the image of Wallace's Flying Frog. The sculpture is located behind Sainsbury's supermarket near Hartham Common.
Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin and Natural Selection: the Real Story
I have produced a video of my popular talk "Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin and Natural Selection: the Real Story". You can see it on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/amUeud7ZyAU
Go on a trip of a lifetime and help the Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project!