Why didn't Darwin receive any medals for his discovery of natural selection, whereas Wallace, the co-discoverer of the theory, received five?
By Dr George Beccaloni, February 2022 (revised July 2022).
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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!
Talk for Darwin Day 2021 - how Alfred Russel Wallace came to publish natural selection with Darwin.
I have been invited to give the Leicester Secular Society's Annual Darwin Anniversary Lecture 2021.Happy 198th Birthday Alfred Russel Wallace!
Today is Alfred Russel Wallace's 198th birthday! Happy Birthday to the co-discoverer of "..arguably the most momentous idea ever to occur to a human mind..." - evolution by natural selection.
Congratulations to our Patron Bill Bailey for winning Strictly Come Dancing 2020!
Very many congratulations to Bill Bailey for winning Strictly Come Dancing 2020! What an amazing achievement!