Revision of Wallace Biographies from Sun, 2013-09-15 20:05

A. BIOGRAPHIES

A number of biographies have been written about Wallace and they are listed below. I highly recommend the one by Peter Raby as it is well researched and beautifully written. Also very good is Wallace's autobiography My Life, which is available for download in the "Literature downloads" section to the left.

Bryant, William. 2003. Naturalist in the River: The Life and Early Writings of Alfred Russel Wallace. iUniverse.com. 180 pp.

Bryant, William. 2006. The Birds of Paradise: Alfred Russel Wallace: a Life. iUniverse.com. 280 pp.

Clements, Harry. 1983. Alfred Russel Wallace: Biologist and Social Reformer. London: Hutchinson. 215 pp.

Fichman, Martin. 1981. Alfred Russel Wallace. Boston: Twayne Publishers. 188 pp.

Fichman, Martin. 2003. An Elusive Victorian: The Evolution of Alfred Russel Wallace. Chicago & London: University of Chicago Press. 382 pp.

Focher, Federico. 2006. L' Uomo che Gettò nel Panico Darwin: La Vita e le Scoperte di Alfred Russel Wallace. Torino: Bollati Boringhieri. 242 pp.

Fonfría, José. 2003. El Explorador de la Evolución: Wallace. Tres Cantos, España: Nivola. 312 pp.

George, Wilma. 1964. Biologist Philosopher; A Study of the Life and Writings of Alfred Russel Wallace. London: Abelard-Schuman. 320 pp.

Hogben, Lancelot T. 1918. Alfred Russel Wallace, The Story of a Great Discoverer. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Pioneers of Progress Men of Science series). 64 pp.

Hughes, R. Elwyn. 1997. Alfred Russel Wallace: Gwyddonydd Anwyddonol. Caerdydd: Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru. 208 pp.

Knapp, Sandra. 1999. Footsteps in the Forest: Alfred Russel Wallace in the Amazon. London: Natural History Museum. 90 pp.

Marchant, James. 1916. Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences. London: Cassell. 2 vols.

Raby, Peter. 2001. Alfred Russel Wallace, A Life. Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press; London: Chatto & Windus. 340 pp.

Shermer, Michael. 2002. In Darwin's Shadow: The Life and Science of Alfred Russel Wallace: A Biographical Study on the Psychology of History. New York: Oxford University Press. 422 pp.

Slotten, Ross A. 2004. The Heretic in Darwin's Court: The Life of Alfred Russel Wallace. New York: Columbia University Press. 602 pp.

Williams-Ellis, Amabel. 1966. Darwin's Moon: A Biography of Alfred Russel Wallace. London & Glasgow: Blackie. 261 pp.

Wilson, John G. 2000. The Forgotten Naturalist: In Search of Alfred Russel Wallace. Melbourne: Australia Scholarly Publishing. 263 pp.

B. FILMS

The Forgotten Voyage. An excellent 50 min dramatised documentary about Wallace's life made for the BBC by Peter Crawford in 1982. See http://www.petercrawford.co.uk/tvdrama.php

Wallace in Wales. A 24 minute documentary made by the OU/BBC in 1997 and presented by James Moore.

The Man Who Wasn't Darwin. An episode of the Worlds Apart series made in 1997, possibly made by LocateTV. See http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1096815/

The Living Earth
. Part 7 of the series Earth Story, made by the BBC in 1998 and presented by Aubrey Manning. It can be seen on You Tube here:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQToIsmGOig

Arks of Life. Part 2 of a series called Wild Islands, made by North South Productions for Channel 4 in 1998.

The Forgotten Evolutionist. An episode of the documentary series Jones, Genes and Evolution, made by Fulmar West Ltd for BBC Wales in 1999 and presented by Steve Jones.

Alfred Russel Wallace: One in a Generation. A docudrama made by Barebone Films in 2003, which is (or was) available on video from shops in Hertford, UK (the town where Wallace went to school).

Im Land der Kopfjäger (In the Land of the Head Hunters). Episode 3 of a series made by Petra Höfer & Freddie Röckenhaus in 2003. http://www.colourfield.de/tropenfieber/

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